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‘There is a difference, I want to suggest, between allowing a rational fear of domination to shape our politics, and making that fear the totality of our politics.’
Amia Srinivasan on psychoanalysis, in her Winter Lecture of Friday 12 December.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan on psychoanalysis, in her Winter Lecture of Friday 12 December.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘There is a difference, I want to suggest, between allowing a rational fear of domination to shape our politics, and making that fear the totality of our politics.’
Amia Srinivasan on psychoanalysis, in her Winter Lecture of Friday 12 December.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan on psychoanalysis, in her Winter Lecture of Friday 12 December.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social) asked people to film themselves reading Rousseau’s Confessions:
‘The idea of lots of people repeating the same claim to singularity seemed interesting.’
Read and watch a clip on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
‘The idea of lots of people repeating the same claim to singularity seemed interesting.’
Read and watch a clip on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Adam Smyth | Like No One in Existence
In September, I invited people to record themselves reading a short passage from an English translation of Rousseau’s...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social) asked people to film themselves reading Rousseau’s Confessions:
‘The idea of lots of people repeating the same claim to singularity seemed interesting.’
Read and watch a clip on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
‘The idea of lots of people repeating the same claim to singularity seemed interesting.’
Read and watch a clip on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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‘Psychoanalysis was born of a moment not dissimilar to our own: a moment when the image of the human as a rational animal seemed fragile if not preposterous, and the progressive liberalism founded on that image was revealed to be dangerously naive.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘Psychoanalysis was born of a moment not dissimilar to our own: a moment when the image of the human as a rational animal seemed fragile if not preposterous, and the progressive liberalism founded on that image was revealed to be dangerously naive.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
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Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
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Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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Some much-needed good news, including
• renewables overtake coal as source of electricity globally
• new oceans protections pledged in the High Seas Treaty
• landmark litigation to facilitate accountability for climate breakdown
• indigenous wins at COP
🌱❣️🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
• renewables overtake coal as source of electricity globally
• new oceans protections pledged in the High Seas Treaty
• landmark litigation to facilitate accountability for climate breakdown
• indigenous wins at COP
🌱❣️🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Some much-needed good news, including
• renewables overtake coal as source of electricity globally
• new oceans protections pledged in the High Seas Treaty
• landmark litigation to facilitate accountability for climate breakdown
• indigenous wins at COP
🌱❣️🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
• renewables overtake coal as source of electricity globally
• new oceans protections pledged in the High Seas Treaty
• landmark litigation to facilitate accountability for climate breakdown
• indigenous wins at COP
🌱❣️🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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‘Psychoanalysis can help us better understand how the world, including our oppressors, works, and so what we might do about it, and them; and what wishes we might have for collective life, and which of these the reality principle demands we set aside.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
‘Psychoanalysis can help us better understand how the world, including our oppressors, works, and so what we might do about it, and them; and what wishes we might have for collective life, and which of these the reality principle demands we set aside.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘You may reasonably object to the orthodox Freudian picture of the unconscious. But can we doubt that there is more, much more, to our individual and collective lives than that of which we are consciously aware?’
Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
‘You may reasonably object to the orthodox Freudian picture of the unconscious. But can we doubt that there is more, much more, to our individual and collective lives than that of which we are consciously aware?’
Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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NEW: One of the launch events for my book! This one's in York, at York St John University, during the early evening of Tuesday 3 March... There'll be others, in Bristol, London and Oxford, but this one's now got a signup available.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-labour...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-labour...
New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country
The New Labour governments of the 1990s and 2000s seem a long time ago, but now it might be time for a reassessment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NEW: One of the launch events for my book! This one's in York, at York St John University, during the early evening of Tuesday 3 March... There'll be others, in Bristol, London and Oxford, but this one's now got a signup available.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-labour...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-labour...
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A new Dark Age being pushed by our strategic competitor, the United States. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
www.denverpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A new Dark Age being pushed by our strategic competitor, the United States. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/t...
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This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.
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A terrifying age of monsters. Unless we in the UK are careful NHS research will be trashed next by the same ghouls. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A terrifying age of monsters. Unless we in the UK are careful NHS research will be trashed next by the same ghouls. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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One of the threads of the story of UberTherapy is that the new business model of mental health acts as a defence against thinking. That it invites us to stop thinking about the systems within which we are working.
This week's blog Defences against Thinking
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
This week's blog Defences against Thinking
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
One of the threads of the story of UberTherapy is that the new business model of mental health acts as a defence against thinking. That it invites us to stop thinking about the systems within which we are working.
This week's blog Defences against Thinking
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
This week's blog Defences against Thinking
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Time to re-up that joke about the brilliant carbon-sequestration technology science has discovered.
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Discover the countries with the largest forests in 2025 and how just five nations hold more than half of global woodland.
www.visualcapitalist.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Time to re-up that joke about the brilliant carbon-sequestration technology science has discovered.
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A substantial proportion of people seeking psychiatric treatment in the US today are doing so primarily because they cannot afford to live securely in this country and are told this is a sign of their own deficiency and disorder rather than of a corrupt, anti-democratic society.
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A substantial proportion of people seeking psychiatric treatment in the US today are doing so primarily because they cannot afford to live securely in this country and are told this is a sign of their own deficiency and disorder rather than of a corrupt, anti-democratic society.
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Ironically, why people so frequently and so deeply believe this ideological line to be true is not a bad starting point for psychotherapy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ironically, why people so frequently and so deeply believe this ideological line to be true is not a bad starting point for psychotherapy.
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This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We stand at the tipping point in the ‘race to the bottom’ that UberTherapy represents. And it can only be by protecting our ability to really say what’s on our minds that we can work through whether something is actually better than nothing.
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We stand at the tipping point in the ‘race to the bottom’ that UberTherapy represents. And it can only be by protecting our ability to really say what’s on our minds that we can work through whether something is actually better than nothing.
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
