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Great new paper from Alex Baker in Antipode
“For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town
Understanding eviction as a positioning of bodies and loss in a property relation, I argue a critical logistical reading may offer a means of describing the capacity to evict within the economic, rac...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
'My latest' an attempt an conceptualizing a critical eviction-logistics as the allocation of loss, at the convergence of mobility race and housing, while trying to follow the moving parts of Eviction in Cape Town (and working within the complexities of a pandemic where eviction was paused):
How many times do you think his wife pushed Mierle Laderman Ukeles content on him?
This is so good. Love to see the sanitation department getting the glamor treatment. The folks who really make cities work
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
How many times do you think his wife pushed Mierle Laderman Ukeles content on him?
Burns night, so its time to post the greatest Scots Poem again.
Ian Hamilton Finlay:
Ian Hamilton Finlay:
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Burns night, so its time to post the greatest Scots Poem again.
Ian Hamilton Finlay:
Ian Hamilton Finlay:
Amazed this hasn't come up for some sort of TikTok revival yet (probs because its not on most streaming services) youtu.be/PcGIat6eOHo?...
Semifinalists- S/T (Full album- Indie Rock, 2006)
YouTube video by LaBLAOWatory
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Amazed this hasn't come up for some sort of TikTok revival yet (probs because its not on most streaming services) youtu.be/PcGIat6eOHo?...
Self-promote: Very happy to have got myself into an issue alongside such a great set of papers.
In case you missed it:
The agrarian modernisiert special issue @antipodeonline.bsky.social is out . Edited by Christian LUND & Hillary FAXON
#geosky @plaasuwc.bsky.social @landrush.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @landmatrix.bsky.social
antipodeonline.org/2025/12/11/v...
The agrarian modernisiert special issue @antipodeonline.bsky.social is out . Edited by Christian LUND & Hillary FAXON
#geosky @plaasuwc.bsky.social @landrush.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @landmatrix.bsky.social
antipodeonline.org/2025/12/11/v...
Volume 57, Issue 6 November 2025 - Antipode Online
The first nine articles form a Symposium, “Agrarian Modernities: Land Futures and Surprise in the Countryside”, organised by Hilary Faxon and Christian Lund. Many thanks from everyone at Antipode to H...
antipodeonline.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Self-promote: Very happy to have got myself into an issue alongside such a great set of papers.
This really is in the territory of 'Harris was unpopular' more than 'people liked trump' isn't it? a year of the guy and everyone starts to remember why he's awful.
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back. In today’s poll, Mr. Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This really is in the territory of 'Harris was unpopular' more than 'people liked trump' isn't it? a year of the guy and everyone starts to remember why he's awful.
The opening line of this is a grift New Yorkers have been pulling for too long in my opinion. You live in one of the largest and most diverse cities on earth - the problem might just be dating.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The opening line of this is a grift New Yorkers have been pulling for too long in my opinion. You live in one of the largest and most diverse cities on earth - the problem might just be dating.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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This cannot be emphasised enough: the phrase is itself eliminationist as it sets up being trans as pretense/deception and is calculated to pruriently evoke body parts & elicit disgust.
The ferocity with which the vile phrase “a biological male who identifies as a woman” is being embedded across multiple media in Britain is horrifying. It shows how quickly support for eliminationist attacks against trans and gender diverse people is being solidified
January 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This cannot be emphasised enough: the phrase is itself eliminationist as it sets up being trans as pretense/deception and is calculated to pruriently evoke body parts & elicit disgust.
Not one of those tedious bores who has views on how to serve it (most of it is marketing anyway and other, superior, drinks are available), but I've always considered mostly legendary the 'bad British Guinness'... it finally struck tonight. Behold.
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Not one of those tedious bores who has views on how to serve it (most of it is marketing anyway and other, superior, drinks are available), but I've always considered mostly legendary the 'bad British Guinness'... it finally struck tonight. Behold.
Laughing at Mark Kermode taking several minutes to go in on Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight in his review of Hamnet.
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Laughing at Mark Kermode taking several minutes to go in on Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight in his review of Hamnet.
I'm not having a go at anyone in the thread below but students foresaw this when fees were introduced, and again when the new fees came in, and fought determinedly against it, in some cases at enormous personal cost, only to be condescended and lied to about what are now consensus effects.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I'm not having a go at anyone in the thread below but students foresaw this when fees were introduced, and again when the new fees came in, and fought determinedly against it, in some cases at enormous personal cost, only to be condescended and lied to about what are now consensus effects.
A notable thing at the moment is how mainstreaming opposition to ICE tries to draw a contrast with a Municipal and State Level law enforcement and US military perceived as more authentic. This is very different to regular police abolition discourses.
