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Personally attacked by Tolstoy's description of "an abrasive academic theorist, full of his own importance and contempt for everyone else".

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Great episode of @poltheoryother.bsky.social with @hhnnccnnll.bsky.social: 'The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat'. open.spotify.com/episode/3akn...

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I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.

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senior university managers turning a big dial that says “Fear” on it and constantly looking back at clueless consultants for approval like a contestant on the price is right

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Good analysis of Steve Bannon by Alex Gourevitch. thenorthernstar.online/2025/02/25/t...

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I, too, am forecasting a £140m shortfall in my finances, relative to the arbitrary targets I’ve set myself. All options remain on the table.

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A bleak day here in Edinburgh. Time to buckle up and get ready to fight to protect jobs.

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The lack of democratic accountability of university leadership to the staff and students of their institutions will be the death of us.

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What are you building with your little hammer your honor?

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Flattered, but spoken for. My boyfriend is a gray lichen who extracts minerals from a brick in the floor of a disused labyrinth.

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I would benefit from one of those ‘friendly but nervous’ vests that people put on their dogs.

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The Girl with the Needle has been the best new film I’ve seen for a while. Recommended for anyone who enjoys being harrowed.

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Surprised at how well-received Conclave has been. I thought that after a potentially promising start, it turned out to be lightweight and politically confused garbage.

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Any exhibitions you'd recommend in London at the moment? Me and Tom will be there for a few days from tomorrow.

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Good review of Geneviève Rousselière's new book, Sharing Freedom: Republicanism and Exclusion in Revolutionary France by @sandrineankara.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Enlightening report on financial mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh. www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/3fzpaa5...

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At that stage of the writing process where The Thermals come to mind: "when we win, we win in inches."

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ftw means “fare thee well”. when people use it in a sentence it typically means they wish you the best on your upcoming journey or endeavours

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My thinking about unions has been shaped by reading Hal Draper over the last few years — both his ‘Marxism and the Trade Unions’ and this classic essay on the ‘sect form of organization’, which may strike a chord with those who follow UCU factional politics. www.marxists.org/archive/drap...

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The senior managers of universities are some of the most cynical people you will ever encounter. They're not necessarily more mercenary than their peers in other industries but the ease with which they clothe their mendaciousness in the language of community and care is breathtaking.

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Massive victory for UK students! ‘Kevin Craven, Chief Executive of ADS Group, which represents the UK’s aerospace, defence, security, and space industries, called the student protests “unhelpful” and a “woke approach” that ultimately benefits foreign defence companies.’ thetab.com/2025/02/10/d...

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it’s important to have worm-life balance

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The humanities were nice while they lasted: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KAC...

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Thursday I don't care about you – it's Friday I'm in love. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aWD...

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a curious tension in environmental humanities writing atm is the tendency to endorse a version of animism, often pegged to a deferential acknowledgement of Indigenous conceptions of nonhuman agency, which ultimately feels deeply Christian in its faith in intelligent design and the harmony of nature

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Updated my username to @tomoshea.org. Yes, I do consider myself a one-person organisation.

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We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year's YCPT Book Workshop Award is @constantartifice.bsky.social (Dr Tom O'Shea) for the manuscript "Socialist Republicanism". We received great applications and competition was fierce. Congratulations, Tom! We look forward to discussing your book

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Going on a research trip to Barcelona from early March to mid-April. If there’s any philosophy, theory, or politics people it’d be good to meet while I’m there—yourselves included—then do let me know.

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Hard day for Adam Smith.

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Wonder what it feels like to have an evil curve named after you? Someone ought to hit up Arthur Laffer.

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