enzo rossi
@enzoreds.bsky.social
Political theorist, University of Amsterdam | Co-editor, European Journal of Political Theory | Radical realist, ruthless cosmopolitan | http://enzorossi.net | “Man, the man is killing us man” -VJ Emmie
Yes, 10th floor. But it’s a tiny cute mouse, the photo makes the tail look much bigger than it is
February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Yes, 10th floor. But it’s a tiny cute mouse, the photo makes the tail look much bigger than it is
Definitely a tiny mouse, I saw it running under that door
February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Definitely a tiny mouse, I saw it running under that door
Yes. On the 10th floor of a very modern building. It’s still Amsterdam I guess
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Yes. On the 10th floor of a very modern building. It’s still Amsterdam I guess
It’s nice to work in a dept that doesn’t become a total desert at night
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It’s nice to work in a dept that doesn’t become a total desert at night
Yeah I think I’m gonna ignore it
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Yeah I think I’m gonna ignore it
“Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge” — What on earth is this? Is it really a UK Government thing?
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge” — What on earth is this? Is it really a UK Government thing?
In the US academia is becoming unviable outside the R1 environment. And soon it will be unviable outside the ultra-elite tier of R1s. The UK is in a similar situation. The few European institutions in the global/Anglo R1 game are holding up for now, but it’s scary.
February 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In the US academia is becoming unviable outside the R1 environment. And soon it will be unviable outside the ultra-elite tier of R1s. The UK is in a similar situation. The few European institutions in the global/Anglo R1 game are holding up for now, but it’s scary.
Yeah no that’s more of a weird side effect of Protestantism + exactness, sigh. We’ll cure it eventually
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Yeah no that’s more of a weird side effect of Protestantism + exactness, sigh. We’ll cure it eventually
Nah it’s the mystical screechers who riff off the artists
February 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Nah it’s the mystical screechers who riff off the artists
It’s not true that philosophy has no empirical results to show for itself. The results are the empirical sciences philosophy birthed. Next level stuff.
NB They were birthed from the exactness & clarity-seeking bits of philosophy, not from the mystical screeching side of things.
NB They were birthed from the exactness & clarity-seeking bits of philosophy, not from the mystical screeching side of things.
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It’s not true that philosophy has no empirical results to show for itself. The results are the empirical sciences philosophy birthed. Next level stuff.
NB They were birthed from the exactness & clarity-seeking bits of philosophy, not from the mystical screeching side of things.
NB They were birthed from the exactness & clarity-seeking bits of philosophy, not from the mystical screeching side of things.
None of which is to say that MAGA will win. Most Americans won’t stand for this kind of thing. But we won’t see the generously sponsored, glitzy social movements we’ve grown accustomed to. It will be more like antibodies stubbornly and gradually rejecting an aggressive parasite.
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
None of which is to say that MAGA will win. Most Americans won’t stand for this kind of thing. But we won’t see the generously sponsored, glitzy social movements we’ve grown accustomed to. It will be more like antibodies stubbornly and gradually rejecting an aggressive parasite.
Another, related problem is the taint of degenerated, elite-captured social movements that now hangs over even the noblest initiatives to resist the MAGA thugs. Parts of the lib left made themselves so annoying and toxic that all sorts of good causes are crippled by association.
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Another, related problem is the taint of degenerated, elite-captured social movements that now hangs over even the noblest initiatives to resist the MAGA thugs. Parts of the lib left made themselves so annoying and toxic that all sorts of good causes are crippled by association.
A structural obstacle to mobilising against ICE executing people in the street is the lack of incentives of the sort we saw with the diversity-industrial complex around other social movements. The elite can’t launder their privilege by putting undocumented migrants in boardrooms.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A structural obstacle to mobilising against ICE executing people in the street is the lack of incentives of the sort we saw with the diversity-industrial complex around other social movements. The elite can’t launder their privilege by putting undocumented migrants in boardrooms.
There is nothing they wouldn’t defend, and no lie too big.
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM
There is nothing they wouldn’t defend, and no lie too big.
Nobody’s saying it should be the norm, just that it shouldn’t be seen as something to apologise for
January 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Nobody’s saying it should be the norm, just that it shouldn’t be seen as something to apologise for
Yes. Sour grapes and fear of the unfamiliar make this disgusting yet hyper-popular political cocktail
Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Yes. Sour grapes and fear of the unfamiliar make this disgusting yet hyper-popular political cocktail
Libs love Carney’s speech but when radical realists say 93% of the same things they clutch their pearls 🤷🏻♂️
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Libs love Carney’s speech but when radical realists say 93% of the same things they clutch their pearls 🤷🏻♂️
He climbed down fast
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
He climbed down fast
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January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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If he doesn't climb down fast, Trump will be deposed, one way or another.
January 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
If he doesn't climb down fast, Trump will be deposed, one way or another.
Climate change denialism and worrying about controlling the arctic don’t go together.
Post-truth is cooked, get ready for post-coherence.
Post-truth is cooked, get ready for post-coherence.
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Climate change denialism and worrying about controlling the arctic don’t go together.
Post-truth is cooked, get ready for post-coherence.
Post-truth is cooked, get ready for post-coherence.
