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Jason Read
@jasonread.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2920-the-double-shift More here: http://www.unemployednegativity.com
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · Dec 25
It is more than a little awkward to realize that I had two books come out this year, a fact due more to different schedules and timelines of publishing than some prodigious productivity. The Double Shift from Verso...
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The Double Shift
Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery—working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle. To paraphrase Sp...
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 3h
I once ran into someone who recognized me from my blog and invited me to his wedding. I had a great time.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 18h
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 3h
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The United States and “Fascistic Capitalism” • Ill Will
Maurizio Lazzarato on the false opposition between market democracy and genocidal war.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 4h
I wrote about "labor power" as a concept in the work of Paolo Virno and Pierre Macherey and what it means for philosophy.
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Interpreting a Changing World: Labor Power in Virno and Macherey
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 20h
Bento is going as Good Dog for Halloween
Bento (dog) in front of blow up cemetery sign Bento (dog) in front of skeletons
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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d
A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
this is incredible
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d
If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 1d
Soccer under moonlight
Bento (dog) at night bathed in red light with soccer ball underneath harvest moon
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 1d
Teaching Paolo Virno today.
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Naturally Historical: On Paolo Virno's When the Word Becomes Flesh and Déjà Vu and the End of History
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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d
Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
The picture from The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “ Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992. The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d
John Stuart Mill failed to consider that creepy loser men would not react well to other people's liberty.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2d
Great news for Bari Weiss! A scoop about a new CBS head of news who wrote a note to staff that looks exactly like what ChatGPT might use. A Pulitzer's in the... wait what's that I'm hearing?
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d
If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah I feel like this isn’t appreciated enough as the origin story
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d
The only thing anyone needs to know about Bari Weiss is that she first came to national attention trying to get a Middle East Studies professor at Columbia fired for anti-Israel views, and yet somehow huge amounts of the US media elite think she is committed to "free speech" and "heterodoxy."
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d
The NYT's Michael Grynbaum reported that this is the note that Bari Weiss sent to CBS News staffers this morning (1/2)
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 2d
Out now in e-flux index #7 or available here: www.e-flux.com/notes/652818...
Title "Living in a Mythocracy: Projecting 2025" byline Jason Read. Image from The Simpsons, politician with text, $30 Million of Taxpayer Money to Support the Perverted Arts.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d
In the last 2 weeks MAGA aligned people have done 2 attempted mass shootings of a gay bar and pride center in Arizona and Texas, murdered 2 teenage girls for mocking Charlie Kirk, and torched a judge's home.

Meanwhile, the government mobilized the military to go after the left.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 2d
That is a good way of putting it. It is also interest to think of Vietnam playing a similar role in transition. First, it is part of the general distrust of the state, often paired with Watergate, but then becomes reconfigured around the fantasy of return and the Rambo image.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 2d
A few years ago I was a little surprised to see that Richard Seymour and China Mieville where on a panel at about consciousness at HM. I could not go because my panel was at the same time. Mieville's paper is now available here.
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Beyond Folk Marxism: Mind, Metaphysics and Spooky Materialism - Salvage
Why, and how, are any of us capable of self-reflective thought? Of experiencing emotion, ratiocination, preference, cold, whim, melancholy, joy? Anything at all?
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 2d
This is a repost because apparently Trump is talking about Vietnam being lost do to "woke". As is often the case with Trump, he is just the culmination of decades of right wing myths. www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/01/livi...
Living in a Mythocracy: Projecting 2025
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 2d
Two of the core myths of late twentieth century have been that we could have won Vietnam if we just let the Rambos do their thing and we could solve crime if we just the Dirty Harrys of the world do their thing--in other words embrace violence.
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Operation Blue Thunder: Or, First time as Violence, Second time as Action
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d
Again, if you think the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 had anything to do with “woke” politics you should not be allowed to operate a car much less the entire American military.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "We won World War 1. We won World War 2. We won everything in between. We won everything before. And all of the sudden they decide to change the name. They went woke then too, you know. Woke is a long term. Word."
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 3d
“leftist agitators as the scapegoat for private equity
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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d
looking like the go to for every failing company is to start acting like the average too online MAGA chud

“Domestic Economic Terrorism” by “leftist agitators” and they just mean people not shopping at their stores lmfao
claire's NOTICE OF STORE CLOSURE To Our Valued Customers, This Claire's location has been permanently closed. The decision reflects both external pressures & internal restructuring. In recent months, repeated attacks of ridicule by radical left agitators have gone beyond mere criticism, escalating into a deliberate effort to destabilize our company - conduct we recognize as Domestic Economic Terrorism. At the same time, our transition under new private equity ownership required difficult financial choices. Protecting the stability of shareholders was prioritized, & this store - along with its local workforce - was deemed expendable in service of that obligation. Despite these challenges, Claire's remains committed to our identity as a traditional American company rooted in values of family & community. We will not be silenced by those who attempt to undermine that mission, & we continue to move forward with confidence in our future. Here at Claire's, we look forward to working with the current administration to reinvigorate our brand presence across the United States, ensuring that we remain a part of American life for generations to come. We invite you to continue supporting Claire's by shopping online at www.claires.com Thank you for your attention to this matter. Claire's Stores, Inc. 2400 West Central Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 | Claire's Stores, Inc. | CBI Distributing Corp.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8d
I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d
look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 3d
Niche nerd content alert: I think that if you have a flying mechanical suit with built in machine guns and you are not actively fighting the Nazi rulers of the world, focusing instead on the monsters and maniacs in your immediate vicinity, then you are still a Nazi regardless of your allegiances.
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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 3d
It's fascinating to watch originalists insist that the intention of the Founders was to create an all-powerful executive with near-plenary authority over the entire government only a few years after fighting the American Revolution
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 3d
A boy and his dog
Picture of me and Bento (dog) reflected in glass, parked car and cruise ship in background Picture of Bento (dog) on back porch. I am petting him and he is going in for a kiss
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