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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 14h

Who is the American author who would most appeal to fans of Virginia Woolf?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation

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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 16h

gawd what won't they say

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 17h

You may see these types of messages regularly posted by @workingfamilies.org and wonder: Why do they post things that are so obvious?

My take: To those in our lives who don't already share this worldview, conveying these messages in our own personal idioms often motivates them to orient towards it.

Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 21h

Let's redefine what keeps us safe.

Funding national security should mean funding housing, food, healthcare, clean air and water for all.

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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 22h

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 22h

Really appreciate this piece. Its argument and overall tenor are far better than the headline might suggest.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

"What’s a Blue Bond? It’s a municipal or state bond, issued to replace the funds that Trump has illegally impounded."

Blue Bonds

State debt is generative.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

Stop Trying to Find the Money—Create It

The Public Banking Act could empower universities to issue new forms of public money that serve democratic communities and repudiate austerity.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

All of our writings about university currencies can be found here.

The Uni Currency Project: Resource Page

Since 2020, the Money on the Left Editorial Collective has been arguing for a new approach to university finance that we call the ‘uni’ proposal. Below are links to our essays and interviews relate…

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

This podcast centers on One Battle's contribution to popular political cinema under the authoritarian violence of the second Trump administration.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

Our cohosts speculate about the meaning of One Battle's rich aesthetic choices, including the mobile telephoto lenses that transform a conventional car chase into a dizzying allegory of an American culture unclear about its driving motivations and aims.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

"Donald Trump is terrified of an insurgent movement rising out of the cities he cannot control."

It’s Time for Complementary Currencies

By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Introduction Zohran Mamdani’s landslide win was not just a local upset—it was a turning point. It proved that member-led, volunteer-powered campaigns c…

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

Our cohosts evaluate One Battle’s controversial representation of leftist violence, highlighting the film’s focus on countervailing infrastructures in addition to punctuated actions.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 2d

keep thinking about the downstream damage of vandalising this sector. there are so many jobs directly and tangentially tied to making a university (town) run

Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 6d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

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Where Credit’s Due @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social · 2d

It’s just 10 days to go until our launch event on Saturday 18 October at Teesside University and there are still a few places available - don’t miss out!

Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/

Poster for the Where Credit’s Due project - a rainbow border surrounding the text:

“Where Credit's Due

Making Money for Ecosocial Justice

Reimagining Public Credit and Building
Intersectional Solidarity in Boro

• 18.10.25, 1.30pm: Finding the Money Film Screening and Q&A. Teesside Uni.

• 23.10.25, 7pm: A Curious Night at the Museum. The Dorman Museum.

• 22.11.25, 10.30am: Workshop 1: Where
Credit's Due. The Dorman Museum.

• 17.1.26, 10.30am: Workshop 2: The Other Saltburn. The Dorman Museum.

• 7.3.26, 10.30am: Workshop 3: Everyone's
Included! The Dorman Museum.

Join us to tell new stories about money”

Beneath the text are logs for Where Credit’s Due and TU Proud, the words BOOK HERE and a pointing hand emoji next to a QR code for the Where Credit’s Due website.

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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 2d

This is the full piece I referenced in my post

From @moneyontheleft.bsky.social

moneyontheleft.org/2025/06/11/b...

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

One Battle After Another, which draws loose inspiration from Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, deliberately removes specific historical markers to place the story in an ambiguous present of ongoing revolution and counter-revolution.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

✨New!!!✨

@videotroph.bsky.social is joined by Jonathan Haynes to discuss PTA’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. The conversation centers on the film’s contribution to popular political cinema under the authoritarian violence of the second Trump administration.

Don't miss it! 🙌

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

Our cohosts speculate about the meaning of One Battle's rich aesthetic choices, including the mobile telephoto lenses that transform a conventional car chase into a dizzying allegory of an American culture unclear about its driving motivations and aims.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

moneyontheleft.org

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

Our conversation centers on One Battle's contribution to popular political cinema under the authoritarian violence of the second Trump administration.

One Battle After Another

In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…

moneyontheleft.org

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