Luke Baxter
@lukebax.bsky.social
Father to Ava-Jane and the other one who doesn’t want to be mentioned on social media. One-time podcaster, supporter of history podcasts. And I have a day job.
I have been listening and reading a lot on all of this. This episode was the most informative piece I have encountered. Great to have a real expert discussing things. Many thanks.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I have been listening and reading a lot on all of this. This episode was the most informative piece I have encountered. Great to have a real expert discussing things. Many thanks.
Three weeks ago President Trump, "They took away our oil rights, they threw our companies out, we want it back"
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Because it’s Uber eats
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Because it’s Uber eats
Shhh - we’ve paused 45 minutes in!
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Shhh - we’ve paused 45 minutes in!
Happy New Year Billy!
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Happy New Year Billy!
Is the advice to put the headphones on the little ones’ ears?
January 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Is the advice to put the headphones on the little ones’ ears?
A friend of mine’s 12-year old son did a politics podcast - it was cute. And it was better than this.
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A friend of mine’s 12-year old son did a politics podcast - it was cute. And it was better than this.
James, you and I were at that sort of school at around that time - the surprise would have been that the boy who became the man Nigel Farage, had not been a racist bully. There were plenty at my school, including one Rupert Lowe (he is a bit older than me).
December 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
James, you and I were at that sort of school at around that time - the surprise would have been that the boy who became the man Nigel Farage, had not been a racist bully. There were plenty at my school, including one Rupert Lowe (he is a bit older than me).
I have just read half of it in one sitting in front of the fire, listening to the Beatles. I am loving it and some experiences are very evocative of what we have been through.
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I have just read half of it in one sitting in front of the fire, listening to the Beatles. I am loving it and some experiences are very evocative of what we have been through.
I cannot heart this enough! Podcasts are audio! The whole point is that you can do other things. I don’t want to watch two people talking who occasionally say “look at this”.
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I cannot heart this enough! Podcasts are audio! The whole point is that you can do other things. I don’t want to watch two people talking who occasionally say “look at this”.
Ewww - no, not nearly such a good word - too close to muscularity.
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ewww - no, not nearly such a good word - too close to muscularity.
Nice! There is no noun derivative is there?
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nice! There is no noun derivative is there?
You just did (if this counts as a conversation!)
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You just did (if this counts as a conversation!)
Or “from this obscurity morbid symptoms emerge”? It would be nice to get “crepuscular” in somewhere for the “chiaroscuro” but not sure it works.
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Or “from this obscurity morbid symptoms emerge”? It would be nice to get “crepuscular” in somewhere for the “chiaroscuro” but not sure it works.
Oh wow - they really did muck up the translation then. Google had it as “monstri” - you live and learn.
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oh wow - they really did muck up the translation then. Google had it as “monstri” - you live and learn.
So Gramsci didn’t use “monstri”?
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So Gramsci didn’t use “monstri”?
I don’t know - there does seem to be something particularly monstrous about the times we are living in and he was watching the rise of Fascism.
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don’t know - there does seem to be something particularly monstrous about the times we are living in and he was watching the rise of Fascism.
I don’t know - it seemed apt in 1929 and works for now too.
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I don’t know - it seemed apt in 1929 and works for now too.
I just checked the Italian - it’s a shame that both lost chiaroscuro (twilight) - not sure interregnum quite works.
"Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri."
"Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri."
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I just checked the Italian - it’s a shame that both lost chiaroscuro (twilight) - not sure interregnum quite works.
"Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri."
"Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri."
Thanks - yes that reads much better.
December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thanks - yes that reads much better.
What would be an improvement?
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What would be an improvement?
Bother - I will catch up there. Sounds fun - I am always up for a bit of Sarkozy mockery.
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Bother - I will catch up there. Sounds fun - I am always up for a bit of Sarkozy mockery.
Is that in the paper this weekend? You and @zaltzcricket.bsky.social are pretty much the only reason I haven’t cancelled my Observer subscription. It’s gone quite weird.
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Is that in the paper this weekend? You and @zaltzcricket.bsky.social are pretty much the only reason I haven’t cancelled my Observer subscription. It’s gone quite weird.