The most horrifying part of the latest adam curtis doc is when New Labour have to pitch a vision of the future for the millennium dome and their best idea is having a fog machine to represent “spirituality”. Makes a reactionary aesthetic programme inevitable cos at least it’s trying something
we simply have to make culture
"Unlike the left and especially unlike liberals, the right has assembled for itself an aesthetic program, an answer to what the future should look like, slopified as it may be."
"Unlike the left and especially unlike liberals, the right has assembled for itself an aesthetic program, an answer to what the future should look like, slopified as it may be."
I wrote about Trump’s ballroom and the right’s quest to remake the symbolic order for @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/wre...
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The most horrifying part of the latest adam curtis doc is when New Labour have to pitch a vision of the future for the millennium dome and their best idea is having a fog machine to represent “spirituality”. Makes a reactionary aesthetic programme inevitable cos at least it’s trying something
Enjoying this Chronicle illustration where, in order to covertly circumvent the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, American musicologists have fashioned clefs and quavers into offensive weapons
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Enjoying this Chronicle illustration where, in order to covertly circumvent the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, American musicologists have fashioned clefs and quavers into offensive weapons
Saw in an article recently that this was revised down to .5%. Grim
If I’m reading that chart right, average incomes in the UK will have risen just over 1% between 2010 and 2030. ‘Ruddy hell’
”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Saw in an article recently that this was revised down to .5%. Grim
You can just make a chart of whatever you want I guess. Although if you’re trying to make the point that the managerial class are not myopically out of touch, it doesn’t help to label the chart “Southern Regimes”
Anyway back to Labour. Are they indeed too reliant on the dread PMC? Could they shift effectively on economic or cultural positions to win back voters they are losing? Here's how the voting base for social democratic parties has changed across Europe from @jrgingrich.bsky.social and Hausermann
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
You can just make a chart of whatever you want I guess. Although if you’re trying to make the point that the managerial class are not myopically out of touch, it doesn’t help to label the chart “Southern Regimes”
“The startup is currently bootstrapped, and employees are not yet salaried, but the company will soon seek outside funding.”
Now THAT’s what I call burying the lede
Now THAT’s what I call burying the lede
this piece will make you one million times angrier than you think it will.
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan
Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“The startup is currently bootstrapped, and employees are not yet salaried, but the company will soon seek outside funding.”
Now THAT’s what I call burying the lede
Now THAT’s what I call burying the lede
Are there any Germans on here? What is the difference between Garnelen, Krabben, and Krebsen—are they just prawns, shrimp, and crayfish or is there something more to it? Keep in mind I don’t really understand the difference between prawns and shrimp to begin with
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Are there any Germans on here? What is the difference between Garnelen, Krabben, and Krebsen—are they just prawns, shrimp, and crayfish or is there something more to it? Keep in mind I don’t really understand the difference between prawns and shrimp to begin with
Seth has promised to explain this diagram tomorrow if you’re in germany
July 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Seth has promised to explain this diagram tomorrow if you’re in germany
If I’m reading that chart right, average incomes in the UK will have risen just over 1% between 2010 and 2030. ‘Ruddy hell’
”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economically dead: what is wrong with our economy?
The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn't an accident – it's by design; we need change
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July 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If I’m reading that chart right, average incomes in the UK will have risen just over 1% between 2010 and 2030. ‘Ruddy hell’
Markwayne. 2 names for just 1 man
Markwayne Mullin: "There are 35 million people that live below the poverty line inside the US. There are over 70 million people signed up for Medicaid. Now you're gonna tell me there's not room to make cuts?"
June 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Markwayne. 2 names for just 1 man
Getting ready to post some A1 academic content about which recent movies I enjoyed using a template provided by the grey lady herself the new york times
June 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Getting ready to post some A1 academic content about which recent movies I enjoyed using a template provided by the grey lady herself the new york times
One of my favourite authors. He sounds tired
May 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
One of my favourite authors. He sounds tired
had been waiting for this post. Good
Die Aktienmärkte schmieren mal wieder ab
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Johannes Kreidler - Charts Music - Songsmith fed with Stock Charts
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April 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
had been waiting for this post. Good
weyyy I made it in the dataset
March 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
weyyy I made it in the dataset
Weit ist der Weg
Ein Bett zu sein
Weit ist der Weg.
Ein Bett zu sein
Weit ist der Weg.
