stilllife
@stilllife0.bsky.social
Loser. Geographer, Durham, UK.
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Spinoza's Geographical Ethics - out now, open access in e-book form: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-spinoza... @edinburghup.bsky.social
Spinoza's Geographical Ethics
Spinoza's Geographical Ethics
edinburghuniversitypress.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Spinoza's Geographical Ethics - out now, open access in e-book form: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-spinoza... @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop
Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
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Just out paper which might be of interest to those who work on Urban Geograpy, Geographies of Home, and affective thinking (especially ambivalence).
It is a paper that considers the wonderful Iman Mersal's poetic oeuvre as a form of geography.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
It is a paper that considers the wonderful Iman Mersal's poetic oeuvre as a form of geography.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
“Giving up the Idea of Home”: Ambivalent Geographies, Geopoetics, and Resisting Capture in the Cities of the Middle East
Abstract. This paper sits with the geopoetics of the Egyptian poet and writer Iman Mersal to grapple with affective ambivalence towards common objects of d
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October 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Just out paper which might be of interest to those who work on Urban Geograpy, Geographies of Home, and affective thinking (especially ambivalence).
It is a paper that considers the wonderful Iman Mersal's poetic oeuvre as a form of geography.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
It is a paper that considers the wonderful Iman Mersal's poetic oeuvre as a form of geography.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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⏰ Geographers! In light of the emergency situation we find ourselves in, I have put together an open letter to the RGS asking them to respond to the current unfolding situation with the RGS and EHRC. Please DM/email for details on how to read/sign. Re-post!
April 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
⏰ Geographers! In light of the emergency situation we find ourselves in, I have put together an open letter to the RGS asking them to respond to the current unfolding situation with the RGS and EHRC. Please DM/email for details on how to read/sign. Re-post!
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“Biology is all the more political because of how it is used as if it isn’t” @saranahmed.bsky.social in her usual uncompromising form: feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
Patriarchal Hammers
Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court
feministkilljoys.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Biology is all the more political because of how it is used as if it isn’t” @saranahmed.bsky.social in her usual uncompromising form: feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
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This is very good and if you work in a UK university you should read it.
The latest from our Joint Unions Finance Working Group looks at the 'logic' behind the huge cuts being proposed at the University of Edinburgh
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/tlwewp3...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/tlwewp3...
Reckless downsizing: the “logics” of management’s cuts — UCU Edinburgh
Unpacking the “business model” behind the UoE cuts
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is very good and if you work in a UK university you should read it.
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An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain by our colleague Ivan Markovic focuses on the social, cultural and emotional aspects of smoking in modern Britain, covering 150 years of British history bit.ly/40qP8j5
An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain
This book studies the historiography of smoking in modern Britain, with a focus on the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of the practice.Centring on four…
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March 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain by our colleague Ivan Markovic focuses on the social, cultural and emotional aspects of smoking in modern Britain, covering 150 years of British history bit.ly/40qP8j5
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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
voice.cymru
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it
TSQ Trans* Ecologies Print Issue read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/issue/11/4
Volume 11 Issue 4 | TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it
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fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."
www.404media.co
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers
My holiday project.
December 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
My holiday project.
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Invitation to a collective project!
What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography?
Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇
What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography?
Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇
December 20, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Invitation to a collective project!
What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography?
Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇
What, for you, is the promise of cultural geography?
Vickie Zhang and I are seeking responses to the prompt (1-1000 words) by the end of February. They will be compiled, and made freely available in a publication (with DOI & ISBN). Details 👇
Essential reference material
December 12, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Essential reference material
NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL!
Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.
Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.
Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.
Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.
Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.
Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.
Indigenous Ontologies | Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory
Agoriad (meaning Openings in Welsh) is a diamond open access journal exploring theoretical and philosophical ideas in Human Geography and associated fields, published annually. Each volume explores a ...
agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 PM
NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL!
Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.
Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.
Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.
Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.
Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.
Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.
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Any model of philosophy which thinks the real dangers are all on the continental philosophy side is just begging for a return of the British empire
This flow chart is also canonical
(sincere apologies but I do not think I can alt-text this)
(sincere apologies but I do not think I can alt-text this)
November 14, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Any model of philosophy which thinks the real dangers are all on the continental philosophy side is just begging for a return of the British empire
To start with this new platform as I mean to go on - pictures of cats hassling me while I work. Here’s Spike…
November 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM
To start with this new platform as I mean to go on - pictures of cats hassling me while I work. Here’s Spike…