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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 11h

Me and a bunch of brilliant colleagues got an op-ed responding to the recent political attacks on Roskilde University in the Danish newspaper Politiken today.

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 10h

A Danish parliamentarian, the MP Victoria Velasquez, has been abducted by the Israeli military this morning.

Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 10h

Det her er jo vanvittigt. Et dansk folketingsmedlem, der bortføres militært af en fremmed magt i et åbenlyst brud på folkeretten. Hvordan kan vi opretholde almindelige diplomatiske forbindelser med et sådan forbryderisk regime.

nyheder.tv2.dk/live/udland/...

Dansk politiker en del af opbragt skib: - Jeg er blevet kidnappet

Det danske folketingsmedlem Victoria Velasquez (EL) er en del af besætningen på et af de skibe fra nødhjælpsflotillen, der er blevet opbragt af Israels militær...

nyheder.tv2.dk

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 1d

Second of five Denmark lectures today! Tuesday, 7 October, 14–16 hrs, "Abolitionist Horizons" public lecture at Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/glo...

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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · 1d

The Long Heat is finally out from @versobooks.bsky.social today:

It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.

www.versobooks.com/products/331...

The Long Heat

The world is crossing the 1.5°C global warming limit, perhaps exceeding 2°C soon after. What is to be done when these boundaries, set by the Paris Agreement, have been passed? In the overshoot era, sc...

www.versobooks.com

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 1d

May I also suggest reading lareviewofbooks.org/article/endg...

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Erik!

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth reading. My colleague @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social on the financial thriller in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

Making a Killing | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mikkel Krause Frantzen discusses the future of the financial thriller in an era of cryptocurrencies and climate crisis.

lareviewofbooks.org

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 5d

Nå skal I også i biffen i aften og se Taylor Swift-film? I så fald ses vi evt i Fields til forestillingen 21.15!
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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 5d

See you in "Smilets by" or "Aarhus - Danish for Progress"!

Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 5d

A kind reminder that this weekend is 🚨LAST CHANCE🚨 to register for the conference.

Registration is soooo important due to coffee and pastry related reasons!!

You can register here: marxistiskestudier.nemtilmeld.dk/8/?fbclid=PA...

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 6d

For the @the-breakdown.bsky.social today, we have an exclusive extract from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm's superb latest book, The Long Heat!

@versobooks.bsky.social

EXTRACT: The Long Heat

An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.

www.break-down.org

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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · 5d

Head over to www.break-down.org for a sneak peak of the first part of The Long Heat!

More importantly, please do subscribe to the magazine! The Break Down is a fantastic source of cutting-edge, critical writing about climate change and capitalism. It deserves your support.

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 6d

I have an essay in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

It is about the financial thriller, finance capital Donald Trump, 2025, 1973, Paul Erdman, crypto, climate and more!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/maki...

Also: Read the book on which the essay builds! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-bir...

Making a Killing | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mikkel Krause Frantzen discusses the future of the financial thriller in an era of cryptocurrencies and climate crisis.

lareviewofbooks.org

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 6d

Elsker The City&The City!

Postmodern Prometheus 666 @saraabdollahi666.bsky.social · 7d

När jag får frågan vad man ska läsa, vilket händer ofta, brukar jag bli tom på tips. Så här ett tips. Detta är China Miéville, ett författarskap jag hade turen att upptäcka för att en vän och kritiker kollega pratade om hans litteratur och genast fångade mitt intresse.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 6d

My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

www.theguardian.com

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

Husk at fortælle jeres børn, fødte og ufødte, om Jørgen Leth! Og om den for dem ukendte teknologi der var kendt som DVD 📀

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

and the lectures on aesthetics for lunch?

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

Her slutningen på det sidste digt fra Lykken i Ingenmandsland:
"SÅ MEGET KAN SKE HVERT ØJEBLIK KAN ALTING SKE JEG
SKRÆLLER EN STILHED OG PUTTER DEN STYKKE FOR STYKKE
I MUNDEN JEG FINDER ET MÆRKE I VÆGGEN OG VED - MENS
BLADENE FALDER - HVOR JEG ER OG ALTING FINDES"

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

Udover Sportsdigte, er Lykken i Ingenmandsland min klare favorit, for mig er 1960erne klart hans bedste periode, selvom også bøgerne fra det 21 århundrede, selv 2020erne, selv Zombie, også holder højt niveau, men i nærheden af de tidligere bøger, nej det kommer de ikke

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

I det hele taget må vi ikke glemme den måde Leth samarbejdede på, dem han samarbejdede med: Torben Ulrich, Per Kirkeby, fotografen Ole John, Lars von Trier, Claus Nissen, ja klar flest og mest mænd, heriblandt jo også, ej at forglemme, Jørn Mader

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

"Jeg leger at jeg kan alting" fungerer sublimt som oplæsningsbog for børn, "En forårsdag i helvede" er perfekt på en tømmermandsdag, filmen om Pelota er en lille glemt genistreg, Ofelias blomster en uvurderlig eksperimenterende film (med scenografi af Per Kirkeby og Lene Adler som skuespiller)

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

Jørgen Leth er død. Lad os huske hans bøger og film, hans kommentatorvirke! Mine personlige favoritter er Sportsdigte og filmen Motion Picture, men der er så mange mesterværker

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 8d

Almost as good as The Science of Logic!

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Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 9d

New conference program just dropped!

Go check it out!

marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...

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Bue Rübner Hansen @buerubner.bsky.social · 9d

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report. But why are Europeans not doing much about it? Because it's the "European way of life" that's creating the environmental damage.
So the point is not to save it, but to change it.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

www.theguardian.com

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Bue Rübner Hansen @buerubner.bsky.social · 12d

The lonelier the work, the more emails needed.

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 12d

Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 12d

Friends tell other friends when they see their work out in the world. Just got an email about my book and it made my day.

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Mikkel Krause Frantzen @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social · 12d

if you mean run Gaza further into the ground then the answer is obviously yes

www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Could Tony Blair run Gaza?

Many are vying to run the devastated territory

www.economist.com

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