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Weit ist der Weg
Ein Bett zu sein
Weit ist der Weg.
Ein Bett zu sein
Weit ist der Weg.
You have applied for “benefits”. Our Work&Pensions.chatbot has this advice: Benefits are a crucial part of Social Democracy. Depending on the country where they are issued, they may be given for a variety of issues. In conclusion, benefits have both many diverse costs and benefits for society today
AI should replace some work of civil servants under new rules, Keir Starmer to announce
AI should replace some work of civil servants under new rules, Keir Starmer to announce
The new digital ‘mantra’, which aims to save the government £45bn, prompts unions to warn PM to stop blaming problems on Whitehall officials
AI should replace the work of government officials where it can be done to the same standard under new rules that…
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March 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
You have applied for “benefits”. Our Work&Pensions.chatbot has this advice: Benefits are a crucial part of Social Democracy. Depending on the country where they are issued, they may be given for a variety of issues. In conclusion, benefits have both many diverse costs and benefits for society today
On top of the obvious stupidity here, I’m really saddened about how anglo universities are becoming so parochial. Saw some colleagues speculating on how Trump’s attacks on US higher ed could help dying unis in the UK. Folks there is a whole world out there where nobody’s closing departments!
March 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
On top of the obvious stupidity here, I’m really saddened about how anglo universities are becoming so parochial. Saw some colleagues speculating on how Trump’s attacks on US higher ed could help dying unis in the UK. Folks there is a whole world out there where nobody’s closing departments!
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Dears ! ScoreFollower did a wonderful work editing the video performance of my piece "Portrait étendue d'une plaque de métal flexible" played by my friends of soundinitiative and recorded at La Muse en Circuit! Please have a look! I hope it will speak to you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL5Y...
Julien Malaussena — Portrait étendu d'une plaque de métal flexible [m/ score]
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March 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dears ! ScoreFollower did a wonderful work editing the video performance of my piece "Portrait étendue d'une plaque de métal flexible" played by my friends of soundinitiative and recorded at La Muse en Circuit! Please have a look! I hope it will speak to you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL5Y...
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📣 We're going to do a ONE HOUR BOYCOTT of AMAZON 😷
No one buy anything from Amazon for the next hour! 💵🚫⏲️
If you need anything just go to Whole Foods! 🛒🌭🥨🍖🥦
No one buy anything from Amazon for the next hour! 💵🚫⏲️
If you need anything just go to Whole Foods! 🛒🌭🥨🍖🥦
February 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
📣 We're going to do a ONE HOUR BOYCOTT of AMAZON 😷
No one buy anything from Amazon for the next hour! 💵🚫⏲️
If you need anything just go to Whole Foods! 🛒🌭🥨🍖🥦
No one buy anything from Amazon for the next hour! 💵🚫⏲️
If you need anything just go to Whole Foods! 🛒🌭🥨🍖🥦
Gene Hackman of course completely incredible. Now is a good time to revisit one of the greatest and most bizarre sequels in film history
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Gene Hackman of course completely incredible. Now is a good time to revisit one of the greatest and most bizarre sequels in film history
he hit by cybertrucks:(
February 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
he hit by cybertrucks:(
I remember this kind of stuff from the first Trump presidency, like “look at them, gnashing their teeth.” Seems like a confession of powerlessness, a desperate clutching at an outmoded idea of culture as praxis. The “worst people” run the entire US government and are pretty much doing what they want
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl set really seems to have made the worst people absolutely unravel. They didn’t just dislike it - which many people did, from all walks of life, and that’s fine - it really struck them in their souls. And some of them are still growling away. It’s fascinating.
February 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I remember this kind of stuff from the first Trump presidency, like “look at them, gnashing their teeth.” Seems like a confession of powerlessness, a desperate clutching at an outmoded idea of culture as praxis. The “worst people” run the entire US government and are pretty much doing what they want
I’m generally very openminded about music but I have a couple of elitist high modernist opinions that I cling to. One is that Shostakovich is boring. The other is that the grammys is an institution that gave the award for ‘best metal song’ to jethro tull and thus should not be taken seriously
February 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I’m generally very openminded about music but I have a couple of elitist high modernist opinions that I cling to. One is that Shostakovich is boring. The other is that the grammys is an institution that gave the award for ‘best metal song’ to jethro tull and thus should not be taken seriously