social media
The kids aren’t alright – they’re banned
Dear friends,
Yesterday the ALP passed into law legislation that bans all young people from social media [1]. This has
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genocide
On immunity and the ruling class
Dear friends,
I woke to news that France was refusing to arrest Netanyahu despite the ICC’s ruling on his
populism
Spectacular populism, technology, and division
Dear friends,
The acceleration of populist movements globally presents an interesting contradiction for analysis. Populism, a peculiar (if increasingly popular)
hegemony
Liberals, whinging and performance politics
Dear friends,
I’ve been “experiencing” liberal American post-election analysis on every form of media I visit. I’m sure
identity politics
Identity politics and the crisis of working class solidarity
Dear friends,
We live in a time of intensifying identity-based conflict, where every social and political issue becomes refracted through
fascism
Fascism returns, and it’s everywhere all at once
Dear friends,
I’ve heard a few (bad) hot takes on US politics lately and this has really got my
linux
Some thoughts on Fedora on a Yoga
Dear friends,
We’re doing a tech one today – why not. My tech journey over the last year has seen
democracy
It can’t happen here
Dear friends,
It is happening here. The polarisation, the extremism, growing xenophobia and racism, anti-intellectualism, hatred, violence and climate-denialism. These
the economy
“For the economic policies”: the reason you may no longer have any rights
Dear friends,
I accidentally engaged with some US election coverage in the last 24 hours. Amidst flitting between various streaming
youth culture
Singing gently to my soul: on youth alienation and precarity under late capitalism
Dear friends,
What the heck do I have in store for you today? Well naturally I have been enjoying pop
innovation
On forestalled innovation
Dear friends,
I spent a little of my time today listening to other contemporary Marxists [1] – and then wondering about
psychology
Cognitive bias, attribute substitution and politics
Dear friends,
Astute stalkers amongst you may remember some 14 years ago I made a YouTube video by the same
Climate denial
Grim realities, emancipatory futures
Dear friends,
We live in existentially challenging times – between actively unfolding western-backed genocides on several fronts, growingly desperate climate emergencies
assimilation
Assimilation and rebellion
Dear friends,
An attendee at a presentation I gave once said to me “it seems you just truly wish to
ecology
Making meaning at the end of time
Dear friends,
I have been necessarily pondering “end times” – conceptually a troubling thought. We’re seeing the slow motion collapse
artificial intelligence
They’re telling us what’s next
Dear friends,
We’re not listening, but the oligarchs are signalling the next phase of climate denialism. We’ve talked
anarcho-syndicalism
The struggle for liberation, perils of individualism, and radical praxis
Dear friends,
I have been pondering the theoretical landscape of anarchism, particularly anarcho-syndicalism, and its tensions and harmony with Marxist
slow
Productively “slow,” or just bourgeois?
Dear friends,
I am fortunate to hold a role which affords me the ability to take leave. And gladly, I