Tom O'Shea
@tomoshea.org
View from my new shared office.
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
View from my new shared office.
I 👏 can 👏 post 👏 like 👏 a 👏 radlib 👏 when 👏 I 👏 want 👏 to 👏
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I 👏 can 👏 post 👏 like 👏 a 👏 radlib 👏 when 👏 I 👏 want 👏 to 👏
The University of Edinburgh has £3.1bn in assets and made a surplus of £43m last year. But the senior management team is still threatening huge staffing cuts while implementing a massively destructive austerity drive.
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The University of Edinburgh has £3.1bn in assets and made a surplus of £43m last year. But the senior management team is still threatening huge staffing cuts while implementing a massively destructive austerity drive.
Trying to read the text in this print-on-demand book.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Trying to read the text in this print-on-demand book.
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With many thanks to @uoe-cahss.bsky.social for funding, I'm delighted that the Network for the Study of Work (NSW) is launching in February:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cahss-netw...
With help from @haylesben.bsky.social, @ibalilebali.bsky.social and @tomoshea.org
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cahss-netw...
With help from @haylesben.bsky.social, @ibalilebali.bsky.social and @tomoshea.org
CAHSS Network for the Study of Work
With funding from the CAHSS Interdisciplinary Fund, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Network for the Study of Work (NSW).
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
With many thanks to @uoe-cahss.bsky.social for funding, I'm delighted that the Network for the Study of Work (NSW) is launching in February:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cahss-netw...
With help from @haylesben.bsky.social, @ibalilebali.bsky.social and @tomoshea.org
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cahss-netw...
With help from @haylesben.bsky.social, @ibalilebali.bsky.social and @tomoshea.org
I had a nightmare where I was on In Our Time but completely fucked it.
February 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I had a nightmare where I was on In Our Time but completely fucked it.
Taking more recommendations for books in the genre Weird Medieval Guy.
February 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Taking more recommendations for books in the genre Weird Medieval Guy.
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Here at last is the 3+ hours recorded by myself and @profafinlayson.bsky.social on nationalism and the future of Britain. Subscribe in any podcast app to Culture, Power, Politics. Yes, Burnham-block emergency pod, other guests, more solos, all coming soon. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/26/n...
Nationalism and the Future of Britain
In this episode, Alan and Jem go deep and long on the concept of nationalism and its implications for UK politics, at a time when nationalist parties are making significant gains across the country…
culturepowerpolitics.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Here at last is the 3+ hours recorded by myself and @profafinlayson.bsky.social on nationalism and the future of Britain. Subscribe in any podcast app to Culture, Power, Politics. Yes, Burnham-block emergency pod, other guests, more solos, all coming soon. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/26/n...
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With the contract now signed, I’m pleased to say that I’ll be publishing my second book, *Peasant Modernism: Marx, Culture, and the Future of Eating Well*, with Brill in the @histmat.bsky.social Book Series. It should be out by early 2028 at the latest.
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
With the contract now signed, I’m pleased to say that I’ll be publishing my second book, *Peasant Modernism: Marx, Culture, and the Future of Eating Well*, with Brill in the @histmat.bsky.social Book Series. It should be out by early 2028 at the latest.
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Upon receiving my own message to the mailing list:
What fresh bastard has emailed me now?
What fresh bastard has emailed me now?
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Upon receiving my own message to the mailing list:
What fresh bastard has emailed me now?
What fresh bastard has emailed me now?
We’ve been using tape to mark out locations for new sofas and now the living room looks like Dogville.
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
We’ve been using tape to mark out locations for new sofas and now the living room looks like Dogville.
Saw a series of academic conferences about Mary Wollstonecraft which were called Wollapolooza.
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Saw a series of academic conferences about Mary Wollstonecraft which were called Wollapolooza.
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The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it
January 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it
I thought it was strange for Maduro to plead not guilty rather than refuse to recognise the legitimacy of the court. But then I remembered how that strategy worked out for Charles the First.
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I thought it was strange for Maduro to plead not guilty rather than refuse to recognise the legitimacy of the court. But then I remembered how that strategy worked out for Charles the First.
Lost my phone yesterday, and have been watching its merry journey around and around the bus route, before ending up safely in the depot.
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Lost my phone yesterday, and have been watching its merry journey around and around the bus route, before ending up safely in the depot.
If you’re wondering what the weather is like in Scotland at the moment: Hannah, carrying three separate hot water bottles upstairs, asks, ‘Shall we have a second duvet?’
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
If you’re wondering what the weather is like in Scotland at the moment: Hannah, carrying three separate hot water bottles upstairs, asks, ‘Shall we have a second duvet?’
Still searching for a theory of justice on which it turns out to be ‘just ice’.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Still searching for a theory of justice on which it turns out to be ‘just ice’.
May the white mausu guide and protect you this year.
January 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
May the white mausu guide and protect you this year.
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For the hogmanay not the hogafew
December 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
For the hogmanay not the hogafew
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If you want to hear, not me, but the normally mild-mannered @profafinlayson.bsky.social suggest that Britain might now be entering a pre-revolutionary phase, get your ears around this massive Christmas pressie of a Culture, Power, Politics Emergency Podcast.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
Pre-revolutionary Britain? (Emergency Pod December 2025)
Alan Finlayson is back to discuss with Jem the key developments in UK politics since the last time they talked about it. Covering the Labour deputy leadership, the politics of immigration, the orig…
culturepowerpolitics.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you want to hear, not me, but the normally mild-mannered @profafinlayson.bsky.social suggest that Britain might now be entering a pre-revolutionary phase, get your ears around this massive Christmas pressie of a Culture, Power, Politics Emergency Podcast.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
My favourite tracks released this year. open.spotify.com/playlist/2J7...
The Year 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My favourite tracks released this year. open.spotify.com/playlist/2J7...
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Who protects the mattress protector?
December 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Who protects the mattress protector?