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Thomas Dekeyser

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Geographer at Uni of Southampton. Research: refusal, tech, cities. Films: Breached/Machines in Flames. Book (forthcoming): Techno-Negative. thomasdekeyser.com

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Aug 7

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative!

It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @uminnpress.bsky.social.

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · 18h

totally! this is not a critique of historians of technology, but of mainstream narratives of technological progression.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats Brian, fantastic news!

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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 26d

Read my latest commentary on Big Tech Authoritarianism, which discusses how Big Tech actively constructs authoritarian spaces – both within their organisational structures and across broader socio-political contexts.

doi.org/10.1177/2976...

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · 26d

Crawford's new essay in e-flux offers the best summary of the monstrous absurdity of contemporary AI that I've read in a long time.

(via @jonnyjjt.bsky.social)

www.e-flux.com/architecture...

The expansion of computational capital reproduces the core-periphery dynamics of earlier empires—extracting from the Global South to enrich the North—while excavating billions of years in geological time to increase the speed of algorithmic convenience by milliseconds. After feeding at this planetary scale, the industrial beast now releases a tide of slop.

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Aug 25

To those attending the RGS conference this week: interested in authoritarianism and/or AI, do come and join us on Friday for this brilliant set of papers. It will be insightful, bleak, and much more. ✨

organised w/ @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @casey-lynch.bsky.social

description of RGS conference session mentioned here https://event.ac2025.exordo.com/session/449/authoritarianism-and-the-geographies-of-artificial-intelligence

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Aug 7

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative!

It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @uminnpress.bsky.social.

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Aug 7

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative!

It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @uminnpress.bsky.social.

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Tyler Blackman @tylerb.bsky.social · Aug 6

New commentary with @dcockayne.bsky.social now out! As part of a special issue on AI refusal, we offer brief speculative narrative imagining working life in an AI-dominated future, navigating between dystopian and utopian visions of AI and its refusal.

Open Access Here:

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Jul 27

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Jul 17

anti-oil activism sounds kind of nice & punchy?

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wrote a book review of Roy Christopher's "Escape Philosophy", a rich, if somewhat universalist, dive into the human desire to escape the body.

Part of a forthcoming special issue on 'Geographies of Leaving' in Social and Cultural Geography.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · Jun 13

ICYMI: Thomas Dekeyser, 'Pessimism, Futility and Extinction: An Interview with Eugene Thacker' - offers a unique insight into Thacker’s approach to the thinking, doing and writing of ‘philosophy’. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm still in the middle of marking. Don't do this to me!

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 23

Job advert: Fixed-term Lectureship (24 months) in our School of Geography and Environmental Science, with a focus on qualitative methods and health geographies. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Lecturer in Human Geography

The University of Southampton is ranked 14th in the UK (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025) and 80th globally (QS World University Rankings 2025). The School of Geography and Enviro...

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 23

We trace the limits of political media content focused on 'information', 'entertainment' and 'exposure', and offer a polemic in favour of fuelling the negative passions.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 23

Tired of the politically-stale state of much contemporary film? If so, you might vibe with this manifesto I co-wrote with Andrew Culp. It's available for online reading and for printing.

Read: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y4nbk...

Print: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rf7c2...

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Apr 21

There's a big piece on resistance to AI and Luddism in the New Yorker — pleased to see @jathansadowski.com's great book and This Machine Kills get shouts, as well as a nice nod to Blood in the Machine.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Laura Loyola-Hernández @wawisloyola.bsky.social · Apr 10

Come join our School of Geography as a permanent lecturer!!!!

We are looking for someone who does research on AI & securitisation; AI & the future of work; AI & humanitarianism; the politics/geopolitics of AI; & algorithmic activism.

Pls share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ970/l...

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 18

This looks great! Looking forward to reading.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 16

Submitted the final manuscript of 'Techno-Negative' recently (@uminnpress.bsky.social). If all goes well, the book should be out in Spring 2026. Can't wait to share it with the world.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 16

Not permanent unfortunately - it's a fixed-term replacement post.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 9

So excited to see this - congratulations!

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Apr 3

Tomorrow: Montreal screening of our two films - Machines in Flames + BREACHED - in case anyone is in the area.

Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Mar 20

Enjoyed being able to present a new project alongside
@vickiezhang.bsky.social yesterday at King's' geography seminar series. Thank you to @kbrickell.bsky.social @drruthcraggs.bsky.social and Alex Loftus for hosting us!

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Mar 5

What does it mean to be ‘out of it’? 🤔

How might foggier experiences of cognition change our relationship with place, to each other, and ourselves? 🌫️

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