Acknowledging far right discourse as “legitimate concerns” has massively expanded its ranks. Racism and xenophobia thrives where people are poor and frustrated. Material support and radical challenge is only way to eliminate it. Unions can do this.

Joe Mulhall #UCUEqualities

With each update, tools like Midjourney promise us more »realistic« representations – but the »reality« these images represent has often little to do with the one we live in. Rather, they are best described as »Platform Realism,« a second-order aesthetic of generic images. A thread ...
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Still looking for additions and suggestions (also, please include yourself if you think the description fits) go.bsky.app/LmudiJF

Here's a piece I wrote, published earlier this year on Do Not Research. It's worth thinking about in light of the second Trump administration; the nature of Trumpism has evolved significantly in the last eight years. 1/2

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Conferences wrapped up! #APSA24 and #AAANZ24 Online in the same week!