Abigail Goldwater
@abigailgoldwater.bsky.social
Substack: https://shorturl.at/83sSD
Redundant PhD human specialising in spin-based quantum computing and quantum ethics.
It's where you agree with Emmanuel Kant and you don't at the same time.
Once punched a 6ft 7 bloke outside the Workman's Club
Redundant PhD human specialising in spin-based quantum computing and quantum ethics.
It's where you agree with Emmanuel Kant and you don't at the same time.
Once punched a 6ft 7 bloke outside the Workman's Club
Something I wrote about techofeudalism and the society of the spectacle.
We can make Marx cool right? No? Maybe?
Happy Friday
We can make Marx cool right? No? Maybe?
Happy Friday
The Unshakeable Image: How Technofeudalism and the Spectacle Cultivate Digital Certainty
Abigail Goldwater The Unshakeable Image: How Technofeudalism and the Spectacle Cultivate Digital Certainty The modern condition of production, characterised by economic extraction and media saturat…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Something I wrote about techofeudalism and the society of the spectacle.
We can make Marx cool right? No? Maybe?
Happy Friday
We can make Marx cool right? No? Maybe?
Happy Friday
Yes we know Bond has changed his face over 7 times. But he can't just come back from the dead come on now
JAMES BOND WRITERS: We can't just bring Bond back from the dead; don't you understand how nonsensical that is?
ALSO JAMES BOND WRITERS: So Bond hooks up with a 20-year-old chemical engineer with a PhD in quantum physics who measures 36-24-36 and is named Anne-Les Vodgeinah
ALSO JAMES BOND WRITERS: So Bond hooks up with a 20-year-old chemical engineer with a PhD in quantum physics who measures 36-24-36 and is named Anne-Les Vodgeinah
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yes we know Bond has changed his face over 7 times. But he can't just come back from the dead come on now
This gives me the same vibes as Caeser when he refused the crown three times from Mark Antony - aiming to gauge and manipulate public opinion, and normalise the idea of this eventuality
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump reposts AI-generated video of plane dumping sludge on No Kings protesters
President has previously posted deepfake videos and AI-generated images like this one, which JD Vance called ‘funny’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This gives me the same vibes as Caeser when he refused the crown three times from Mark Antony - aiming to gauge and manipulate public opinion, and normalise the idea of this eventuality
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ultimately it's a case of the ultra wealthy class funding parties, think-tanks, buying news outlets, controlling social media platforms in order to ensure we point fingers at each other at the bottom of the ladder instead of looking up and realising they're laughing at us.
No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters.
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
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No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Democracy for Sale
A new report from the Autonomy Institute lays bare how Britain’s political and economic elites are entangled.
substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ultimately it's a case of the ultra wealthy class funding parties, think-tanks, buying news outlets, controlling social media platforms in order to ensure we point fingers at each other at the bottom of the ladder instead of looking up and realising they're laughing at us.
Good to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social getting the greens taken seriously, I do have an anxiety about the day we'll hear language like "wear the term fascist like a badge of honour" or "if loving your country means you're a fascist then I guess I'm a fascist" etc.
novaramedia.com/2025/10/04/h...
novaramedia.com/2025/10/04/h...
‘Helping Fascist Farage Into Power Is My Red Line’ | Novara Media
At Green Party conference in Bournemouth, Zack Polanski discusses the Party's surge in popularity, his red lines over Nigel Farage and how to tackle the question of immigration humanely.…
novaramedia.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Good to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social getting the greens taken seriously, I do have an anxiety about the day we'll hear language like "wear the term fascist like a badge of honour" or "if loving your country means you're a fascist then I guess I'm a fascist" etc.
novaramedia.com/2025/10/04/h...
novaramedia.com/2025/10/04/h...
Good news everyone. We're not far off commodifying protest. I had to double take at this. Happy Tuesday
October 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Good news everyone. We're not far off commodifying protest. I had to double take at this. Happy Tuesday
I wonder if Stephen King is on the Epstein list, which is why we're seeing a load of his films now because when it's revealed, no one will want to make the films, so they're cashing in now?
Bit of a stretch? Yes.
Accusing someone of something horrible, also yes.
I liked the Long Walk however.
Bit of a stretch? Yes.
Accusing someone of something horrible, also yes.
I liked the Long Walk however.
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I wonder if Stephen King is on the Epstein list, which is why we're seeing a load of his films now because when it's revealed, no one will want to make the films, so they're cashing in now?
Bit of a stretch? Yes.
Accusing someone of something horrible, also yes.
I liked the Long Walk however.
Bit of a stretch? Yes.
Accusing someone of something horrible, also yes.
I liked the Long Walk however.
Remember, most of reality is just something you set as an arbitrary ongoing, dialectical goal that can't really be achieved before you die, but serves as a distraction from the eternal abyss. Have a beer. Chill out.
