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Dreams under fascism, and paralysis:
"Between 1933 and 1939, the journalist Charlotte Beradt compiled The Third Reich of Dreams ... the paralysis theme was possibly the most recurrent and striking"
Zoe Williams in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zoe Williams in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams
The truth is paralysing. But after JD Vance met the far-right leader Alice Weidel in Germany, it is time to be clear about what we are seeing, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dreams under fascism, and paralysis:
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Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.
February 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
New semester. New students. Shared one of my fave quotes from Sara Ahmed (via Butler) "it is through the repetition of norms that worlds materialise, and that 'boundary, fixity and surface' are produced'. Heads nodded and no one said it was wordy. That's a hopeful start!
February 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New semester. New students. Shared one of my fave quotes from Sara Ahmed (via Butler) "it is through the repetition of norms that worlds materialise, and that 'boundary, fixity and surface' are produced'. Heads nodded and no one said it was wordy. That's a hopeful start!
Taught a class called 'Bizarre Objects' this semester. On hallucination, thinking and creativity. Explored audio-visual culture's long history of navigating new/turbulent experience (photog, painting, AI etc). Made a diff to student perspective on ethics debate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Taught a class called 'Bizarre Objects' this semester. On hallucination, thinking and creativity. Explored audio-visual culture's long history of navigating new/turbulent experience (photog, painting, AI etc). Made a diff to student perspective on ethics debate
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...