Sam Grinsell
@samgrinsell.bsky.social
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Sam Grinsell
@samgrinsell.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
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Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
When people ask me what Britishness is in going to send them this post
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
When people ask me what Britishness is in going to send them this post
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
Great post 👌
imagine how much harder the post would have hit if Elon knew who Joyce Carol Oates was
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Great post 👌
"The dispute between the two has been going on since Sultana announced in July she was resigning from Labour to set up Your Party alongside Corbyn."
The world's burning, elites are hoarding power, politicians are stirring up hate... Let's start an internal party dispute before launching our party!
The world's burning, elites are hoarding power, politicians are stirring up hate... Let's start an internal party dispute before launching our party!
🔥 The row between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana gets even more bitter tonight as the two row over hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of donations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"The dispute between the two has been going on since Sultana announced in July she was resigning from Labour to set up Your Party alongside Corbyn."
The world's burning, elites are hoarding power, politicians are stirring up hate... Let's start an internal party dispute before launching our party!
The world's burning, elites are hoarding power, politicians are stirring up hate... Let's start an internal party dispute before launching our party!
The romcom AND dotcom that this world needs
I'm going to create a website where people can meet AI lovers, but it actually connects one user to another so everyone is talking to a real person.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The romcom AND dotcom that this world needs
I'm not surprised to see the BBC so out there on its own, but fascinated by the idea that the US doesn't have a source as widely consumed as ITV
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm not surprised to see the BBC so out there on its own, but fascinated by the idea that the US doesn't have a source as widely consumed as ITV
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
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With 2026 around the corner, I wanna pitch a like 3-5k word feature on the Telecom Act of 96 and what's happened to music and media in the 30 years since then, that's also kinda filtered thru my experience as a music writer who is also class of 96.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
With 2026 around the corner, I wanna pitch a like 3-5k word feature on the Telecom Act of 96 and what's happened to music and media in the 30 years since then, that's also kinda filtered thru my experience as a music writer who is also class of 96.
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I want Oscar Isaac to play a different version of the Victor Frankenstein character every three years for the rest of his life
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I want Oscar Isaac to play a different version of the Victor Frankenstein character every three years for the rest of his life
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Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
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Really enjoyed this episode of #BoldPolitics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to Jordan Stephens about boys, elders, role models, feminism, education, love....
Really enjoyed this episode of #BoldPolitics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to Jordan Stephens about boys, elders, role models, feminism, education, love....
Are We Failing The Next Generation? | Jordan Stephens | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Really enjoyed this episode of #BoldPolitics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to Jordan Stephens about boys, elders, role models, feminism, education, love....
Really enjoyed this episode of #BoldPolitics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to Jordan Stephens about boys, elders, role models, feminism, education, love....
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I call myself a discontent creator
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I call myself a discontent creator
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204 No Content
This website contains no content. None at all. And neither should yours.
loreandordure.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
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Notably, the Act was voted against by Liverpool City Council and it never became law in Liverpool, meaning most social housing is still owned by the Council. I’ve recently applied myself and that’s why I know.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Notably, the Act was voted against by Liverpool City Council and it never became law in Liverpool, meaning most social housing is still owned by the Council. I’ve recently applied myself and that’s why I know.
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While no doubt well and ethically indented, we architectural historians need to better acknowledge that Right to Buy was not universally implemented carte blanche with no exceptions.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
While no doubt well and ethically indented, we architectural historians need to better acknowledge that Right to Buy was not universally implemented carte blanche with no exceptions.
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SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
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Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
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I know Slaughterhouse-Five is often on banned books lists but I do think it’s funny how these books from the 60s and 70s full of the most “woke” ideas out there mostly slide under the radar cause they are written by an old white man
I have somehow never read Breakfast of Champions and holy hell in three pages Vonnegut sums it all up - colonialism, racism, income inequality, and a guy who owns a car dealership who reads a scifi novel and takes away the wrong idea
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I know Slaughterhouse-Five is often on banned books lists but I do think it’s funny how these books from the 60s and 70s full of the most “woke” ideas out there mostly slide under the radar cause they are written by an old white man
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can anyone who has had library fellowships or similar in the US recommend a tax accountant who can help with claiming back the $$$ that are taken pre-payment? i have tried the self-service route and have hit several brick walls (social security numbers, mailed-in documents, etc etc)
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
can anyone who has had library fellowships or similar in the US recommend a tax accountant who can help with claiming back the $$$ that are taken pre-payment? i have tried the self-service route and have hit several brick walls (social security numbers, mailed-in documents, etc etc)
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Bit late to this but it's such a clever piece of AI criticism, developing a literary critique of Sam Altman's auto-metafiction story as a way to explore the grave threats to the "intellectual infrastructure" of the humanities - and HE more broadly - posed by AI lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bit late to this but it's such a clever piece of AI criticism, developing a literary critique of Sam Altman's auto-metafiction story as a way to explore the grave threats to the "intellectual infrastructure" of the humanities - and HE more broadly - posed by AI lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner