who would have thought that one of the best books of Frankfurt School critical theory in the year 2026 is a history of the energy economy inspired by Adorno, Schmidt and Bogdanov? Happy pub day @ueberdruss.bsky.social !
congrats, its a great book!
couldn‘t help thinking that this is so much smaller than the space it occupied in my head. there’s a relief in the objectification of thought: however troubling or obsessive, every idea can take the form of a handy, well-folded paperback.
also you know what, now that im sick for the third time in a month on a new med i do hope all those idiots get bitten up the ass by the at some point because its shit like this that makes it so much harder for me to function and i dont like it ok
certainly no historical precedent to point to in regards to this being just horribly stupid
Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz
Current hostility (on the part of politicians and institutional leaders alike) to even looking at the past is strikingly blunt. It touches many disciplines, but denying history is the key issue.
The backlash against Bouie’s piece on Enlightenment and then the 1619 Project were public turning points
Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development from ‘Rhythm 69 no.20, William Morris Block Printed Pattern Book with Hans Richter storyboard for “Rhythmus 25”’ paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2007.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2797-a...
Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonise pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed more than $300mn to fight for the industry’s priorities. The warnings by top party consultants, corroborated by people close to four different campaigns and party strategists speaking on the condition of anonymity, come despite internal polling for Democrats showing widespread public support for tougher AI rules.
They're calling it the best democracy ever.
www.ft.com/content/7529...
in the former case Environmental Politics and Sustainability Science could be a fit if you wanted to branch out of purely social theory journals
environmentally oriented? or general?
New study: most climate models underestimate the decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC. The AMOC is on course to slow by more than 50% by the end of the century. 🌊
Very likely the AMOC will then be past the tipping point for full shutdown. 😨
us.cnn.com/2026/04/16/c...
The NYTimes editorial board—"elite" by any definition—writes this drivel about "elite cultural progressivism" after a hand-picked Trump supporter flown in from Arkansas for a photo-op was asked by Trump about trans athletes and said "I really don’t have an opinion on that."
we would be better off if denialism and its assorted postures were treated not as matters of bad information or psychic refusal but politically motivated speech that doesn't invite refutation with better info or "strategic communication," but rather defeat in the domain of the political
i see people calling this "stupidity" but that's not it at all: it is instead evidence that the owners of the world will say literally *anything*—make any argument, no matter how nakedly false or even contrary to their own prior claims—to ensure the smooth running of the system that enriches them.
Ukazał się mój zgryźliwy tekst na temat uprzywilejowania niektórych humanistów (tych równiejszych) w obecnej ewaluacji: academia.pan.pl/panoptykon-z... A poza tym jest to coś, co jest niepotrzebnym kosztem i błędnym środkiem prowadzenia polityki naukowej.
I think that as economists we should be a lot more concerned that everyone feels like they've got poorer when the data show they haven't. We certainly shouldn't just be assuming that the customers are wrong, rather than that we're no longer measuring things that are most relevant to wellbeing
what is the role of the critique of political economy in the era of idiot-brained foreign policy, what are we doing here writing sophisticated analyses of capitalism (rhetorical, do not take the bait)
man like this is the part where the most polite reader says that she cant suspend her belief *this* much and throws the book at a wall
nobody is talking about this but the best way to Master the Economy is to threaten to kill it at frequent but unpredictable intervals. its called showing dominance
US President Donald Trump says the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. https://aje.news/x545rk
We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline
As we await the Hungarian election results, it’s worth remembering that Orban first rode to power using the same antisemitic Soros conspiracy theories that fuel MAGA. The US consultant who gave him the idea (Finkelstein) got his start selling Goldwater and then Reagan in the US.
one day of this and i’d start talking like barrett in ff7
btw! for those who’ve been asking, the recordings from the Interdisciplinary Marxism Working Group seminar series on Adorno & Communism—with Chris O’Kane & myself—are up on YouTube! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Scary Socialist takes power and uses the government to make people's lives less miserable instead of more. Who could've seen it coming
OHLC chart of front-month WTI since Feb 27.
Lots of noise in crude futures but since US/Israel attacks on Iran started they've trended higher by about $2/calendar day. That gets you to $150/barrel crude by mid-April, about 6 weeks after the conflict kicked off. The huge noise of the initial short squeeze and short-term swings obscure a lot.
#Lebanon Ministry of Health: 303 killed and 1,150 injured in yesterday’s attack by Israel.
Among them 110 children, women and elderly. There are still people under the rubble.
1984 calendar meme with the lady saying "the empire is at war with Persia and the Pope" and the calendar says January 1054
I’m here for it ngl