And the spam? I can only imagine it's Substack articles I share widely. So yeah, so much for free speech.

Very proud to announce my Twitter account was flagged for "inauthentic behaviours" and "spam". Let's have a look at my activity on there...

Reflections on Episode One of The Existential Reader Podcast In what tone should our response to Fascistic provocations be?

In episode one of the podcast I went on a bit of a rant after listening to this pricks 👇 speech in Munich. In hindsight I feel like I went too off script but then again how do we argue against this new strain of fascism? Is reasoned debate even possible with these people?

After Walking in the City Listening to Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts V A strange mood

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A bit of existential psychogeography.

Prelude | The Existential Reader Get more from The Existential Reader on Patreon

After struggling with the editing and after much anxiety the prelude to The Existential Reader is available. Very much a work in progress! www.patreon.com/posts/prelude-122215339

On the Existence of Ideas Is Elon a Fascist or something new?

You can’t kill an idea, but ideas die nevertheless. Ideas serve their purpose or simply fail. News ideas emerge, for better or worse.

Mono no aware - the pathos of things. An awareness of impermanence. Knowing that nothing lasts forever, and that nothing is supposed to last forever.

The Free Speech Agenda What is actually being defended?

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

“Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once.”

Other factors to consider are class and economic circumstances. Laws as well! Consider countries where homosexuality is illegal, or the targeting of trans people. Are they truly free to express themselves, to live their lives as they desire?

How can we be truly free in shaping ourselves considering external factors? Not just our environments but things that happen to is- such as trauma inflicted by someone else. There are also cultural influences that we are obliged to abide by. Are we supposed to break free of this?

Here's Cooper helping me get through a pile of books haha

Prelude An introduction to The Existential Reader

An introduction to The Existential Reader! Have a read if you are interested in art, culture, existentialism, and hauntology!

Dostoevsky’s Ridiculous Man Meets Nietzsche and Marx Do these three nineteenth century thinkers cross paths in alienation?

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Dostoevsky’s ridiculous man, the death of God, and alienation - an endless search for meaning. #existentialism #alienation #booktok

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - Orwell, 1984

The Typical Manc and the Cliched City Part II: 'Madchester' and the New Economy The second essay in a series on sense of place, identity, and stereotypes

In his essay, The End of History?, Francis Fukuyama lays out his reasoning for liberal democracy and market capitalism as the "endpoint of mankind's ideological evolution." How has this victory shaped our sense of place and identity, and the ways in which we perceive others? #Manchester

On the Death of David Lynch His work remembered

"Lynch captured something from the everyday, tapping into something that exists in the real world, to give back to his audience through his eyes. In Lynch’s works, there is always the sense of something lurking, either beyond or beneath the familiar, an eeriness, a danger. The unheimliche."

[4k] Eraserhead (1977) - Lady In The Radiator (In Heaven) full scene YouTube video by Reading Movies

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David Lynch: Film director dies at 78, family says The Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker is famous for the film Mulholland Drive and the TV series Twin Peaks.

Damn

MAGA and Reform UK - The Sound of a Dying Whale or the Loss of the Future? Thoughts on the immediate future - and the future to come

In uncertain times...place trust in white billionaires? Some thoughts I have on the future at risk.

mantra 🕉️

Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it? This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims

You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story.

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The ‘Typical Manc’ and the Cliched City Part One: Joy Division and the 1970s The first in a series of essays on sense of place, identity, and stereotypes

Do cities begin the mind? Looking at the reincarnation of Manchester and the shift in sense of place and identity.

#JoyDivision #Manchester #Hauntology #MusicAndCulture #Existentialism #typicalManc

Neoliberalism, Capitalist Realism, and 80s Pop: Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, and the Right to Party The second instalment in our reflections on neoliberalism and capitalist realism in 80s pop

Were songs like 9 to 5 really a rallying call for feminists and workers? Or were they symbolic of a resignation to a less glorious fate, an acceptance that we are all playing a “rich man’s game” that we can never walk away from?
#80spop #hauntology #capitalistrealsim

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An insightful breakdown into Musk and his fascism. Musk could very well be the most dangerous man on the planet right now. I'm wondering, can Musk run for President? I'm beginning to think it could be a long-term goal for this maniac.

Nosferatu. Out now.

Oh he surely would have known his words would provoke a mixture of reactions, applause being one of them, but it also shows his level of foresight in his awareness of the collapse in people's, shall we say, general piousness! Love the memes btw!

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