Stephen Shapiro
@stephenshapiro.bsky.social
Edinburgh based:
read my scholarly books below!
I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
read my scholarly books below!
I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
Pinned
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I'm confused. Is a bad thing that the loons who broke from the Tory Party now have Breakaway Looons of their own? (In that they may act as a nutter magnet for money and support.) Or does it normalise Nige and his Merry Bunch of Pranksters?
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I'm confused. Is a bad thing that the loons who broke from the Tory Party now have Breakaway Looons of their own? (In that they may act as a nutter magnet for money and support.) Or does it normalise Nige and his Merry Bunch of Pranksters?
February 14, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Great stuff from @emilydische.bsky.social,
the Germany director of Diaspora Alliance and a member of the Advisory Board of the Diasporist
the Germany director of Diaspora Alliance and a member of the Advisory Board of the Diasporist
February 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Great stuff from @emilydische.bsky.social,
the Germany director of Diaspora Alliance and a member of the Advisory Board of the Diasporist
the Germany director of Diaspora Alliance and a member of the Advisory Board of the Diasporist
February 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
February 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Brewdog on downward spiral.
My prediction is that Black Sheep coffee will be next.
My prediction is that Black Sheep coffee will be next.
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Brewdog on downward spiral.
My prediction is that Black Sheep coffee will be next.
My prediction is that Black Sheep coffee will be next.
It seems like a small detail, but it cuts to the core of Gramsci's analysis about why fascism arose and why it can always be defeated.
February 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
It seems like a small detail, but it cuts to the core of Gramsci's analysis about why fascism arose and why it can always be defeated.
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
February 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
counterposition, lebwohl Amerika
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
counterposition, lebwohl Amerika
confront loser bullies
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
confront loser bullies
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
"the time of monsters" is a wrong translation that betrays Gramsci by treating the present as a product, thing, or terratology, rather than a process manifesting deeper structural disfunction (a symptom) of centrist liberal capitalism
@philipoltermann.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
@philipoltermann.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci – but what did he actually say?
Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"the time of monsters" is a wrong translation that betrays Gramsci by treating the present as a product, thing, or terratology, rather than a process manifesting deeper structural disfunction (a symptom) of centrist liberal capitalism
@philipoltermann.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
@philipoltermann.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
exactly! although the premise of a hidden notebook is sort of far-fetched, imo, and after 89, even if there was one, it wouldn't really mean much to anyone at this point.
February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
exactly! although the premise of a hidden notebook is sort of far-fetched, imo, and after 89, even if there was one, it wouldn't really mean much to anyone at this point.
I got round to this today, and I concur - this was a dull book!
February 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I got round to this today, and I concur - this was a dull book!
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the attempt to create Ku-damm in the East failed and Berlin is desperate to try something new, anything new
www.berliner-zeitung.de/panorama/lum...
www.berliner-zeitung.de/panorama/lum...
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
the attempt to create Ku-damm in the East failed and Berlin is desperate to try something new, anything new
www.berliner-zeitung.de/panorama/lum...
www.berliner-zeitung.de/panorama/lum...
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I think this has always been a feature of the Olympics, especially for those who have been knocked out of qualifications: the village becomes a club med.
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I think this has always been a feature of the Olympics, especially for those who have been knocked out of qualifications: the village becomes a club med.
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Why Europeans no longer want to step foot in the US.
www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/muench...
www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/muench...
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Why Europeans no longer want to step foot in the US.
www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/muench...
www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/muench...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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ban the AfD
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
ban the AfD
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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