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· Feb 27
Hope in a Warming World: Rereading Adorno on Progress
This article argues for the value inherent in rereading Theodor Adorno’s 1962 essay “Progress,” placing his thoughts in the context of the climate crisis and arguing for the necessity of retaining a f...
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Last year I wrote an article on Adorno's critical defense of the concept of progress, climate change, and the necessity of hope.
It's out now in the new issue of New German Critique, and it's perhaps more timely than it was at the time of writing.
doi.org/10.1215/0094...
It's out now in the new issue of New German Critique, and it's perhaps more timely than it was at the time of writing.
doi.org/10.1215/0094...
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a bold and risky vision for the university of the 21st century
Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
a bold and risky vision for the university of the 21st century
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Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
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Libertarian fantasies materialize.
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Libertarian fantasies materialize.
So I guess we’re going from the boomerang to a pinball ball stuck frantically bouncing between two flippers huh
Grim jokes aside this is actually serious insofar as it’s an announcement in the open of a strategy thus far pursued but not acknowledged
Grim jokes aside this is actually serious insofar as it’s an announcement in the open of a strategy thus far pursued but not acknowledged
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
So I guess we’re going from the boomerang to a pinball ball stuck frantically bouncing between two flippers huh
Grim jokes aside this is actually serious insofar as it’s an announcement in the open of a strategy thus far pursued but not acknowledged
Grim jokes aside this is actually serious insofar as it’s an announcement in the open of a strategy thus far pursued but not acknowledged
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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this is really grim
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
this is really grim
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Remarkable that the founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute calls climate policy “orthodoxy,” climate science “arcane,” and @billmckibben.bsky.social a “Cassandra.”
He’s like Bret Stephens circa 2017.
He’s like Bret Stephens circa 2017.
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Remarkable that the founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute calls climate policy “orthodoxy,” climate science “arcane,” and @billmckibben.bsky.social a “Cassandra.”
He’s like Bret Stephens circa 2017.
He’s like Bret Stephens circa 2017.
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I have a new paper coming out in Inquiry called ‘The Perils of Epistemic Idealism': philpapers.org/rec/SHITPO-40. I argue that especially in applied, political work, philosophers have a tendency to assume that political harms are primarily a product of false beliefs and misguided concepts.
Matthew Shields, The Perils of Epistemic Idealism - PhilPapers
I argue that philosophers are vulnerable to an occupational hazard that I call ‘epistemic idealism.’ This is the assumption that a practice in our epistemic lives with harmful political consequences i...
philpapers.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I have a new paper coming out in Inquiry called ‘The Perils of Epistemic Idealism': philpapers.org/rec/SHITPO-40. I argue that especially in applied, political work, philosophers have a tendency to assume that political harms are primarily a product of false beliefs and misguided concepts.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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That is not dead which can eternal lie, / And with strange aeons even death may die
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
Endnotes
endnotes.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
That is not dead which can eternal lie, / And with strange aeons even death may die
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
uclpress.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
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No right-wing tech dweebs get to complain about the land use impact of a wind farm ever again
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
No right-wing tech dweebs get to complain about the land use impact of a wind farm ever again
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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Normalize treating this like the psychopathic behavior that it is
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Normalize treating this like the psychopathic behavior that it is
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Historian Quinn Slobodian in the Financial Times today describing how eugenics is now firmly back on the political agenda
www.ft.com/content/23e9...
www.ft.com/content/23e9...
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Historian Quinn Slobodian in the Financial Times today describing how eugenics is now firmly back on the political agenda
www.ft.com/content/23e9...
www.ft.com/content/23e9...
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This has always been the middle class powellite position tbf - “vote for us to get rid of them in a civilised manner because I cant keep this vicious dogs on a leash forever”
i don't think it's great that this is what's happening to conservative think tankers
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This has always been the middle class powellite position tbf - “vote for us to get rid of them in a civilised manner because I cant keep this vicious dogs on a leash forever”
Living in a The Deluge world exhibit nr i honestly lost track
Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales | TechCrunch
The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property's climate risk scores from First Street.
techcrunch.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Living in a The Deluge world exhibit nr i honestly lost track
I like how we're talking about rules of war in the context of extrajudicial killings that nobody even bothers to justify through channels dictated by federal law. Seems democratically healthy, ngl
“New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.”
By Ruth Marcus
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
By Ruth Marcus
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats
New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I like how we're talking about rules of war in the context of extrajudicial killings that nobody even bothers to justify through channels dictated by federal law. Seems democratically healthy, ngl
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i think it's funny how the US and UK are in a race to commit economic suicide
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
i think it's funny how the US and UK are in a race to commit economic suicide
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Great way to describe standing in a deep hole I guess
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great way to describe standing in a deep hole I guess
Insanity. Not only an utter lack of moral clarity, but also absolute heights of cowardice.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Insanity. Not only an utter lack of moral clarity, but also absolute heights of cowardice.
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Carbon budgets and future projections of greenhouse gas concentrations and therefore temperature rises and rates assume continued absorption of carbon through these environments. Changing to sources in their own right seriously impacts these projections and plans for the mitigation and adaptation.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Carbon budgets and future projections of greenhouse gas concentrations and therefore temperature rises and rates assume continued absorption of carbon through these environments. Changing to sources in their own right seriously impacts these projections and plans for the mitigation and adaptation.
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Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa