Next week a crew from Barcelona will be dropping into a Helsinki that’s averaging 0°C and getting about six hours of daylight. Not out of masochism, but for a conference with dozens of intellectual historians — which, admittedly, isn’t that different. I’ll try to bring back a Rudolph on the way home

My article on the fraught politics of desire in the history of radical feminism has now been published at Hypatia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On the Pull of Transitional Despotism on the Plebeian Left. McCormick and Isaiah Berlin on Machiavelli, Agathocles & Glory (with a shout out to @jcherniss.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Look, this is an abomination, void of any grasp of humans or humanity. Kalshi should not exist (which is why there are lawsuits in 11 states against Kalshi for illegal gambling etc. this alone should spook investors 🤷‍♀️). But let's not forget: all venture capital is about making bets & wagers. 1/

Croquetas a todas luces congeladas, chistorras y morcillas del Mercadona, bollo precocinado, huevos fritos mal hechos (yema rota, cuajada, puntilla tamaño enaguas). Y sin cubiertos porque se conoce que usar tenedores es de maricones. Tanta pasta para comer peor que un estudiante.

We live in a funny world - this little book is now apparently "out", though I haven't seen physical copies or so. Instead, I was alerted by a Mastodon bot written by a colleague that notices new publications by our faculty members. Well, there it is :) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Workshop on Freethinking and Democracy at Jyväskylä on 13 December—come join us if you're around & interested!

CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University. The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'. Deadline: December 30 www.univiu.org/campus-servi...

El jurado propuso otorgarlo ex aequo a David Guerrero Martín “Reframing expressive freedom: free speech libertarianism, republicanism, and the political economy of communication” (dirigida por @davidcasassas.bsky.social y @lisamherzog.bsky.social)

On Montesquieu and the enemies of truth. open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Delighted that Mamdani has won and moreover opened his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs. aeon.co/essays/for-s...

🎉 @david-guerrero.bsky.social, doctor en Sociologia per la Universitat de Barcelona i en Filosofia per la Universitat de Groningen, ha estat reconegut amb dos prestigiosos premis internacionals per la seva tesi sobre la llibertat d’expressió. Enhorabona!

Due to Academia(.)edu licensing agreement, which permits the use of your likeness, voice, and publications in any manner they choose, I, like many others, have decided to leave the platform. You can now find my research on ResearchGate instead.

Thanks to the warnings by my colleague Titus Stahl (who is really well-versed in these things), I've just deleted my academia.edu account. Their new terms and conditions are horrible in terms of data use. If you're on that platform, reconsider, or at least read the new conditions carefully...

Been talking nonstop about this shameful episode for the past two days & this point needs to be underscored: It's the culmination of longstanding structural defects in our media, not simply the bad actions of bad actors. What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is a downstream manifestation of systemic probs:

Congratulations to #CAISfellow David Guerrero! He received the Sir Ernest Barker Prize (PSA) and Leo Strauss Award (APSA) for his 2024 dissertation: research.rug.nl/en/publicati... @david-guerrero.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Hot of the press, new article "Three Concepts of Freedom of Assembly: Liberal, Associative, Radical" co-authored with @bpoppmadsen.bsky.social, and available Open Access from Politics and Society: doi.org/10.1177/0032... 1/3

De vez en cuando creo que está bien recordar la somanta que le dio Joaquín Reyes a Soto Ivars sobre el tema de la cancelación youtu.be/a-59YwvuvZM?...

Carl Becker (1922) on Bentham's utilitarianism as anti-revolutionary

(1/6) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067.... Self-promotion is not my thing, and yet today I’ll engage in it a bit - because The Democratic Marketplace is officially out today, at least in the US (the Dutch version will come out later this month).

Hugely important topic in media criticism Via @brianstelter.bsky.social: The Financial Times recently dubbed it "the great crime paradox:" Violent crime rates are falling, both in the US and the UK, "but a growing share of people think levels are rising." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

✨CfP✨ Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies 12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025 @rosariolopez.bsky.social

As if concerned some reader-in-the-know might mistake his op-ed for error, rather than fraud upon a reading public, here Vermeule is to be seen conspicuously capering & clicking his heels, in evident mischievous self-delight at such achievement of sheer sophistry. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

I cut this image out of a sale catalogue years ago. Never been able to find its source since (and I have tried a lot!). If you know where it is from, I'd be thrilled to find out.

Un fenómeno interesante del que habla @juanrevenga.bsky.social hoy en @elcomidista.bsky.social: los políticos, medios e influencers que minimizan los efectos de las bebidas alcohólicas en connivencia con su industria. Lo hemos llamado "populismo ebrio" elpais.com/gastronomia/...

