So the lesson we ought to take away from this is that any system built on the assumption that billionaires will not reveal themselves to be moral cretins is destined to eventually fail.

The thing I keep circling back to is that, when Bezos originally bought the Post, it legit seemed like the least-bad option. The expectation was that billionaires would treat media outlets like they do sports franchises — something to boast about owning, as a form of expensive status.

Yesterday marked 10 years since C‑REX was founded. This thread highlight what the center has done — research, PhDs, datasets, events, policy engagement and international partnerships. THREAD 🧵 www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/

For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker

New article! How are environmental non-governmental organizations setting the agenda on artificial intelligence governance? by Sean Low. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...

Recently released from University of Hawaii Press. Edited by Anne Sokolsky. A collection of mostly modern Japanese women writing on divorce. Translations and substantial introductions.

Hello Bjorn! #EpsteinFiles #BjornLomborg www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Not quick to share corporate media but snl had a great skit on this dynamic last night.

He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

Animals In and Beyond Wartime Rethinking Ukraine’s Environment: War, Ecocide, and Beyond – An International Seminar Series Thursday – 12 February 2026 – 10 a.m. MST (Edmonton) / 12 p.m. EST (Toronto) / 18:00 CET (Warsaw) / 19:00 EET (Kyiv) niche-canada.org/2026/01/30/v... #envhist #animalhistory

life is a series of clubs - if you’re in, your misdeeds are written off as mistakes and indiscretions and you’re afforded infinite grace, and if you’re out a single fuckup will ruin your life apparently the final form of this is pedophile club

Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced… economist.com/britain/2026...

#NewPublicationAlert Coauthored with the wonderful Fengshi Wu, Cristina Inoue, Mark Axelrod and Kate O'Neill, in this piece we reflect on how global environmental politics has been and can be taught in times of turmoil and multiple challenges. direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Looking for a postdoc opportunity outside the UK/US? I'm happy to support up to two JSPS postdoc applicants for the coming round for two-year posts starting from Sep./Oct. 2026 onwards at UTokyo. The application to be submitted before the end of March. 1/n

✨ We’re excited to share the first articles from AI & ARCHIVES — a special issue of the new journal Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society (Cambridge University Press). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📖 Dans le dernier numéro des #Annales: 'La #valeur des choses. Pensée économique et ordres de grandeur (Chine, xixe-début du xxe siècles)' par Pablo Blitstein (@crh.ehess.fr) #monnaie #matérologie #usage #échange 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...

L'hôpital et les écoles meurent pour financer ça : 170 millions d’euros d’argent public avant d’être liquidée dont près de 5 millions d’euros de crédit d’impôt recherche (CIR). La masse salariale des dirigeant·es était de 887 300 euros, le chiffre d’affaires de l’entreprise était de… 85 000 euros.

Jesus Christ you freak, they’re just my neighbors

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure. It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

11 Japanese human rights groups held a joint emergency press conference to demand that politicians and voters stop amplifying hate speech against foreigners in Japan, such as unfounded accusations that foreign residents commit more crimes than Japanese citizens.

Il est arrivé, le n°💯 de Raisons Politiques, autour d'un séminaire *inédit* de Michel Foucault avec Paul Veyne! 🍾🎂 Immense gratitude pour le travail du comité de rédaction, des Presses, des évaluateurs.rices, et de notre formidable chargée d'édition pour avoir mené la revue jusque-là !

Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

“Why do both economically advantaged and disadvantaged voters sometimes converge in their support for conservative parties? ... Because inequality is inherently relational, its political implications arise not only from the objective distribution of resources but from ... themselves and others"

New article! Cultivating hope: caring for a precarious emotion in the Ultima Generazione movement by Giacomo Lampredi. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Yves CADOT présentera ses travaux en soutenance en vue de l'obtention d'une HDR intitulée : "Corps physique, corps politique : faire du jūdō un objet académique". La séance, publique, se tiendra : 📅 jeudi 29 janvier 2026 ; 📍 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris (Salon de Sacy) ⌚ à partir de 9h.

For those unfamiliar with Niall Ferguson’s “game,” a 🧵 of receipts going back many years: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

日文研(主催)ドイツ日本研究所(共催）シンポジウム「動物愛護運動研究の現在」 📅2月14日 13:30-17:10 🖥️オンライン視聴可能 🎤 伊勢田 哲治「「いただきますの倫理」の由来と日本的動物愛護」 W. Puck Brecher: Livestock Care Within and Beyond Japanese “Society” 春藤 献一「動物愛護」という言葉が使われ続けてきたのはなぜか @barbtokyo.bsky.social 人とペットの社会学：幸福、孤独、Multispecies Families www.nichibun.ac.jp/ja/events/ot...

J'ai obtenu l'enregistrement de l'intervention de Peter Thiel à l'Académie des sciences morales. Au menu : Antéchrist, IA, mais aussi Concorde et Groenland. L'occasion d'aller au-delà du charabia théologique, cache-sexe d'un projet politique antidémocratique. www.telerama.fr/debats-repor...

I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

New blog! Overlooked dimensions: Emotions in environmental movements and green politics, by Efser Rana Coşkun. @mybisa.bsky.social www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

【双子パンダ、上野動物園を出発】 シャオシャオとレイレイは27日、中国への返還のためトラックで園を出発した。母のシンシン、姉のシャンシャンが暮らす中国ジャイアントパンダ保護研究センターに向かう。検疫を受けた後に最終的な滞在地が決まる。 #ジャイアントパンダ #上野動物園

Here's a hue-adjusted one for us colorblinders:

People, not vehicles.

How is environmental history doing in Asia? It's thriving! Read Mu Cao's beautiful account of the Asian Association for Environmental History (AAEH) conference in Japan last year. AAEH is a biennial conference, so keep an eye out for the next one in 2027! #envhist #envhum #history

Cerveau en putréfaction

1/From Greenland to Venezuela to tariffs, Trump foreign policy baffles leaders and readers. Why? Because it is not about national interest but those of insider elites. To understand and manage, you have to name it: what @segoddard.bsky.social and I call neo-royalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live. newrepublic.com/article/2054...

Prêtez l'oreille, l'extrême-droite française rêve de faire en France ce que l'administration Trump fait aux USA : il n'y a aucun doute là-dessus.

The political socialization literature suggests that the present moment is likely to have enormous impact on the political views of young people for decades to come.

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Cultural #Roots of #Prejudice: #Cultural Scripts & the #Reactivation of #Antisemitism in #Germany By @kanol.bsky.social & @maxschaub.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Congratulations to Valerie Cranmer for the acceptance of her PhD dissertation on the infamous 防疫給水部, “Enabling abuse: the Imperial Japanese Army’s epidemic prevention and water purification organisation and its place in global military history” research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023...