A Learning Ape
@cmartined.bsky.social
Ethnographer, educationist, effortful
Thought her cameo discussing Pete Carroll in the latest Jon Bois on scoragami was great.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Thought her cameo discussing Pete Carroll in the latest Jon Bois on scoragami was great.
Fascinating to consider the significance for him of evil nationalism v virtuous national self determination (is this tongue in cheek?) in some contexts where Malinowski complicit in instances of colonial dominion, and his opinion on role of British academia more generally on this issue
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Fascinating to consider the significance for him of evil nationalism v virtuous national self determination (is this tongue in cheek?) in some contexts where Malinowski complicit in instances of colonial dominion, and his opinion on role of British academia more generally on this issue
Singing 'The more we get together' repeatedly but if you stop smiling you get capped
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Singing 'The more we get together' repeatedly but if you stop smiling you get capped
Can you produce definitive evidence that having open borders would not "work for the good of the country"? In the absence of this evidence we can only assume that your preference for border restrictions is rooted in prejudicial irrationalities like racism.
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Can you produce definitive evidence that having open borders would not "work for the good of the country"? In the absence of this evidence we can only assume that your preference for border restrictions is rooted in prejudicial irrationalities like racism.
Varoufakis was right.
"The Lib Dems must be condemned to being treated with maximum contempt, forever"
"The Lib Dems must be condemned to being treated with maximum contempt, forever"
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Varoufakis was right.
"The Lib Dems must be condemned to being treated with maximum contempt, forever"
"The Lib Dems must be condemned to being treated with maximum contempt, forever"
Will go higher presumably once they start polling 16-18 year olds too
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Will go higher presumably once they start polling 16-18 year olds too
Is that the best argument labour have?
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Is that the best argument labour have?
Friend, a government doing stuff =/= socialism
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Friend, a government doing stuff =/= socialism
How much does (well-timed) party campaigning and mobilisation make a difference to who gets picked? Are there any examples where national parties remained 'neutral' and left local voter tacticians to it?
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
How much does (well-timed) party campaigning and mobilisation make a difference to who gets picked? Are there any examples where national parties remained 'neutral' and left local voter tacticians to it?
Malinowski is presented as the key "ancestor" (portraits of the others, the Firths, R-B, Seligman also in the Seligman library), but the relationship to British colonial gov is relayed as fraught. M is the outsider; interested if this accords with what you're working on - would love to hear more.
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Malinowski is presented as the key "ancestor" (portraits of the others, the Firths, R-B, Seligman also in the Seligman library), but the relationship to British colonial gov is relayed as fraught. M is the outsider; interested if this accords with what you're working on - would love to hear more.
This is fascinating given the mythology of the foundation of the department presented to students at LSE.
The fragments of research you're posting are really intriguing, thanks for sharing.
The fragments of research you're posting are really intriguing, thanks for sharing.
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is fascinating given the mythology of the foundation of the department presented to students at LSE.
The fragments of research you're posting are really intriguing, thanks for sharing.
The fragments of research you're posting are really intriguing, thanks for sharing.
I mean the non-snarky answer to this is Judith Butler and it's not really close. But prominent philosophers are all there - and influential for everyone's benefit - should one care to look. I think the influence of Dennett, Kwame Appiah, Nancy Cartwright, Nussbaum etc isn't to be discarded so glibly
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I mean the non-snarky answer to this is Judith Butler and it's not really close. But prominent philosophers are all there - and influential for everyone's benefit - should one care to look. I think the influence of Dennett, Kwame Appiah, Nancy Cartwright, Nussbaum etc isn't to be discarded so glibly
Even if you *have kids* this is still an unreasonable expectation.
October 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Even if you *have kids* this is still an unreasonable expectation.
Yeah but government doing stuff =\= socialism
October 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yeah but government doing stuff =\= socialism
Hmmm, yes but this seems v high risk!
October 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hmmm, yes but this seems v high risk!
Is this right? Feels like Reform are well able to occupy the position that the Tories made a mess of it, thus invigorating exactly the same coalition that voted leave first time around to "get the job done"
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Is this right? Feels like Reform are well able to occupy the position that the Tories made a mess of it, thus invigorating exactly the same coalition that voted leave first time around to "get the job done"
Didn't know Goethe said that
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Didn't know Goethe said that
I forget where but anarchist anthropologist David graeber writes about this lol. Something interesting about the notion of a state doing its job *too* well
August 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I forget where but anarchist anthropologist David graeber writes about this lol. Something interesting about the notion of a state doing its job *too* well
Any plans to ask his constituents, or indeed anybody else, if they think this is patronising shit or not?
August 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Any plans to ask his constituents, or indeed anybody else, if they think this is patronising shit or not?
Great papers, thanks for boosting. Often experience this is education policy, where long timeframes for realising stated ambitions mean we quickly become lost in the woods of indicators and metrics that bear only tangential relation to said ambitions
July 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Great papers, thanks for boosting. Often experience this is education policy, where long timeframes for realising stated ambitions mean we quickly become lost in the woods of indicators and metrics that bear only tangential relation to said ambitions