Kai Bosworth
@kaibosworth.bsky.social
Author: Pipeline Populism (2022). also into subsurface protection, climate politics, affect, infrastructure, marxism. Geographer, International Studies, VCU.
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Kai Bosworth
@kaibosworth.bsky.social
· Oct 9
in "'Just trust me, bro: The consummative mood of reactionary decarbonization' i think through the overlap between everyday tech bro masculinities and decarbonization advocacy.
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newly relevant footnote in here: "Krasznahorkai makes clear the schematics of a municipal coup by a power-thirsty Mrs. Eszter emergent in response to destructive street thuggery. The political-aesthetic form of her movement is not incidentally 'A TIDY YARD, AN ORDERLY HOUSE.'"
heart of the beast shout out on mst3k lol
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
heart of the beast shout out on mst3k lol
wow, i got an external grant! that has never happened before
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
wow, i got an external grant! that has never happened before
what degree of not working is acceptable today
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
what degree of not working is acceptable today
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Just ordered! At $20.97 this works out to LESS THAN $1 AN ESSAY for, e.g. @asheeshksi.bsky.social on "Board of Trustees"; @cnewf.bsky.social on "Degree"; @dennismhogan.bsky.social on "Endowment": & (one I read in draft) @andyhines.bsky.social, @kaibosworth.bsky.social et al on "Sustainability" 💥
everyone is talking about getting copies of University Keywords (or other JHU Press books) for all their friends, students, and comrades for the holidays, especially when it is 40% off with the code HHOL25.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just ordered! At $20.97 this works out to LESS THAN $1 AN ESSAY for, e.g. @asheeshksi.bsky.social on "Board of Trustees"; @cnewf.bsky.social on "Degree"; @dennismhogan.bsky.social on "Endowment": & (one I read in draft) @andyhines.bsky.social, @kaibosworth.bsky.social et al on "Sustainability" 💥
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With COP 30 winding down, we're reposting some of critiques of Green Capitalism and productivism from the previous year.
By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
With COP 30 winding down, we're reposting some of critiques of Green Capitalism and productivism from the previous year.
By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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comrade JCO gets it completely
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
comrade JCO gets it completely
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
wow after so many years, it looks like this volume is finally out! really excited to dig in to intense theorization on questions of ideology. Includes chapters by Massamiliano Tomba, Elisabeth Anker, Adam Kotsko, Alberto Toscano, and so many more!
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook on the Lived Experience of Ideology
This groundbreaking handbook reviews, consolidates, and develops the growth of scholarship on ideology as it occurs as part of our political landscape and within the systems of thought and belief that...
www.routledge.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
wow after so many years, it looks like this volume is finally out! really excited to dig in to intense theorization on questions of ideology. Includes chapters by Massamiliano Tomba, Elisabeth Anker, Adam Kotsko, Alberto Toscano, and so many more!
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
an author who is a friend for whom i get asked to review EVERY one of their articles. i always say yes because it gives me a chance to read them anyway. but i keep waiting to run into them in person (been 10 yrs) so i can finally say "we've secretly been in correspondance on EVERYTHING you write"
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
an author who is a friend for whom i get asked to review EVERY one of their articles. i always say yes because it gives me a chance to read them anyway. but i keep waiting to run into them in person (been 10 yrs) so i can finally say "we've secretly been in correspondance on EVERYTHING you write"
good commentaries on Sandra harding / standpoint? have the Weeks on deck, but there's mountains...
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
good commentaries on Sandra harding / standpoint? have the Weeks on deck, but there's mountains...
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
claudio magris y or n, anyone?
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
claudio magris y or n, anyone?
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Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is the latest prominent Democrat to join Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel industry front group that seeks to influence liberals to embrace methane gas as clean, climate-friendly energy
Former Gov. McAuliffe joins pro-natural gas group as national co-chair • Virginia Mercury
Terry McAuliffe to promote natural gas as a route to long-term energy reliability as renewable energy sources are built out.
virginiamercury.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is the latest prominent Democrat to join Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel industry front group that seeks to influence liberals to embrace methane gas as clean, climate-friendly energy
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Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
interesting history of practical attempts at "geo-psychiatry," as promoted by Agnès Masson briefly during a stint at Saint-Alban. here geo-psychiatry is described as "integration with human geography," though practically seems to just mean going outside.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/wom...
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/wom...
Women of the Collective — Parapraxis
Care and politics around Saint-Alban Psychiatric Hospital: 1930–1960 Joana Masó TRANSLATED BY PERWANA NAZIF AND JESSE NEWBERG
www.parapraxismagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
interesting history of practical attempts at "geo-psychiatry," as promoted by Agnès Masson briefly during a stint at Saint-Alban. here geo-psychiatry is described as "integration with human geography," though practically seems to just mean going outside.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/wom...
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/wom...
ok krasznahorkai finally got me with the beekeeping eco marxist forest ranger lolol
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
ok krasznahorkai finally got me with the beekeeping eco marxist forest ranger lolol
been thinking about this all day -- just a perfect example of the impossibility of liberal institutional neutrality! they called it antisemitism that so many companies operating in Israel kept popping up on the human rights filter - wonder why! and now Morningstar will no longer consult UN HRC 🤔
important context on Morningstar, whose "human rights" and other ESG screening tools are used on AAG investments
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
How a Giant of Responsible Investing Agreed to an Israel Exception
After a multi-year campaign by Jewish groups, Morningstar—a major firm known for socially responsible investing—is softening its approach to Israeli human…
jewishcurrents.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
been thinking about this all day -- just a perfect example of the impossibility of liberal institutional neutrality! they called it antisemitism that so many companies operating in Israel kept popping up on the human rights filter - wonder why! and now Morningstar will no longer consult UN HRC 🤔
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important context on Morningstar, whose "human rights" and other ESG screening tools are used on AAG investments
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
How a Giant of Responsible Investing Agreed to an Israel Exception
After a multi-year campaign by Jewish groups, Morningstar—a major firm known for socially responsible investing—is softening its approach to Israeli human…
jewishcurrents.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
important context on Morningstar, whose "human rights" and other ESG screening tools are used on AAG investments
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...
can't tell whether twitter or bluesky is more of a "dead internet" at this point. both seem to have just completely gutted any attempts at interaction, can't post anything that finds its audience.
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
can't tell whether twitter or bluesky is more of a "dead internet" at this point. both seem to have just completely gutted any attempts at interaction, can't post anything that finds its audience.
unprompted Google chrome pop up asking if I want it to do my homework for me
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
unprompted Google chrome pop up asking if I want it to do my homework for me
best recent works in feminist STS?
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
best recent works in feminist STS?
"There is no such thing as “professional neutrality.” Instead, there are those who know what they think by arriving at a critical—and self-critical—account of themselves and the world, and there are those who don’t bother doing this."
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla
A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"There is no such thing as “professional neutrality.” Instead, there are those who know what they think by arriving at a critical—and self-critical—account of themselves and the world, and there are those who don’t bother doing this."
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
sincere post -- does anyone have any tips for working with a specific kind of student who: is smart, comes to class, but has some kind of block that prevents them from doing assignments? often put too much pressure on themselves. i have encountered a few of these over the years, would love help
October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
sincere post -- does anyone have any tips for working with a specific kind of student who: is smart, comes to class, but has some kind of block that prevents them from doing assignments? often put too much pressure on themselves. i have encountered a few of these over the years, would love help
any major engagement with sohn-rethel in geography?
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
any major engagement with sohn-rethel in geography?