@georgebodie.bsky.social
Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths, University of London
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is” is such a good, probably epoch defining line
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is” is such a good, probably epoch defining line
Extremely depressing read, and fair play, its a depressing topic. But not sure I've encountered an author as predisposed to extreme pessimism as Runciman
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Extremely depressing read, and fair play, its a depressing topic. But not sure I've encountered an author as predisposed to extreme pessimism as Runciman
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
Trying to get my head round why anyone would think this response solves, rather than exacerbates the problem
No 10 says Starmer has been told by Downing Street staff that none of them briefed against Streeting - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trying to get my head round why anyone would think this response solves, rather than exacerbates the problem
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
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column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Leopold von Ranke was granted four years of research leave two years after taking his position at the University of Berlin in 1825. This is how you support ECRs folks
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Leopold von Ranke was granted four years of research leave two years after taking his position at the University of Berlin in 1825. This is how you support ECRs folks
Anyone who makes this claim should be asked if they would follow it through to its ultimate conclusion: would you recommend that your children stay at home and consult chat GPT for 3 years instead of going to university?
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Anyone who makes this claim should be asked if they would follow it through to its ultimate conclusion: would you recommend that your children stay at home and consult chat GPT for 3 years instead of going to university?
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Es mag ja nicht viele belastbare Erkenntnisse in der Sozialwissenschaft geben.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Brandmauer: Tauber und zu Guttenberg fordern Normalisierung im Umgang mit der AfD
Der frühere CDU-Generalsekretär wünscht sich "neue rote Linien" für den Umgang mit der AfD. "Entzauberung gelingt nicht durch Boykott", sagt der Ex-Verteidigungsminister.
www.zeit.de
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Es mag ja nicht viele belastbare Erkenntnisse in der Sozialwissenschaft geben.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
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I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
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'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'
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"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
Incredible ending to this FT article on EU plans to give Deripaska assets to Raiffeisen:
October 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Incredible ending to this FT article on EU plans to give Deripaska assets to Raiffeisen:
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It's the second anniversary of my discovery of THAT picture of Benedict Anderson.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's the second anniversary of my discovery of THAT picture of Benedict Anderson.
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The administration that cares so deeply about fighting antisemitism is blaming wealthy Jewish donors for funding political violence in the US.
September 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The administration that cares so deeply about fighting antisemitism is blaming wealthy Jewish donors for funding political violence in the US.
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im hearing he was a disturbed person with functionally illegible politics
not an iron law or anything but basically every assassination attempt on a political figure over the last 20 years has turned out to be driven by a disturbed person with functionally illegible politics
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
im hearing he was a disturbed person with functionally illegible politics
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not an iron law or anything but basically every assassination attempt on a political figure over the last 20 years has turned out to be driven by a disturbed person with functionally illegible politics
September 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
not an iron law or anything but basically every assassination attempt on a political figure over the last 20 years has turned out to be driven by a disturbed person with functionally illegible politics
Looking forward to Justin Webb floating the possibility that Kirk was killed by Mossad tomorrow morning
Ich beobachte die Szenerie im Twitter-Online-Faschismus sehr genau.
Nach initialem Schock u den blutlüsternden Rachephantasien sind sie nun bei Verdächtigensuche u mitten im Verschwörungsdenken.
Für mich überraschend: Linke sind nichtmal die Hauptverdächtigen, sondern die Regierung u der Mossad.
Nach initialem Schock u den blutlüsternden Rachephantasien sind sie nun bei Verdächtigensuche u mitten im Verschwörungsdenken.
Für mich überraschend: Linke sind nichtmal die Hauptverdächtigen, sondern die Regierung u der Mossad.
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Looking forward to Justin Webb floating the possibility that Kirk was killed by Mossad tomorrow morning
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My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show…
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service (2008–2017)
The BBC’s readaptation of the adventures of Britain’s most famous fictional postman mirrored many concurrent neoliberal transformations of its postal service.
academicbubble.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show…
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
"The Messiah is something more than a figure and a person – it is something that flows in your blood, resides in your breath, it is the dearest and most precious human thought: that salvation exists."
Jenny Turner quoting Fred Jameson on Olga Tokarczuk:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jenny Turner quoting Fred Jameson on Olga Tokarczuk:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jenny Turner · Something Is Surviving: Olga Tokarczuk’s Mycophilia
Mushrooms, trees, turf, twigs, bushes, moss-covered stones: nature is a force in Olga Tokarczuk’s Empusium,...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"The Messiah is something more than a figure and a person – it is something that flows in your blood, resides in your breath, it is the dearest and most precious human thought: that salvation exists."
Jenny Turner quoting Fred Jameson on Olga Tokarczuk:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jenny Turner quoting Fred Jameson on Olga Tokarczuk:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
McSweeney doing everything he can to make sure that he is the star of the next Adam Curtis doc
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
McSweeney doing everything he can to make sure that he is the star of the next Adam Curtis doc
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I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
'In revolutionary times, the entire sensorium remained on special alert. People listened, looked, smelled, touched, and tasted more attentively in an effort to detect the slightest changes that might signal the next sensory pandemonium.'
June 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'In revolutionary times, the entire sensorium remained on special alert. People listened, looked, smelled, touched, and tasted more attentively in an effort to detect the slightest changes that might signal the next sensory pandemonium.'
"The organisation We Believe in Israel, which Labour MP Luke Akehurst used to be director of, began a campaign this month to ban Palestine Action...It is not clear how or why We Believe in Israel was granted access to classified documents."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Ban on Palestine Action would have ‘chilling effect’ on other protest groups
Proscribing organisation under anti-terrorism laws raises stakes amid already increased powers to stop protests
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"The organisation We Believe in Israel, which Labour MP Luke Akehurst used to be director of, began a campaign this month to ban Palestine Action...It is not clear how or why We Believe in Israel was granted access to classified documents."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...