Remember the deadline for abstracts to the conference of the year

Introducing AIRBORNE Issue #3!

Publishing 6 May.

Pre-order or subscribe today: www.break-down.org/tag/issue-03/ 🔗

Delighted to say that our spring issue will be out May 6!

This was a very surprising, insightful & motivating issue to edit. On everything from Big Tech's ever-growing Cloud empire to community-led fights for clean air in Beirut & The Bronx.
Plus a chat w/the great @dwallacewells.bsky.social (!)

The reason not to abolish it

The best art ever

yes!
and to paraphrase my friend cassie: does working through the apocalypse work? no one knows until it does.

Herfra skal der lyde et sorgfuldt tak til Ditte Okman Hvis man som handikappet begræder diskrimination, får man at vide, at man ikke skal være paranoid. Ditte Okmans grineflip viser, at problemet ikke var paranoia.

Herfra skal der lyde et tak til Caspar:

politiken.dk/debat/debati...

Out Aug 11

www.versobooks.com/products/340...

This one kind of gives the game away

Happy Easter from Finance and Society team!

Here is our special easter egg for all of you: a fresh Call for Papers for this year's Finance and Society conference happening again at CBS Copenhagen!

Deadline: May 1st

Hoping to see many of you there!

"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

"a term popularized by Palantir" we are cooked

peak culture

why make cars if you can make weapons? why support the green transition by producing electric vehicles if you can support a genocide instead?

www.ft.com/content/1e41...

Arrived in Cambridge for a talk about how Silicon Valley materializes science fiction. Brought a guide. Feeling less perplexed already! @quinnslobodian.com @bentarnoff.com

My new book Currency of Nihilism is officially out today!

In it, I develop a history and theory of financial nihilism that speaks directly to the ongoing merger of digital technology with finance.

Use the code SAMMAN20 for 20% off:
www.sup.org/books/politi...
mngbookshop.co.uk/978150364586...

THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!

Postdoctoral position in Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

If you speak (or read!) Danish, two amazing postdoc positions at my department, with some good colleagues - feel free to reach out and ask questions, and to share widely!

jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

"Troels Lund Poulsens yndlingskunstner er Hella Joof"

"Klassesamfund eller ej, en gang imellem skal man have noget at spise"

"Den eneste bog, jeg kan genkende, er Glenn Bechs nyeste. Den indikerer vel, at Ida Auken er obs på, at vi lever i et klassesamfund."

Greatest hitis: "Alt dette tyder på, vi er på et brunt værtshus, og hvad kunne snart være mere folkeligt? Det skulle da lige være, hvis barløven Ida rejste sig og spillede et slag billard, og det er lige netop, hvad hun gør på en anden af sine valgplakater"

Stem på en barløve! En læsehest! En socialdemokrat, der bruger friske råvarer! Socialdemokratiets åndelige opruster tilføjer med sine plakater valgkampen et ordentligt skud livsstilsmarkører

Valgets klart vigtigste artikel: www.information.dk/kultur/anmel...

Close Reading Is Not A Luxury (Vandal Live) From the Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium, hosted by Emory University. What are the challenges, strategies, and rewards for teaching close reading? What are the stakes of teaching close reading through the nightmare of the contemporary?

The Finale of our “Close Reading For The 21st Century” trilogy is out in the world.

I promise it will make you laugh, make you cry, make you wish you were dead, & make you rage against the dying of the light.

Okay?

New article out:

The convo between myself and Melinda Cooper is now online 👇

2008 Hitchcock The Birds Barbie, black label

we used to make things

end of an era

undskyld også herfra

Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era

y'all !!!!

I love that the blurbs are basically like, "listen, she is never not telling you about some bleak shit" 😍❤️‍🔥 (thank you @aarthivadde.bsky.social and @markmcgurl.bsky.social)