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Reading lots of books & writing in order to learn what I think, whilst listening to opera Hooked on psychoanalysis & cats
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And we got finger-wagged by a New England journo "expert" for not staying in our lane and sticking to our knitting (his words) and leaving hard stuff to (paywalled) NYT and Wapo. So we were right, and we did the right thing, and we didn't need anyone's permission to make our own news decisions.

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If you start naming names it’s maybe a dozen prominent reactionary podcasters that are still making bank, Žižek, Houellebecq, Greenwald, Nick Land, and a bankrupt Nina Power www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/everyth...

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“Europe is clearly no longer treated as the U.S.’s primary ally, so one option to consider is a strategic alliance with China against the emerging axis of the U.S., Russia, & India..” #europe #U.S.

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I’m might share my saucepans at weekends for someone who did this…

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When Rupert Murdoch’s rags turn on you …

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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“That’s arguably how Trump won over young men, too — less with his policies and more with his macho affect and his ability to help isolated young men feel welcome and liked.”

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‘The idea of a “population transfer”, another term for ethnic cleansing, has gone from a fringe position in Israel to the political mainstream.’ A.S. Dillingham on the similarities between Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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Putin the role model? www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Reminded how popular this book was among high wealth tech entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. Criticisms of craziness is a badge of honour….

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Thinking of painting my office walls Freudian blue…..

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shout out to all the parent writers. to all the projects started and then withered because a kid had a cold, or fell when you were jotting an idea down, or started a bath and jumped in still dressed. for the conferences and fellowships and sub windows missed. shout out to y’all who keep coming back.

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In 1957, psychoanalyst Heinrich Racker coined the term, a “mania for reproaching” to describe people who were perpetually offended, and looking for any excuse to launch morally righteous attacks on others (He highlighted the libidinal pleasure in this) A way to avoid difficult work of thinking?

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New York Times journo doesn’t know who Jim Crow is 🥴

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white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

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Alex Karp criticises the democrat party for not getting into dialogue and engaging with Musk. If it is true, then he has a good point. More just othering otherwise? youtu.be/f3KGMx7Ndgo?...

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Just saying

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I'm not discussing politics much on here but for anyone interested in #ChildPoverty in the UK, this is essential.

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"It’s worrying that you’ve got the Conservative party and the Reform party, the parties on the right, not willing to stand up for British values. And I think people are going to see that. "Standing up to Trump is the only way to make a deal with him." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

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What a wonderful piece you just played. Thank you @petroc.bsky.social Was it Ahouye Vahshi by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko? I didn’t quite catch it what you said, too swept away! Perfect piece for these times

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Just a side note: As bad as NYT is we should probably acknowledge not only do they have a trans columnist in Opinion, their trans columnist is one of the most brilliant opinion writers currently working.

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😂😂 brilliant!

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Phillip Roth, the writer .. “has his hands full in trying to understand, and then describe, and then make credible much of the American reality. It stupefies, it sickens, it infuriates, and finally it is even a kind of embarrassment to one’s own meager imagination.” #writers #novels

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Maya Angelou - we all need her to remind us, And I Rise! youtu.be/qviM_GnJbOM?...

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