There were no jobs left at the anthropology factory

Ursula Le Guin: “A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. 1/2

people dont wanna admit that frozen food is actually really good now

reading about an Irish guy who went to 17th c. New Spain (Mexico), styled himself Don Guillén, sparked a revolt to abolish slavery & institute radical equality for indigenous & Africans, got caught by Inquisition, escaped, wrote messianic heretical poetry, caught again & burned

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Entomologist here 🙋‍♂️🤓🐜 Great question! It may seem surprising that the scientific community could miss an entire bug species after all this time, especially when it’s THIS big. The answer might surprise you more 👀 Let’s dive in 👇🧵 (1/?)

The CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp, has a PhD in philosophy that he got under the supervision of Jurgen Habermas

An intimate slice of Chicago revolutionary history, laying bare the intricacies of gender politics in the 1970s/80s. Recommended. illwill.com/phantom-phemin…

If you’re a fan of Costas-Gavras’ brilliant “State of Siege” check out this fun conversation

"Perhaps, then, exilic politics is a wager to affirm that the negative capacity of the ruins is worth more than taking on debt in order to rebuild." dabartis.com

Really whole new levels of schlocky fascist mythopoetic pastiche, would be comical if not so absolutely terrifying

I hate smartphones

These absolute sickos should give me a fucking job and I’ll assign the shit out of Aristotle. They’ll hate it. I don’t think they know what their tradition even says

I'm about to pull the opposite maneuver

For this week's podcast we look at Bernie Sanders' recently published book Fight Oligarchy, discussed alongside the mayoral victory of Zohran Mamdani. patreon.com/posts/34-berni… We reflect on Bernie's legacy as a politician, communicator, educator, tactician, and socialist. ((counterapparatus))

Between the inanity of "67" and the crude appeal of "69" we find the prospect of a genuine revitalization: the Spirit of '68.

Ill Will is launching a book press. We need your support. illwilleditions.com

Devastating news about Asad Haider. He was an inspiration - Viewpoint dug up buried treasures of Marxist theory, not as an end in itself but to enrich our political imagination, as his PhD thesis and his book on race and class brilliantly showcased share.google/kZdw3SOcFV86Kf…