Snack Hole Mishap
@snackholemishap.bsky.social
Dipshit goblin lefty with a PhD in late-Ottoman history. He/him.
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the leftist struggle can be most succinctly described as the effort to create, through a ruthless dialectical process, the perfect post, which will trigger an ice-9-esque chain reaction and remake the entire world into its final utopian shape overnight.
January 3, 2024 at 12:36 AM
the leftist struggle can be most succinctly described as the effort to create, through a ruthless dialectical process, the perfect post, which will trigger an ice-9-esque chain reaction and remake the entire world into its final utopian shape overnight.
Book thread 2023: 36.)
The Elements of Style Fourth Edition (2000/1935) by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.
Some useful writing advice but also what fusspots.
The Elements of Style Fourth Edition (2000/1935) by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.
Some useful writing advice but also what fusspots.
November 3, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Book thread 2023: 36.)
The Elements of Style Fourth Edition (2000/1935) by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.
Some useful writing advice but also what fusspots.
The Elements of Style Fourth Edition (2000/1935) by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.
Some useful writing advice but also what fusspots.
35.) The Wretched of the Earth (2021/1963) by Franz Fanon tr. by Richard Philcox.
The last shall be first.
Incredible that Arendt tried to say he glorified violence. Fanon rightly pointed out its necessity for liberation and also the immense toll it takes on the colonized.
The last shall be first.
Incredible that Arendt tried to say he glorified violence. Fanon rightly pointed out its necessity for liberation and also the immense toll it takes on the colonized.
October 29, 2023 at 1:03 AM
35.) The Wretched of the Earth (2021/1963) by Franz Fanon tr. by Richard Philcox.
The last shall be first.
Incredible that Arendt tried to say he glorified violence. Fanon rightly pointed out its necessity for liberation and also the immense toll it takes on the colonized.
The last shall be first.
Incredible that Arendt tried to say he glorified violence. Fanon rightly pointed out its necessity for liberation and also the immense toll it takes on the colonized.
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All a microwave needs is a (+30sec) button. Everything else is bourgeois excess.
October 20, 2023 at 1:13 AM
All a microwave needs is a (+30sec) button. Everything else is bourgeois excess.
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If I die, I die with honor
October 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM
If I die, I die with honor
Book thread 2023:
34.) The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939 (1981/1939) by EH Carr.
Much better than Morgenthau in not fetishizing status quo. But weirdly critical of Marx, especially since his contrast between utopinanism and realism is so compatible with dialectics.
34.) The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939 (1981/1939) by EH Carr.
Much better than Morgenthau in not fetishizing status quo. But weirdly critical of Marx, especially since his contrast between utopinanism and realism is so compatible with dialectics.
October 17, 2023 at 6:22 AM
Book thread 2023:
34.) The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939 (1981/1939) by EH Carr.
Much better than Morgenthau in not fetishizing status quo. But weirdly critical of Marx, especially since his contrast between utopinanism and realism is so compatible with dialectics.
34.) The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939 (1981/1939) by EH Carr.
Much better than Morgenthau in not fetishizing status quo. But weirdly critical of Marx, especially since his contrast between utopinanism and realism is so compatible with dialectics.
Book thread 2023:
33.) Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (2020), eds. Sumaya Awad & brian bean.
A very good overview of the history of Palestine (mostly post-Ottoman) and Zionism/Israel. Would recommend for anyone who cares about justice + free ebook:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-fr...
33.) Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (2020), eds. Sumaya Awad & brian bean.
A very good overview of the history of Palestine (mostly post-Ottoman) and Zionism/Israel. Would recommend for anyone who cares about justice + free ebook:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-fr...
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October 15, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Book thread 2023:
33.) Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (2020), eds. Sumaya Awad & brian bean.
A very good overview of the history of Palestine (mostly post-Ottoman) and Zionism/Israel. Would recommend for anyone who cares about justice + free ebook:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-fr...
33.) Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (2020), eds. Sumaya Awad & brian bean.
A very good overview of the history of Palestine (mostly post-Ottoman) and Zionism/Israel. Would recommend for anyone who cares about justice + free ebook:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-fr...
Book thread 2023:
32.) Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire (2002) by Benjamin C. Fortna.
Very good and shows the problems with dichotomizing West vs. East and Secular vs. Religious in late Ottoman society.
32.) Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire (2002) by Benjamin C. Fortna.
Very good and shows the problems with dichotomizing West vs. East and Secular vs. Religious in late Ottoman society.
October 14, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Book thread 2023:
32.) Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire (2002) by Benjamin C. Fortna.
Very good and shows the problems with dichotomizing West vs. East and Secular vs. Religious in late Ottoman society.
32.) Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire (2002) by Benjamin C. Fortna.
Very good and shows the problems with dichotomizing West vs. East and Secular vs. Religious in late Ottoman society.
