poststructuralism
Grand narratives
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Barthes claimed the death of the author in 1967. This claim asked us to reject, or at least
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relationality
The shape of (non)existence
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It’s been a minute, and there’s been some significant changes for both mind reader and for
Extremely temporary hiatus
If you're reading this, you may be an extremely avid reader. I am currently taking 7 days of
systems thinking
Navigating plurality in non-dynamic systems (or, ‘dynamism’ and human suffering)
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We are bound in frames of colonial capitalism with systems of static purpose and design. Unless you live
plurality
Plurality Plurality Plurality Plurality REC
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Let’s come to terms with some terms. Sorry, I’m not trying to be cute (that’s
labour process
The labour process, atomisation and social media
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As I grow increasingly concerned about the level of influence Zucc has with his near monopoly on social
class
On class
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Let’s take a voyage together through three understandings of class. This concept is becoming increasingly interesting to
fascism
Autocorrect
Has anyone else noticed that Apple’s iOS keyboard/autocorrect recommendations in the latest iOS no longer autocorrect the word
camaraderie
Happy new year from mind reader
Thank you, reader, for your ongoing support. We’ve read more than 500 bookmarks and 30 dispatches together over 2024.
musk
Musk and the death of democracy
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I am constantly forced to think about Elon Musk and his egomaniacal, loud, and unearned positioning in society
capitalism
Oligopoly capitalism: angry men, idiots, and fascism
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With the increase in Musky headlines, I cant help but offer a christmas posting on oligopoly capitalism. This,
capitalism
Theorising the revolution: formulas, lexical gaps, and feminism
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I have been thinking about labour and the nature of exploitation. Not the political party, though they could
post
The postal service
Dear friends,
In an almost bourgeois fugue state today I felt rising rage at the para-privatisation of the postal service
compassion
Wealth vs solidarity, and the need for compassion
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I have been thinking about the how the corporate class, the bootlickers, the “upper middle class” and others
optimism
Optimism as antidote to despair
Dear friends,
I have been thinking about optimism and despair. Actually, I’ve been reading on optimism over despair [1]
mind reader
Feature experiments
I’m trying something a little different on the web view of mind reader. I’ve introduced (manual) ML based
health care
CEOs and death
Dear friends,
Overnight in the US a person killed a private health care company’s CEO [1]. The suspicion, of
housing
Housing and economic mythology
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When you think about it, a striking indictment of capitalism’s fundamental absurdity is that, humans remain the