Jan Breslau
@janbreslau.bsky.social
"I may mean to inflict a prick, not a wound, or not to wound the person whom I wound, or not to deal a wound of this kind."
The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, V. 8. 6
The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, V. 8. 6
Pinned
Think twice before calling yourself a storyteller. They've appropriated that too, and for what? For maximising 'the corporate narrative': www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Storytellers: how the world’s oldest job became the hottest new corporate job title
Big tech, retailers and compliance firms are hiring people to ‘own the narrative’. But what do they actually mean by that?
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Think twice before calling yourself a storyteller. They've appropriated that too, and for what? For maximising 'the corporate narrative': www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
"Be bold — read much — write much — publish little — keep aloof from the little wits, and fear nothing." – Edgar Allan Poe, October 1843
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Be bold — read much — write much — publish little — keep aloof from the little wits, and fear nothing." – Edgar Allan Poe, October 1843
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... The dire situation in Quilicura, CHILE. AI and data centres feeding our thirst for connection and novelty cause a massive environmental crisis to the local water supply.
ARTE Reportage - Data Centre Drought - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
In Chile water is disappearing, and not just because of drought. Data centres have been built on the outskirts of the capital Santiago for google and other tech giants, encouraged by the socialist gov...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... The dire situation in Quilicura, CHILE. AI and data centres feeding our thirst for connection and novelty cause a massive environmental crisis to the local water supply.
"The reason why the law does not cover all cases is that there are matters about which it is impossible to lay down a law, so that they require a special decree. For that which is variable needs a variable rule, like the leaden rule employed in the Lesbian style of masonry..." Nicom. Ethics V.10.6-7
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The reason why the law does not cover all cases is that there are matters about which it is impossible to lay down a law, so that they require a special decree. For that which is variable needs a variable rule, like the leaden rule employed in the Lesbian style of masonry..." Nicom. Ethics V.10.6-7
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Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
Traumatised? Digitally displaced? Or sold a convenient label... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland
In an economy that rewards confession and self-labeling, pain is no longer something to survive – but something to brand, sell, and curate
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December 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Traumatised? Digitally displaced? Or sold a convenient label... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant
GUY DEBORD:
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Society of the Spectacle full movie - Guy Debord (1974)
YouTube video by Mourinho335
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December 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
GUY DEBORD:
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From Dora Marsden, with Love (1909)
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
From Dora Marsden, with Love (1909)
The Merge
YouTube video by Swans - Topic
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December 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What a nice little group of lads... Getting together for the cause... Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him
Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van
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December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
What a nice little group of lads... Getting together for the cause... Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
The Demand for Silence • EQUATOR
Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Well well well. Try to defend AI in the context of this phenomenal "invention"
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Well well well. Try to defend AI in the context of this phenomenal "invention"
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L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
« C’est l’aube d’une nouvelle ère, celle de l’indépendance énergétique totale de l’Europe vis-à-vis de la Russie », a réagi la présidente de la Commision européenne Ursula von der Leyen.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
I Left My Sorrows in the Laundry Basin • EQUATOR
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada
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December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
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@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... A pressing issue - domestic violence
I'm Going to Kill You - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
Domestic violence often goes hand in hand with psychological and emotional abuse. Filmmaker Karine Dusfour was given rare permission to film domestic violence trials in French courts and sheds light o...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... A pressing issue - domestic violence