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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 7h

The irony of his argument is that he's basically describing himself.

He does have one killer line, though: 'I think Andreessen is not the antichrist. Because, you know, the antichrist is popular.'

Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 7h

'The doubleness of Thiel’s apocalypse – that what halts the apocalypse might in fact bring about the apocalypse – allows the billionaire to tilt boldly at any number of big questions: empire, Christianity, progress, and Silicon Valley’s dominance.'

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 8h

I was thinking that the REF didn't exist in 2000...

Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 12h

I'm in favour of reverting to REF 2000.

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 13h

This week on Wonkhe: Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

The battle for people, culture and environment

Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Americans are dying from extreme heat

Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories

They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways

Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social

#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting time to be teaching Schmitt and Agamben on sovereignty and the exception.

Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 3d

Just the latest chapter in America’s fearmongering approach to seizing power: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/p...

Trump Claims ‘Rebellion’ in American Cities

www.nytimes.com

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 3d

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 4d

Like Taubes says: 'I really would like to be liberal; don’t you think that I would like it? But the world is not so made that one can be liberal. For that is at the cost of others... If you work only at this liberal level of democracy, you just don’t see what happens in history.'

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · 4d

I'm kind of haunted by that Benjamin Arditi line about populism being the drunken dinner guest. It's like the Democrats/Labour think that they are helping someone sober up and realise that they've been rude at a dinner party rather than facing political antagonists.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 6d

Time to repost a classic.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 24d

If you're interested in my new project on medievalism & the extreme right, you can read the first update on our blog here: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... As the project progresses, @siobhanhyland.bsky.social and I will write updates to share info & upcoming events. @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️

Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past | UON

A few years ago, my colleague (and Searchlight archivist) Dr Dan Jones sent me some scans of items I might find interesting. One of them was a scan...

www.northampton.ac.uk

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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 24d

Gillian Rose's on law, history, and Marxism.
This should be an essential workshop with deep intellectual and theoretical engagement that is becoming rarer by the day in UK legal academia. Organised by the wonderful Rosie Woodhouse. Registration and more info here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...

Poster of Gillian Rose: history, Marxism, and the Turn to Law. 3 December 2025, University of Warwick. With Jessica Feely, Will Spendlove, Tarik Kochi, Adrian Wilding, Chris O'kane, Nadia Bou Ali and the organiser, Rosie Woodhouse.

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you're itching to read about "Apocalyptic" in the most arcane senses of that term, perhaps to distract you from much else apocalyptic in our times, this is the series for you! humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/away-from-...

Text = "Away from a Definition of Apocalyptic, pt. 1" / Image = Alice and Humpty Dumpty

Text = "Away from a Definition of Apocalyptic, pt. 2" / Image = mysterious figure with Scythe

Text = "Away from a Definition of Apocalyptic, pt. 3" / Image = Angel, swooping down with a chain

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cmnd.bsky.social @cmnd.bsky.social · Aug 4

In the second part of their CM conversation, @bethhurd.bsky.social and Hannah Strømmen discuss the role of masculinity in far-right movements today and the importance of focusing on affect when studying them.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...

Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shkaman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen | Contending Modernities

Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception.

contendingmodernities.nd.edu

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · Jul 31

“To understand the role the Bible plays in our politics, we have to focus less on what biblical texts mean and more on how the Bible is used.”

– Mac Loftin

www.christiancentury.org/features/how...

How politicians use the Bible

Scholar Hannah Strømmen provides a helpful guide for navigating our scripture-saturated political...

www.christiancentury.org

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Jul 31

Important book:
"A Philosophy of Climate Apocalypticism: In and Against the World"
By Jakub Kowalewski
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 29

If I was the BBC, I might have tried to come up with a title other than 'Parkinson meets Muhammad Ali'...

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 27

That's an excellent idea! Also, have you read Emet North's In Universes? From some of the other books you listed, it seems like something you might like.

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 27

Such a wonderful book!

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Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks!

Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 4

Doing a back-to-back rewatch of Winter Light and First Reformed and man is it a bummer of a way to spend an afternoon.

Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social · Jul 3

Part of the reason that a film like Conclave is so popular is because it holds out the possibility that institutions might actually work. We'll be looking at the irony of the ending of that film, as well as comparing Winter Light and First Reformed (and much more!).

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