Dr Simon Perkins 🇪🇺🌻🌊🌈 ally
@simonperkins.bsky.social
🇪🇺 🇳🇿 Pākehā/Tauiwi living in the UK - the largest British region of *Europe*
I'm an academic and my research centres on 'affective economies' i.e. http://trigg.gr/ I've been on Twitter since 2007 i.e. https://twitter.com/SimonPerkins
I'm an academic and my research centres on 'affective economies' i.e. http://trigg.gr/ I've been on Twitter since 2007 i.e. https://twitter.com/SimonPerkins
The sheer scale of US mass shootings compared to everywhere else gets me. I was also quite surprised to see how (relatively) recent the phenomenon is. Makes you realise how normalised expectations have become - as effectively, there have been 360 x Dunblane massacres so far this year in the US!
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The sheer scale of US mass shootings compared to everywhere else gets me. I was also quite surprised to see how (relatively) recent the phenomenon is. Makes you realise how normalised expectations have become - as effectively, there have been 360 x Dunblane massacres so far this year in the US!
The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-m... seems like a useful resource in this regard e.g.
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-m... seems like a useful resource in this regard e.g.
This is so good. I can just imagine his concentration as he 'names' the animals.
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is so good. I can just imagine his concentration as he 'names' the animals.
Seemingly, "Mellon made his first major political donation only four years ago, but since then, he has poured tens of millions of dollars from his oil-fueled inheritance... He was the single largest donor of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign." www.climatecriminals.org/timothy-mellon
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Seemingly, "Mellon made his first major political donation only four years ago, but since then, he has poured tens of millions of dollars from his oil-fueled inheritance... He was the single largest donor of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign." www.climatecriminals.org/timothy-mellon
It's good to see that The Express' poll is reflecting the truth i.e. that *Yes* - "Rachel Reeves is right to blame Brexit for state of UK economy".
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's good to see that The Express' poll is reflecting the truth i.e. that *Yes* - "Rachel Reeves is right to blame Brexit for state of UK economy".
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
Here's the poll without the Express page: xd.wayin.com/display/cont... (not sure how long it will work without the page though).
This is where we are currently:
This is where we are currently:
September 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Here's the poll without the Express page: xd.wayin.com/display/cont... (not sure how long it will work without the page though).
This is where we are currently:
This is where we are currently:
Romantic nationalism is what McNaughton seems to specialise in e.g. trigg.gr/t/57291, which given all the MAGA nuts must be quite lucrative.
September 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Romantic nationalism is what McNaughton seems to specialise in e.g. trigg.gr/t/57291, which given all the MAGA nuts must be quite lucrative.
I can't see anything inaccurate or inappropriate about @matthewjdowd.bsky.social's response/framing.
Sadly, the normalisation of gun violence + mass gun-ownership have consequences... Kirk's death: www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/330... is no less important than any of these other gun deaths.
Sadly, the normalisation of gun violence + mass gun-ownership have consequences... Kirk's death: www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/330... is no less important than any of these other gun deaths.
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I can't see anything inaccurate or inappropriate about @matthewjdowd.bsky.social's response/framing.
Sadly, the normalisation of gun violence + mass gun-ownership have consequences... Kirk's death: www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/330... is no less important than any of these other gun deaths.
Sadly, the normalisation of gun violence + mass gun-ownership have consequences... Kirk's death: www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/330... is no less important than any of these other gun deaths.
Debunking the spurious claim that "Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People": www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtua...
August 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Debunking the spurious claim that "Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People": www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtua...
;-) BTW. your comment reminds me of this meme (which I love):
July 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
;-) BTW. your comment reminds me of this meme (which I love):
It's what's known as 'crimmigration' i.e.
www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/c...
www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/c...
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's what's known as 'crimmigration' i.e.
www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/c...
www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/c...
Collins cynically confuses the safety-net of Social Security with the myth of 'trickle-down economics'. Importantly, they don't serve the same needs.
