Malcolm Quinn
@malrog.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural and Political History UAL, Honorary Professor Bentham Project UCL. Thinks about anti-aesthetics. Read a chapter of my academic work for free:
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
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Malcolm Quinn
@malrog.bsky.social
· Aug 31
'If Bentham unsettles our faith in aesthetics while appropriating aesthetic forms, if he uses his knowledge of visual culture to compare Treasury officials to automata and has his portrait built in an anatomy theatre, which aspects of utilitarian thought are being developed?'
UCL Laws 24 July 2025
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Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego: “Trump has made the US now the enemy of the free world.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego: “Trump has made the US now the enemy of the free world.”
An off the shelf sentence about curiosity manufactured by an entity without curiosity. Or thought of any kind.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
An off the shelf sentence about curiosity manufactured by an entity without curiosity. Or thought of any kind.
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Joint statement of EU Commission president and European Council president ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Joint statement of EU Commission president and European Council president ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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All key European leaders now said they won’t go along with this. So if the objective was coercion it has already failed. (This is not a US miscalculation- its a very Trumpian one).
Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
All key European leaders now said they won’t go along with this. So if the objective was coercion it has already failed. (This is not a US miscalculation- its a very Trumpian one).
Half watching another mission impossible film. I hadn’t realised up to now that the MI team are all doing community service.
January 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Half watching another mission impossible film. I hadn’t realised up to now that the MI team are all doing community service.
I’m not surprised.
Artemis II: 'We're ready to go,' Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad - follow live
The Artemis II mission, which could launch as soon as 6 February, will carry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I’m not surprised.
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The European Union plans to suspend a trade deal with the United States over Trump’s Greenland tariffs, Bloomberg reports.
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The European Union plans to suspend a trade deal with the United States over Trump’s Greenland tariffs, Bloomberg reports.
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EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
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Emmanuel Macron responds to Trump's tariffs:
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Emmanuel Macron responds to Trump's tariffs:
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
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Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson on Trump's new tariff threat:
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson on Trump's new tariff threat:
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
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I suppose now it would be called ‘Alistair Cooke’s urgently scrawled notes from America’.
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I suppose now it would be called ‘Alistair Cooke’s urgently scrawled notes from America’.
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NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
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Europe has - in technical terms - an absolute sod load of potential economic leverage over the United States.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Europe has - in technical terms - an absolute sod load of potential economic leverage over the United States.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
‘without America standing for freedom, or at least pretending to do so, what’s the point of being pro-American?’ Ivan Krastev @ftweekend.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
‘without America standing for freedom, or at least pretending to do so, what’s the point of being pro-American?’ Ivan Krastev @ftweekend.com
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Europe has to stand up to Trump. Use the Anti-Coercion instrument. There's no other way
Weakness will only invite more
Weakness will only invite more
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Europe has to stand up to Trump. Use the Anti-Coercion instrument. There's no other way
Weakness will only invite more
Weakness will only invite more
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When both sides have nuclear weapons, ‘our champion vs your champion’ is probably the best way to go.
I couldn’t resist.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
When both sides have nuclear weapons, ‘our champion vs your champion’ is probably the best way to go.
This is a galactically stupid move. It makes America even more isolated.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This is a galactically stupid move. It makes America even more isolated.
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Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
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Henry Hill on Reform vs Tories in @ftweekend.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Henry Hill on Reform vs Tories in @ftweekend.com
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There is hope. But not for him.
Reporter: Why would you want someone else’s Nobel Prize?
Trump: She offered it to me.
Trump: She offered it to me.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM
There is hope. But not for him.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that Britain was a lot more broken back then. In 2026, ‘Broken Britain’ is the green light for right-wing radicalisation.
Not to mention that part of UK was a war zone in 1975.
January 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that Britain was a lot more broken back then. In 2026, ‘Broken Britain’ is the green light for right-wing radicalisation.
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every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them