This article is now freely accessible online! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

One of the funniest things I've read in an early Gothic novel. Our henchman has found the persecuted orphan he's been sent to pursue. He stops to write a multi-page epic account of his discovery to his master. Meanwhile, she escapes. An early example of the villain monologue gone tits up.

Welcome to the public domain, GODS’ MAN (1929) by Lynd Ward. 🖋️📖 A haunting, wordless story told through woodcuts, this early graphic novel follows an artist’s Faustian bargain. Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/gods... 🧵 #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #GraphicNovel #ArtLiterature

The first ever collection on Sidney. Chapters in French & English. Merci beaucoup: François Quastana, Jamie Wheeler Cessna, Alberto de Barros, Luís Falcão, Cesare Cuttica, @rhammersley99.bsky.social, Jean Terrel, Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq, @thehistorywoman.bsky.social, & my co-ed. Christopher Hamel.

Sánchez ya no es solo el líder del PSOE: fundió el sentido común de los ciclos de impugnación del 2011-2015 y 2027-2019 con su figura. Por eso, Sumar y los nacionalistas lo respaldan más que el propio PSOE. Las izquierdas han ligado su suerte a la suya.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Sorry, kids. Prepare to be SHOCKED and OFFENDED by the high levels of rural proletarianization in seventeenth-century England.

En su etapa como director adjunto de El País, este señor me censuró una columna y me presionó repetidas veces para que dejáramos de hacer artículos críticos con las grandes empresas de alimentación en El Comidista. Que le echaran fue una auténtica liberación (en el diario le llamaban "King Joffrey")

I'm really looking forward to presenting this paper at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's. Especially excited for the discussion, so if you're in London and are interested please come along, next Thursday 19th June, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...

This Friday! 💥

Molt contentes amb la noticia!!

*smashes bookmark button* lpeproject.org/blog/democra...

Any historians of political thought based in Barcelona or Madrid on here? If so, please do get in touch!

"To give people pleasure in the things they must perforce use, that is one great office of decoration; to give people pleasure in the things they must perforce make, that is the other use of it" -William Morris, Hopes & Fears for Art

Graphic design is my passion.

La infraestructura digital esencial no puede depender de empresas estadounidenses. Y la lista es larga: email, chat, sistemas de pago, web, redes sociales, creación de contenido, almacenamiento en la red, sistemas operativos y app stores, … vamos tarde. www.techzine.eu/news/privacy...

Some interesting numbers on the decline for clickthrough rates from Google thanks to AI summaries and overviews. It's basically the apocalypse for publisher revenue. https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/google-ai-overviews-leads-to-dramatic-reduction-in-click-throughs-for-mail-

The jurors have spoken and named the finalists for SHARP's Book Prize.🏆 Stay tuned to this thread to meet all 13 books. 📚

🔍 Meet the #CAISfellows: David Guerrero, University of Barcelona @david-guerrero.bsky.social His Research at CAIS: “From toleration to net neutrality: private threats to expressive freedom” 🗓️ His talk: May 14 | 🕜 13:30-14:30 | 🔗 www.cais-research.de/event/luncht... #FreedomOfExpression

Capra isn't one for nuanced images of threats to America: Meet John Doe (1941) opens with a worker taking a literal jackhammer to the words "free press", raised stone lettering on a newspaper a office and replacing it with a cheap printed sign that says "a streamlined paper for a streamlined era".

El proper 7 de maig participaré amb @david-guerrero.bsky.social en aquestes jornades formatives organitzades per la meva companya @andreaperez.bsky.social des del Grup d'Història Social del Pensament Polític (Institut d'Estudis Catalans). L'accès és gratuit, us esperem!

New Dig! The first in 3-part series with Aziz Rana on his very smart book The Constitutional Bind; the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of US Constitution—starting w foundation of settler empire to eve of World War I www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sett...

Really enjoyed writing this piece and venting my frustrations about those who were outraged by woke m&Ms, trigger warnings etc and have had little to say about students being kidnapped for speech & thought crimes.

El premio Mary Nash fue un oasis en un momento en el que mi carrera académica estaba en pausa indefinida. Hoy las cosas están (algo) mejor, y me hace ilusión ver publicado en @ayer-revista.bsky.social el artículo con el que lo gané. 📍 Lo tenéis aquí: www.revistasmarcialpons.es/revistaayer/...

Fresh perspectives at CAIS! 🌟 We welcome our new #CAISfellows from places across the globe, researching #AI, #deepfakes, #cryptocapitalism, #Afropolitanism & more. Learn more about their projects here 👉 www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll... #CAIScollege #DigitalizationResearch #Bochum