In that sweet spot of "started preparing a conference address which morphed into an essay which may morph into a book" and feeling mild waves of panic as I haven't been planning to write (another) one and also need to finish the majority of the current one before my fellowship ends in August 😬😬

An arson attack on a Bolton imam’s home has shaken the local Muslim community—yet authorities refuse to treat it as a hate crime.

remember, Covid-19 was the first stage of training for desensitisation to suffering of other people, Gaza was the second, this is the third plot spoiler: there is no final stage, or, rather, we are all eventually going to be "other people"

The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight

The whole point of "hostile environment" is to create an environment that is unsafe for difference - migrants, refugees, trans people, POC, anyone identified as vaguely "progressive". Then the state can step in to allegedly 'mediate' and 'appease' "both sides". How is this not obvious?

I'm actually from Montenegro

Easy

Did I mention I'm from Belgrade

Quelle surprise: my comment on the Govt's latest climate commitment (www.gov.uk/government/n... is out of step, at least publicly, with many colleagues: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... With expert whitewash on one side & charlatans on the other, an honest climate debate stands no chance.

well, since we're also heading towards a heat dome event in India, why not

"At the moment where the violent consequence of Farage's tub-thumping could see politics move decisively against him, there is an absence where the far right challenges to Britain's limited democracy could be met."

<Stares in KSR's Ministry for the Future>

Much like the fact *some people* are able to exploit the welfare state does not mean we should abolish benefits (not for that reason, at any rate); much like the fact some immigrants do bad stuff does not mean we should close down borders; etc. etc.

As it seems the British public is perennially confused about basic reasoning, let me break this down to you: 1. The fact someone is able to exploit racist prejudice to their own end *regardless of the colour of their skin* does not mean racism doesn't exist; 2. Neither does it mean racism is good.

One of the best takes on "AI", including AI in higher education, compared to the majority of writing almost guaranteed to rehash all the tired and useless tropes from writing on the crisis in higher ed (what is wrong? everything. what shall we do about it? nothing) open.substack.com/pub/theconvi...

We're locked in the status quo until scientists working to stop climate change become linked up with those poorest fighting to survive its effects... This is why stopping climate change at its heart implies a global revolutionary project

"Less worried than climate scientists" is a dangerous equivocation. These people are trying to survive. "Worry" is a privilege of white people in AC-ed buildings of the global North, all the while contributing to exactly such heatwaves. www.bbc.com/news/article...

And is this "biological sex" in the room with us right now?

NPR finally waking up to the BREAKING news that all racists are also misogynists: www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

it's the weekend and I am unusually optimistic so here is a bit of Serres in hope at least some academics can go beyond their shocked resistance

"The land is not hostile...it is the border and associated colonial practices that are hostile" 😊🍓🌍🌿🌱

Why oppose the mass deployment of AC in cities? Because it cools indoors by dumping heat outdoors. This study found that heat released from building sidewalls can raise street temperatures by ~2–10°C in dense urban streets. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

high time, given that I am currently in an endless queue for one of their flights where they are managing to do one luggage drop per 20 minutes

Here's one of many sources on what science has to say about sex and binarity. blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/stop-...

...and just saw a woman (same park) pour water into a bowl for the crows (random visitor woman, not staff). it's 33C today. I think I'm moving to Paris.

and yes, believe it or not, it is actually really easy to *not* use Amazon. 👇

this is, btw, what Paris parks have to say on the matter birdsforchange.fr (translation 2nd panel) And if you want to hear what *I* have to say on the matter - and why, in fact, any aspiration to justice would have to recognise we "owe" not one but many many dinners to crows - wait for my book 🤭

it's a serious ("genuine", as they say on here) question, do take a moment to respond if you can (I won't comment on your response, unless it's an obvious misinterpretation, and I will not use it anywhere - it's not data collection, just a way for me to understand how people think about obligations)

I'm running a little series of thought experiments/questions as part of my project on nonreciprocity. Ex1: I have sat down in a park with (late) lunch/early dinner (carrots). These crows have approached, clearly expecting me to share my dinner with them. Q: Do I owe it to crows to share my dinner?

Reading my (2014) book and crying a little 🥲 (CEU Press basically did no promotion back in the day, which means they were also slow to respond when it got nominated for the Rotschild prize. Amsterdam University Press bought them and now sells it for 130EUR. It's here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9786...)

A little thread on heatwaves and climate change.... This is the weather (forecast) in Paris this week. Paris, admittedly, is not the worst city to experience a heatwave in - plenty of public parks, public fountains/potable water, and cooled *free* public spaces (like libraries) 1/ 🧵

One of the best things about divesting from capitalism is realising how many of the things we use are needlessly produced in massive quantities. Here is my weekly batch of jam, made from a handful of blueberries, 2 spoons of sugar, cinnamon and a dash of apple juice, cooked on low heat for 20 mins.

⚖️ 🌍 ⚡ 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 🇳🇱 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, @milieudefensie.bsky.social et al. v. Shell. #ClimateJustice #ClimateCaseShell 🧵 ⬇️ analysis in thread below

If you've been wondering what I've been up to in the past year, I recently spoke to Emma from @acidhorizon.bsky.social about my @leverhulme.ac.uk - funded project on non-reciprocity -running until the end of August 2026, and coming out in book form(at) not too long after that!

Trash gender rights ✅ Trash the civil service ✅ Trash universities ✅ Further racist border policies ✅ Seek to diminish human rights law ✅ Legal restrictions on protest ✅ But at least our kids get VAT off a theme park ride this summer.

May I strongly suggest a feelgood read for your commute to work

Around the time of the publication of The Gift, Mauss also keeps bibliographic notes on Soviet Russia, incl on transformation of marriage and parenthood. Here notes: "there are no automatic inheritors, alimony is limited to the level of mere survival". I could write a whole book just about this

This headline is fuel for the right-wing anti-migrant reaction machine, but the article reveals the employer knowingly brought her to the UK under a visitor visa to employ her, then denied her a work permit—and most importantly!—refused to pay her any wages. This looks approximate to modern slavery

You can start with the fact that there is *no potable water* at St Pancras Departures - no, not even the water you are charged for by proxy, by buying sth in a cafê - even Pret does not have water taps. So I am awaiting boarding to ask them to refill my bottle on the train 🤷‍♀️

If you want to understand the sad mess the UK has become, I strongly suggest comparing the Eurostar departures in Paris with the Eurostar departures in London. It really puts it in stark contrast

Earlier in April, I spoke to Emma from @acidhorizon.bsky.social about my @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project on non-reciprocity -- running until the end of August 2026 and coming out in book form(at) hopefully not too long after that!

Earlier in April, I spoke to Emma from @acidhorizon.bsky.social about my @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project on non-reciprocity -- running until the end of August 2026 and coming out in book form(at) hopefully not too long after that!

Our @leverhulmecal.bsky.social director, @amoorelouise.bsky.social, begins the two days of Politics of algorithmic life workshop by asking the audience not only to think about areas of algorithmic governance we tend to think about as "political", but also what politics means in the context of 'AI'

Deep history: this platan predates the French revolution

I expected abeam, aft, abaft, athwartships, port, and forward. (We all know starboard is fake)

Wales, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Ireland

Given general absence of recognition I'll take it, thank you

Fun fact: reviews are the most boring of reading when you do research in the archives. Let's stop the practice of men chanting praises to other men and just read the originals instead.

"Throughout, many of the featured landowners and access campaigners agree on the artificial nature of landownership, their individual powerlessness to effect change and on the social and legal constructs that trap us all in an uncomfortable standoff." theconversation.com/our-land-who...