Cominsitu
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𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
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Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
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Australia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for users aged under 16, causing millions of children and teenagers to lose access to their accounts.
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and TikTok are expected to have taken steps from Wednesday to remove accounts held by users under 16 years of age in Australia, and prevent those teens from registering new accounts. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
It’s almost the end of 2025 and I’m nearly caught up with deadlines from 2024!
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s almost the end of 2025 and I’m nearly caught up with deadlines from 2024!
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Very happy to have contributed this little think piece for the wonderful JHI forum on political economy in intellectual history!
In a new piece for the JHI Forum on political economy, Lotte Liste critically situates Reinhart Koselleck's concept of the Sattelzeit with Adam Smith's philosophy of history. @lottelist.bsky.social
Economy and History in the Sattelzeit: On Adam Smith’s Alleged Sobriety
by Lotte List
This think piece is part of a JHI Blog forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
web.sas.upenn.edu
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Very happy to have contributed this little think piece for the wonderful JHI forum on political economy in intellectual history!
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I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
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Libertarian fantasies materialize.
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Libertarian fantasies materialize.
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Der Band »Was ist Faschismustheorie?« – hervorhängen aus einem Workshop am @kwi-essen.bsky.social im September 2024– erscheint im April im @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social – mit Beiträgen von u.a. @yanaraschmacks.bsky.social. Alle Informationen unter: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/was-war...
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Der Band »Was ist Faschismustheorie?« – hervorhängen aus einem Workshop am @kwi-essen.bsky.social im September 2024– erscheint im April im @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social – mit Beiträgen von u.a. @yanaraschmacks.bsky.social. Alle Informationen unter: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/was-war...
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NEW EPISODE: Markets, Freedom and the Politics of Nature with Alyssa Battistoni
@adriennebuller.bsky.social speaks to @alybatt.bsky.social about value, the politics of nature, and how we might live freely in a finite world.
Listen now 👇
www.break-down.org/politics-of-...
@adriennebuller.bsky.social speaks to @alybatt.bsky.social about value, the politics of nature, and how we might live freely in a finite world.
Listen now 👇
www.break-down.org/politics-of-...
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
NEW EPISODE: Markets, Freedom and the Politics of Nature with Alyssa Battistoni
@adriennebuller.bsky.social speaks to @alybatt.bsky.social about value, the politics of nature, and how we might live freely in a finite world.
Listen now 👇
www.break-down.org/politics-of-...
@adriennebuller.bsky.social speaks to @alybatt.bsky.social about value, the politics of nature, and how we might live freely in a finite world.
Listen now 👇
www.break-down.org/politics-of-...
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Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
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We wrote a thing about the chasm between the promises of technology and its so often dreadful real effects. Check it out 👇
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
jacobin.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We wrote a thing about the chasm between the promises of technology and its so often dreadful real effects. Check it out 👇
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December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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That is not dead which can eternal lie, / And with strange aeons even death may die
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
Endnotes
endnotes.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
That is not dead which can eternal lie, / And with strange aeons even death may die
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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new website is up:
endnotes.org.uk
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Eine neue Folge Future Histories!
Diesmal spreche ich mit Philipp Staab (@humboldtuni.bsky.social @ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social) über sein neues Buch 'Systemkrise. Legitimationsprobleme im grünen Kapitalismus' (@suhrkamp.de).
Zu finden hier: buff.ly/zMHzpXj
#FutureHistories #Podcast
Diesmal spreche ich mit Philipp Staab (@humboldtuni.bsky.social @ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social) über sein neues Buch 'Systemkrise. Legitimationsprobleme im grünen Kapitalismus' (@suhrkamp.de).
Zu finden hier: buff.ly/zMHzpXj
#FutureHistories #Podcast
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Eine neue Folge Future Histories!
Diesmal spreche ich mit Philipp Staab (@humboldtuni.bsky.social @ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social) über sein neues Buch 'Systemkrise. Legitimationsprobleme im grünen Kapitalismus' (@suhrkamp.de).
