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@cominsitu.bsky.social
· Dec 27
Umkämpftes Eigentum. Buch von Niklas Angebauer, Jacob Blumenfeld, Tilo Wesche (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Vom Klimaschutz über die Vergesellschaftung großer Immobilienkonzerne bis zum Recht... | Buch von Niklas Angebauer, Jacob Blumenfeld, Tilo Wesche versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
1. Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte (Suhrkamp), edited along with N. Angebauer & T. Wesche.
with over 20 new essays on property theory, history and conflicts (in German)
www.suhrkamp.de/buch/umkaemp...
with over 20 new essays on property theory, history and conflicts (in German)
www.suhrkamp.de/buch/umkaemp...
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So, @ketanjoshi.co who has been on the beat for a long time, actually looked into the story of if "AI" can "solve climate change". Conceptually as well as evidence based.
Super worth reading and sharing around.
Super worth reading and sharing around.
NEW REPORT – The AI climate hoax – Ketan Joshi
A new report on AI greenwashing, analysing the rhetoric and evidence behind the idea big tech will solve climate change
ketanjoshi.co
February 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
So, @ketanjoshi.co who has been on the beat for a long time, actually looked into the story of if "AI" can "solve climate change". Conceptually as well as evidence based.
Super worth reading and sharing around.
Super worth reading and sharing around.
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Neues Essay "Warten auf die Superintelligenz" bzw. den "technologischen Godot" im @surplusmagazin.de – wir freuen uns!
"Wir müssen nur noch etwas mehr glauben, noch mehr KI und ihre Agenten einsetzen, noch mehr Energie reinstecken, vor allem mehr investieren – und alles wird super." Yeah ;)
"Wir müssen nur noch etwas mehr glauben, noch mehr KI und ihre Agenten einsetzen, noch mehr Energie reinstecken, vor allem mehr investieren – und alles wird super." Yeah ;)
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Neues Essay "Warten auf die Superintelligenz" bzw. den "technologischen Godot" im @surplusmagazin.de – wir freuen uns!
"Wir müssen nur noch etwas mehr glauben, noch mehr KI und ihre Agenten einsetzen, noch mehr Energie reinstecken, vor allem mehr investieren – und alles wird super." Yeah ;)
"Wir müssen nur noch etwas mehr glauben, noch mehr KI und ihre Agenten einsetzen, noch mehr Energie reinstecken, vor allem mehr investieren – und alles wird super." Yeah ;)
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
“It’s called fasching, not fascism, dad”
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 AM
“It’s called fasching, not fascism, dad”
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This is really good www.jhiblog.org/2026/02/16/t...
The Berkeley School: Critical Theory, Political Economy, and the Future of Intellectual History
by Jonathon Catlin
This essay is part of a JHI Blog forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
www.jhiblog.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is really good www.jhiblog.org/2026/02/16/t...
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Full house at the critique of AI workshop today! ⚡️
organized by @cominsitu.bsky.social and @ktbberlin.bsky.social
Some of the discussion points/statements below:
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organized by @cominsitu.bsky.social and @ktbberlin.bsky.social
Some of the discussion points/statements below:
1/2
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Full house at the critique of AI workshop today! ⚡️
organized by @cominsitu.bsky.social and @ktbberlin.bsky.social
Some of the discussion points/statements below:
1/2
organized by @cominsitu.bsky.social and @ktbberlin.bsky.social
Some of the discussion points/statements below:
1/2
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Erhellender Austausch von @cominsitu.bsky.social mit @mttpsq.bsky.social, @annanosthoff.bsky.social, @bildoperationen.bsky.social und @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social über den Stand der und die Notwendigkeit von Kritik an AI - @ktbberlin.bsky.social.
February 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Erhellender Austausch von @cominsitu.bsky.social mit @mttpsq.bsky.social, @annanosthoff.bsky.social, @bildoperationen.bsky.social und @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social über den Stand der und die Notwendigkeit von Kritik an AI - @ktbberlin.bsky.social.
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I'm working on a reader (in both English and German) to collect literature critical of the employment of generative AI technologies within academic contexts.
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Critique of AI Reader
Reader: Critique of ‘AI’ Technologies Within Academia English Reader Please feel free to add suitable titles below the respective chapter (Research Articles, Books, Chapters in Ed. Vol.). You may ...
docs.google.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I'm working on a reader (in both English and German) to collect literature critical of the employment of generative AI technologies within academic contexts.
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Does owning property make you more fascist? Or does not owning property? I wrote a short piece for @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social trying to figure it out. Read on for the absolutely correct answer!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Does owning property make you more fascist? Or does not owning property? I wrote a short piece for @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social trying to figure it out. Read on for the absolutely correct answer!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
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Reviews like this make writing worth it. lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-h...
The End of Cinema? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Amid cinema’s decline, two new books by A. S. Hamrah resist defeatism.
lareviewofbooks.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Reviews like this make writing worth it. lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-h...
