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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · Nov 21

Jasper Johns on 'The Watchman' and 'The Spy' (1964):

The spy must be ready to “move,” must be aware of his entrances & exits.
The watchman leaves
his job & takes away
no information.
The spy must remember
and must remember himself
& his remembering.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 4h

This is very good on what to do when God isn't your witness.

Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 19h

On Rousseau's Machiavellian Correction to Machiavelli's Practically Useful Philosophy
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On Rousseau's Machiavellian Correction to Machiavelli's Practically Useful Philosophy

A few weeks ago (recall), I noted that in the Florentine Histories, Machiavelli uses Plutarch’s account of the senior Cato’s banishment of the Greek philosophers from Rome, to introduce an important d...

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 6h

26 out of the world’s top 200 universities are in the UK

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World University Rankings 2026 | Times Higher Education (THE)

Explore the 2026 World University Rankings by Times Higher Education. Compare over 2,000 top universities and discover this year’s leading institutions.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 6h

Self-abolishing party abolishes something else.

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 6h

Join Thomas Kador for a workshop and book launch exploring Object-Based Learning in education.

📚 Object-Based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education
📍 UCL Institute of Advanced Studies & Grant Museum of Zoology
🔗 Details: bit.ly/3KFmCpD

Discover object-based learning: Workshop and book launch with Thomas Kador

Join Thomas Kador, author of the new textbook Object-based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

One of the reasons they're having trouble concocting a Left Wing Terrorism epidemic is basically nobody in this country has ever met a left wing person. You might as well say we're being invaded by the smurfs

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 6h

'The ‘fascist Orientalist’ swastika emerged from the laboratory of European colonialism in the 1870s. This colonial model is what enabled Hitler to propose a design of the Nazi flag that subsumed Bismarck’s Reich within a new kind of political identity'

The Swastika and Anti-Colonialism
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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 3d

In a review of my book on the swastika in 1994, Der Spiegel said that the womb from which fascism crawled was still fertile. Unfortunately, they were right.

Hitlers Firmen-Logo

Mercedes hat den guten Stern, die Lufthansa den Kranich - und das »Firmen-Logo« der Nazis war (und ist) das Hakenkreuz. Zu solch marktstrategischem Resultat kommt der britische Kunstlehrer Malcolm Qui...

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Counts Faces is not a good programme.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 7h

‘The closest she got was telling us she wanted a country “where people are judged by the content of their character and not the colour of their skin.” Right now, she doesn’t even have a shadow cabinet like that.’

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 20h

One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.

One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 8h

The anatomy lesson: painted by Rembrandt in 1632, depicting annual dissection at Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons, conducted by celebrated City Anatomist & later Mayor of Amsterdam, Dr Nicolaes Tulp, born #OTD 1593.
Mauritshuis, den Haag

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 3d

In a review of my book on the swastika in 1994, Der Spiegel said that the womb from which fascism crawled was still fertile. Unfortunately, they were right.

Hitlers Firmen-Logo

Mercedes hat den guten Stern, die Lufthansa den Kranich - und das »Firmen-Logo« der Nazis war (und ist) das Hakenkreuz. Zu solch marktstrategischem Resultat kommt der britische Kunstlehrer Malcolm Qui...

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 19h

The French Prime Minister ‘is still resigning’

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

I try to bring you the latest on French politics on here, as longtime followers know... but the situation now is too bizarre to sum it up in 280 characters.

But basically, Macronist Prime Minister appointed 3 weeks & resigned abruptly on Monday is still resigning, & still no clarity on what's next.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

I try to bring you the latest on French politics on here, as longtime followers know... but the situation now is too bizarre to sum it up in 280 characters.

But basically, Macronist Prime Minister appointed 3 weeks & resigned abruptly on Monday is still resigning, & still no clarity on what's next.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 23h

She sees herself in a romance written by Kemi Badenoch.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 1d

I’m worried that Bob isn’t well-integrated into the human race.

Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 1d

‘I wasn't there so I can't say how many faces he saw’ Badenoch. Good to hear that she wasn’t part of his face count.

Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated'

The shadow justice secretary is accused of racism after saying the Handsworth area was one of the

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 23h

Badenoch: ‘I stand for a society where free speech trumps hurt feelings’. So the Tory bid for power is going to run on vitriol and the abolition of stamp duty. It’s one way to go.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 22h

How the fallen are mighty.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 23h

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image...

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 23h

She sees herself in a romance written by Kemi Badenoch.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 23h

Badenoch: ‘I stand for a society where free speech trumps hurt feelings’. So the Tory bid for power is going to run on vitriol and the abolition of stamp duty. It’s one way to go.

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 1d

Gather around, friends, for a friendly 🧵.

Propaganda was not a widely used word before WW2. Sergeï Chakhotin was one of the first theoreticians of authoritarian propaganda in his 1939 book The Rape of the Masses, which was immediately banned by fascists.

Here are his 7 rules of propaganda:

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 1d

L'hôtel de ville in La Baule-Escoublac, built in 1973.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The Geat X-Tinction.

From an in-house chat app to the most dangerous social media site in history.

The magical flight and tragic decline of twitter.

And why I left.

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The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

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