Peter Harrison
@4harrisons.bsky.social
Perpetual politics student, late diagnosed autistic.
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Karl Marx vuelve a ser reivindicado y reinterpretado. Sus ideas resuenan como una revancha ante quienes aseguraban que los conflictos de clase eran cosa del pasado. “En la situación de crisis permanente del capitalismo, Marx tiene muchas respuestas" social.elpais.com/hzg159
Karl Marx está vivo (y tiene muchos herederos)
El gran referente clásico de la izquierda vuelve a ser reivindicado y reinterpretado. Sus ideas resuenan como una revancha ante quienes aseguraban que los conflictos de clase eran cosa del pasado. Su influencia es evidente en pensadores contemporáneos y en el análisis poscapitalista, que incluye ideas como la renta básica universal, el decrecimiento o la sociedad postrabajo apoyada en las máquinas
social.elpais.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Karl Marx vuelve a ser reivindicado y reinterpretado. Sus ideas resuenan como una revancha ante quienes aseguraban que los conflictos de clase eran cosa del pasado. “En la situación de crisis permanente del capitalismo, Marx tiene muchas respuestas" social.elpais.com/hzg159
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
It's 9 November.
I am already bored of Christmas adverts.
I am already bored of Christmas adverts.
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's 9 November.
I am already bored of Christmas adverts.
I am already bored of Christmas adverts.
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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The bond market is wrong. Reeves should not cut welfare to placate the City | Richard Partington
The bond market is wrong. Reeves should not cut welfare to placate the City | Richard Partington
Keeping the markets on side is the chancellor’s priority but it’s not an easy task given their simplistic, misplaced views on welfare cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The bond market is wrong. Reeves should not cut welfare to placate the City | Richard Partington
Thank you @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for talking so eloquently and passionately about the planet on #BBCLauraK.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Thank you @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for talking so eloquently and passionately about the planet on #BBCLauraK.
Now I remember why I don't normally watch the #BBCLauraK show on the second Sunday in November.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Now I remember why I don't normally watch the #BBCLauraK show on the second Sunday in November.
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The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
Well that's an end to Act 3 of the 2018 Bayreuth Lohengrin. What's the alternative to Wagner's heroine dying at the end like she's supposed to? Everybody else dying while Elsa walks away with an electrically powered green man 🤷♀️
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Well that's an end to Act 3 of the 2018 Bayreuth Lohengrin. What's the alternative to Wagner's heroine dying at the end like she's supposed to? Everybody else dying while Elsa walks away with an electrically powered green man 🤷♀️
Returning to an old favourite here for jerk tofu with rice and peas (that I'm not allowed to eat anymore - coconut is forbidden 🥥 🚫). #KeithFloyd remains on sabbatical.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Returning to an old favourite here for jerk tofu with rice and peas (that I'm not allowed to eat anymore - coconut is forbidden 🥥 🚫). #KeithFloyd remains on sabbatical.
Disappointed with five and a half 👇
What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz
From a Celtic shield and a horned helmet to baloney, magenta and tarantula, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Disappointed with five and a half 👇
What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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"... from the standpoint of British capital, Starmer's disastrous leadership is on the verge of liquidating organised labour as a political force. Something worth a shower of damehoods, gongs, and knights garter."
The Man Who Would Liquidate Labour
In the week, The Times published polling that suggested large number of Liberal Democrat and Green voters would be prepared to support Lab...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"... from the standpoint of British capital, Starmer's disastrous leadership is on the verge of liquidating organised labour as a political force. Something worth a shower of damehoods, gongs, and knights garter."
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can you even ✨imagine✨ the world we would have right now if we had spent the hundreds of BILLIONS that were invested in ai in art, science and social mobility instead?
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
can you even ✨imagine✨ the world we would have right now if we had spent the hundreds of BILLIONS that were invested in ai in art, science and social mobility instead?
I, unfortunately, am not.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I, unfortunately, am not.
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Remember the rule, folks – if it's outside a politician's home, it's "toxic behaviour", but if it's outside a so-called 'asylum hotel' it's a "reasonable concern" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Remember the rule, folks – if it's outside a politician's home, it's "toxic behaviour", but if it's outside a so-called 'asylum hotel' it's a "reasonable concern" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
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"... limbering up to break tax promises wouldn't automatically put a black mark against the Labour's name, provided most people thought they were doing an okay and competent job. Unfortunately for this government, this is far from where the public are."
Preserving the Wealthy
I doubt Rachel Reeves wanted to lecture the country on the state of the public finances over their cornflakes, so what she had to say must h...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"... limbering up to break tax promises wouldn't automatically put a black mark against the Labour's name, provided most people thought they were doing an okay and competent job. Unfortunately for this government, this is far from where the public are."
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Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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YEEEEESSSSSS FUCK YES!
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
YEEEEESSSSSS FUCK YES!
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New substack: how the government can raise economic growth: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/increasing...
Increasing economic growth: some modest proposals
Commodify, enshittify, skillify.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New substack: how the government can raise economic growth: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/increasing...
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Fwiw, the trend towards disclosing the ethnicity/nationality of suspects in high-profile cases has not solved any problem (disinformation is still thriving) and only fuels polarisation and creates opportunities for grifters.
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fwiw, the trend towards disclosing the ethnicity/nationality of suspects in high-profile cases has not solved any problem (disinformation is still thriving) and only fuels polarisation and creates opportunities for grifters.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Ulysses by James Joyce. Fascinating, deep, and psychologically intriguing, but too clever by half.
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Review by 4harrisons - Ulysses
What can I say about Ulysses? I guess the first thing is that there are sections which are eve...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Ulysses by James Joyce. Fascinating, deep, and psychologically intriguing, but too clever by half.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d95c...
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d95c...
This week's Strictly avoidance was brought to you by the 2018 Bayreuth production of Lohengrin. But why are they all bugs?
November 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This week's Strictly avoidance was brought to you by the 2018 Bayreuth production of Lohengrin. But why are they all bugs?
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Clinical and really quite damning from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right
geoffmulgan.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Clinical and really quite damning from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...