Quinn Slobodian
@quinnslobodian.com
Historian, author. Past: GLOBALISTS, CRACK-UP CAPITALISM, HAYEK’S BASTARDS. Next: MUSKISM with Ben Tarnoff. Preorder here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530 quinnslobodian.com
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Nice review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9780063484320
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On Friday 13 March, the Visions for the Future Project and Studium Generale Utrecht will be hosting Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff in Utrecht's City Library. They will talk about their book MUSKISM. Tickets are free: www.sg.uu.nl/agenda/2026/...
'Muskism': de wereld volgens Elon Musk
Wat als de rijkste man ter wereld de regels bepaalt?
www.sg.uu.nl
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Chilling quote: “The AI we build will thank you one day!"
Geortzel asks for more after Epstein is out of prison. Epstein says he will send another 50k
Goertzel to Epstein: "You won't regret it ;) The AI we build will thank you one day!"
Goertzel to Epstein: "You won't regret it ;) The AI we build will thank you one day!"
February 17, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Chilling quote: “The AI we build will thank you one day!"
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Une occasion de promouvoir l'excellent site Diagrammes.
www.diagrammes.fr/fr/
www.diagrammes.fr/fr/
DIAGRAMMES
DIAGRAMMES
www.diagrammes.fr
February 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Une occasion de promouvoir l'excellent site Diagrammes.
www.diagrammes.fr/fr/
www.diagrammes.fr/fr/
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After four years of collective reflection, we now turn our attention to the role of the naturalisation of social hierarchies based on the supposed heritability of intelligence, in the hope of shedding further light on the subject.
In french, though… @quinnslobodian.com
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In french, though… @quinnslobodian.com
rogueesr.fr/techno-fasci...
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
After four years of collective reflection, we now turn our attention to the role of the naturalisation of social hierarchies based on the supposed heritability of intelligence, in the hope of shedding further light on the subject.
In french, though… @quinnslobodian.com
rogueesr.fr/techno-fasci...
In french, though… @quinnslobodian.com
rogueesr.fr/techno-fasci...
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We are grateful to Quinn Slobodian ( @quinnslobodian.com ) for his insightful book, Hayek's Bastard, in which he elaborates on the specific nature of this form of biologism known as libertarian eugenics.
www.zonebooks.org/books/160-ha...
www.zonebooks.org/books/160-ha...
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 AM
We are grateful to Quinn Slobodian ( @quinnslobodian.com ) for his insightful book, Hayek's Bastard, in which he elaborates on the specific nature of this form of biologism known as libertarian eugenics.
www.zonebooks.org/books/160-ha...
www.zonebooks.org/books/160-ha...
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Unsere neuen Bücher im Februar sind da: shrk.vg/Neuerscheinu...
@annanosthoff.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @breyger.bsky.social @s-punkt1.bsky.social @michaelidov.bsky.social @imtunnel.bsky.social
@annanosthoff.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @breyger.bsky.social @s-punkt1.bsky.social @michaelidov.bsky.social @imtunnel.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Unsere neuen Bücher im Februar sind da: shrk.vg/Neuerscheinu...
@annanosthoff.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @breyger.bsky.social @s-punkt1.bsky.social @michaelidov.bsky.social @imtunnel.bsky.social
@annanosthoff.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @breyger.bsky.social @s-punkt1.bsky.social @michaelidov.bsky.social @imtunnel.bsky.social
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🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has become the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research, Tyler Austin Harper writes. Is it saving American arts and letters—or killing them?
What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education?
Its role as the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research has granted the foundation—and its president—enormous influence over American arts and letters.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.
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Das Schweizer Magazin @republik.ch leistet wichtige Arbeit - ich bin sehr froh, dass es Medien wie dieses gibt, (und dass ich immer mal wieder dort schreiben kann). Jetzt verklagt Palantir das Magazin wegen seiner Recherchen zur Firma - unterstützt “Republik” finanziell, wenn ihr könnt.
Recherchen zum Unternehmen Palantir, die von der Republik und dem Recherchekollektiv WAV gemacht wurden, haben internationales Medienecho ausgelöst. Nun klagt das US-Unternehmen gegen die Republik auf Gegendarstellung. Der Fall liegt beim Zürcher Handelsgericht.
Palantir klagt gegen die Republik
Unsere Recherchen zum Unternehmen haben internationales Echo ausgelöst.
www.republik.ch
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Das Schweizer Magazin @republik.ch leistet wichtige Arbeit - ich bin sehr froh, dass es Medien wie dieses gibt, (und dass ich immer mal wieder dort schreiben kann). Jetzt verklagt Palantir das Magazin wegen seiner Recherchen zur Firma - unterstützt “Republik” finanziell, wenn ihr könnt.
We had a chat with @surplusmagazin.de about our book which comes out in German on Monday
www.surplusmagazin.de/slobodian-un...
www.surplusmagazin.de/slobodian-un...
