*new dossier* on subsumption, abstraction, and totality. With articles by Rob Lucas, Ray Brassier, Dimitra Kotouza, and Marina Vishmidt, to whom this dossier is dedicated. endnotes.org.uk/dossiers/err...

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

We are excited to announce Fracture, a new annual magazine of emancipatory politics: fracturemagazine.com/issues/fract...

A Fractured Lineage - Fracture Magazine

Over the last decade, a small group of thinkers has sought to pose the question of politics, to formulate a theory of emancipatory politics. In the work of Alain Badiou and Sylvain Lazarus there emerg...

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This is a very serious problem for libraries, archives, and knowledge-keepers of all kinds. If you don’t control access to your collections, *you do not have collections.* If we do not have permanent access to records, stories, & sources of knowledge then our histories and memories are not our own.

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 3d ago

"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

libraries have an absolutely unique aura. There’s nothing like the feeling of stepping into any library from a small public to a massive research library, there’s a palpable difference that feels like walking through an invisible bead curtain

The village of Tel, southwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, is a place whose name is synonymous with the fig tree and some of the finest figs in the world. Today, it is a frontline of attacks by the Israeli occupational forces and fanatical settlers

DWP quietly reveals how universal credit flaws were linked to multiple claimant deaths and serious harm #UniversalCredit #DWP #DeathsByWelfare www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-quietly-...

DWP quietly reveals how universal credit flaws were linked to multiple claimant deaths and serious harm

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to publish details of multiple flaws within its universal credit working-age benefits system that led to deaths and serious harm to claima…

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New riso from Kevin Caplicki with a line from Dylan's "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" justseeds.org/product/exec...

'In Disabling Capitalism, Chis crafts a ground-breaking anti-productivist, collectivist and disability abolitionist vision. It makes essential reading for our age of intensified capitalist disablement and precarious work' Arianna Introna (Open University) author of Crip Enchantments #AcademicChatter

Now announced: Call for Papers for 'Radical Assembly', 22–24 April 2027, Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), New York City.

Radical Assembly (22-24 April 2027, NYC) - Historical Materialism

Radical Assembly wants to offer the stage to explore these questions by creating a comradely and egalitarian space of dialogue for Marxists. Following the legacy of the Socialist Scholars Conference a...

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A demonstration was held in Ramallah, West Bank, on 3 August to mark the "Day of Solidarity with the People of Gaza and Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails". Participants carried photos of detained Palestinian prisoners, as well as those who died in Israeli jails.

A book that offers a fresh and critical take on the relationship between disability, work and capitalism in the UK is now available for pre-order. Disabling Capitalism by @cerasellachis.bsky.social challenges the idea that disabled people are ‘non-workers’. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/4yXGPf5

Disabling Capitalism

Disabling Capitalism - A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement; A critical exploration of disability, precarious work and capitalism in the UK, this book demonstrates the value of d...

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Use the 'BUP07' code if you wish to preorder the book below for half the price (unless you wish to access it as a free Open Access ebook!) in the next 8 hours. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... #Disability #Capitalism #Anticapitalism #Work #AcademicChatter #BookSky

Disabling Capitalism

Disabling Capitalism - A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement; A critical exploration of disability, precarious work and capitalism in the UK, this book demonstrates the value of d...

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Ioana Cerasella Chis@cerasellachis.bsky.social · 3w ago

'Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement' is due to be published in Feb 2027 - available in Open Access and paperback formats It can be preordered from here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... (a 50% discount can be accessed until the end of July)

Update on the pre-ordering page: it is now working (it seems that there were some problems with it yesterday) bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... If you use 'BUP07' at checkout before the end of July, the 50% discount should be applied #Work #Disability #AcademicChatter #PolEcon #Sociology

Disabling Capitalism

Disabling Capitalism - A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement; A critical exploration of disability, precarious work and capitalism in the UK, this book demonstrates the value of d...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

Ioana Cerasella Chis@cerasellachis.bsky.social · 3w ago

'Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement' is due to be published in Feb 2027 - available in Open Access and paperback formats It can be preordered from here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... (a 50% discount can be accessed until the end of July)

'Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement' is due to be published in Feb 2027 - available in Open Access and paperback formats It can be preordered from here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... (a 50% discount can be accessed until the end of July)

‘Between 2012 and 2024, private firms were handed almost £1.8bn to administer Pip tests even as their reports were frequently littered with factual errors and misrepresentation. Funnily enough, you don’t hear much about this from those lamenting the “bloated benefits bill”’ 👇

Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · 4w ago

“The purpose of such interrogations has never been to determine whether someone needs disability benefits, but to make them reluctant to apply for it.” Today’s col. on Pip, its impending overall - and what a humane and effective system could actually look like. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Time accelerates Rolling quicker and quicker Down the endless hill

A whole month of discounted books from BUP 👇 Hopefully will soon be able to share the link to a forthcoming book as part of this summer sale campaign!

Bristol University Press@brisunipress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Your summer read is waiting. 🌞 For all of July, save 50% across our full range of titles. Explore practical guides, professional development titles, and inspiring reads in paperback, hardcover, eBook, or audio. Use code BUP07 at checkout for 50% off. https://ow.ly/Sut150ZifQ3

Kit McGodden, 25, wrote an 80,000 word introduction, at which point they realised that they had accidentally written a whole thesis as the prelude to their thesis.

Autistic person’s PhD topic so niche explaining what it is uses up entire thesis word count

An autistic PhD student has come up with a research topic so obscure and complex that it may have transcended human language, sources have claimed.   Kit McGodden, 25, wrote an 80,000 word…

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☠️ Part of my writing was shown to another PhD student in the group to give them an idea of the style they needed for the thesis. This advice was then appended with "but maybe not so wordy though" - or words to that effect.

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 4w ago

Kit McGodden, 25, wrote an 80,000 word introduction, at which point they realised that they had accidentally written a whole thesis as the prelude to their thesis.

“Separate yourself from your profession. That’s what I do, that’s not what I am” – he was talking about acting, but it’s absolutely the same in any freelance job. This idea of being on 24/7 is exceedingly unhealthy.

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Many years ago @mirya.bsky.social inspired me to volunteer to help someone on the job market. If you are looking for an R2 job or more of a teaching oriented place and need help with job materials (esp if you are an underrepresented minority), please reach out !

Rest, Free Time and Disability study Disabled people are busier than ever before. Finding the time to rest and have free time is important. We are researching rest and free time in the lives of disabled people in the UK. breadrosesdisability.uk #Disability #Rest #FreeTime #Antiproductivism

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Evening stroll soundtrack: wide-ranging jazz presented by Alyn Shipton @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Jazz Record Requests - A celebration of jazz piano - BBC Sounds

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

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Crucial breakthrough as Hillsborough Law set to clear House of Commons this week - Liverpool Echo share.google/Df6w3GQDlO4V...

Key breakthrough as Hillsborough Law set to clear House of Commons this week

Exclusive: After months of difficult delays, the landmark legislation will return to Parliament this week in a milestone moment on its route to fundamentally changing the way the country operates

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‘exploring whether the activities and descriptors focus too heavily on what people cannot do’ The idea that the state needs to look into what disabled people ‘can’ do is such a non-argument & trap within an unchanged and punitive social security system. www.gov.uk/government/p...

The Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report

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The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.