Scu (James Stanescu)
@criticalanimal.bsky.social
Academic working on animal studies, weird and radical empiricism, and related concerns. Occasionally still blogs at www.criticalanimal.com
Pinned
Ep 16: More Slaughterhouse Capitalism with James Stanescu — How We Win
We are so happy to share another guest with you, James Stanescu, who collaborated with Vasile on the ideas in his recent essay for Current Affairs. We previously talked about Slaughterhouse Capitalism...
www.winforanimals.org
You can listen to it here, or wherever you get podcasts. www.winforanimals.org/how-we-win-p...
Such cool artwork.
I still get compliments on the amazing work done by the @dukepress.bsky.social design team, who turned Ethiopian-Armenian artist Skunder Boghossian's "Night Flight of Dread and Delight" into a gorgeous cover that perfectly captures the spirit of the book.
smarthistory.org/pan-africani...
smarthistory.org/pan-africani...
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Such cool artwork.
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The secretive dog experimentation industry is crumbling
The US experiments on tens of thousands of beagles. After a shocking case, will it come to an end?
www.vox.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Trust me, this is his happy face.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trust me, this is his happy face.
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consil... #smbc
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consil... #smbc
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
We spent 2023-2024 building an arcade game (software and hardware) from scratch. We spent 2024-2025 doing research on card games and creating a life path RPG system. We cost about 5-6k a year. Become a supporter of a cool thing. den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
Mercer students design, develop space-themed arcade game
Starship Showdown feels like a classic arcade game. But the two-player shooting game was actually created in 2024 by two students who weren’t even alive during the arcade’s heyday.
den.mercer.edu
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We spent 2023-2024 building an arcade game (software and hardware) from scratch. We spent 2024-2025 doing research on card games and creating a life path RPG system. We cost about 5-6k a year. Become a supporter of a cool thing. den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
I am looking for a game company or someone who is interested in games research to make a contribution to my research lab because: we need money. If that’s you please DM me.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am looking for a game company or someone who is interested in games research to make a contribution to my research lab because: we need money. If that’s you please DM me.
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
I might need to add an extra chapter just on this post to my book manuscript on ecofascism and animals.
Incredible things are happening on X the everything app
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I might need to add an extra chapter just on this post to my book manuscript on ecofascism and animals.
I was recently invited on Vas and Devs Stanescu podcast, How We Win. Our focus was on “Slaughterhouse Capitalism.” This is Vas’ recent article for
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
It also grows out of my own research.
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
It also grows out of my own research.
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I was recently invited on Vas and Devs Stanescu podcast, How We Win. Our focus was on “Slaughterhouse Capitalism.” This is Vas’ recent article for
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
It also grows out of my own research.
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
It also grows out of my own research.
Wow.
Reading the book Superagency, and the authors at one point note that in 1984, Big Brother's listening device means there is two way communication, and so the people have a voice. He wonders why Orwell didn't think of this.
Does this sound like a joke? Here's text:
Does this sound like a joke? Here's text:
July 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wow.
DC’s warehousing of kids is cruel and counterproductive. Meanwhile, there are common sense alternatives available.
51st.news/opinion-ware...
51st.news/opinion-ware...
Opinion: Warehousing kids makes us all less safe
D.C.'s Youth Services Center isn't reducing crime—it's manufacturing it.
51st.news
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
DC’s warehousing of kids is cruel and counterproductive. Meanwhile, there are common sense alternatives available.
51st.news/opinion-ware...
51st.news/opinion-ware...
Truth.
Every time someone responds to an obviously normative-aspirational claim ("this not who we are", "this is not America", etc) with some I'm-very-radical descriptive rebuttal ("er actually America has always done <similar bad stuff>") an angel dies. Like, no joke, dead. Direct causal result of this.
June 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Truth.
That article that argues art history has better economic outcomes than finance is a lie. www.criticalanimal.com/2025/05/art-...
Art History Major does not generally have better financial outcomes than finance major.
Recently an article from CNBC has been going around, entitled, " College majors with the best and worst job prospects — art history beats f...
www.criticalanimal.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
That article that argues art history has better economic outcomes than finance is a lie. www.criticalanimal.com/2025/05/art-...
The fake Percival Everett book sounds cool, hopefully he gets on that soon.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...
Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books
Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 75% made up books by real authors.
arstechnica.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The fake Percival Everett book sounds cool, hopefully he gets on that soon.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/c...
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
Been saying this for years!
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flesh-2
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flesh-2
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Flesh
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Flesh
www.smbc-comics.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Been saying this for years!
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flesh-2
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flesh-2
Song for times.
sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
April 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Song for times.
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
Frédéric Keck (fredkeck.bsky.social), Solidarity Between Species: Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses - @politybooks.bsky.social, May 2025
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Solidarity Between Species: Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses
Solidarity Between Species: Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses, This book examines how the Covid-19 pandemic can be described as a biopolitical crisis, taking into account a fact often ov...
www.politybooks.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Frédéric Keck (fredkeck.bsky.social), Solidarity Between Species: Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses - @politybooks.bsky.social, May 2025
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
Good morning. If you have an April fool’s joke planned, stop it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good morning. If you have an April fool’s joke planned, stop it.
Painfully true.
not saying I wanna be Mr. Milchick but I am saying that I need a Mr. Drummond as an editor
March 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Painfully true.
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, March 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Inventing the Renaissance
An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age. From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawni...
press.uchicago.edu
March 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, March 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Reposted by Scu (James Stanescu)
One of the reasons I've been quiet recently is I've been supplying care to my disabled bf, but the other main reason is that I'm deep in a new book about the occult Atlantis, and I've been rediscovering the joys of proper research. I want to share some gems here. 1/
November 10, 2024 at 8:52 AM
One of the reasons I've been quiet recently is I've been supplying care to my disabled bf, but the other main reason is that I'm deep in a new book about the occult Atlantis, and I've been rediscovering the joys of proper research. I want to share some gems here. 1/
Never won’t share!
March 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Never won’t share!
You got to click the red button for today’s bonus panel.
February 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You got to click the red button for today’s bonus panel.
Another great.
RIP to one of the bona fide greats
NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and other intimate hits, dies at 88.
February 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Another great.