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Stephen Shapiro
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I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · Nov 11
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Germany: Third bank robbery reported in NRW in days – DW – 01/02/2026
Another day, another report of a robbery at a Sparkasse bank in western Germany. This time, four safe-deposit boxes were emptied in broad daylight.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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From Burke in the late 18C onwards, pity for pretty cruelty is a standard for reaction and repression.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Blood In, Blood Out (1993), the Latinx Godfather
Montana is first seen reading Fanon.
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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unwelcoming and overly bureaucratic.
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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unwelcoming and overly bureaucratic.
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
stephenshapiro.bsky.social
Blood In, Blood Out (1993), the Latinx Godfather
Montana is first seen reading Fanon.
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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first off, no one who isn't impaired would even think of mentioning this.

second, no one not as risk gets repeatedly tested.

25th looming.
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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there's a publishing trend to reissue/translate German books written in the 30s about the nazi-era, since, you know, the simliarities.
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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archive.is/2jpnv
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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The words "German bureaucracy" and "digital modernization" aren't ones that are usually paired
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January 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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From Burke in the late 18C onwards, pity for pretty cruelty is a standard for reaction and repression.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
nazis are nazis
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Stranger Things ends with divisive finale – as fans bemoan ‘stupidest’ plot decision
Hit sci-fi series finally concludes nearly a decade after it began
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January 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White House’s war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology un...
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January 2, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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When the industry paper is bored, you know it's bad
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Critics’ Conversation: ‘Stranger Things’ Goes Out (Finally) With a Confused and Protracted Bang
After five seasons, Netflix's sci-fi horror hit wrapped up with an exhausting two-hour extravaganza that, unsurprisingly, delivered lots and lots of … stuff — but very little legacy-building substance...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Prestige tedium

The era of finely crafted and deeply boring tv
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Cruel optimism?
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January 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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A whites-only, no-Jews community says it's found a legal loophole. A Jewish lawmaker in Pennsylvania wants to close it.
Pennsylvania State Rep. Ben Waxman introduced a bill to clarify that discriminatory housing communities are illegal in his state.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Several people killed as protests spread across Iran – DW – 01/01/2026
A volunteer security official was reportedly also killed during the clashes. As Iran slips deeper into economic crisis, the unrest, which began Sunday in Tehran, has spread to other cities.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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In the end, Stranger Things lost its way in a maze of sci-fi bunkum – review
Netflix’s most important original IP has morphed from a brilliant, influential coming-of-age saga into just another CGI rock’em sock’em adventure
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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a tale of two inaugurations
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM