John C
@badsocialism.bsky.social
PGR at QMUL 2025-29 researching Political Identity,Decolonisation, "Caribbean-ness" and the World Crisis 1935-1960
Poetry in Motion, Like a Pathe Newsreel" -@tomblack.uk 🏳️🌈//🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪🇹🇹
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Poetry in Motion, Like a Pathe Newsreel" -@tomblack.uk 🏳️🌈//🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪🇹🇹
Will sometimes write things of consequence here:
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John C
@badsocialism.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Wow what you mean my book about internationalism and pro-democracy agitation in the 1940s has a prescient final point about our times, who could have predicted this
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The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
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Amidst the many ups and downs of this government, it's nice to see the Co-operative Party consistently succeeding in its push for more community ownership and co-operative business
💼 IN THE BUDGET:
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Amidst the many ups and downs of this government, it's nice to see the Co-operative Party consistently succeeding in its push for more community ownership and co-operative business
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Fascinating thread and responses to how academics are trying to assess students in the age of AI cheating. I am curious as to how many students are honest and just do their own work? Surely the majority don't use AI and want the challenge?
Been thinking about how to assess a decent-sized (40+) mostly lecture-based history course in the spring to avoid the slide into playing endless AI slop cop instead of teacher.
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Fascinating thread and responses to how academics are trying to assess students in the age of AI cheating. I am curious as to how many students are honest and just do their own work? Surely the majority don't use AI and want the challenge?
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Y'all gotta be like @goldwagnathan.bsky.social and read more Marx.
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/m...
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/m...
Miyazaki And The Intersection of Marxism and Feminism
The films of Hayao Miyazaki are rightfully beloved for many reasons, one of which is their feminism. The protagonists of almost all of his movies are women or girls, who take center stage in his n…
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Y'all gotta be like @goldwagnathan.bsky.social and read more Marx.
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/m...
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/m...
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
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I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
Anti-Bedtimeism spotted in the wild!
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Anti-Bedtimeism spotted in the wild!
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These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
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It's fun how I think the student loan repayment threshold will soon be below minimum wage?
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's fun how I think the student loan repayment threshold will soon be below minimum wage?
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
Big fan of on Barbadian politician's reaction to bribery in the 1950 election being "listen just take the bribes anyway, what are they gonna do, follow you into the polling booth?"
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Big fan of on Barbadian politician's reaction to bribery in the 1950 election being "listen just take the bribes anyway, what are they gonna do, follow you into the polling booth?"
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this is a very cold take but unionbusting? just a thoroughly repellent act, genuinely significantly worse than just being economically rightwing (which is in itself bad)
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
this is a very cold take but unionbusting? just a thoroughly repellent act, genuinely significantly worse than just being economically rightwing (which is in itself bad)
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Born in Blackness (the book).
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Born in Blackness (the book).
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Internet anti-imperialists when the empire in question is Russia
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Internet anti-imperialists when the empire in question is Russia
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The two child benefits cap was evil and regardless of anything else I’ll celebrate it being gone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child benefit cap and confirms council tax changes as OBR apologises for leaking details
Office for Budget Responsibility blames ‘technical error’ after forecasts were published ahead of budget
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The two child benefits cap was evil and regardless of anything else I’ll celebrate it being gone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
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Looks like enough to broadly placate markets and lots of small things to please Labour backbenchers happy.
A safety first budget in terms of shoring up the government’s position.
But against a background of sluggish growth and a tough outlook for living standards.
A safety first budget in terms of shoring up the government’s position.
But against a background of sluggish growth and a tough outlook for living standards.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looks like enough to broadly placate markets and lots of small things to please Labour backbenchers happy.
A safety first budget in terms of shoring up the government’s position.
But against a background of sluggish growth and a tough outlook for living standards.
A safety first budget in terms of shoring up the government’s position.
But against a background of sluggish growth and a tough outlook for living standards.
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The continued weird thing about this year's budget and the last is the...'you do understand that you have to get *re-elected* in 2028-9, right?'
I think a government in a stronger political position would have been prepared to be bolder at the moment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The continued weird thing about this year's budget and the last is the...'you do understand that you have to get *re-elected* in 2028-9, right?'
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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Okay, I'd turned off and what the fuck?
Absolutely vile and out of touch reference to "Benefits Street" by Kemi Badenoch. Child poverty is a scourge on our society and it's right it's being tackled properly
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Okay, I'd turned off and what the fuck?
"Russia is a brutal expansionist power who will target anyone who stands in their way, which is why we should all ensure we never stand in their way and let them do what they want to us and our friends."
Nah man just saying that there's a relatively unfortunate and brutal simplicity to russian foreign policy and if you put yourself in the crosshairs they will pull the trigger.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Russia is a brutal expansionist power who will target anyone who stands in their way, which is why we should all ensure we never stand in their way and let them do what they want to us and our friends."
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
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Everyone talks about the lack of labor rights, but the main edge really is the nonexistent protection of shareholder rights. Chinese companies seem to exclusively care about market share.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Everyone talks about the lack of labor rights, but the main edge really is the nonexistent protection of shareholder rights. Chinese companies seem to exclusively care about market share.