James Bloodworth
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
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Only by Being Terrible Do They Avoid Being Comic | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah AlKahly-Mills explores James Bloodworth’s “Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere.”
lareviewofbooks.org
‘There would be many such dots to connect over the course of the book, and this is where Lost Boys excels. Bloodworth seamlessly links the loosely connected beliefs that comprise the right-wing value system.’ lareviewofbooks.org/article/only... @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Welcome on board, James! 🫡
James's new book, LOST BOYS, is a personal journey through the "manosphere" - which could be a great way into this year's Youth Prize theme...
HIRED, his investigation into low-wage Britain, was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2019!
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
James's new book, LOST BOYS, is a personal journey through the "manosphere" - which could be a great way into this year's Youth Prize theme...
HIRED, his investigation into low-wage Britain, was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2019!
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
Honoured to be judging the Orwell Youth Prize 2026! @orwellprize.bsky.social
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Welcome on board, James! 🫡
James's new book, LOST BOYS, is a personal journey through the "manosphere" - which could be a great way into this year's Youth Prize theme...
HIRED, his investigation into low-wage Britain, was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2019!
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
James's new book, LOST BOYS, is a personal journey through the "manosphere" - which could be a great way into this year's Youth Prize theme...
HIRED, his investigation into low-wage Britain, was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2019!
@atlanticbooks.bsky.social
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Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
Honoured to be judging the Orwell Youth Prize 2026! @orwellprize.bsky.social
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Honoured to be judging the Orwell Youth Prize 2026! @orwellprize.bsky.social
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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I let out a huge bark of laughter at this
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I let out a huge bark of laughter at this
The government won’t do shit unfortunately
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The government won’t do shit unfortunately
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Thank you @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social for great evening and tour de horizon of the manosphere. Read his book!
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Thank you @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social for great evening and tour de horizon of the manosphere. Read his book!
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Really interesting listening to @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social talk about his book. Unexpectedly generated thoughts linking to the monograph on time/temporality and welfare (off to the publisher's soon) and a paper I've been working on regarding social security. Need to find time for further thinking
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Really interesting listening to @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social talk about his book. Unexpectedly generated thoughts linking to the monograph on time/temporality and welfare (off to the publisher's soon) and a paper I've been working on regarding social security. Need to find time for further thinking
Konstantin Kisin
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Konstantin Kisin
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I’ll be taking Lost Boys to Birmingham on Tuesday 18 November. Come along and learn all about the manosphere. Or instead come and learn how to start your own sigma male content farm. A few tickets still available. 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’ll be taking Lost Boys to Birmingham on Tuesday 18 November. Come along and learn all about the manosphere. Or instead come and learn how to start your own sigma male content farm. A few tickets still available. 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
I’ll be taking Lost Boys to Birmingham on Tuesday 18 November. Come along and learn all about the manosphere. Or instead come and learn how to start your own sigma male content farm. A few tickets still available. 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’ll be taking Lost Boys to Birmingham on Tuesday 18 November. Come along and learn all about the manosphere. Or instead come and learn how to start your own sigma male content farm. A few tickets still available. 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
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84% of British boys aged 13 to 15 in 2023 had heard of Andrew Tate and nearly a quarter of these 84% had a positive view of him.
What's going on? Should we be worried? What do we do about it?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us TOMORROW to explain all.
What's going on? Should we be worried? What do we do about it?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us TOMORROW to explain all.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
84% of British boys aged 13 to 15 in 2023 had heard of Andrew Tate and nearly a quarter of these 84% had a positive view of him.
What's going on? Should we be worried? What do we do about it?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us TOMORROW to explain all.
What's going on? Should we be worried? What do we do about it?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us TOMORROW to explain all.
