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brendan coke
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media & visual culture(s) | critical theories | screenwriting | direction @pharmakon | media & news | ex prop-boy now flying high..busy disentangling the gordian knot of one's life..[use a sword..they say]
anything else? dt&h darling++dsound production(s)
"rollin thunders..
rollin heads..
rollin somethin's.."

rollin illness.. [rollin sickness..]
or whatever the case maybe..

dark..[not quite in or at the heart..?]

"huh..?"
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Daily Rothko.𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, no. 2, 1963
80-¼ x 69-1/8 x 1-½ inches unframed oil, acrylic, glue on canvas. Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1985, Walker Art Center
Copyright Estate of Mark Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, no. 2, 1963
80-¼ x 69-1/8 x 1-½ inches unframed
oil, acrylic, glue on canvas
Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1985, Walker Art Center
Copyright Estate of Mark Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
carrick fortunate for the "clear out" made by amorim? a fresh start with little (or minor) dilemmas? nevertheless there is a quiet confidence even panache about carrick's managerial style..his players turn up & turn on, they are committed and appear relieved of the top down pressure of amorim
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The Athletic. Is Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes the best player in the Premier League right now? By Mark Critchley.

Even someone as measured in his public comments as Michael Carrick came close to answering that question unequivocally www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
Is Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes the best player in the Premier League right now?
The United captain is revelling in the freedom he has been granted. Suddenly, he is elevating a good individual campaign into a great one
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February 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Theory, Culture & Society. Now available: Theory, Culture & Society's Annual Review featuring the Special Section 'Pastoral Power Today', edited by Diana Stypinska and Andrea Rossi.
Now available: Theory, Culture & Society's Annual Review featuring the Special Section 'Pastoral Power Today', edited by Diana Stypinska and Andrea Rossi. journals.sagepub.com/toc/tcsa/42/...
Theory, Culture & Society - Volume 42, Number 7-8
Table of contents for Theory, Culture & Society, 42, 7-8
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February 8, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Theory, Culture & Society. From the Archive: Shiv Visvanathan, 'Alternative Science' - counters the paradigmatic status of modern western science by pointing to the existence of alternative knowledges that precede this hegemonic form. (2006).
From the Archive: Shiv Visvanathan, 'Alternative Science' - counters the paradigmatic status of modern western science by pointing to the existence of alternative knowledges that precede this hegemonic form. (2006) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Cultural Studies - Published by Routledge. Subscribers with digital access to Cultural Studies can read Rachmi Diyah Larasati’s full contribution here:

We invite you to explore all of the articles from this special issue here:
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Cultural Studies - Published by Routledge. Thank you for sharing this (digital) space with us and giving us the chance to feature the many contributions that came together in this special issue on “Bodies that Haunt: Rethinking the Political Economy of Racialised Death”:
Thank you for sharing this (digital) space with us and giving us the chance to feature the many contributions that came together in this special issue on “Bodies that Haunt: Rethinking the Political Economy of Racialised Death”: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcus20/3...
Cultural Studies
Bodies that Haunt: Rethinking the Political Economy of Racialised Death. Volume 39, Issue 6 of Cultural Studies
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February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
carrick.."too cool for school.." at the moment (seems to be outhinking other managers to boot..) manchester united 2-0 totenham hotspur. mbeumo and fernandes the difference with romero off..(an over zealous tackle..)
February 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Theory, Culture & Society. From the Archive: Alberto Spektorowski, 'Fascism and Post-National Europe: Drieu La Rochelle and Alain de Benoist'- traces the attempts to shed new light onto some of the shortcomings embedded in the concept of the ‘Europe des peoples’. (2015).
From the Archive: Alberto Spektorowski, 'Fascism and Post-National Europe: Drieu La Rochelle and Alain de Benoist'- traces the attempts to shed new light onto some of the shortcomings embedded in the concept of the ‘Europe des peoples’. (2015) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Theory, Culture & Society. ICYMI: Antti Lindfors, 'Between Self-Tracking and Alternative Medicine: Biomimetic Imaginary in Contemporary Biohacking' - explores the implications of biohacking in the context of self-tracking culture. (Open Access).
ICYMI: Antti Lindfors, 'Between Self-Tracking and Alternative Medicine: Biomimetic Imaginary in Contemporary Biohacking' - explores the implications of biohacking in the context of self-tracking culture. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
heh..chuckle chuckle.."goddam götterdämmerung(s)"
February 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
[chuckle chuckle.."there's no place like home.."]
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"wholly redeemed..and back in the pocket.."
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
GDFY. Rather, it is a question of producing within the work a movement capable of affecting the mind outside of all representation; it is a question of making movement itself a work, without interposition; of substituting direct signs for mediate representations; of inventing vibrations, rotations,
Rather, it is a question of producing within the work a movement capable of affecting the mind outside of all representation; it is a question of making movement itself a work, without interposition; of substituting direct signs for mediate representations; of inventing vibrations, rotations,
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by brendan coke
whirlings, gravitations, dances or leaps which directly touch the mind. This is the idea of a man of the theatre, the idea of a director before his time. In this sense, something completely new begins with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Reposted by brendan coke
They no longer reflect on the theatre in the Hegelian manner. Neither do they set up a philosophical theatre. They invent an incredible equivalent of theatre within philosophy, thereby founding simultaneously this theatre of the future and a new philosophy.
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
crikey..after this week, even this looks appetising now..
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Prospect Magazine. 🎥: Peter Geoghegan joins the Prospect Podcast to discuss the latest release of the Epstein files:

["impunity" "epstein class" "black holes" "slapp suits" mandelson and more..]
🎥: Peter Geoghegan joins the Prospect Podcast to discuss the latest release of the Epstein files: prospectmagazine.sub...
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Duke University Press. Rethinking Lyric Communities in Premodern Worlds," a special issue of The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, is now available. View the TOC and read the issue intro, freely available: buff.ly/D5Zugzk
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
don't say: "hung, drawn, quartered, battered and then eaten.."
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
"quoi..?"
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Al Jazeera English. A displaced Palestinian father in besieged Gaza painted a sun on his tent window to bring some comfort and normalcy to his children amid Israel's ongoing war.
A displaced Palestinian father in besieged Gaza painted a sun on his tent window to bring some comfort and normalcy to his children amid Israel's ongoing war.
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"no footie.."
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM