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Publisher. Of books - critical/creative/cultural management and the like. Once known as @RoutledgeEditor on the other place. From Southport to London, via Cardiff. YNWA.
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· Sep 18
What's that? You'd prefer a one page visualisation of what an academic & professional publisher needs to see in your book proposal? Here's one I made earlier.
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Corporate Bullshit: "a semantically empty and often confusing style of communication in organizational contexts that leverages abstruse corporate buzzwords and jargon in a functionally misleading way."
🧵Happy to announce, "The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes" is now published! 😀🥳 (see replies below for more info)
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes
From boardrooms and brown bags to emails and earnings calls, business culture often seems overrun by “corporate bullshit,” a semantically empty and of…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Corporate Bullshit: "a semantically empty and often confusing style of communication in organizational contexts that leverages abstruse corporate buzzwords and jargon in a functionally misleading way."
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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This is from Bloomberg/Alex Wickham's 'read out' of Starmer's weak position: The whole point of the Starmer "project" was to do stuff like cutting disabled people's benefits, without putting it in the manifesto: cuts + lying was the plan , now its crashed www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is from Bloomberg/Alex Wickham's 'read out' of Starmer's weak position: The whole point of the Starmer "project" was to do stuff like cutting disabled people's benefits, without putting it in the manifesto: cuts + lying was the plan , now its crashed www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
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Liverpool hitting new levels of "sometimes it is just not your year."
Feel bad for Slot. Still think he's pretty good. Not sure what he's supposed to do about his best player becoming his worst player + a beloved locker room glue guy dying in an accident + losing every single dice roll.
Feel bad for Slot. Still think he's pretty good. Not sure what he's supposed to do about his best player becoming his worst player + a beloved locker room glue guy dying in an accident + losing every single dice roll.
February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Liverpool hitting new levels of "sometimes it is just not your year."
Feel bad for Slot. Still think he's pretty good. Not sure what he's supposed to do about his best player becoming his worst player + a beloved locker room glue guy dying in an accident + losing every single dice roll.
Feel bad for Slot. Still think he's pretty good. Not sure what he's supposed to do about his best player becoming his worst player + a beloved locker room glue guy dying in an accident + losing every single dice roll.
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Welcome to today’s episode of “Defenders Can Do What They Want Against Mo Salah”
February 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Welcome to today’s episode of “Defenders Can Do What They Want Against Mo Salah”
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He's not running the post like it's Amazon, he's using the idea of "data" to offload responsibility for his own politically motivated decisions onto readers
February 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
He's not running the post like it's Amazon, he's using the idea of "data" to offload responsibility for his own politically motivated decisions onto readers
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There is an even sadder six-word story.
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
There is an even sadder six-word story.
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A million things to love about "Marquee Moon" of course, but the little drop Smith adds when everything breaks down into a million pieces is genius — like a boat going over Niagara Falls
February 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A million things to love about "Marquee Moon" of course, but the little drop Smith adds when everything breaks down into a million pieces is genius — like a boat going over Niagara Falls
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"My Jeffrey Epstein-branded sweatshirt has people asking a lot of questions which, now I come to think of it, are entirely reasonable."
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"My Jeffrey Epstein-branded sweatshirt has people asking a lot of questions which, now I come to think of it, are entirely reasonable."
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Is it acceptable to use the term “Director” in a job title?
December 4, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Is it acceptable to use the term “Director” in a job title?
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“How can you have a city without a university?” he asks. “It’s shocking.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
“How can you have a city without a university?” he asks. “It’s shocking.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
Manic Street Preachers' "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" holds a World Records as the UK number one single with the longest title without brackets.
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Manic Street Preachers' "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" holds a World Records as the UK number one single with the longest title without brackets.
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I love these Chris Calkins photos of the late, great Elaine Stritch with Bebe Neuwirth.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I love these Chris Calkins photos of the late, great Elaine Stritch with Bebe Neuwirth.
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Not the main point but reading some of these Epstein emails really makes you realise why so many of these guys love ChatGPT
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Not the main point but reading some of these Epstein emails really makes you realise why so many of these guys love ChatGPT
Unmissably good review essay. A pull quote in every paragraph.
"AI is less a 'revolution' than a smoothing agent for incumbent powers."
"AI is less a 'revolution' than a smoothing agent for incumbent powers."
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Unmissably good review essay. A pull quote in every paragraph.
"AI is less a 'revolution' than a smoothing agent for incumbent powers."
"AI is less a 'revolution' than a smoothing agent for incumbent powers."
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One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
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Triggered by claims the "AI in education debate" is caught in a deadlock and by some academics worried that "AI critics: are over-anxious about *possible* rather than empirically documented effects, here are what I think are some worthwhile critical projects about AI in education 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Triggered by claims the "AI in education debate" is caught in a deadlock and by some academics worried that "AI critics: are over-anxious about *possible* rather than empirically documented effects, here are what I think are some worthwhile critical projects about AI in education 🧵
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I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
The best time to cancel Have I Got News For You was when Angus Deaton left in '02; the second best time was the episode when Paul Merton sneered over the public's enjoyment of Fenton the dog in '11; the third best time is now...
The best time to cancel BBC Question Time was when Sir Robin Day left in 1989. The second best time is now. It has been extremely bad for most of my adult life.
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The best time to cancel Have I Got News For You was when Angus Deaton left in '02; the second best time was the episode when Paul Merton sneered over the public's enjoyment of Fenton the dog in '11; the third best time is now...
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The fossil fuel analogy also suggests, correctly, that text on the internet is the inert remnants of language, not language itself
"Data is not growing, because we have but one internet ... data is the fossil fuel of AI. It was like created somehow, and now we use it, and we’ve achieved peak data, and there’ll be no more." share.google/4EkXwYfGYz6r...
Donald MacKenzie · AI’s Scale
AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The fossil fuel analogy also suggests, correctly, that text on the internet is the inert remnants of language, not language itself
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
"Data is not growing, because we have but one internet ... data is the fossil fuel of AI. It was like created somehow, and now we use it, and we’ve achieved peak data, and there’ll be no more." share.google/4EkXwYfGYz6r...
Donald MacKenzie · AI’s Scale
AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve...
share.google
January 31, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"Data is not growing, because we have but one internet ... data is the fossil fuel of AI. It was like created somehow, and now we use it, and we’ve achieved peak data, and there’ll be no more." share.google/4EkXwYfGYz6r...