I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.
Jason Read
@jasonread.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2920-the-double-shift More here: http://www.unemployednegativity.com
I don't actually see any evidence of this? As far as I can tell most academics response to the Wilson piece (those who have seen it at all) was "huh, fair enough - I liked the film tho". I'm guessing this isn't registering because low key calm responses aren't flashy or memorable.
Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 23h agoIf the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
Aside from publicists, assorted writers and artists, most of us are on social media for our own enjoyment, a little information, socializing, and entertainment with like minded people; thus, worrying about “bubbles” is akin to asking why people don’t hang out with people who hate them.
I am looking forward to The End of Oak Street later this month.
Reading a NYTs review of a book in which "french theory" is treated as something suburban kids from the midwest get into to find themselves is enough to bring out my inner Rockhill. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/b...
How a Band of Difficult Thinkers Shaped One Author, and the World (Gift Article)
In “The Frenchmen,” Emily Eakin traces the rise and fall of postmodernist philosophy, and the surprising ways its influence lingers.
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"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS
I love the fact that one of the founders of science fiction studies is named Darko Suvin, which sounds like the name of a space pirate or bounty hunter.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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actually no I wouldn’t. we generally agree that if there was a star system it’s now gone for structural reasons—for better (solidarity! unions! collectives!) and worse (no material support). I balked when a UP editor was described as a starmaker in the NYer b/c I don’t think that’s how it works.
Rebecca Colesworthy@rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 3d agoI would love to tell you I’m out there hustling to proactively find and nurture the next big academic talent but well (lol I really have to stop making myself unemployable on main)
Reposted for Fright Night, released 41 years ago yesterday. www.unemployednegativity.com/2020/04/the-...
The Procession of Monstrosities: On the Ghoulish Turn of Contemporary Capitalism
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There are more people who've parlayed middling athletic prospects into profitable careers decrying the inclusion of trans women in sports than there are trans women in sports.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Words to live by: "I want to be an honest man and a good writer." James A. Baldwin, born on this day in 1924