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
A notable thing at the moment is how mainstreaming opposition to ICE tries to draw a contrast with a Municipal and State Level law enforcement and US military perceived as more authentic. This is very different to regular police abolition discourses.
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'My latest' an attempt an conceptualizing a critical eviction-logistics as the allocation of loss, at the convergence of mobility race and housing, while trying to follow the moving parts of Eviction in Cape Town (and working within the complexities of a pandemic where eviction was paused):
Great new paper from Alex Baker in Antipode
“For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For a Critical Logistics of Eviction: Producing Property Through Mobility in Cape Town
Understanding eviction as a positioning of bodies and loss in a property relation, I argue a critical logistical reading may offer a means of describing the capacity to evict within the economic, rac...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'My latest' an attempt an conceptualizing a critical eviction-logistics as the allocation of loss, at the convergence of mobility race and housing, while trying to follow the moving parts of Eviction in Cape Town (and working within the complexities of a pandemic where eviction was paused):
"You can't be cynical. You can't be cold-hearted. You can't do anything without empathy. And it's obvious that one has to side with the poor, the disgraced, and the tormented. This is a moral duty, and not a question of profession, nor a question of your social status."
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"You can't be cynical. You can't be cold-hearted. You can't do anything without empathy. And it's obvious that one has to side with the poor, the disgraced, and the tormented. This is a moral duty, and not a question of profession, nor a question of your social status."
Its not really complicated tho? The oil companies have said the oil IS worth drilling but the security costs of doing that in Venezuela are high, trump is making them do it, Its two bank robbers fighting over who has to pay for the shipping costs of the bullion
this is one of the problems with scheming viziers running the show, trump says, clearly, that it's about the oil, and to him, it might be; for rubio, it's something different, for hegseth, it's yet again something different. the insanity comes from trying to reconcile three competing thoughts
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Its not really complicated tho? The oil companies have said the oil IS worth drilling but the security costs of doing that in Venezuela are high, trump is making them do it, Its two bank robbers fighting over who has to pay for the shipping costs of the bullion
I see my desk chair has decided to completely break on me today just as another possible major bill arrives. Good work universe.
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I see my desk chair has decided to completely break on me today just as another possible major bill arrives. Good work universe.
"there are some who are compulsive writers who write despite all the odds, there are others - and Johnson was one - who write when something forces them to" youtu.be/y-XT60SikcA?...
B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson (1971) - excerpt
YouTube video by Celestialrailroad
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December 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"there are some who are compulsive writers who write despite all the odds, there are others - and Johnson was one - who write when something forces them to" youtu.be/y-XT60SikcA?...
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Next year, AbdouMaliq Simone and I will launch the new research program of the @InhabitationLab. In this post, we recall the work our collective did in the first years of the project.
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Beyond Inhabitation Lab: towards the next five years – Beyond Inhabitation
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December 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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A few years ago it was 'We simply suggest its not racist to talk about immigration' and now the conversation about immigration that we seem unable to *not* have is: 'Are Pakistanis paedophiles?'
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A few years ago it was 'We simply suggest its not racist to talk about immigration' and now the conversation about immigration that we seem unable to *not* have is: 'Are Pakistanis paedophiles?'
Home Alone is a deeply christian film about 'American man' and his abandonment of god in favour of crass commercialism, and his ultimate reconciliation with the church as embodied in the white suburban family, and I WISH I was in any way joking about that.
I know the popular debate is about "Die Hard," but it always surprises me that people fail to recognize that "Home Alone" is NOT in any way a Christmas movie.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Home Alone is a deeply christian film about 'American man' and his abandonment of god in favour of crass commercialism, and his ultimate reconciliation with the church as embodied in the white suburban family, and I WISH I was in any way joking about that.
Wallace's actions far more easily explained when you realise his shareholders want RESULTS
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wallace's actions far more easily explained when you realise his shareholders want RESULTS
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This is the guy Wes Streeting wants your health data to belong to btw
it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is the guy Wes Streeting wants your health data to belong to btw
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trying to sort out my notes app and there's one that just says this
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
trying to sort out my notes app and there's one that just says this
We dont have an overdiagnosis of ADHD and Autism: We have a gap between the material life of society and the capacity of the social state across the board to absorb its intolerable elements. Instead of dealing with that we are seeing managed and strategic abandonment of groups.
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We dont have an overdiagnosis of ADHD and Autism: We have a gap between the material life of society and the capacity of the social state across the board to absorb its intolerable elements. Instead of dealing with that we are seeing managed and strategic abandonment of groups.
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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
1/2
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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