I am old. I’ve been through so many waves of hustle culture. Outside of occasional crunch times, the overwork is always unnecessary, performative nonsense that provides cover for some combination of bad ideas, abusive leadership, disorganization, a total lack of strategy etc etc.
September 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Remember, most of reality is just something you set as an arbitrary ongoing, dialectical goal that can't really be achieved before you die, but serves as a distraction from the eternal abyss. Have a beer. Chill out.
Interesting article in @theconversation.com about the proliferation of Uk flags by Callum Blades. It's not about being a patriot. It's about being terrified of the world. They're projecting fear of everything they don't understand onto a bit of cloth. It's a psychological crutch for the insecure.
National anxieties and personal fear – what psychoanalysis tells us about the comfort we find in flags
Understanding why we cling to objects in a moments of uncertainty helps explain the appearance of English flags on roadsides and in towns.
theconversation.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Interesting article in @theconversation.com about the proliferation of Uk flags by Callum Blades. It's not about being a patriot. It's about being terrified of the world. They're projecting fear of everything they don't understand onto a bit of cloth. It's a psychological crutch for the insecure.
I was in a pub earlier. I actually heard the following sentence, verbatim:
"no, England is swamped with immigrants, we should ban the lot of them. Makes me wish I moved to Spain years ago"
"no, England is swamped with immigrants, we should ban the lot of them. Makes me wish I moved to Spain years ago"
patrick star from spongebob squarepants looking out of a window
ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants looking out of a window
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September 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I was in a pub earlier. I actually heard the following sentence, verbatim:
"no, England is swamped with immigrants, we should ban the lot of them. Makes me wish I moved to Spain years ago"
"no, England is swamped with immigrants, we should ban the lot of them. Makes me wish I moved to Spain years ago"
I think one of the reasons so many men are anti-trans is because they can frame it as a threat to women, in order to disguise the most evidenced and documented threat to women, which is men.
September 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I think one of the reasons so many men are anti-trans is because they can frame it as a threat to women, in order to disguise the most evidenced and documented threat to women, which is men.
The cringiest thing about the people painting roundabouts with England flags and hoisting their foreign-made England flags is it's obvious they are desperate for people to challenge them so they can whine about how everyone is offended these days.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
The flag shagging, racist bellendery from the far-right is not patriotism
Tying a hastily and shoddy-made flag your missus got on Temu upside down on a lamppost whilst shouting 'protect are girls' isn’t patriotism
www.thecanary.co
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The cringiest thing about the people painting roundabouts with England flags and hoisting their foreign-made England flags is it's obvious they are desperate for people to challenge them so they can whine about how everyone is offended these days.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
how's it going in the UK, you ask? Well this evening, the government decided I don't have a face. So, you know, well.
August 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
how's it going in the UK, you ask? Well this evening, the government decided I don't have a face. So, you know, well.
the constant and vicious politicisation of the refugee debate is something else. When a columnist has to write that the media is using it to fuel hatred, and that history will damn them for it, you know the UK has passed cynical and landed squarely in the realm of the sociopathic
A desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson
Migration is one of the most important issues of our time and needs serious consideration. History will damn much of the UK media for failing to do that, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the constant and vicious politicisation of the refugee debate is something else. When a columnist has to write that the media is using it to fuel hatred, and that history will damn them for it, you know the UK has passed cynical and landed squarely in the realm of the sociopathic
Hello everyone!
I'm back. Don't think I've missed much? I can presume everything is sane in the United States and the corporate news media have stopped funding fascists? Right?
I'm back. Don't think I've missed much? I can presume everything is sane in the United States and the corporate news media have stopped funding fascists? Right?
August 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hello everyone!
I'm back. Don't think I've missed much? I can presume everything is sane in the United States and the corporate news media have stopped funding fascists? Right?
I'm back. Don't think I've missed much? I can presume everything is sane in the United States and the corporate news media have stopped funding fascists? Right?
Here's a little thing I wrote about Corbyn and Sultana's new party, what is means for British politics, socialism, left-wing politics, with a sprinkling of Freud for good measure.
vocal.media/theSwamp/the...
vocal.media/theSwamp/the...
The Endless Echo: What Corbyn and Sultana's New Party Reveals About the British Political Psyche
Time for Round Two?
vocal.media
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Here's a little thing I wrote about Corbyn and Sultana's new party, what is means for British politics, socialism, left-wing politics, with a sprinkling of Freud for good measure.
vocal.media/theSwamp/the...
vocal.media/theSwamp/the...
how do i explain to my colleagues that today I feel like a 23 year old Robin action figure in a tree?
I don't 100% know what it is yet, but I would write this book.
