It's a bit the Homo Academicus moment of Marxism right now...

Berlin’s Libraries: More Than Just Books Laney Lenox dives into Berlin’s libraries, discovering much more than just glorious books… on Slow Travel Berlin

As a library dweller and former resident of the city, I really enjoyed this article on Berlin's libraries by Laney Lenox. I'd definitely recommend anyone with a connection to the city to dig into the @slowberlin.bsky.social literary archives 👌

www.slowtravelberlin.com/berlins-best...

Call for Abstracts: 11th annual conference Freedom Eleventh annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies Copenhagen Business School, Denmark2-3 October 2026 Open call While we particularly encourage engagements with the theme…

🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS🚨

We are proud to announce the call for abstracts for our 11th annual conference: FREEDOM.

The conference takes place at Copenhagen Business School on October 2-3 2026.

Read the full call here 👇 and submit before 1 May 2026 💌

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The worst is that this just happened to me with an application, not because I misspelled the person's name, but it was misspelled in the programme of a conference... and I copy pasted it -_-

LOUDRE? Audrey LOURDE.. that's maddening...

Very disappointing to read a well-established literary scholar’s article about François Bon and see that he paid very little attention to the spelling of women’s names. Published in 2005, Akerman was hardly a niche filmmaker...

Whither French Studies? An Interview with Martin Crowley and David Evans | French Studies Bulletin If the article has an Altmetric Attention Score, you will find this displayed below.

Important interview free to read here. Congratulations to both Martin and Dave @frenchstudies.bsky.social
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A wonderful initiative

The Society is delighted to announce the five shortlisted entries for this year's R. Gapper Book Prize:

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Most read in French Studies this week:
Hauntology, Spectres and Phantoms by Colin Davis.

Read it in the French Studies online archive: bit.ly/FS-Hauntology
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"no a la guerra" 🙏

Stop de verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd. Na de vakbonden zeggen zelfs werkgeversorganisaties dat de AOW-leeftijd niet verder moet stijgen. Afspraak is afspraak.

Hoe betrouwbaar zijn D66, CDA en VVD eigenlijk?

Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can New research involving Oxford researchers has shown that a simple digital intervention that includes gameplay can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of

NEW: A simple digital treatment involving gameplay has been shown to dramatically reduce intrusive trauma memories within one month.

Six months on, some participants were symptom-free.

Find out more ⬇️

New article!

Far-right fossil fuel ignorance: the nostalgia of national-industrial modernity by Kjell Vowles.

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Ok we all need some silliness right now, so I'll tell you that there is a polish rapper called "Taco Hemingway" who produced a song called "I fell in love next to a pharmacy", in which he raps about a specific painkiller - so now his fans are emptying Polish pharmacies because they see it as merch.

My level of exhaustion can be interpreted from my posts: commenting articles from the Guardian means "exhausted"

Paul Dano reacts to Tarantino criticism: ‘I was incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me’ Actor says the defence of his peers and fans was ‘really nice’ after Quentin Tarantino’s scathing assessment calling Dano ‘a weak, weak, uninteresting guy’

Another reason to dislike Tarantino...

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

getting some help rereading my applications, and fact checking pretty much everything I print

personally what I find more shocking is how he's always a total dick about his partner

Alex Honnold reveals what it takes to climb Taipei 101 YouTube video by CNN

In an interview with CNN, he says he finds his quite astonishing that we watch sports that involve people getting career-ending injuries on live television, all the time, for our entertainment.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLq4...

Of course, something MIGHT happen, but it is very very unlikely.

When I see that tower, I definitely am not shocked. H is not really doing this for the difficulty of the climb but because he's always wanted to climb a building & saw an opportunity to make some money out of it.

‘The most stressful TV experience on record’: Alex Honnold and the rise of potential death as live entertainment Witnessing the free climber’s ascent of the Taipei 101 without ropes on Skyscraper Live was an astonishing experience. But beneath panicked viewers’ sweaty palms, there was a queasy truth about the fu...

As Honnold himself would say: this is extremely low risk for a climber like him. It is an easy climb when trained at the level H is. It is a bit like when I go to the climbing gym and I know I can easily climb a certain grade. I know I will not fall.

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Journaliste réseaux sociaux (CM) | Notion Mediapart recrute un·e journaliste réseaux sociaux en CDI

#Emploi | Mediapart recrute un·e journaliste réseaux sociaux (CDI) 🔎

Pour produire et diffuser des contenus éditoriaux, animer les communautés et participer à la stratégie du journal.

🗓 Fin de candidature : 29 janvier 2026
✉️ Réponse à l'annonce : Notion
📍 Date de prise de poste : avril 2026

It's a bit of revolutionary Breton history, but it is a pity to see that men's wages were significantly raised more than women's wages, despite it being their strike.

He was targeted by local factory owners for supporting the Penn Sardin strikes. Lucky you! I also got a postcard with the most important of Penn Sardin Strikers: women! Women demanding better working conditions at fish canning factory, led a successful six-week long strike.

A little bit of Breton working-class history, taking you back to 1924! Tonight, my partner is celebrating their birthday and I picked this card from my collection for the occasion. It portrays the failed assassination attempt of the communist mayor of Douarnenez, Daniel le Flanchec.

This UK university finance dashboard is so good. Incredible public service.