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Oli Mould

@olimould.bsky.social

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Academic at large, but lectures in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. linktr.ee/olimould Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts. Toffeeman

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · Nov 23

I'm an anti-capitalist, and here's why you should be one too.

A spoken poem by me

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7W9...

I'm an Anticapitalist, and here's why you should be one too: Spoken Word Poem

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"rampaging bullshit" is the best description of this I've read thus far!

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1h

Policy-based evidence making at it's most blatant

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 4h

But sure, yeah, give the President a Nobel Peace Prize

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 5h

There are some people that if they were to die, their total brilliance being wrenched from the world would likely destroy space and time itself, and I think Dolly is one of them.

Dolly Parton says 'I ain't dead yet' after health fears triggered by singer's sister

The legendary singer, who recently postponed her first Las Vegas residency in decades over "health challenges", posted a video online following public speculation about her health, and joked: "I wante...

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 7h

tl:dr; billionaires - not immigrants - refuse to integrate.

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · 8h

Great to be part of the discussion last night @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for the launch of @thelrm.bsky.social wonderful new book The Feminist Art Of Walking

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 8h

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 11h

Every single one of these specimins are all comedy characters created by either Rik Mayall or Harry Enfield (although even they couldn't have come up with 'incest guy')

www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 12h

don't suppose you have a pdf? I can't seem to access it via my uni

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 12h

I have to show my face on TikTok, and despite turning most people to stone, it has revolutionised how I'm able to reach people and institutions. I'd recommend it.

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 12h

thanks yes, that's my next step if they don't answer satisfactorily...

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 12h

Dealing with the insurance company for my pet and they’re being so utterly draconian and cruel, I’m *this* close to going all Michael Douglas from Falling Down on the shitshow that is financial capitalism

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 13h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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As such, billionaires live outside of what it means to be human: no community, no difference, no care: they are overdetermined by the system that defines humanity through property and profit.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires aren't human. Using Slyvia Wynter's work, we can say that they exist at the apex of an *anti-human* system, where the capacity for care, relationality, and mutual dependence (the basis of praxis, of community) is replaced by accumulation and abstraction.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1d

This is the kind of energy I need for Teams meetings

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1d

For a global economy to 'function' (i.e. for trade practices to actually benefit the agreeing countries financially) then the free flow of labour needs to match the free flow of goods: this is the basic premise of any globalisation theory.

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1d

I remember, when helping in the Calais Jungle back in 2016, the massive razor wire fences going up around the arterial roads in and out of the port to stop people jumping onto the trucks. I thought then that they'll do their utmost to protect the flow of goods, but not people.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 1d

This excerpt about the PM's trip to India speaks volumes as to how global trade in our increasingly nationalistic world is attempting to drive a harder wedge between the movement of goods and the movement of people

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It will mean UK cars and whisky will be cheaper to export to India, and Indian textiles and jewellery cheaper to export to the UK as part of the multi-billion pound trade boost.

The deal included a three-year exemption on social security paid by Indian employees working in the UK on short-term visas.

But ministers insisted there were no wider changes in immigration policy.

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