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Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Values like self-reliance are revered and contrasted favourably with 'wokeness' and depending on the government ... For a lot of men in these communities, voting for Trump was a cultural statement as much as a rational economic calculation." @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Values like self-reliance are revered and contrasted favourably with 'wokeness' and depending on the government ... For a lot of men in these communities, voting for Trump was a cultural statement as much as a rational economic calculation." @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
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I’ll be in Birmingham next week talking about masculinity and the giant sales funnel of the manosphere
What is the manosphere? What is going on with men and teenage boys? What does and should it mean for politics?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’ll be in Birmingham next week talking about masculinity and the giant sales funnel of the manosphere
I’ll be in Birmingham next week talking about masculinity and the giant sales funnel of the manosphere
What is the manosphere? What is going on with men and teenage boys? What does and should it mean for politics?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’ll be in Birmingham next week talking about masculinity and the giant sales funnel of the manosphere
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Looking forward to discussing this excellent book next Tuesday. Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
‘There would be many such dots to connect over the course of the book, and this is where Lost Boys excels. Bloodworth seamlessly links the loosely connected beliefs that comprise the right-wing value system.’ lareviewofbooks.org/article/only... @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
Only by Being Terrible Do They Avoid Being Comic | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah AlKahly-Mills explores James Bloodworth’s “Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Looking forward to discussing this excellent book next Tuesday. Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
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'Groups of ... “sniper tourists”, are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying large sums of money ... to be transported to the hills surrounding Sarajevo so that they could shoot at the population for pleasure.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
'Groups of ... “sniper tourists”, are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying large sums of money ... to be transported to the hills surrounding Sarajevo so that they could shoot at the population for pleasure.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"How Nigel Farage Took Over British Politics"
Great vid from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social and Sean at @bylinetv.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl0...
Great vid from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social and Sean at @bylinetv.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl0...
How Nigel Farage Took Over British Politics.
YouTube video by Byline TV
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November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"How Nigel Farage Took Over British Politics"
Great vid from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social and Sean at @bylinetv.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl0...
Great vid from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social and Sean at @bylinetv.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl0...
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What is the manosphere? What is going on with men and teenage boys? What does and should it mean for politics?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What is the manosphere? What is going on with men and teenage boys? What does and should it mean for politics?
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins us next Tuesday to discuss his excellent, new book and these questions.
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The new book from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social promises "an astonishing undercover investigation into the paranoid and misogynistic subcultures of the manosphere."
He joins us on Tuesday 18 November to discuss what it means for our politics and what we should do about it.
He joins us on Tuesday 18 November to discuss what it means for our politics and what we should do about it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The new book from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social promises "an astonishing undercover investigation into the paranoid and misogynistic subcultures of the manosphere."
He joins us on Tuesday 18 November to discuss what it means for our politics and what we should do about it.
He joins us on Tuesday 18 November to discuss what it means for our politics and what we should do about it.
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Tesla is a meme stock & Musk is key to it remaining so, just as Kim Kardashian is key to the appeal of the Kardashians. So he's got a lot of bargaining power. This has less to do with car-making than with the economics of superstars. See eg Moshe Adler: pdodds.w3.uvm.edu/files/papers...
pdodds.w3.uvm.edu
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tesla is a meme stock & Musk is key to it remaining so, just as Kim Kardashian is key to the appeal of the Kardashians. So he's got a lot of bargaining power. This has less to do with car-making than with the economics of superstars. See eg Moshe Adler: pdodds.w3.uvm.edu/files/papers...
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This investigation from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social is absolutely staggering. It is very common in Sheffield (I live in this bit) to have a leasehold, often with hundreds of years left on and pennies in ground rent. This is extortion pure and simple. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This investigation from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social is absolutely staggering. It is very common in Sheffield (I live in this bit) to have a leasehold, often with hundreds of years left on and pennies in ground rent. This is extortion pure and simple. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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UnHerd have spent the last year platforming Nina Power through their live events. This is someone who was exposed two years ago as keeping a copy of Mein Kampf and saying that the social disapproval of racism is a psyop
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
UnHerd have spent the last year platforming Nina Power through their live events. This is someone who was exposed two years ago as keeping a copy of Mein Kampf and saying that the social disapproval of racism is a psyop
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I've spent *weeks* working on this special report for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on GB News co-owner Paul Marshall – and the astonishing, unprecedented influence network he's built on the UK's right. There's never been anything like it before. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right
The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s mo...
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I've spent *weeks* working on this special report for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on GB News co-owner Paul Marshall – and the astonishing, unprecedented influence network he's built on the UK's right. There's never been anything like it before. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...