Pissed off, immersion totally broken, that psychic move types are super effective against a creature type without a nervous system
Jacob Bolton
@jacobbolton.bsky.social
geography teacher ~ PhDing at LSE ~ climate futures, shipping, the arctic ~ liquidtime.substack.com
Appreciating tuchel much more since understanding his fundamental waluigi energy
somehow, even in his resignation speech, its not really clear what he's doing or why
do you think if i factory reset it i can get it working
just took my 2020 trooper iphone SE to a trade in shop to see how much I could get off a newer one... £4 lol. depreciation rate absolutely wild
Just emailed my MP urging him to add his name on this. I think others should do the same.
up to 37 mps now opposing the anti-trans code reminder to contact yours & tell them to add their name edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
i do love the constant audacity of Liverpool, I remember when the official merseyrail metro map was titled THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
Happy DOI day to @elaraks.bsky.social, new article out from her massive and ambitious project on damp and housing dispossession in London www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Proximity and positionality: Situating knowledge through the experiences of quantitative air quality data collectors working in participants' homes
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i saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by dutch academic positions
Last Time I Saw Richard – Joni Mitchell It's Gonna be Lonely – Prince Cue – YMO One Mo' Gin – D'Angelo It's Not Easy – Ofege Bibo No Aozora – Ryuchi Sakamoto I Was Young When I Left Home – Bob Dylan Since I've Been Loving You – Led Zep One In a Million – Aaliyah I Try – Macy Gray (Jay Dee Remix)
Dont think too hard. Top ten songs of all time for you
why didnt anyone tell me cocteau twins are actually good
here's my idea of how to save US-Italy relations, Catholic-protestant relations, and the World Cup
here's my idea of how to save US-Italy relations, Catholic-protestant relations, and the World Cup
absolute banger of a piece from @charmainechua.bsky.social. a history of logistical space, from customs zones of the 1800s to their newfound use as concentration camps today, go get it placesjournal.org/article/the-...
The Warehouse, in Plain Sight
That concrete box off the freeway wasn’t designed for storage so much as capture. It’s a disappearing machine. We need to see it clearly.
placesjournal.org
a while back me and @miriammthsn.bsky.social wrote a piece about how 90% of the world's goods do not, in fact, move by sea. now its the source for google's claim that they do. like come on man read just two words on
alright this makes Helen Dewitt's blog title 'we lose again' ten times funnier
This! Also, Greek ships delivering arms, coal etc to Israel have been basically turning off their AIS and faking their destinations on their manifests...
In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:
What does calling a ship part of the 'ghost fleet' mean, and who gets to decide? New writing from @miriammthsn.bsky.social over at liquidtime dot substack dot com liquidtime.substack.com/p/four-quest...
Four Questions About the So-Called ‘Shadow’ Fleet
In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, or the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet.
liquidtime.substack.com
Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse
My neighbour's son was wrapped up with this church for a bit in Peckham – apparently the pastor told congregation to go home and get their valuables, trade them in at CeX up the road, then put the cash on the altar as a sign of devotion
There is no death for an otter, only life to the end.
The first part of our symposium on the American-Israeli war on Iran. @tobycjones.bsky.social on the deep and terrible intertwining of Empire, oil and Palestine. @guylaron.bsky.social on the history, and future, of oil wars. www.break-down.org/oil-war/
Oil War
Responses to the American-Israeli war on Iran
break-down.org
very much urge everyone to learn the weeds of political economy through my friend @yusufimaadkhan.com's batshit chart aggregator that ends with an all-timer boss fight (click top right 'the owl of minerva flies at dusk') www.yusufimaadkhan.com/charts
One fossil fuel crisis costs the UK more than shifting to net zero by 2050. And how many more such crises can we expect in the next 24 years? A great example of how the proper temporal frame clarifies costs and benefits #longproblems www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
theguardian.com
Goldsmiths at long last offering what all of us alumni crave: free will