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brendan coke
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media & visual culture(s) | critical theories | screenwriting | direction @ pharmakon | media & news | ex prop-boy now flying high..busy disentangling the gordian knot of one's life [use a sword they say] anything else? design theory and history darling..
pythonesque..
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Alan Rusbridger. ...in which I pull together all the most noteworthy aspects of Sir Robbie Gibb's tangled life at the intersection of politics and journalism.
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
ArtReview. T-Zone: How hard can it be to find an artist to represent Donald Trump’s America at next year’s Venice Biennale? The gig promises prestige, audience, glam, weapons-grade cicchetti with a dash of nationalism, even the promise of a place in the ‘canon’ – mailchi.mp/artreview/us...
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Stuart Hall Foundation. The 2025 Reading the Crisis online conversation series is now available to watch on demand from our website.

Reading the Crisis asks: what kinds of tools and strategies are needed to confront this conjuncture? mailchi.mp/5086140b98c1...
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the movement & "fluidity" of matheus cunha for united's first goal at totenham the other day..(was really something to behold..)
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"every single pound you invest in trying to stop migrants’ is wasted..." (or has been wasted..like the "war on drugs?")

"Denmark’s hardline immigration policies have increasingly been seen as a model for certain parts of Labour (the Red Wall and Blue Labour groups of MPs particularly)" hmmm..!
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"a wonderful town.." (pure abstraction..?)
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Guardian Opinion cartoon. Martin Rowson on Elon Musk’s new pay package – [just the neighborhood..?]
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Social Europe. Tune in LIVE to the launch of the new book “Algorithmic rule: AI and the future of democracy in Sweden and beyond” at the European Economic and Social Committee!

The future is not simply digital; it is algorithmic.
emails.socialeurope.eu/b4g9d7c3d4/2...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century. by Ravi Ahuja, London/New York, Verso, 2024..
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Necessary Fiction. THE RED WIND HOWLS by Tsering Döndrup, translated by Christopher Peacock (@columbiaup.bsky.social). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...

In 1958, the diverse population of Amdo—one of the three Tibetan regions, spanning modern-day Qinghai, Gansu,
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin | Save the date ! The event will take place from 24 to 30 November 2025 in Paris.

We are delighted to announce the latest edition of the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, which will take place in Paris from art-action.org/site/_news/2...
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The Guardian. Ella Baron on Hurricane Melissa and Trump’s climate denial – cartoon.
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Mr Spock. reposted by Don Moynihan (reposted by Adam Tooze). "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have".
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
MIR Press. "A gift of a book that keeps on giving, and this edition gives even more to its readers."

@hyperallergic.com includes our new translation of Mikhail Bakhtin’s "Rabelais and His World" in a list of 10 art books to read this month:

Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Citizen. Coping. “Surrogate Humanity is a stunning, original analysis of the fantasies, surrogacies, and technologies of ‘the human’ that uphold present-day racial capitalism and empire."

@dukepress.bsky.social is still on. www.dukeupress.edu/surrogate-hu...
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"here to supplement your perverse ideas..?"
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
was with Manchester United. So sometimes you just need a change. I think maybe this is the case with me and yeah, I’m enjoying everything.”

[renegade? perhaps yes..! but complete renegadery ala bestie..? nah..! not really..give him that..(at least..) ]
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ICYMI. Duke University Press. In "Bêtes Noires," Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions among the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shape-shifting spirit demons called baka/bacá. Read the introduction now for free:
October 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My work is inspired by the rich folklore and cultural traditions of Afro-Caribbean, Native American, and Latin American communities. These cultures share a deep connection to storytelling, ancestral reverence, and resistance to colonialism. www.paullewinart.com/bio
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#Folklore #Jamaica. Paul Lewin. I was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1973 and moved to the U.S. with my family in 1977. I now live and work in Oakland, California. Creativity has always been a part of my life—it’s how I process the world, connect with my roots, and tell my story.
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Folkloring Jamaica. When the Maroons were almost starving, Nanny pondered surrendering to the British. In a dream, a voice told her to wait 1 more day. When she awoke the next morning, she found 3 pumpkin seeds in her pocket. She planted them on the side of a mountain now known as Pumpkin Hill.
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
what exactly is the relationship between conservative middle america and conservative (imperialist) japan anyway..?
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
anyway let's move on..who is the best
englishman to have ever..ever..out do thierry henry..? "north london forever.." Bukayo Saka...
October 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The Guardian...and the aftermath..?
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM