Jason Read
@jasonread.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books:
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2920-the-double-shift
More here:
http://www.unemployednegativity.com
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2920-the-double-shift
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Jason Read
@jasonread.bsky.social
· Dec 25
The Double Shift
Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery—working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle. To paraphrase Sp...
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It is more than a little awkward to realize that I had two books come out this year, a fact due more to different schedules and timelines of publishing than some prodigious productivity. The Double Shift from Verso...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Paleontologists of the Cretaceous period: “We have named this fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex because it is like a terrible king that ruled over the other dinosaurs.”
Paleontologists of the Pleistocene: “We have named this fossil Short-Faced Bear because it is a bear with like a short face.”
Paleontologists of the Pleistocene: “We have named this fossil Short-Faced Bear because it is a bear with like a short face.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Paleontologists of the Cretaceous period: “We have named this fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex because it is like a terrible king that ruled over the other dinosaurs.”
Paleontologists of the Pleistocene: “We have named this fossil Short-Faced Bear because it is a bear with like a short face.”
Paleontologists of the Pleistocene: “We have named this fossil Short-Faced Bear because it is a bear with like a short face.”
It’s giving sans culottes
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It’s giving sans culottes
snow monkey (in Japan)
blue whale (of the coast of California)
armadillo (in Florida)
manatee (in Belize)
howler monkey (in Guatemala)
blue whale (of the coast of California)
armadillo (in Florida)
manatee (in Belize)
howler monkey (in Guatemala)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
snow monkey (in Japan)
blue whale (of the coast of California)
armadillo (in Florida)
manatee (in Belize)
howler monkey (in Guatemala)
blue whale (of the coast of California)
armadillo (in Florida)
manatee (in Belize)
howler monkey (in Guatemala)
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
The paucity of Thanksgiving movies is more than made up for by the fact that every television show from Buffy to Friends did at least one Thanksgiving episode.
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The paucity of Thanksgiving movies is more than made up for by the fact that every television show from Buffy to Friends did at least one Thanksgiving episode.
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Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
It is truly stunning how much of American politics in recent decades boils down to parsing and reacting to the supposed politics of the latest mass shooter.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
The Stories We Tell: Event and Mythocracy
www.unemployednegativity.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is truly stunning how much of American politics in recent decades boils down to parsing and reacting to the supposed politics of the latest mass shooter.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
Fourteen or fifteen years ago I posted this status update, a friend combined it with an image and it went viral. It still circulates around, often with new images like this one. I think that this has less to do with the nature of the quote than the reality it describes.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fourteen or fifteen years ago I posted this status update, a friend combined it with an image and it went viral. It still circulates around, often with new images like this one. I think that this has less to do with the nature of the quote than the reality it describes.
I am thankful for dogs and this dog in particular
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I am thankful for dogs and this dog in particular
Bruce Lee, born 85 years ago today.
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All the BEST Scenes from The Way of the Dragon 🌀 4K Legendary FIGHT SCENES
YouTube video by Boxoffice FIGHTING
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November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bruce Lee, born 85 years ago today.
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I listened to this during a day of baking, and I could not stop laughing. I always suspected that Harari was full of shit, but I had no idea how much.
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Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I listened to this during a day of baking, and I could not stop laughing. I always suspected that Harari was full of shit, but I had no idea how much.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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“Where everything else felt exhausted, the classroom was overflowing, plentiful. All we needed was a poem, a few hours each week, and trust in what we could do, in what we did do, together.”
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Where everything else felt exhausted, the classroom was overflowing, plentiful. All we needed was a poem, a few hours each week, and trust in what we could do, in what we did do, together.”
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
I finally watched Ballerina, which is the first John Wick film to include a training montage.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2024/03/requ...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2024/03/requ...
Requiem for a Training Montage: Or, Everyone's Crazy for a Self-Made Man
www.unemployednegativity.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I finally watched Ballerina, which is the first John Wick film to include a training montage.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2024/03/requ...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2024/03/requ...
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Digital blackface — your AI revolution in action
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Digital blackface — your AI revolution in action
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U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
It is easier to imagine ChatGPT becoming sentient and taking over the world than it is to imagine human beings coming up with a sensible response to the social and environmental destruction brought about by LLMs. Perhaps this is due to some default in our imagination.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It is easier to imagine ChatGPT becoming sentient and taking over the world than it is to imagine human beings coming up with a sensible response to the social and environmental destruction brought about by LLMs. Perhaps this is due to some default in our imagination.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Happy Planet of the Apes day to all who celebrate.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy Planet of the Apes day to all who celebrate.
It has been a Jimmy Cliff day. Love this cover.
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Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (1970)
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November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It has been a Jimmy Cliff day. Love this cover.
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