‘Fugitive Sounds: Brötzmann, Free Jazz, and the Undercommons of Organisation’ by Daniel Spicer reviewed by Stevphen Shukaitis A central figure in European free jazz, Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023) was a German saxophonist and clarinettist whose work, particularly since the late 1960s, helped define the sound and politics of imp...

Review of Daniel Spicer’s book Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Improvisation
Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from July

Heat pump orders up 2x in a month. Solar panel inquiries up 250%. EV leases up 85%.

The Iran crisis has made energy security feel personal.
I understand why: I have solar panels, a heat pump & EV on a flexible tariff. When gas prices spike, my bills barely move.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

📚 BOOK CHALLENGE 📚

Choose 20 Epic Books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Is the BBC helping Reform’s election campaign? During an election campaign the BBC is expected to remain impartial. Its coverage of asylum fraud risks damaging that

The BBC asylum fraud report is factually correct. But its framing risks exaggerating the problem.

This is a national politics issue, not a local one.

Why is this of concern so close to May local elections?

Stephen MacNair explains...

The bird with the most beautiful song returns for the summer Essex Wildlife Trust has announced the return of the first nightingales to Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park in Colchester

A nightingale sang in ..... in Essex!

These rare migratory birds typically fly from sub-Saharan Africa arriving mid-April. They have suffered a severe decline of ~90% over the last 50 years.

Fingringhoe Wick near Colchester is where you might hear their melodic sound writes Jenny Rhodes

the cruelty of these entitled men

NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.

The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.

MEPs voted today for an @ec.europa.eu omnibus package to weaken laws that protect consumers from harmful chemicals

They did at least reject one of the Commission's worst ideas, which would have allowed carcinogens into some cosmetics 😱

Deregulation threatens our health. It has to stop!

I really feel like the people who actually have the ability to do something to stop this read these kind of articles and just go “well I’ll be dead by 2100 so who cares”. And they know well enough that their own kids will inherit all their wealth & property so will more than likely be fine.

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

At Pentagon worship service today, Pete Hegseth again read a violent prayer to bless the Iran war. But this time his prayer was apparently borrowed from 'Pulp Fiction.' I promise I'm not writing for @theonion.com now:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

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Tickets here – Feral Class - Book Launch – The Old Waterworks Feral Class - Book Launch – The Old Waterworks, Sat 2 May 2026 - Join us at The old Waterworks for the launch of Marc Garrett's new book, Feral ClassUntamed, unheard, unstoppable...Feral Class is a de...

Join us @ The Old Waterworks for the launch of Marc Garrett's book, Feral Class.

Thought-provoking memoir of a working-class artist’s journey—growing up on a council estate in Southend-on-Sea, and how the experience shaped both his life and political views.

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Tickets here – Feral Class - Book Launch – The Old Waterworks Feral Class - Book Launch – The Old Waterworks, Sat 2 May 2026 - Join us at The old Waterworks for the launch of Marc Garrett's new book, Feral ClassUntamed, unheard, unstoppable...Feral Class is a de...

Join us @ The Old Waterworks for the launch of Marc Garrett's book, Feral Class.

Thought-provoking memoir of a working-class artist’s journey—growing up on a council estate in Southend-on-Sea, and how the experience shaped both his life and political views.

EXCLUSIVE: ICE Locks Thousands, Including Kids, in 170 'Hold Rooms’ Nationwide. Here's Where They Are. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency operates a network of 170 unofficial detention sites around the country, called “hold rooms,” according to agency data obtained via the Freedom of....

Concentration camps latest. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/excl... #Newsnight

Opinion | Don’t Blame College Students for Feeling Adrift. I’m Right There With Them.

What many college faculty are feeling right now.

Don’t Blame College Students for Feeling Adrift. I’m Right There With Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

Vance Visits Hungary to Boost Orban Before Election

Brothers in fascism

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w...

The silence of UK government at announcement of genocidal annihilation of civilians in Iran is deafening. The lack of condemnation makes him and his government complicit in what takes place.

get my book The Gathering Cloud (on the environmental impact of cloud storage) direct from the intrepid @uniformbooks.bsky.social here: www.uniformbooks.co.uk/thegathering...

With Gaza’s Libraries in Ruins, Palestinians Fight to Preserve Historical Memory More than 87 public libraries and archives in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed by Israel’s genocide.

truthout.org/articles/wit...

Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon over the past week. More up here: www.instagram.com/p/DWPjaZSjUv...

Resonance | University of California Press

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals A new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought.

Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals. Via @live_science #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics by Julia Sonnevend. The utilization—and weaponization—of charm in contemporary global politics.

In Charm, Julia Sonnevend explores the utilization—and weaponization—of charm in contemporary global politics.

Learn more in this engaging and enlightening book, now available in #paperback with a new preface by the author.

Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Cardiff lecturer interviews 160 Bigfoot hunters over three years There have been thousands of reported Bigfoot sightings since it rose to prominence in the 1960s.

Sociologists from Cardiff / Caerdydd and Sheffield universities have interviewed more than 160 “Bigfooters" to see what makes them tick. (By Charlie Buckland for BBC News)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion) The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.

Sociology makes human variation fascinating, not threatening. This lesson upsets fascists, who would rather their followers adopt an us-versus-them mentality, seeing difference as something to fear, something to stamp out.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...