@hervard.bsky.social
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The good folks at e-flux have published my piece on the myths we live under.
www.e-flux.com/notes/652818...
www.e-flux.com/notes/652818...
Living in a Mythocracy: Projecting 2025 - Notes - e-flux
Jason Read examines the myth-telling powers of the US right.
www.e-flux.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The good folks at e-flux have published my piece on the myths we live under.
www.e-flux.com/notes/652818...
www.e-flux.com/notes/652818...
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Verso @versobooks.bsky.social also published Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream by @aurelmondon.bsky.social & me. A lot of Trump in it & a lot to say about what happened, where we are & where we're headed (the UK too).
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
January 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Verso @versobooks.bsky.social also published Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream by @aurelmondon.bsky.social & me. A lot of Trump in it & a lot to say about what happened, where we are & where we're headed (the UK too).
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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the extent to which the management class essentially everywhere responded to a few years of labor market tightness and labor friendly policies by going all in on the end of american democracy should be incredibly vindicating for any orthodox marxists out there
he doesn't fear the whiff of grapeshot above all else. he fears workers having a say in management of his paper above all else.
See what I don’t get about this is that if I was an institutional old money small c conservative guy who wanted stability and feared smelling the whiff of grapeshot above all else, the judgement required to think that more Trump is what minimizes the chances of that is so staggeringly bad.
January 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
the extent to which the management class essentially everywhere responded to a few years of labor market tightness and labor friendly policies by going all in on the end of american democracy should be incredibly vindicating for any orthodox marxists out there
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This sounds interesting: “Martijn Konings’ The Bailout State is a highly accessible examination of the relationship between capital and the US state, which takes the reader on a fascinating journey through decades of American imperialism.” @graceblakeley.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Bailout-Stat...
www.amazon.co.uk/Bailout-Stat...
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This sounds interesting: “Martijn Konings’ The Bailout State is a highly accessible examination of the relationship between capital and the US state, which takes the reader on a fascinating journey through decades of American imperialism.” @graceblakeley.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Bailout-Stat...
www.amazon.co.uk/Bailout-Stat...
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My book is big--600 pages! Yet I had to cut lots of words. Which means plenty of interesting figures didn't make the cut (often b/c they didn't fit an analytical through line). One such person is notorious Episcopal bishop William Montgomery Brown, AKA "Bad Bishop Brown." Thread.
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My book is big--600 pages! Yet I had to cut lots of words. Which means plenty of interesting figures didn't make the cut (often b/c they didn't fit an analytical through line). One such person is notorious Episcopal bishop William Montgomery Brown, AKA "Bad Bishop Brown." Thread.
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Been thinking about this book a lot lately and seeing the pics of the CEOs lined up today, yeah, thinking about it again
Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back a book by Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias
A compelling argument that the extractive practices of today's tech giants are the continuation of colonialism--and a crucial guide to collective resistance. Large technology companies like Meta, Ama...
bookshop.org
January 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Been thinking about this book a lot lately and seeing the pics of the CEOs lined up today, yeah, thinking about it again
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I’m working on updates the Capitol Riot Map—an interactive visualization of the more than 1,500 individuals connected to January 6th.
I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼
I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼
January 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m working on updates the Capitol Riot Map—an interactive visualization of the more than 1,500 individuals connected to January 6th.
I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼
I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼
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Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Strategize for a Long Battle Against Tech https://gizmodo.com/fearing-ai-will-take-their-jobs-workers-strategize-for-a-long-battle-against-tech-2000552129
Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Strategize for a Long Battle Against Tech
At a landmark gathering in California, workers discussed defenses against artificial intelligence and surveillance technology.
gizmodo.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Strategize for a Long Battle Against Tech https://gizmodo.com/fearing-ai-will-take-their-jobs-workers-strategize-for-a-long-battle-against-tech-2000552129
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Been devouring this the last few weeks and I cannot believe how essential it feels for understanding our current moment
susanfaludi.com/backlash-cha...
susanfaludi.com/backlash-cha...
January 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Been devouring this the last few weeks and I cannot believe how essential it feels for understanding our current moment
susanfaludi.com/backlash-cha...
susanfaludi.com/backlash-cha...
