Liz McFall
@allartmarkets.bsky.social
Professor in the Sociology of Markets, University of Edinburgh @uoe-sps.bsky.social | sentimental pragmatist following insurance, markets, architecture, cities | EiC @jcultecon.bsky.social
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/ecosystem/data-civics/
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/ecosystem/data-civics/
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Staff is currently striking here at the University of Edinburgh. Senior management is planning widespread compulsory redundancies (without a real need for the same). You can read more here @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/rd72kte...
A message to our students about the upcoming strike, 17-19 November 2025 — UCU Edinburgh
Dear students, UCU Edinburgh will again be going on strike Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November as a result of University management’s refusal to commit to no compulsory redundancie...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Staff is currently striking here at the University of Edinburgh. Senior management is planning widespread compulsory redundancies (without a real need for the same). You can read more here @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/rd72kte...
black dog for black dog
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
black dog for black dog
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
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wow it's the first time since don't remember when to feel a sliver of hope
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
wow it's the first time since don't remember when to feel a sliver of hope
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🏛️ The Land Reform Bill is being debated in Parliament right now.
Scotland’s land is hoarded - 50% of it owned by less than 1% of people. One of the worst statistics in Europe.
My amendment sets a 500-hectare ceiling, giving ministers power to stop land sales to those who already own vast estates.
Scotland’s land is hoarded - 50% of it owned by less than 1% of people. One of the worst statistics in Europe.
My amendment sets a 500-hectare ceiling, giving ministers power to stop land sales to those who already own vast estates.
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🏛️ The Land Reform Bill is being debated in Parliament right now.
Scotland’s land is hoarded - 50% of it owned by less than 1% of people. One of the worst statistics in Europe.
My amendment sets a 500-hectare ceiling, giving ministers power to stop land sales to those who already own vast estates.
Scotland’s land is hoarded - 50% of it owned by less than 1% of people. One of the worst statistics in Europe.
My amendment sets a 500-hectare ceiling, giving ministers power to stop land sales to those who already own vast estates.
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perfect, no notes
Kwasi Kwarteng, the former UK chancellor whose infamous “mini” Budget under then-Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a crisis in the gilts market, is backing the launch of a bitcoin investment company.
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng backs bitcoin investment company
Ex-politician infamous for 2022 mini-Budget will become non-executive director of Stack Bitcoin Treasury
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
perfect, no notes
A queue of huge things in western harbour
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A queue of huge things in western harbour
Kind of intriguing that’s it’s PE linked insurers that seem heaviest holders of private letter ratings. If you were worried about the ratings arbitrage that might be funding AI data centre boom bubble this is a place to start.
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Kind of intriguing that’s it’s PE linked insurers that seem heaviest holders of private letter ratings. If you were worried about the ratings arbitrage that might be funding AI data centre boom bubble this is a place to start.
This is fascinating for so many reasons not least how calamitous the slum clearance process was. but you're like 9 miles south of Edinburgh, and the accents are all their own, there's Scots words with inflections that sound somewhere btw 1930s Durham or Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEvf...
The Newcraighall Evictions 1972
YouTube video by Craigmillar Gold
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November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is fascinating for so many reasons not least how calamitous the slum clearance process was. but you're like 9 miles south of Edinburgh, and the accents are all their own, there's Scots words with inflections that sound somewhere btw 1930s Durham or Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEvf...
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The last piece in our @kjhealy.co and @marionf.bsky.social Ordinal Society review symposium is now out ➡️ The order of things beyond Foucault and our categories to make sense of it - Juan M. del Nido. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The order of things beyond Foucault and our categories to make sense of it
Published in Journal of Cultural Economy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The last piece in our @kjhealy.co and @marionf.bsky.social Ordinal Society review symposium is now out ➡️ The order of things beyond Foucault and our categories to make sense of it - Juan M. del Nido. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘one person’s “creative structuring” can be another’s “stupid, opaque and overly complex financial engineering designed to obscure underlying dogshit” [checks GFC notes] ☄️ 🔥Alphaville
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
‘one person’s “creative structuring” can be another’s “stupid, opaque and overly complex financial engineering designed to obscure underlying dogshit” [checks GFC notes] ☄️ 🔥Alphaville
And a ton of this is going on BIG SHEDS with daft galactic names
And if you reckon banks have moderated their behaviour post-financial crisis, get this: US loans to private equity and credit funds have jumped by 60 per cent between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of this year. To almost half a trillion dollars.
Why I love the IMF global financial stability report ft.trib.al/X0SfWSV | opinion
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
And a ton of this is going on BIG SHEDS with daft galactic names
And if you reckon banks have moderated their behaviour post-financial crisis, get this: US loans to private equity and credit funds have jumped by 60 per cent between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of this year. To almost half a trillion dollars.
Why I love the IMF global financial stability report ft.trib.al/X0SfWSV | opinion
Why I love the IMF global financial stability report
It’s the best publication for investors — but the latest issue makes spooky reading
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
And if you reckon banks have moderated their behaviour post-financial crisis, get this: US loans to private equity and credit funds have jumped by 60 per cent between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of this year. To almost half a trillion dollars.