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"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
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How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
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Am Montag hier!
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Am Montag hier!
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Jetzt online: Mit Jan Groos @futurehistories.bsky.social sprach ich über mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik” (@suhrkamp.de) – es ging u.A. um digitale Regierungskünste, die technikfaschistische Wende im Silicon Valley und Alternativen zum kybernetischen Kapitalismus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6hM...
February 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Jetzt online: Mit Jan Groos @futurehistories.bsky.social sprach ich über mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik” (@suhrkamp.de) – es ging u.A. um digitale Regierungskünste, die technikfaschistische Wende im Silicon Valley und Alternativen zum kybernetischen Kapitalismus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6hM...
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On Feb 23, I’ll be debating @katharinapistor.bsky.social on the topic of beyond capitalism at Columbia University. Link to details and registration below. Please share!
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Beyond Capitalism
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<p>We invite you to join the Center for Political Economy on Monday, February 23 at 6pm for a scholarly discussion of alternative approaches to moving beyond capitalism. The discussion w...
events.columbia.edu
February 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
On Feb 23, I’ll be debating @katharinapistor.bsky.social on the topic of beyond capitalism at Columbia University. Link to details and registration below. Please share!
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
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‘Military service is one of the strongest predictors for becoming a mass shooter in the US.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Laleh Khalili · Guns, Money and Opium
There is an undeniable symmetry between surges in drug use in the US and the country’s covert operations overseas. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
‘Military service is one of the strongest predictors for becoming a mass shooter in the US.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"Liberalism is founded on the right to private property, but private property is also what breaks liberalism. For what better way than owning property is there for learning how to be a dictator?"
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
F&L Blog - Property Damages - International Karl Polanyi Society
Property Damages by Jacob Blumenfeld 13.02.2026 Does private property secure freedom, or train us for domination? In this article, philosopher Jacob Blumenfeld traces how liberal ownership rights shap...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Liberalism is founded on the right to private property, but private property is also what breaks liberalism. For what better way than owning property is there for learning how to be a dictator?"
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
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Max Horkheimer fand erst spät zu seiner Berufung. Der am 14. Februar 1895 in Stuttgart Geborene wächst in einer jüdischen Fabrikantenfamilie auf. Im Familienunternehmen macht er eine Ausbildung und wird Prokurist.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Max Horkheimer fand erst spät zu seiner Berufung. Der am 14. Februar 1895 in Stuttgart Geborene wächst in einer jüdischen Fabrikantenfamilie auf. Im Familienunternehmen macht er eine Ausbildung und wird Prokurist.
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I didn’t consent to this
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Some of the frontline technologists building this new world seem deeply ambivalent about what they’re doing,” Amelia Miller writes about A.I. researchers. “They are so torn, in fact, that some privately admit they don’t plan to use A.I. intimacy tools.”
“Some of the frontline technologists building this new world seem deeply ambivalent about what they’re doing,” Amelia Miller writes about A.I. researchers. “They are so torn, in fact, that some privately admit they don’t plan to use A.I. intimacy tools.”
Opinion | We’re All in a Throuple With A.I.
What happens when the people building a new technology don’t want to use it?
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I didn’t consent to this
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Ich durfte für den @unrastverlag.bsky.social einen Comic übersetzen (ein großes Vergnügen!). 11 Geschichten über antifaschistischen Widerstand während des zweiten Weltkriegs. Gibt's ab heute hier (oder in der Buchhandlung eures Vertrauens):
unrast-verlag.de/produkt/part...
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unrast-verlag.de/produkt/part...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Ich durfte für den @unrastverlag.bsky.social einen Comic übersetzen (ein großes Vergnügen!). 11 Geschichten über antifaschistischen Widerstand während des zweiten Weltkriegs. Gibt's ab heute hier (oder in der Buchhandlung eures Vertrauens):
unrast-verlag.de/produkt/part...
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unrast-verlag.de/produkt/part...
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Really surprised how an entirely predictable question could sink the entire Berlinale jury.
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Berlinale Immediately Gets Heated at Jury Presser as President Wim Wenders Asserts “We Have to Stay Out of Politics”
"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press confe...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Really surprised how an entirely predictable question could sink the entire Berlinale jury.
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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For @eflux.bsky.social, I wrote about Henrike Kohpeiß's new book Bourgeois Coldness
www.e-flux.com/notes/678345...
www.e-flux.com/notes/678345...
Fever Pitch: On Bourgeois Coldness by Henrike Kohpeiß - Notes - e-flux
Thomas Waller reviews a new philosophy book that seeks to adapt Adorno and Horkheimer for the modern era.
www.e-flux.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
For @eflux.bsky.social, I wrote about Henrike Kohpeiß's new book Bourgeois Coldness
www.e-flux.com/notes/678345...
www.e-flux.com/notes/678345...