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"We'd like you to join the Soft Power Council." Due to my expertise on the nature of power? "No — because you're unbelievably soft."

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MORLVISION is TONIGHT Experience 29 new songs based on 75 random prompts. Join Terry Wogan's new cult. Critically evaluate art using a barely functioning web-app. Morlvision has it all* *29 songs www.twitch.tv/seanmorl 7pm BST tonight

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Going to be discussing the draft manuscript of my book on Socialist Republicanism at a workshop at the University of York on 8th July. Mónica Brito Vieira, Jan Kandiyali, Hannah Carnegy-Arbuthnott, and Nick Cowen have kindly agreed to comment.

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W.B. Yeats? The guy from the water cartons?

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New bookcase 💘

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This Friday! 💥

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tfw you are 'disappointed' that staff are taking strike action

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What would an anti-oligarchic, republican economy look like? UBI? Wealth tax? Workplace democracy? Strong trade unions? Investment democracy? I explore a radical republican economics in my new book, 'The Wealth of Freedom', which is now out online. academic.oup.com/book/60075

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The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as an immense accumulation of meal deals.

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I wrote a review of @brunoleipold.com's brilliant book:

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‘Twentieth-century fascism appears to have little in common with today’s leading far-right movements.’ @trillingual.bsky.social analyses the origins and discontents of the far-right populist groups gaining ground across the world: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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What’s the charge? Socialising an economy? A succulent capitalist economy?

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it me

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Listening to the Penguin audiobook of Paradise Lost while I’m reading the text, and it’s really breaking the immersion that the narrator keeps saying ‘imp-ious’ rather than ‘im-pious’.

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buddy i'm gonna level with you. your 3 for £8 selection is unhinged. totally unbalanced. flavour profile is honestly grotesque. i'm gonna have to ask you to leave the picnic

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your most spontaneous friend is up to their waist in a grain silo and sinking quickly

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don’t really use the outdated term aristocrat anymore, i prefer

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It’s not actually a profound moral failing if every person on the planet’s social media posts are not a dedicated 24-hour alternative news service.

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Unfortunately, the cat that visits our house still treats me as one of the terrifying Gorgs that is sure to capture poor Fraggles like itself.

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Often think about quite how desperate British journalists were to make the pun 'the IDS of March'.

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omnis determinatio est negatio

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When will my manuscript come home from the war?

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I think you’ll find that the best translation of this passage in a language I don’t read is actually the one that most supports my argument.

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Sit down now and listen bro. While you took your hot air balloon ride many things transpired down here on terra firma

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sorry your honour, can you repeat that? i was distracted by the strength of the evidence against my client

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These baby names are going to be HOT in 2025: BOYS ♂️Kick ♂️Wilberforce ♂️Tungsten ♂️Bolus ♂️Pelter GIRLS ♀️Malady ♀️Glaive ♀️Handrette ♀️Mistwalker ♀️Olea

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Editing this long chapter from my book manuscript, I'm starting to think John Ray's observation applies: "He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part, in his own ink".

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Edinburgh UCU has voted to authorise strike action against management's proposed £140m cuts. 84% voted for strike action and 92% for action short of a strike on a 60%+ turnout.

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What is political theory? Well, it’s like political philosophy, only I dress up what I think in some historical context instead of making a strained and elliptical argument for it.

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It is right and holy that there should be some apprehension whenever sending an email.

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Two decades on I still think about some of these entries regularly (e.g. "Someone who has actually been there"). Having read and thoroughly enjoyed All My Precious Madness at the weekend, it makes sense that this comes from the same mind.

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I'll be presenting a paper at this seminar next Friday, June 6, in collaboration with @brunoleipold.com and with the kind support of @rshc.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing you there! If you're interested, you can book now here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reassessin...

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We're hosting the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought’s conference in Edinburgh in January. Plenary speakers are Alyssa Battistoni, Ross Carroll, Sean Fleming, Rahul Rao, and Johanna Thoma. Now we want your proposals! Pls RT www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-2026-i...

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