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Josh Bowsher
@jbowsher.bsky.social
Capitalism Hater, Sociology Lecturer: the cybernetic and the computational, STS, critical human rights studies. Author of The Informational Logic of Human Rights (Edinburgh University Press)

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This from San Francisco in 2019 popped up. Evergreen graffiti.
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Astonished to learn that the most recent practitioners of mutual aid are... Hmmmm... The police. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
At the very least the language used by the BBC here is extremely curious regarding the CDC and vaccinations, given it's targeting by a right wing terrorist
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is really very funny. Centrist politics and neoliberal capitalism created such a high trust society that its legitimacy is *check notes* yep, currently falling apart at the seams..
July 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
With love from Boston
May 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
😋
May 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Boston, hello.
May 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I've been engaging off and on with Malcolm Harris's mammoth and important Palo Alto for about a year. At its best it connects silicon valley capital to it's origins in the shifting histories of global capital accumulation. Would recommend for anyone interested in critical approaches to the digital
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today's gems from the archive
January 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Today's reading for writing
December 20, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Irrationally annoyed that the right eye and the left eye are presented the wrong way round on my prescription
December 20, 2024 at 10:11 AM
In April next year, Sussex will be hosting a symposium in memory of our lovely and brilliant colleague, Prof. Catherine Will. The symposium will celebrate her many contributions to STS, the Sociology of Medicine, and much more. CFP below
December 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
So my book seems less compelling to dogs, but don't let that put you off. It provides 'a revelatory new framework' (- @samuelmoyn.bsky.social ) for thinking about the historical and contemporary relationships between human rights and capitalism. Out in paperback with @edinburghup.bsky.social
August 30, 2024 at 7:27 AM