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy can now be pre-ordered direct from @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
Analytic philosophy is the dominant form of philosophy in the English-speaking world, and beyond, today. What explains its continuing success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can on...
www.versobooks.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy can now be pre-ordered direct from @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Over the last five days, we’ve been witnessing remarkable, even miraculous mutual aid happening all over the city of Los Angeles—but esp. Altadena—, done by ordinary Angelenos, some also fire victims, who care deeply about their city and it’s ppl. We’ve shared those experiences here. Take a look—
In LA's darkest moment, the light of tireless Angelenos providing aid, food shines bright | Opinion
Amid the destruction in LA, there are glimmers of hope. Angelenos everywhere have heard the call for aid and stepped up in remarkable ways.
calmatters.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Over the last five days, we’ve been witnessing remarkable, even miraculous mutual aid happening all over the city of Los Angeles—but esp. Altadena—, done by ordinary Angelenos, some also fire victims, who care deeply about their city and it’s ppl. We’ve shared those experiences here. Take a look—
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I wrote about “pervert winter,” robot accessories, Snoop Dogg's LinkedIn, buzzcuts to break the internet, Elon Musk gamer stolen valor, and A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires.
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A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires
+ Pervert winter, robot accessories, Snoop Dogg's LinkedIn, buzzcuts to break the internet, and Elon Musk gamer stolen valor
www.usermag.co
January 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I wrote about “pervert winter,” robot accessories, Snoop Dogg's LinkedIn, buzzcuts to break the internet, Elon Musk gamer stolen valor, and A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires.
Subscribe to User Mag today! 👇
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I'm certain this is a mistake but my book is somehow on Barnes & Noble's list of "Most Anticipated Nonfiction of 2025" (link below).
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City is out Aug 19th from
@wwnorton.bsky.social
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City is out Aug 19th from
@wwnorton.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm certain this is a mistake but my book is somehow on Barnes & Noble's list of "Most Anticipated Nonfiction of 2025" (link below).
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City is out Aug 19th from
@wwnorton.bsky.social
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City is out Aug 19th from
@wwnorton.bsky.social
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Coming Jan 21, 2025 and available for pre-order @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...
Dark Laboratory by Tao Leigh Goffe: 9780385549912 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an idyll in the American imagination and a dark laboratory of Western experimentation, revealing secrets to racial and environmental progress th...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Coming Jan 21, 2025 and available for pre-order @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...
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Keynes famously said that in the long run we are all dead, but he may have been optimistic.
In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...
In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...
January 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Keynes famously said that in the long run we are all dead, but he may have been optimistic.
In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...
In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...
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"Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature"
Alyssa Battistoni
A new critique of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature
I'm very excited by this new publication.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Alyssa Battistoni
A new critique of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature
I'm very excited by this new publication.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 19, 2024 at 11:41 AM
"Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature"
Alyssa Battistoni
A new critique of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature
I'm very excited by this new publication.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Alyssa Battistoni
A new critique of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature
I'm very excited by this new publication.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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ICYMI: The Financial Image: Finance, Philosophy, and Contemporary Film (2024)
Chapters on the financial regime and the financial image, financial gaze, financial time, financial space, financial performativity, via Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Petzold, Isaac Julien and other anti-wolves of Wall Street!
Chapters on the financial regime and the financial image, financial gaze, financial time, financial space, financial performativity, via Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Petzold, Isaac Julien and other anti-wolves of Wall Street!
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
ICYMI: The Financial Image: Finance, Philosophy, and Contemporary Film (2024)
Chapters on the financial regime and the financial image, financial gaze, financial time, financial space, financial performativity, via Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Petzold, Isaac Julien and other anti-wolves of Wall Street!
Chapters on the financial regime and the financial image, financial gaze, financial time, financial space, financial performativity, via Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Petzold, Isaac Julien and other anti-wolves of Wall Street!
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Happy to say that my former PhD student, Titas Chakraborty, will publish her first book, *Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work*, with @ucpress.bsky.social in March 2025. Check out this brilliant 18c global labor history!
www.ucpress.edu/books/empire...
www.ucpress.edu/books/empire...
December 26, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Happy to say that my former PhD student, Titas Chakraborty, will publish her first book, *Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work*, with @ucpress.bsky.social in March 2025. Check out this brilliant 18c global labor history!
www.ucpress.edu/books/empire...
www.ucpress.edu/books/empire...
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A fascinating video about a Swede's discomfort with the Filipino habit of taking a nap during work, and the question that matters: "Why does it bother you so much?"
aeon.co/videos/a-swe...
aeon.co/videos/a-swe...
A Swedish expat in the Philippines wonders: what’s up with people sleeping at work? | Aeon Videos
Is a bit of shuteye on the job really such a big deal? A Swedish expat examines the Philippines’ sleep-at-work culture
aeon.co
December 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
A fascinating video about a Swede's discomfort with the Filipino habit of taking a nap during work, and the question that matters: "Why does it bother you so much?"
aeon.co/videos/a-swe...
aeon.co/videos/a-swe...
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“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...