Book thread 2023: 31.) Social Theory of International Politics (1999) by Alexander Wendt.
He should have dropped the claim IR is a science but overall did a great job showing how ideas give meaning within IR and that this does not mean the system is easy to change, only that it's possible.
He should have dropped the claim IR is a science but overall did a great job showing how ideas give meaning within IR and that this does not mean the system is easy to change, only that it's possible.
October 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM
Book thread 2023: 31.) Social Theory of International Politics (1999) by Alexander Wendt.
He should have dropped the claim IR is a science but overall did a great job showing how ideas give meaning within IR and that this does not mean the system is easy to change, only that it's possible.
He should have dropped the claim IR is a science but overall did a great job showing how ideas give meaning within IR and that this does not mean the system is easy to change, only that it's possible.
Doing research
October 10, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Doing research
Poop here often, beautiful?
October 1, 2023 at 6:13 AM
Poop here often, beautiful?
Book thread 2023:
30.) The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978/1990) by Michel Foucault.
Have long been meaning to read Foucault and his arguments challenging conventional history of sexuality are pretty compelling.
30.) The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978/1990) by Michel Foucault.
Have long been meaning to read Foucault and his arguments challenging conventional history of sexuality are pretty compelling.
October 1, 2023 at 5:34 AM
Book thread 2023:
30.) The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978/1990) by Michel Foucault.
Have long been meaning to read Foucault and his arguments challenging conventional history of sexuality are pretty compelling.
30.) The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978/1990) by Michel Foucault.
Have long been meaning to read Foucault and his arguments challenging conventional history of sexuality are pretty compelling.
Book thread 2023:
29.) The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (1962/1996) by Eric Hobsbawm.
Unsurprisingly excellent from perhaps the greatest Marxist historian of his generation.
29.) The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (1962/1996) by Eric Hobsbawm.
Unsurprisingly excellent from perhaps the greatest Marxist historian of his generation.
September 26, 2023 at 5:08 AM
Book thread 2023:
29.) The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (1962/1996) by Eric Hobsbawm.
Unsurprisingly excellent from perhaps the greatest Marxist historian of his generation.
29.) The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (1962/1996) by Eric Hobsbawm.
Unsurprisingly excellent from perhaps the greatest Marxist historian of his generation.
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cut my dick into pieces, oh no my peanus horts
June 29, 2023 at 6:50 PM
cut my dick into pieces, oh no my peanus horts
Book thread 2023:
27.) Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition (2021), eds. Alexander Reichwein and Felix Rösch.
It's pretty amusing to me that Europeans *want* to claim realism but this is a good edited volume for more background on influential realist scholars.
27.) Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition (2021), eds. Alexander Reichwein and Felix Rösch.
It's pretty amusing to me that Europeans *want* to claim realism but this is a good edited volume for more background on influential realist scholars.
September 21, 2023 at 4:55 AM
Book thread 2023:
27.) Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition (2021), eds. Alexander Reichwein and Felix Rösch.
It's pretty amusing to me that Europeans *want* to claim realism but this is a good edited volume for more background on influential realist scholars.
27.) Realism: A Distinctively 20th Century European Tradition (2021), eds. Alexander Reichwein and Felix Rösch.
It's pretty amusing to me that Europeans *want* to claim realism but this is a good edited volume for more background on influential realist scholars.
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Book thread 2023:
27.) The Geometry of Imperialism: The Limit's of Hobson's Paradigm (1978) by Giovanni Arrighi.
Fine at showing the contextual limits of Hobson's (and Lenin's) definition of imperialism, but sociologists love using shitty graphs to give their work a veneer of scientific rigor.
27.) The Geometry of Imperialism: The Limit's of Hobson's Paradigm (1978) by Giovanni Arrighi.
Fine at showing the contextual limits of Hobson's (and Lenin's) definition of imperialism, but sociologists love using shitty graphs to give their work a veneer of scientific rigor.
September 16, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Book thread 2023:
27.) The Geometry of Imperialism: The Limit's of Hobson's Paradigm (1978) by Giovanni Arrighi.
Fine at showing the contextual limits of Hobson's (and Lenin's) definition of imperialism, but sociologists love using shitty graphs to give their work a veneer of scientific rigor.
27.) The Geometry of Imperialism: The Limit's of Hobson's Paradigm (1978) by Giovanni Arrighi.
Fine at showing the contextual limits of Hobson's (and Lenin's) definition of imperialism, but sociologists love using shitty graphs to give their work a veneer of scientific rigor.
Book thread 2023:
26.) The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.
Sadly, dudes again do not rock and Katherine was cool before Petruchio abused and gaslit her.
26.) The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.
Sadly, dudes again do not rock and Katherine was cool before Petruchio abused and gaslit her.
September 11, 2023 at 7:11 AM
Book thread 2023:
26.) The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.