July 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
how do i explain to my colleagues that today I feel like a 23 year old Robin action figure in a tree?
might have a lasagne tonight
The planet Jupiter glowing in thermal infrared, as seen by the Gemini North telescope. The gas giant gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
might have a lasagne tonight
Nothing suspicious about this at all. Epstein proves beyond a doubt him and Donald Trump never ever did anything with children. Never. Nope. This is what innocent men say!
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nothing suspicious about this at all. Epstein proves beyond a doubt him and Donald Trump never ever did anything with children. Never. Nope. This is what innocent men say!
Currently showing it has 300,000 sign-ups, which is higher than Reform's base, what Corbyn & Sultana need to do is work alongside the Greens to form a left coalition if they want to keep old Nige out of Number 10.
July 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Currently showing it has 300,000 sign-ups, which is higher than Reform's base, what Corbyn & Sultana need to do is work alongside the Greens to form a left coalition if they want to keep old Nige out of Number 10.
moved to a new building, the one opposite lowkey giving saddam hussein hiding spot
July 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
moved to a new building, the one opposite lowkey giving saddam hussein hiding spot
It'd be good see an actual left party begin to coalesce, rather than the pale imitation currently masquerading as one.
TUSC's backing is important. The UK political climate is desperate for real ideological challenge, not just managed decline from the centre-right
www.tusc.org.uk/21778/17-07-...
TUSC's backing is important. The UK political climate is desperate for real ideological challenge, not just managed decline from the centre-right
www.tusc.org.uk/21778/17-07-...
TUSC offers full backing to moves towards a new party - TUSC
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee has offered its full backing to the recent moves made towards the establishment of a new political voice for the workin...
www.tusc.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It'd be good see an actual left party begin to coalesce, rather than the pale imitation currently masquerading as one.
TUSC's backing is important. The UK political climate is desperate for real ideological challenge, not just managed decline from the centre-right
www.tusc.org.uk/21778/17-07-...
TUSC's backing is important. The UK political climate is desperate for real ideological challenge, not just managed decline from the centre-right
www.tusc.org.uk/21778/17-07-...
after years of hamstringing young people and severing vital ties. they're finally 'indicating' a return to... basic common sense.
As if this grand concession makes up for the colossal self-sabotage of the last decade. It's progress, but the bar requires an archeological dig to find.
As if this grand concession makes up for the colossal self-sabotage of the last decade. It's progress, but the bar requires an archeological dig to find.
🔴 BREAKING: "European youngsters will be able to move to the UK for more than a year under a youth mobility scheme, the minister in charge of Britain’s relationship with the EU has indicated."
This is excellent news for young Brits going to Europe too.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is excellent news for young Brits going to Europe too.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Young Europeans may be allowed to stay in UK for longer than a year
A minister has opened the door for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme that could add to net migration figures despite concerns from the Home Office
www.thetimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
after years of hamstringing young people and severing vital ties. they're finally 'indicating' a return to... basic common sense.
As if this grand concession makes up for the colossal self-sabotage of the last decade. It's progress, but the bar requires an archeological dig to find.
As if this grand concession makes up for the colossal self-sabotage of the last decade. It's progress, but the bar requires an archeological dig to find.
How's it going in the united states?
You can see an ultra fetishism for the 'constitution', as if it's this bible, and then there are different religious sects (are the amendments the new testament?). The pledge of allegiance becomes prayer.
Then we wonder why dictatorial people succeed there?
You can see an ultra fetishism for the 'constitution', as if it's this bible, and then there are different religious sects (are the amendments the new testament?). The pledge of allegiance becomes prayer.
Then we wonder why dictatorial people succeed there?
July 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How's it going in the united states?
You can see an ultra fetishism for the 'constitution', as if it's this bible, and then there are different religious sects (are the amendments the new testament?). The pledge of allegiance becomes prayer.
Then we wonder why dictatorial people succeed there?
You can see an ultra fetishism for the 'constitution', as if it's this bible, and then there are different religious sects (are the amendments the new testament?). The pledge of allegiance becomes prayer.
Then we wonder why dictatorial people succeed there?
Just when you thought the manufactured outrage couldn't get more cynical.
Of course a convicted fraudster is behind a 'Union Jack dress' GoFundMe. I've learned most of these clichéd acts of patriotism are always just plain grifting
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Of course a convicted fraudster is behind a 'Union Jack dress' GoFundMe. I've learned most of these clichéd acts of patriotism are always just plain grifting
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Convicted fraudster sets up GoFundMe for union jack dress girl - and the right-wing lap it up
What do you want to be when you grow up? I'd like to make my kid wear a union jack dress to cause faux outrage, please
www.thecanary.co
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Just when you thought the manufactured outrage couldn't get more cynical.
Of course a convicted fraudster is behind a 'Union Jack dress' GoFundMe. I've learned most of these clichéd acts of patriotism are always just plain grifting
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Of course a convicted fraudster is behind a 'Union Jack dress' GoFundMe. I've learned most of these clichéd acts of patriotism are always just plain grifting
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...