Nikhil Venkatesh
@nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
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Mainly philosophy and cricket
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And basically amateurs vs professionals, right? I'm crossing my fingers. Proper giant-killing stuff!
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If Pakistan women beat Australia is that the biggest shock in cricket ever?
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dandekadt.bsky.social
Nobel season is upon us so I am staying close to my phone so I can post without delay
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evansmithhist.bsky.social
When you make your point in the body of the paper, but come back for extra snark in the footnote
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Yeah every time I go back to the original texts I'm impressed by them
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Friends fear he is getting back into classical utilitarianism
Three books, seen standing with the spines towards us. They are Mill 'On Liberty and other writings', Bentham 'An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation', a d Bentham 'selected writings'
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Quantitative social theory is where you 'solve for' something, rather than solving it. Qualitative social theory is where you 'think' something rather than thinking about it.
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
The post-pm career contrast to Brown is striking and may tell us something about who to credit with the good bits in office
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Not a Notts fan but loving the Haseeb Hameed redemption arc

www.espncricinfo.com/series/count...
nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Exactly that has been argued in Jacobin recently ( go.bsky.app/redirect?u=h... ). But this disagreement might just be semantic: is the safety net part of "the economy" or not?
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Inject it into my veins bsky.app/profile/guys...
guyshrubsole.bsky.social
'“Public control is everything,” Burnham tells me. And now he wants more: control of housing, energy, water, rail – “the basics of life” as he calls them.'

He's so clearly running.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s plan for Britain
Inside his Manchester kingdom, Labour’s prince across the water outlines his radical blueprint
www.newstatesman.com