June 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Collins cynically confuses the safety-net of Social Security with the myth of 'trickle-down economics'. Importantly, they don't serve the same needs.
Perhaps, the best depiction of so-called 'robber barons' by Bernhard Gillam (1883) 'The Protectors Of Our Industries'
www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
It's worth reflecting that in Trump's "Golden age of America" 2.0. it's the rest of us (MAGAs included) holding up his #Broligarchy
www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
It's worth reflecting that in Trump's "Golden age of America" 2.0. it's the rest of us (MAGAs included) holding up his #Broligarchy
May 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Perhaps, the best depiction of so-called 'robber barons' by Bernhard Gillam (1883) 'The Protectors Of Our Industries'
www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
It's worth reflecting that in Trump's "Golden age of America" 2.0. it's the rest of us (MAGAs included) holding up his #Broligarchy
www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
It's worth reflecting that in Trump's "Golden age of America" 2.0. it's the rest of us (MAGAs included) holding up his #Broligarchy
;-) certainly not like spritely #InmateP01135809 who's looking younger every day...
May 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
;-) certainly not like spritely #InmateP01135809 who's looking younger every day...
Thanks for this article Jeffrey - it has left me more curious than I was before. The discussion reminds me a bit of Lyotard's distinction between innovation and experimentation (highlighted below) + his points about "legitimation by performativity" (and presumably, something about valorisation).
May 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thanks for this article Jeffrey - it has left me more curious than I was before. The discussion reminds me a bit of Lyotard's distinction between innovation and experimentation (highlighted below) + his points about "legitimation by performativity" (and presumably, something about valorisation).
But why hasn't he hung @garypetersonusa.bsky.social's masterpiece after tRump triumphantly survived his assignation attempt? ;-)
April 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
But why hasn't he hung @garypetersonusa.bsky.social's masterpiece after tRump triumphantly survived his assignation attempt? ;-)
#InmateP01135809 / #Felon47 is simply parroting the Putin propaganda / mistruth that supposedly "NATO promised Russia it would not enlarge after the Cold War". When the actual truth is i.e. www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
February 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#InmateP01135809 / #Felon47 is simply parroting the Putin propaganda / mistruth that supposedly "NATO promised Russia it would not enlarge after the Cold War". When the actual truth is i.e. www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
Well spotted. The Tass article appears to have been published 6 days (11 Nov 2024) *after* the presidential election (5 Nov 2024). Not sure why it has specially surfaced now.
I note that Julia Davis tweeted about it on 11 Nov 2024 i.e. x.com/JuliaDavisNe...
I note that Julia Davis tweeted about it on 11 Nov 2024 i.e. x.com/JuliaDavisNe...
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Well spotted. The Tass article appears to have been published 6 days (11 Nov 2024) *after* the presidential election (5 Nov 2024). Not sure why it has specially surfaced now.
I note that Julia Davis tweeted about it on 11 Nov 2024 i.e. x.com/JuliaDavisNe...
I note that Julia Davis tweeted about it on 11 Nov 2024 i.e. x.com/JuliaDavisNe...
"'The election campaign is over,' Patrushev noted. 'To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.'"
tass.com/politics/187...
tass.com/politics/187...
February 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"'The election campaign is over,' Patrushev noted. 'To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.'"
tass.com/politics/187...
tass.com/politics/187...
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
Snap! It's a fun visual trick isn't it.
For context, these are houses in my old home-town - Dunedin, NZ i.e. www.dunedintours.co.nz/destinations...
For context, these are houses in my old home-town - Dunedin, NZ i.e. www.dunedintours.co.nz/destinations...
January 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Snap! It's a fun visual trick isn't it.
For context, these are houses in my old home-town - Dunedin, NZ i.e. www.dunedintours.co.nz/destinations...
For context, these are houses in my old home-town - Dunedin, NZ i.e. www.dunedintours.co.nz/destinations...
Gladly, I can see that the dials have shifted somewhat since yesterday.
January 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Gladly, I can see that the dials have shifted somewhat since yesterday.