Sadly, dudes again do not rock and Katherine was cool before Petruchio abused and gaslit her.
26.) The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.
Sadly, dudes again do not rock and Katherine was cool before Petruchio abused and gaslit her.
Book thread 2023:
25.) The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (2005) by Donald Quataert.
Good général overview of late Ottoman history that does a decent job of not being too state or Turk/Istanbul centric.
25.) The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (2005) by Donald Quataert.
Good général overview of late Ottoman history that does a decent job of not being too state or Turk/Istanbul centric.
September 10, 2023 at 4:18 AM
Book thread 2023:
25.) The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (2005) by Donald Quataert.
Good général overview of late Ottoman history that does a decent job of not being too state or Turk/Istanbul centric.
25.) The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (2005) by Donald Quataert.
Good général overview of late Ottoman history that does a decent job of not being too state or Turk/Istanbul centric.
big can chili
September 10, 2023 at 3:29 AM
big can chili
Book thread 2023:
24.) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Peace and Power (1948) by Hans J. Morgenthau.
Foundational work in the classical realism school. Rightly debunks liberalism's view of IR but fetishizes status quo (inc colonialism) and abhors revolution while wanting intl gov/peace.
24.) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Peace and Power (1948) by Hans J. Morgenthau.
Foundational work in the classical realism school. Rightly debunks liberalism's view of IR but fetishizes status quo (inc colonialism) and abhors revolution while wanting intl gov/peace.
September 9, 2023 at 4:59 AM
Book thread 2023:
24.) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Peace and Power (1948) by Hans J. Morgenthau.
Foundational work in the classical realism school. Rightly debunks liberalism's view of IR but fetishizes status quo (inc colonialism) and abhors revolution while wanting intl gov/peace.
24.) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Peace and Power (1948) by Hans J. Morgenthau.
Foundational work in the classical realism school. Rightly debunks liberalism's view of IR but fetishizes status quo (inc colonialism) and abhors revolution while wanting intl gov/peace.
Book thread 2023:
23.) The Historian's Craft (1953) by Marc Bloch.
I don't entirely agree with his admonition against judgment, but his arguments against strict temporal and subject boundaries in history is spot on.
May his memory be a blessing. Murdered by Nazis because he chose to fight them.
23.) The Historian's Craft (1953) by Marc Bloch.
I don't entirely agree with his admonition against judgment, but his arguments against strict temporal and subject boundaries in history is spot on.
May his memory be a blessing. Murdered by Nazis because he chose to fight them.
September 4, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Book thread 2023:
23.) The Historian's Craft (1953) by Marc Bloch.
I don't entirely agree with his admonition against judgment, but his arguments against strict temporal and subject boundaries in history is spot on.
May his memory be a blessing. Murdered by Nazis because he chose to fight them.
23.) The Historian's Craft (1953) by Marc Bloch.
I don't entirely agree with his admonition against judgment, but his arguments against strict temporal and subject boundaries in history is spot on.
May his memory be a blessing. Murdered by Nazis because he chose to fight them.
Book thread 2023:
22.) Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire (2023) by Mostafa Minawi.
An excellent examination of imperial and ethnic identity formation which shows the contingent nature of being a "loyal" imperialist versus a "traitorous" non-Turkish nationalist.
22.) Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire (2023) by Mostafa Minawi.
An excellent examination of imperial and ethnic identity formation which shows the contingent nature of being a "loyal" imperialist versus a "traitorous" non-Turkish nationalist.
September 1, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Book thread 2023:
22.) Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire (2023) by Mostafa Minawi.
An excellent examination of imperial and ethnic identity formation which shows the contingent nature of being a "loyal" imperialist versus a "traitorous" non-Turkish nationalist.
22.) Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire (2023) by Mostafa Minawi.
An excellent examination of imperial and ethnic identity formation which shows the contingent nature of being a "loyal" imperialist versus a "traitorous" non-Turkish nationalist.
His head is so big so he can explain Hegel to me
August 30, 2023 at 8:41 AM
His head is so big so he can explain Hegel to me
Book thread 2023:
21.) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Revised Edition (1983) by Raymond Williams.
I only started it because it is the theme of a postdoc application, but it ended up being a very interesting etymological study that really helps with a lot of nebulous words.
21.) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Revised Edition (1983) by Raymond Williams.
I only started it because it is the theme of a postdoc application, but it ended up being a very interesting etymological study that really helps with a lot of nebulous words.
August 29, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Book thread 2023:
21.) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Revised Edition (1983) by Raymond Williams.
I only started it because it is the theme of a postdoc application, but it ended up being a very interesting etymological study that really helps with a lot of nebulous words.
21.) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Revised Edition (1983) by Raymond Williams.
I only started it because it is the theme of a postdoc application, but it ended up being a very interesting etymological study that really helps with a lot of nebulous words.