I added another online lecture, since the last one is popular :) luma.com/5lm01i2u ​Come for the data and theory, stay to dream up better ways of keeping each other going, together.

Blown away by @piercepenniless.bsky.social conversation with @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on the @lrb.co.uk podcast. So much to think about. Podcast: James Butler and Sarah Stein Lubrano · On Politics: Why you can’t change someone’s mind share.google/LrONhpGTuoMM...

Plot idea for a novel: an AI secretly builds a human harem.

‘We want to believe that we chose our actions freely. We want to believe they had positive effects. We might do incredible and harmful mental gymnastics to keep that.’ @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on why it’s so hard to change people’s minds, on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I’m giving this short lecture in mid April, come along if of interest!

‘Once you move past that liberal myth of the marketplace of ideas, all kinds of very interesting things emerge, some of which might be useful – but first you have to become disillusioned.’ @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on arguing about politics, on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

this is a great, useful conversation, highly recommend & have a hold on lubrano's book at the library already.

Loved this conversation between @piercepenniless.bsky.social and @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on (among other things) the importance of social relationships in political organising, what cognitive science has to offer left-wing movements, and how we can begin to rebuild the public sphere

This was a delight!

Excellent turnout and conversation on our panel “Is Democracy under Threat from Oligarchs and Corporate Capture?” at the Oxford Literary Festival today with @oliverbullough.bsky.social @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and @stephenlaw.bsky.social

my good and brilliant friend @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and Max Havens are hosting three day intensive workshop in Toronto for those deeply engaged in projects that are pushing back against the rising authoritarian, reactionary, and fascist elements of society. senseandsolidarity.org/toronto/

it’s a privilege to be doing these public events with @corinnefowler.bsky.social @leireolabarria.bsky.social @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social @paulaakpan.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social and @drmaimusie.bsky.social — see you there! 💫

I’m giving this short lecture in mid April, come along if of interest!

Probably only #Oligarchs can afford to go to this #OxfordDebate but should be interesting follow @oliverbullough.bsky.social @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social @pculpepper.bsky.social @stephenlaw.bsky.social with #TaekuLee oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...

Ich lese gerade Don't talk about Politics von @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, die auf Basis ihrer Forschung auch feststellt, dass es Identität viel mehr als eine inhaltliche Position ist, auf die es ankommt. www.bloomsbury.com/us/dont-talk...

Opinions made in part thanks to "Don't talk about politics" from @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and "Log off" by @quinnae.com

Really enjoyed this book about people’s relationships with their AI. I was also surprised by how much was about people using it to do incredibly niche kink and or screenwriting.

New Course Loading: Reaching the Public For Academics ​Are you an academic who is being constantly asked to “show impact” or “reach the public”? Would you like help doing this in a way that is maximally effective and minimally annoying? luma.com/yz683zd7

here's my full convo with @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social about her very good book Don't Talk About Politics, and her current work on the myth of the loneliness epidemic. it's a great conversation so check it out. youtu.be/g54dc45ZMtw

Great piece on the power of short form videos, and the challenges of it for left wing groups.

Really enjoy Sarah's practical approach to reversing the trend of misinformation and aggressive fearmongering. Wish more people would read her stuff.

I’ve just started reading “Don’t Talk About Politics.” It’s fascinating and amazingly well written. Am recommending it far and wide.

New post: substack.com/home/post/p-...

i put out a video this week that's about what we should do instead of arguing about politics via a discussion of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's very good book Don't Talk About Politics. check it out and consider reading Sarah's book. youtu.be/sQTbQp4o2-g

This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.

this one explores @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social VERY good book Don't Talk About Politics.

Interesting talk by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on her book #DontTalkAboutPolitics - around issues of political organising, how protest only changes the protestors, political debates creating division not enlightenment, and social atrophy as the crisis of our age… www.youtube.com/live/MkQ6Bah...

@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social has a chapter that discusses what protests are for in Don't Talk About Politics; it was a helpful read regarding concerns about impact that provided more shape to some of my own ambivalence

If you would like to attend a course on how to make TikToks and other shortform video, mine is still running :-) just dm me for details

One of the many things I’m grateful for this year is @graceblakeley.substack.com ‘s reading and writing about my book. Her Substack is wonderful for many other reasons—worth subscribing! <3

‘Don’t Talk About Politics’ @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social Recently I’ve ruminated on my social media rhetoric & what is personally meaningful, and her book is the perfect food for thought. Written in layman’s language. #booksky Available at ThriftBooks now.

This sentence in particular made me think of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social: "Desires need not be altered through forceful imposition of political principles but can shift as a result of the cultivation of new habitats which draw out other patterns of feeling and thinking about others"

The Republic of Letters commissioned a piece from me (which they framed as part of a debate, lol) and created a very polemic headline for it. That’s said I quite like how the piece turned out, so meet the angrier end of my thinking.

This week, we’re revisiting our conversation with @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social about her provocative book 'Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds' — because her research offers a radically different way to think about holiday confrontations. whowhatwhy.org/podcast/eat-...

This is so worth reading and thinking about… and worth thinking about how we live our lives and might - like trying to exercise more- try to live with others a bit more… Even An introvert like me is convince by this argument…

I wrote about what it means to create content in a world of non-followers. "Non-follower content world is a world where viewers have very little context for who you are."

What a lovely, thorough, fair review :)

Thank you so much! I worked quiteee hard at this :)

New speaker announcement! Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵 📅29 October 🕠 17:30–20:30 📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed) buff.ly/4sEkBik

Quite liking first chapters so far of “Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds," by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social 🤐

@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social gave a great talk on her book "Don't Talk about Politics" today in the Commission. Among many striking lines "Conversations don't change minds, relationships do". Some important consequences for #scipol

Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done

Last event on this book in London, at least for a while. I’d love to see people there! howtoacademy.com/events/dont-...

Readings I've found useful for thinking about this recently: @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's Don't Talk About Politics & Malcolm Harris' What's Left

I’m doing a big online talk aimed at suburban women against Trump (but which is available to anyone I believe :-)) go.redwine.blue/0904tt-ssl

Great piece which I think should be read alongside James Kanagasooriam's piece on agency. Both come at things from a very different perspective, but reach similar conclusions. Alienation and a lack of agency are damaging the body politic. But also changing the way people are wired.

I've been really enjoying @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's argument against the whole concept of the "marketplace of ideas" in here 'Don't Talk About Politics' btw, would recommend!

So so so pleased that my piece on social atrophy is out in the Open Society Foundation’s The Ideas Letter. I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related. www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...

Nice to be book of the day for @nextbigidea.bsky.social :) bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/debate-me-...