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Critical political economist, University of Manchester.

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · Oct 20
Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...
www.bloomsbury.com

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Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 7d
Got the chance to speak with fierce labor reporter @kimkelly.bsky.social for upcoming Conjuncture. We discuss the ongoing @sbworkersunited.org strike, the role of labor in the struggle against fascism, and her book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of the Labor Movement. We'll release in 2026! 1/2

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · 7d
I was lucky to join @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and @philiproscoe.bsky.social's (not so virtual) kitchen to chat about Musk and founder ideology with @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social. My podcast's baptism of fire 🙈 - thanks for having me!
jcultecon.bsky.social Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 7d
🥳 and it’s live youtu.be/xVG8J71YYRw?... - feat. @cibled.bsky.social & Dominik Želinský 🎧 the scent of musk tempered with a liberal appreciation of haggis

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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 7d
🥳 and it’s live youtu.be/xVG8J71YYRw?... - feat. @cibled.bsky.social & Dominik Želinský 🎧 the scent of musk tempered with a liberal appreciation of haggis

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 7d
Great read. Reminded me a lot of equivalent bleatings about Third Way transcendence a generation ago.
quinnslobodian.com Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 7d
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 7d
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 8d
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 9d
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?

Yeah, as I was saying...

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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 9d
NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚒🔥🔥 Teaching the "heads, hearts, and hands" of futures literacy in sustainability education using radical seeds of change! ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss4/a... #education #sustainability #hope #transition
Ecology & Society
A journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability
ecologyandsociety.org

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Lukas Oberndorfer @lukasoberndorfer.bsky.social · 9d
I’m very pleased to have contributed a piece to Social Europe on how a socially and ecologically planned economic policy can reconnect Europe by rail – while creating jobs and protecting the climate. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-rail...

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 10d
I had an interesting exchange with the chatbot issued to students by my university about the advisability of using it—at a university. It thought this was a terrible idea.

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
My pleasure! I listen to it all the time, so so good

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
Gig of the year: Wiegedood playing all three 'De Doden...' albums at Damnation Festival will live long in the memory. Festival of the year: Fortress Festival. Two days of black metal by the beach! And an honourable mention to @nadineshah.bsky.social for the fantastic gig in Bradford in May.

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
#5 is by @faetooth.bsky.social Heavy, filthy yet also dreamy, 'gazey sound. Very addictive! Looking forward to seeing them live in February in Shipley. faetooth.bandcamp.com/album/labyri...
Labyrinthine, by Faetooth
10 track album
faetooth.bandcamp.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
#4 is courtesy of @comaduster.bsky.social Such an impressive combination of styles, from IDM to industrial to synth to Meshuggah polyrhythms. It all hangs together so well. comaduster.bandcamp.com/album/memory...
MEMORY ECHOES, by Comaduster
11 track album
comaduster.bandcamp.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
#3 is the mind-bendingly good album by @maudthemoth.bsky.social I discovered maudthemoth via Amaya's other band healthyliving (my #1 album of 2023). Erm, neoclassical doom?! Fantastic stuff - even scratches my Dark Sanctuary itch a little. maudthemoth.bandcamp.com/album/the-di...
The Distaff, by maud the moth
9 track album
maudthemoth.bandcamp.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
#2 is what will surely be one of the definitive heavy shoegaze records of the decade, courtesy of Slow Crush. slowcrush.bandcamp.com/album/thirst
Thirst, by SLOW CRUSH
10 track album
slowcrush.bandcamp.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 11d
Albums of 2025! #1 is the incredible @terzijdehorde.bsky.social record. Shai Hulud Black Metal on steroids! Amazing lyrics, production, arrangements, everything. Somehow they topped what they've released in the past. terzijdehorde.bandcamp.com/album/our-br...
Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone, by Terzij de Horde
7 track album
terzijdehorde.bandcamp.com

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 15d
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.

New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
inthesetimes.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 15d
Looks like a very interesting piece
seanirving.bsky.social Sean Irving @seanirving.bsky.social · 17d
My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001
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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 16d
I often talk of the invisible but 100% obvious border around St Helens, where the accent goes from Manc/Lanc to Scouse. The horror!! But yes, Liverpool is a lot better than my Manc brainwashing habitually allows for.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16d
In a few years time we are going to see a kind of Warsaw or Bucharest shock among Anglosphere Right wing think tankers who go to Central and East European states expecting a "lost" ethno-national purity and end up in disbelief at how diverse and complex CEE Europe is.

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Sean Irving @seanirving.bsky.social · 17d
My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001
tinyurl.com

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 18d
pals you gotta quit spotify
Spotify now features Al band clones discussion .. . King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard prominently left Spotify earlier this year. Today this was recommended to me by their release radar: https://open.spotify.com/intl- de/artist/6WFS7oPAEirPXePSayORzn?si=jtf|za1qI- gRyUUBjD-EHA A bad Al ripoff, from aesthetics to band name, copying their songs. = Spotify® Open App King Lizard Wizard 29,303 monthly listeners Follow Popular Rattlesnake 32,355 The River 5,881 Gamma Knife 4,345 ... ... ..

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 19d
Blasting this slice of lovely tech-trance while finalising assignment marks: khemiarecordslondon.bandcamp.com/album/dahlia...
Dahlia - Tales of a Biased Reality (K017), by Dahlia
8 track album
khemiarecordslondon.bandcamp.com

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 19d
And apologies for the promotion, here's a link to an article we wrote on attempts to create a cyberlibertarian 'crypto-city' in Busan, South Korea. It reviews the same actors and more but shows how such visions often fail when they seek to materialize themselves in place. Open Access
Singapore upon the Korea Strait? Cyberlibertarian Desires and Anxious Regulation in Busan's Blockchain Regulation Free Zone
This article examines the intersection of Asia's blockchain industry and special economic zones (SEZs). SEZs have been promoted to localise blockchain technology by disparate actors from cyberliberta...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23d
"24,000 households.. in Kent are waking up to a 5th day without water"

One affected resident says, of the private water company, "these guys should be in jail"

Labour could have taken our water back into public ownership. Instead they chose to side with the water companies.

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 28d
Really good new article by Priya Chacko journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Conspiracy theories and India’s transnational authoritarian populism: NGOs, Khalistanis and Soros - Priya Chacko, 2025
Conspiracy theories are increasingly important features of international politics. This article explores the drivers and consequences of states’ use of transnat...
journals.sagepub.com

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 28d
One part of the jigsaw involves the extortionate gouging and rent seeking by the private equity-owner providers that councils are dependent on www.ft.com/content/fb3d...
The booming business of special needs education in England
The public spending watchdog warns that the system is becoming ‘financially unsustainable’ for councils
www.ft.com

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 29d
Neoliberalism does not advocate for free markets in theory - see my article that Malte just linked to. There's 6000 words of archival analysis in there.

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Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · Nov 26
Definitely! Whether it's idealising hygge or misreading the trajectory of Danish social democracy, so-called progressive Brits do like to read into Denmark what they want