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johntonta.bsky.social
Non-linear aesthetics. Progressive rhythms in all things.
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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

submitted 6 days ago • 275 comments

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 7 days ago • 382 comments

I was asked for my view on the new paper from Jim Hansen "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations & the Public Well-Informed?" My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w... Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

This so connects with why I'm having a big problem with conspiracy thinking lately

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Keep this in mind, especially now.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Melon Usk's problem is that he's just a widget manufacturer. He doesn't get complex things like government, society, people etc

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

New open access book from UCL Press: Postcapitalist Countrysides: From commoning to community wealth building. Free download available here:

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Historians will write books about this dark period in US democracy. This will be the cover photo. It was taken inside the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia on Wednesday. (📸 Anonymous source, printed in The Washington Post)

submitted 21 days ago • 25 comments

John Holmwood discusses Thomas Hobbes, the state of nature and the narratives that underpinned colonialism. 🔎 Explore #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project's free open-access educational resources, including video lectures and detailed lesson plans.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The UK chancellor is either deeply dishonest or not too bright if she thinks Heathrow expansion can be reconciled with the UK's Paris 1.5-2°C & equity commitments. Either way, such traits make her ill-equipped for the job at hand. If she want's out of Paris, then join Trump & be honest about it.

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Opens tomorrow: ‘Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press: artists’ books, artworks and ephemera' at the legendary Matt's Gallery now in Nine Elms. Open Weds-Sundays 29/01 to 23/03, alongside superb 'No Dimensions' by Katie Cuddon. Such a thrill. Come see! Info 👉 www.mattsgallery.org/exhibitions/...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

this is a dystopia these are the things that happen in dystopias if you'd put into an SF novel 20 years ago that people helped others avoid brutal police raids by holding up handmade signs in online video while cheerily talking about cats... that would be a dystopian novel

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Smallpox once killed over 500 million people. Thanks to efforts by the WHO that was strongly backed by the US, smallpox was eradicated by 1980. The US recoups their investment every 26 days in money not spent on administering further vaccinations and treating new cases.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

👋🏻 hello! As an independent curator I bring outstanding artists, scientists and organisations together to curate award-winning new artworks, exhibitions, programmes, research and events with and for diverse publics. Looking forward to opening up some new conversations and sharing news here :-)

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

How January 20th finds me.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Interesting article exploring why we need to understand better 'why personality, chaos, cruelty, grievance, stability, disruption, strength, big and simple messages giving people hope seem to matter.'

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?" [Video by @stuartpalley.bsky.social]

submitted 45 days ago • 8 comments

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

submitted 67 days ago • 181 comments

THE GLOBAL "RECYCLING" TRADE When you put out the recycling in Europe or North America there is a chance it will end up in a place called Jenjarom, a community in rural Selangor, Malaysia. 1/

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

submitted 94 days ago • 292 comments