I guess Rosalía’s fabulous new album just has to be the soundtrack for my project of the same name

I guess Rosalía’s fabulous new album just has to be the soundtrack for my project of the same name

Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free… Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A very good video essay on Bill Gates youtu.be/UV-wH7lEDH4

Had a great time chatting with Connor O’Brien about little known financial tool called debt for nature swaps, the colonial history of sovereign debt and finance systems, and why finance guys are trying to offshore the planet. open.substack.com/pub/alinautr...

“Key role after 9/11” is an interesting euphemism for this man’s legacy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

„Meine Freunde, die Welt verändert sich“, sagte Zohran Mamdani zu seinen Unterstützern vor der Bürgermeisterwahl in New York. Er trifft den Nerv: Die Menschen wählen echte Alternativen statt bloßer Kontinuität. Mamdani steht für Hoffnung – Hoffnung darauf, das Leben wieder bezahlbar zu machen.

The Guardian's standard for authenticity: "Jack ... is the kingpin of a cannabis empire ... It’s a new era for Netflix: if they make a show in a different territory, it’s authentic to that place. Amsterdam Empire feels very original, without template." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

The University of Antwerp‘s own little quad in the autumn sun

“Key role after 9/11” is an interesting euphemism for this man’s legacy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In case Zohran's just too exciting for you, here's our room-temperature take on last week's Dutch election: jacobin.com/2025/11/neth...

The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️

The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History University of Oxford - Wadham College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH050/t...

A ”luxury gap” between Trump’s gold mania and the destruction of public services www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This historical sociology of discounting, part of a very cool series, looks fascinating: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Wrote about the political press' sanewashing newrepublic.com/post/202475/...

A ”luxury gap” between Trump’s gold mania and the destruction of public services www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Not to be cynical, but NL election results are not a “blow to the far right” — it’s possible they simply signal a return to the centrism that enabled it. PVV remains major. Big winner D66 ruled out working with PVV, but involving far right JA21 is on the table. VVD refuses to work with GL-PvdA. 1/2

Scherp stuk in de Irish Times over Nederlandse verkiezingen en de normalisering van radicaal-rechts. 'Een van de verkiezingsbeloftes was het deporteren van de "kinderen en kleinkinderen" van migranten.'

"This is not literature as 'entertainment,' no. It’s literature as propaganda." Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/literature-is-not-a-vibe-on-chatgpt-and-the-humanities/

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

This historical sociology of discounting, part of a very cool series, looks fascinating: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Spot on. The far right (PVV+JA21+FvD+SGP) won even more votes this election than they did in 2023. Middle class voters will always cycle between the various liberal parties. The real story here is the utter collapse of the Dutch left and the continued shift of working class voters to the right.

On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.

Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.

🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word! www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...

Not to be cynical, but NL election results are not a “blow to the far right” — it’s possible they simply signal a return to the centrism that enabled it. PVV remains major. Big winner D66 ruled out working with PVV, but involving far right JA21 is on the table. VVD refuses to work with GL-PvdA. 1/2

“may become” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

I have a new essay taking stock of the techno-feudalism debate in Le Monde Diplomatique mondediplo.com/2025/08/02te... (paywalled)

I can’t believe there are not one but two articles, in major papers, with this dumb framing. It is not NIMBY to express dismay when a big part of the White House is suddenly rubbled

I did have an "abundance" joke ready to go when Trump demolished part of the White House, but Ross Douthat is doing it for real.

New book, coming soon! Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026) It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Apparently The Times found a crystal ball that reveals “public benefit” in advance. This nonsense coming from the same people who celebrate ”risk-taking“ in the corporate world

Apparently The Times found a crystal ball that reveals “public benefit” in advance. This nonsense coming from the same people who celebrate ”risk-taking“ in the corporate world

SURPRISE! www.advanced-television.com/2025/10/14/s...

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Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

Geertje Bol on canon construction and history of women philosophers! www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

"Democratische politiek vraagt niet alleen de kunst van het compromis, maar ook de kunst van het principiële conflict dat legitimiteit en betekenis geeft áán dat compromis." Cruciale op-Ed van @leoniedejonge.bsky.social & @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social voor Nederlandse "middenpartijen"

Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

First day on the new job! Sad to leave @politicsoxford.bsky.social after eight years, but really excited to join @uantwerpen.be as @ec.europa.eu Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow to start a new project on luxury and global order. cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

Meine Analyse zum 80. Jubiläum der Vereinten Nationen für die Oktober-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

📬 Ab heute im Briefkasten: Die Oktober-»Blätter«! Mit Texten von: Seyla Benhabib, Eva Illouz, Anne Brorhilker, @davidbegrich.bsky.social, @lassessostehen.bsky.social, @rosaburc.bsky.social, Helena Kreiensiek, @annajik.bsky.social, Bernd Greiner u.v.m. 👉 www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Meine Analyse zum 80. Jubiläum der Vereinten Nationen für die Oktober-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Tim is the best. All in. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

🔗 thelausanneproject.com/2025/09/26/p... From obscure Belgian ophthalmologist to one of the contested sanitary experts. In this blog on Dr. Pierre-Joseph Dutrieux’s cholera mission in 1883 Egypt, I demonstrate how networks, empires and epidemics intertwine.

Who on Earth thought it’s time for a Tony Blair comeback www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.