Zu finden hier: buff.ly/zMHzpXj
#FutureHistories #Podcast
Diesmal spreche ich mit Philipp Staab (@humboldtuni.bsky.social @ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social) über sein neues Buch 'Systemkrise. Legitimationsprobleme im grünen Kapitalismus' (@suhrkamp.de).
Zu finden hier: buff.ly/zMHzpXj
#FutureHistories #Podcast
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For the New Statesman, I wrote about this thing we call capitalism. By way of Borges and Braudel, I review the mappings and musings in Sven Beckert’s and Branko Milanovic’s brilliant new books.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
How not to talk about capitalism
The more it penetrates our daily lives, the less we seem to understand the “system that runs the world”
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For the New Statesman, I wrote about this thing we call capitalism. By way of Borges and Braudel, I review the mappings and musings in Sven Beckert’s and Branko Milanovic’s brilliant new books.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
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📢 Call for Participation!
Socializing Algorithms Conference
Kiel University, Germany — 7–9 Oct 2026.
With keynotes from N. Katherine Hayles and Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social
📝 Submit abstracts by 28 Feb 2026
algorithmen-regieren.de/projects
Socializing Algorithms Conference
Kiel University, Germany — 7–9 Oct 2026.
With keynotes from N. Katherine Hayles and Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social
📝 Submit abstracts by 28 Feb 2026
algorithmen-regieren.de/projects
Das Regieren der Algorithmen
algorithmen-regieren.de
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
📢 Call for Participation!
Socializing Algorithms Conference
Kiel University, Germany — 7–9 Oct 2026.
With keynotes from N. Katherine Hayles and Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social
📝 Submit abstracts by 28 Feb 2026
algorithmen-regieren.de/projects
Socializing Algorithms Conference
Kiel University, Germany — 7–9 Oct 2026.
With keynotes from N. Katherine Hayles and Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social
📝 Submit abstracts by 28 Feb 2026
algorithmen-regieren.de/projects
John O’Neill on Neurath’s critique of pseudorationalism in the socialist calculate debate
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
John O’Neill on Neurath’s critique of pseudorationalism in the socialist calculate debate
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Check it out. At The New School, you could've studied composition with John Cage, social science methods with John Dewey, cultural history with Lewis Mumford, or photography with Berenice Abbott
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Check it out. At The New School, you could've studied composition with John Cage, social science methods with John Dewey, cultural history with Lewis Mumford, or photography with Berenice Abbott
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Jurgen Habermas's head just exploded.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Jurgen Habermas's head just exploded.
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🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
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I enjoyed this paper a lot -- a good companion to "Telling the Truth about Class" by G.M. Tamas, IMHO.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I enjoyed this paper a lot -- a good companion to "Telling the Truth about Class" by G.M. Tamas, IMHO.
Tomorrow! Find out who plans the planners, with special guests Neurath, Hayek, Weber, Lange, and Mises
🚨Workshop Announcement🚨
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tomorrow! Find out who plans the planners, with special guests Neurath, Hayek, Weber, Lange, and Mises
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
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On this day in 1914, Karl Liebknecht stood as the only SPD deputy in the German Reichstag to vote against war credits. The SPD majority’s abandonment of its internationalist antimilitarism destroyed the second International as Europe descended into a catastrophic war. Today, many socialist 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On this day in 1914, Karl Liebknecht stood as the only SPD deputy in the German Reichstag to vote against war credits. The SPD majority’s abandonment of its internationalist antimilitarism destroyed the second International as Europe descended into a catastrophic war. Today, many socialist 1/2
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I am very excited that there is now an English translation of this important book. Christopher John Müller has done an amazing job. Thank you to both @morbuscriticus.bsky.social and Christopher for making this happen!
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I am very excited that there is now an English translation of this important book. Christopher John Müller has done an amazing job. Thank you to both @morbuscriticus.bsky.social and Christopher for making this happen!