One day, in the far future people will realise that big sheds are made of insurance 💷
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
One day, in the far future people will realise that big sheds are made of insurance 💷
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The 2008 financial crisis was not just a big housing bubble bursting. It was also a commodities bubble and a financial services bubble, which all drove each other higher, until bullshit reached the maximum limit and collapses cascaded.
Anyway, when the AI bubble bursts, it’ll be bigger than just AI.
Anyway, when the AI bubble bursts, it’ll be bigger than just AI.
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The 2008 financial crisis was not just a big housing bubble bursting. It was also a commodities bubble and a financial services bubble, which all drove each other higher, until bullshit reached the maximum limit and collapses cascaded.
Anyway, when the AI bubble bursts, it’ll be bigger than just AI.
Anyway, when the AI bubble bursts, it’ll be bigger than just AI.
NEW @jmmnews.bsky.social Process, profession and purpose: the 3 ps of digitalised marketing - Franck Cochoy, Johan Hagberg & me- SI Intro with @cleabourne.bsky.social Akmeraner-Kökat & @lenapell.bsky.social ; @christianfuentes.bsky.social & Stoopendahl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
NEW @jmmnews.bsky.social Process, profession and purpose: the 3 ps of digitalised marketing - Franck Cochoy, Johan Hagberg & me- SI Intro with @cleabourne.bsky.social Akmeraner-Kökat & @lenapell.bsky.social ; @christianfuentes.bsky.social & Stoopendahl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This does seem correct and we work the machine with our outrage:
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This does seem correct and we work the machine with our outrage:
This evening's event on Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social is now waitlisted but we will be recording and do have a zoom link for anyone who'd like to join online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...
Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning
This talk features Mike Small, Scottish writer, activist, and Bella Caledonia editor.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This evening's event on Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social is now waitlisted but we will be recording and do have a zoom link for anyone who'd like to join online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...
🧐 On medication - a Lacanian perspective www.youtube.com/@aephill (I am not in the least biased but this is how Lacan can be useful when someone escapes the academy for clinical practice)
Andrew Hill
Lacanian analyst in Edinburgh, Scotland.
www.aephill.com
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October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🧐 On medication - a Lacanian perspective www.youtube.com/@aephill (I am not in the least biased but this is how Lacan can be useful when someone escapes the academy for clinical practice)
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This is what Cultural Economy in the kitchen, a new podcast series cooked up (sorry) by @philiproscoe.bsky.social & @addiemcgowan.bsky.social looks like. Episode 1 features @tgpb.bsky.social & @allartmarkets.bsky.social waxing nostalgic before getting into Economic Emergencies with Simone Polillo
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is what Cultural Economy in the kitchen, a new podcast series cooked up (sorry) by @philiproscoe.bsky.social & @addiemcgowan.bsky.social looks like. Episode 1 features @tgpb.bsky.social & @allartmarkets.bsky.social waxing nostalgic before getting into Economic Emergencies with Simone Polillo
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A hill I’ll die on:
“Criticism” has leaned too far into finding/fixing fault without acknowledging/enforcing merit, & this impacts some editing for the worse.
Positive feedback provides confidence & directional guidance towards strengths.
It is CRITICAL (ha!) to a functional critical partnership.
“Criticism” has leaned too far into finding/fixing fault without acknowledging/enforcing merit, & this impacts some editing for the worse.
Positive feedback provides confidence & directional guidance towards strengths.
It is CRITICAL (ha!) to a functional critical partnership.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A hill I’ll die on:
“Criticism” has leaned too far into finding/fixing fault without acknowledging/enforcing merit, & this impacts some editing for the worse.
Positive feedback provides confidence & directional guidance towards strengths.
It is CRITICAL (ha!) to a functional critical partnership.
“Criticism” has leaned too far into finding/fixing fault without acknowledging/enforcing merit, & this impacts some editing for the worse.
Positive feedback provides confidence & directional guidance towards strengths.
It is CRITICAL (ha!) to a functional critical partnership.
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If you've ever heard myself or other healthcare wonks talk about the ACA's "Subsidy Cliff" returning, this is what that means:
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you've ever heard myself or other healthcare wonks talk about the ACA's "Subsidy Cliff" returning, this is what that means:
Oh this cheered me this dark morning~ @SASE mini conferences announced including MC20: Insurance: Financialisation, New Data and Emerging Risks sase.org/events/2026-...
2026 Bordeaux - SASE
sase.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Oh this cheered me this dark morning~ @SASE mini conferences announced including MC20: Insurance: Financialisation, New Data and Emerging Risks sase.org/events/2026-...
Health insurance is not really insurance open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: Obamacare Is Cooked. What's Next?
With big health insurance hikes coming, another health care crisis is here. Where's all the money going? And what comes now? Plus Argentina votes for the Trump bailout, Warner is for sale and more...
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Health insurance is not really insurance open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...