Jason Read
@jasonread.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books:
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Jason Read
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· Dec 25
The Double Shift
Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery—working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle. To paraphrase Sp...
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It is more than a little awkward to realize that I had two books come out this year, a fact due more to different schedules and timelines of publishing than some prodigious productivity. The Double Shift from Verso...
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12 Monkeys was released on this day thirty years ago.
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Triptych of a Tree: Memoirs of a Film Goer
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December 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
12 Monkeys was released on this day thirty years ago.
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Really the whole run from Dig Me Out through The Hot Rock and All Hands on the Bad One (although the last one is 2000).
December 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Really the whole run from Dig Me Out through The Hot Rock and All Hands on the Bad One (although the last one is 2000).
In 2025, They Asked What Racial Solidarity Really Looks Like www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/a...
In 2025, They Asked What Racial Solidarity Really Looks Like
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December 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In 2025, They Asked What Racial Solidarity Really Looks Like www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/a...
Stephen Miller isn't being a hypocrite praising Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra while criticizing immigration; he is being a consistent racist.
December 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Stephen Miller isn't being a hypocrite praising Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra while criticizing immigration; he is being a consistent racist.
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Eating a fabulous Lebanese meal in New Orleans, some of the diners are in hijabs, some are in leopard print booty shorts, and this is what this wretched country could be. This is the only way this wretched country will survive.
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Eating a fabulous Lebanese meal in New Orleans, some of the diners are in hijabs, some are in leopard print booty shorts, and this is what this wretched country could be. This is the only way this wretched country will survive.
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thanks to AI you can now become the malignant illusion spinning demiurge whom Descartes had to axiomatically banish in order to make Rationality possible
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
thanks to AI you can now become the malignant illusion spinning demiurge whom Descartes had to axiomatically banish in order to make Rationality possible
Apparently today marks the day that my blog reached three million page views
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Apparently today marks the day that my blog reached three million page views
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There is, for all intents and purposes, no academic freedom anymore for anyone teaching at a red state public university.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
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December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There is, for all intents and purposes, no academic freedom anymore for anyone teaching at a red state public university.
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On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged under orders of Abraham Lincoln, in the largest public mass extinction in US history.
Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) dir. Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, words and narration by Layli Long Soldier from her poem "38"
Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) dir. Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, words and narration by Layli Long Soldier from her poem "38"
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged under orders of Abraham Lincoln, in the largest public mass extinction in US history.
Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) dir. Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, words and narration by Layli Long Soldier from her poem "38"
Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) dir. Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, words and narration by Layli Long Soldier from her poem "38"
Here is my list of top ten new films that I saw in 2025. As usual, I have not seen some of the newer films that have come out. missed a few others, and may have forgotte some.
1. Sinners
2. Clouds
3. Good Boy
4. Weapons
5. Videoheaven
6. Together
1. Sinners
2. Clouds
3. Good Boy
4. Weapons
5. Videoheaven
6. Together
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here is my list of top ten new films that I saw in 2025. As usual, I have not seen some of the newer films that have come out. missed a few others, and may have forgotte some.
1. Sinners
2. Clouds
3. Good Boy
4. Weapons
5. Videoheaven
6. Together
1. Sinners
2. Clouds
3. Good Boy
4. Weapons
5. Videoheaven
6. Together
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Does tenure mean job security? Only if your university continues to exist until you retire.
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Does tenure mean job security? Only if your university continues to exist until you retire.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Because most of the media agree that the left are scum
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Because most of the media agree that the left are scum
With great excitement comes great sleepiness
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
With great excitement comes great sleepiness
It is well known that It's a Wonderful Life rose to cultural prominence because it entered the public domain in 1974 and was able to be freely broadcast on television, but I also think that it is because it is a film that works when best stumbled upon when flipping channels about halfway through.
December 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is well known that It's a Wonderful Life rose to cultural prominence because it entered the public domain in 1974 and was able to be freely broadcast on television, but I also think that it is because it is a film that works when best stumbled upon when flipping channels about halfway through.
Reposted in honor of Rod Serling's birthday 101 years ago today.
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The Devil is in the Details: Twilight Zone's Demonology of Capital
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December 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted in honor of Rod Serling's birthday 101 years ago today.
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A lotta people gonna be like "why didnt Biden release this info?!?" It's an understandable response but you gotta get thru that comforting outrage response to insist: same reason they didn't prosecute the man in a quick or effective manner. They didnt want to.
December 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A lotta people gonna be like "why didnt Biden release this info?!?" It's an understandable response but you gotta get thru that comforting outrage response to insist: same reason they didn't prosecute the man in a quick or effective manner. They didnt want to.
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BlueBooks, physical copies, and notebook assignments this semester not only stopped AI use but also increased class participation and discussion tenfold.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
BlueBooks, physical copies, and notebook assignments this semester not only stopped AI use but also increased class participation and discussion tenfold.
Declaring anti-harassment and disinformation organizations, as well as those working to stem hate speech and anti-vaccination conspiracies online, enemies of the US is basically admitting that trolling, harassment, and conspiracies are our new official ideology.
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They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Declaring anti-harassment and disinformation organizations, as well as those working to stem hate speech and anti-vaccination conspiracies online, enemies of the US is basically admitting that trolling, harassment, and conspiracies are our new official ideology.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
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The Avengers: Doomsday trailer is evidence of the acceleration of the rate of nostalgia. When the MCU began it drew on the nostalgia for the silver age of comic decades prior, now they hark back to a movie that came out six years ago.
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Avengers: Doomsday trailer is evidence of the acceleration of the rate of nostalgia. When the MCU began it drew on the nostalgia for the silver age of comic decades prior, now they hark back to a movie that came out six years ago.