Oli Mould
@olimould.bsky.social
Academic at large, but lectures in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts. Toffeeman
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Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts. Toffeeman
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Oli Mould
@olimould.bsky.social
· Nov 23
I'm an Anticapitalist, and here's why you should be one too: Spoken Word Poem
YouTube video by Oli Mould
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I'm an anti-capitalist, and here's why you should be one too.
A spoken poem by me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7W9...
A spoken poem by me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7W9...
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It’s easier to imagine the end cows than the end of cowpitalism
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It’s easier to imagine the end cows than the end of cowpitalism
Just been email by a book author, claiming someone was buying one of his books for me, the payment was declined, and now the author is asking me to pay for it.
These phising scams are getting really quite abstract.
These phising scams are getting really quite abstract.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just been email by a book author, claiming someone was buying one of his books for me, the payment was declined, and now the author is asking me to pay for it.
These phising scams are getting really quite abstract.
These phising scams are getting really quite abstract.
It's amazing that this very simple act of humble service by a leader is so rare among our elected officials that it feels genuinely new
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's amazing that this very simple act of humble service by a leader is so rare among our elected officials that it feels genuinely new
The commendeering of the control of urban space by a corporate behemoth as corrupt as FIFA is the act of a mafia.
(on the plus side though, I now have a whole new range of lecture material)
(on the plus side though, I now have a whole new range of lecture material)
WTF!?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
Vancouver will issue $1,000 bylaw tickets for some infractions during World Cup. Here’s why
A FIFA-specific bylaw was approved by Vancouver city council Wednesday, enabling $1,000 tickets to be issued for a range of infractions during next year’s World Cup.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The commendeering of the control of urban space by a corporate behemoth as corrupt as FIFA is the act of a mafia.
(on the plus side though, I now have a whole new range of lecture material)
(on the plus side though, I now have a whole new range of lecture material)
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Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
Your regular reminder that 'natural immunity' is a dog whistle eugenicist term.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your regular reminder that 'natural immunity' is a dog whistle eugenicist term.
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'The government will charge universities £925 per international student for each year of study from August 2028, in a blow to cash-strapped higher education institutions.' 1/3
International student levy set at £925 per student from 2028
Chancellor confirms details of controversial tax on income from overseas students, while universities also expect to be hit by changes to pension tax rules
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'The government will charge universities £925 per international student for each year of study from August 2028, in a blow to cash-strapped higher education institutions.' 1/3
More urban age thesis stats just dropped to enrage the planetary urbanisation crowd: Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as the most populated city in the world.
Tokyo overtaken as world's biggest city
A UN report reveals which cities will likely boast the largest populations in 2050 and predicts London's population will soar.
news.sky.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
More urban age thesis stats just dropped to enrage the planetary urbanisation crowd: Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as the most populated city in the world.
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'Exiting the market' is such a crap euphemism. It's not like the 'university' will then go and apply all its assets to another market. Those assets (human and non-human) will be dispersed, wasted, destroyed. Un-creative destruction. Which we can't afford as a society.
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
'Exiting the market' is such a crap euphemism. It's not like the 'university' will then go and apply all its assets to another market. Those assets (human and non-human) will be dispersed, wasted, destroyed. Un-creative destruction. Which we can't afford as a society.
Redwood (or DEADwood amirite!?) digging up an argument from the 80s, not understanding what a green transition is and generally embodying the dying spasms of Thatcherite neoliberalism
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Redwood (or DEADwood amirite!?) digging up an argument from the 80s, not understanding what a green transition is and generally embodying the dying spasms of Thatcherite neoliberalism
This by @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social is an excellent critique of Taylor Swift's latest album. The article evokes my arguments from Against Creativity to make some very salient points; which is great, but also conflicting as my daughter is a massive swifty 😬😬😬😬😬
defector.com/taylor-swift...
defector.com/taylor-swift...
No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector
The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This by @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social is an excellent critique of Taylor Swift's latest album. The article evokes my arguments from Against Creativity to make some very salient points; which is great, but also conflicting as my daughter is a massive swifty 😬😬😬😬😬
defector.com/taylor-swift...
defector.com/taylor-swift...
Your reminder that the origin story for Father Christmas is Saint Nicholas who, coming from a wealthy family, would put put gold coins through the windows of poor families' homes as dowries for unmarried women. St. Nicholas, from the school of Basil the Great, believed being wealthy was sinful.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Your reminder that the origin story for Father Christmas is Saint Nicholas who, coming from a wealthy family, would put put gold coins through the windows of poor families' homes as dowries for unmarried women. St. Nicholas, from the school of Basil the Great, believed being wealthy was sinful.
I'd forgotten but, there's a bit in the new Running Man film that is such a blatant product placement for Monster it's bordering on Transformers level of cringe. Man, that film was totally pony.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'd forgotten but, there's a bit in the new Running Man film that is such a blatant product placement for Monster it's bordering on Transformers level of cringe. Man, that film was totally pony.
So you like podcasts eeeeyy?
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
So you like podcasts eeeeyy?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Wordle 1,620 2/6
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I’ve waited years for this to happen and I can tell you it’s every bit as magical as they say it is
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I’ve waited years for this to happen and I can tell you it’s every bit as magical as they say it is
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Wordle 1,620 2/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I’ve waited years for this to happen and I can tell you it’s every bit as magical as they say it is
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I’ve waited years for this to happen and I can tell you it’s every bit as magical as they say it is
Ah yes, the banter argument. "It was 49 years ago!" My brother in Christ, you used that argument just last month with Sarah Pochin.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ah yes, the banter argument. "It was 49 years ago!" My brother in Christ, you used that argument just last month with Sarah Pochin.
It's wild to me how this sort of conversation used to happen between two twatty boys at school who you know would end up nowhere in life, whereas now, it's a conversation between two of the most powerful people on the planet.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's wild to me how this sort of conversation used to happen between two twatty boys at school who you know would end up nowhere in life, whereas now, it's a conversation between two of the most powerful people on the planet.
This guy has popped out of a well to broadcast this
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This guy has popped out of a well to broadcast this
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💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You know that one sector that's doing well? That one that creates social cohesion, cultural learning and economic growth? Yeah, let's destory that.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
You know that one sector that's doing well? That one that creates social cohesion, cultural learning and economic growth? Yeah, let's destory that.
This, but about Xwitter, it is the only way to be sure
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This, but about Xwitter, it is the only way to be sure
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I'm sure those poorer British students will benefit greatly from grants to attend the universities that no longer exist because Labour have bankrupted them.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I'm sure those poorer British students will benefit greatly from grants to attend the universities that no longer exist because Labour have bankrupted them.
Watched My Octopus Teacher (2020) last night for the first time and I’m still blown away by its calming, yet gut-wrenchingly beautiful narrative. Such a wonderful way to evidence the intricate and interwoven vivality of human and nonhuman life
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Watched My Octopus Teacher (2020) last night for the first time and I’m still blown away by its calming, yet gut-wrenchingly beautiful narrative. Such a wonderful way to evidence the intricate and interwoven vivality of human and nonhuman life