February 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
We had a chat with @surplusmagazin.de about our book which comes out in German on Monday
www.surplusmagazin.de/slobodian-un...
www.surplusmagazin.de/slobodian-un...
Sundowned
From today's @washingtonpost.com front page:
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Sundowned
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🚨 Chicago friends!
I’ll be doing an event on EXTRACTION hosted by @haymarketbooks.org and in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social this Monday! Come by if you can 😊
I’ll be doing an event on EXTRACTION hosted by @haymarketbooks.org and in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social this Monday! Come by if you can 😊
Chicago!
Haymarket Presents: @triofrancos.bsky.social in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social.
Monday, February 16th at 6:30 PM CT
Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual)
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Haymarket Presents: @triofrancos.bsky.social in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social.
Monday, February 16th at 6:30 PM CT
Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual)
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
🚨 Chicago friends!
I’ll be doing an event on EXTRACTION hosted by @haymarketbooks.org and in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social this Monday! Come by if you can 😊
I’ll be doing an event on EXTRACTION hosted by @haymarketbooks.org and in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social this Monday! Come by if you can 😊
An essential article 👇
(10/11) Dubal’s research showed that dynamic rates are coming for wages too, with Uber drivers with identical workloads and performance getting different pay based on the lowest amount the algorithm calculated they’d accept. www.columbialawreview.org/content/on-a...
ON ALGORITHMIC WAGE DISCRIMINATION - Columbia Law Review
INTRODUCTION Over the past two decades, technological developments have ushered in extreme levels of workplace monitoring and surveillance across many sectors. These automated systems record and quant...
www.columbialawreview.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
An essential article 👇
New fusionism:
“Citing their work, Brockman predicted in 2005 that the “dangerous idea of the next decade” would be that “groups of people differ genetically in their average talents”.”
ht @libankerdc.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
“Citing their work, Brockman predicted in 2005 that the “dangerous idea of the next decade” would be that “groups of people differ genetically in their average talents”.”
ht @libankerdc.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
New fusionism:
“Citing their work, Brockman predicted in 2005 that the “dangerous idea of the next decade” would be that “groups of people differ genetically in their average talents”.”
ht @libankerdc.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
“Citing their work, Brockman predicted in 2005 that the “dangerous idea of the next decade” would be that “groups of people differ genetically in their average talents”.”
ht @libankerdc.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
Extraordinary Boris Deutsch mural in the Truth or Consequences post office.
February 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Extraordinary Boris Deutsch mural in the Truth or Consequences post office.
Actually whiteness has become a central category for him. We are well beyond the substitution of culture for race.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Actually whiteness has become a central category for him. We are well beyond the substitution of culture for race.
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I suspect I may have some opinions to share about this next book I’m reading.
February 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I suspect I may have some opinions to share about this next book I’m reading.
approved reading for sheep tanning breaks
February 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
approved reading for sheep tanning breaks
“Tesla is the only member of the group whose reported earnings actually declined over that period.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Tesla Is the Odd Man Out in the Magnificent Seven
Tesla Inc. has long been an odd member of the ‘Magnificent 7.’ Strangely, its renewed efforts to fit in better only exacerbate that condition.
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
“Tesla is the only member of the group whose reported earnings actually declined over that period.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
"Liberalism is founded on the right to private property, but private property is also what breaks liberalism. For what better way than owning property is there for learning how to be a dictator?"
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
F&L Blog - Property Damages - International Karl Polanyi Society
Property Damages by Jacob Blumenfeld 13.02.2026 Does private property secure freedom, or train us for domination? In this article, philosopher Jacob Blumenfeld traces how liberal ownership rights shap...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Liberalism is founded on the right to private property, but private property is also what breaks liberalism. For what better way than owning property is there for learning how to be a dictator?"
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/02/13/f...
There is a v. generous prize ($7k) offered by @lpeproject.bsky.social for an article that advances the "Freedom from Want" agenda. Due in 2 days but worth an all-nighter for people working on the meaningful decommodification of access to basic needs in America. 👇
lpe.law.harvard.edu/fellowships-...
lpe.law.harvard.edu/fellowships-...
“Freedom from Want” Writing Award
lpe.law.harvard.edu
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
There is a v. generous prize ($7k) offered by @lpeproject.bsky.social for an article that advances the "Freedom from Want" agenda. Due in 2 days but worth an all-nighter for people working on the meaningful decommodification of access to basic needs in America. 👇
lpe.law.harvard.edu/fellowships-...
lpe.law.harvard.edu/fellowships-...
February 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Anruf der Buchhandlung, dass meine Vorbestellung aus April eingetroffen ist. 🥳
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Anruf der Buchhandlung, dass meine Vorbestellung aus April eingetroffen ist. 🥳
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According to Musk, Yolanda Diaz, daughter of an anti-Francoist shipyard worker, "hates the people of Spain."
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
According to Musk, Yolanda Diaz, daughter of an anti-Francoist shipyard worker, "hates the people of Spain."