Jon Schubert
@jonschu.bsky.social
Political anthropology: #infrastructures, #extractives #politics and #climatechange, esp. in #Angola and #Mozambique; find me Allegralaboratory.net and at critical urbanisms @unibas D/F/E/P
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Jon Schubert
@jonschu.bsky.social
· May 23
Contact Zones of Climate Preconstruction in Coastal Africa
This essay advances the notion of coastal contact zones as heuristic lens, and develops the conceptual framework of climate preconstruction, bringing them together to better understand the challenges....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
my conceptual piece from the #PRECURBICA is out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
many thanks to @ijurresearch.bsky.social editors and reviewers for a very constructive process! @zasb.unibas.ch
many thanks to @ijurresearch.bsky.social editors and reviewers for a very constructive process! @zasb.unibas.ch
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Same and same. Us haters should all come out together at the same time to show our strength in numbers. I live, breathe and practice my hatred of AI as a vocational calling. It gives me purpose.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Same and same. Us haters should all come out together at the same time to show our strength in numbers. I live, breathe and practice my hatred of AI as a vocational calling. It gives me purpose.
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Comment freiner cette croissance effrénée?
1️⃣ En rétablissant un prix adéquat des billets de trains et d'avion.
2️⃣ En finançant le train, pour offrir des alternatives efficaces: 80% des destinations au départ de la Suisse sont en Europe!
[5/]
1️⃣ En rétablissant un prix adéquat des billets de trains et d'avion.
2️⃣ En finançant le train, pour offrir des alternatives efficaces: 80% des destinations au départ de la Suisse sont en Europe!
[5/]
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Comment freiner cette croissance effrénée?
1️⃣ En rétablissant un prix adéquat des billets de trains et d'avion.
2️⃣ En finançant le train, pour offrir des alternatives efficaces: 80% des destinations au départ de la Suisse sont en Europe!
[5/]
1️⃣ En rétablissant un prix adéquat des billets de trains et d'avion.
2️⃣ En finançant le train, pour offrir des alternatives efficaces: 80% des destinations au départ de la Suisse sont en Europe!
[5/]
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But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
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UCU Edinburgh strike rally. 1pm, Wed 19 Nov, on the concourse outside the Scottish Parliament. Speakers from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social UCU, Unite and Unison branches at the university and students #StopTheCuts #StopStaffCutsatUoE
Join us tomorrow at the Parliament for a staff and student rally against the cuts!
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
UCU Edinburgh strike rally. 1pm, Wed 19 Nov, on the concourse outside the Scottish Parliament. Speakers from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social UCU, Unite and Unison branches at the university and students #StopTheCuts #StopStaffCutsatUoE
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I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
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Zum ChatGPT-"Interview" in der Sonntagszeitung. Es hat mich unglaublich fest aufgeregt. Vielleicht merkt man es.
Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot.
Zum "Interview" (Paywall):
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...
Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot.
Zum "Interview" (Paywall):
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Zum ChatGPT-"Interview" in der Sonntagszeitung. Es hat mich unglaublich fest aufgeregt. Vielleicht merkt man es.
Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot.
Zum "Interview" (Paywall):
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...
Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot.
Zum "Interview" (Paywall):
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Die kommende #Abstimmung über die Initiative Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert ist wieder mal ein Lehrstück für hegemonische Dominanz 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Die kommende #Abstimmung über die Initiative Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert ist wieder mal ein Lehrstück für hegemonische Dominanz 1/
Take note, #Switzerland
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Take note, #Switzerland
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Je pense que tout le monde devrait écouter cette prise de parole et mesurer ce qui vient de se produire avec cette tentative d'annulation, validée en haut lieu, d'un colloque scientifique au Collège de France
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Je pense que tout le monde devrait écouter cette prise de parole et mesurer ce qui vient de se produire avec cette tentative d'annulation, validée en haut lieu, d'un colloque scientifique au Collège de France
#NewBookDay!
The upside of reviewing two book manuscripts in the first month of the teaching term… 🤩
The upside of reviewing two book manuscripts in the first month of the teaching term… 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#NewBookDay!
The upside of reviewing two book manuscripts in the first month of the teaching term… 🤩
The upside of reviewing two book manuscripts in the first month of the teaching term… 🤩
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The new "the dog ate my homework".
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The new "the dog ate my homework".
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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Just to pre-empt any Amazon/sales bullshit taking place this month.
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just to pre-empt any Amazon/sales bullshit taking place this month.
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
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New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
When I Loved New York
Will Mamdani bring back the city I remember? Can anyone?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
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Allegra editor Faduma Abukar Mursal is speaking at UniSG/online on Nov. 10th, 10.15 to 11.45 CET — "Ordinary confinement: warfare, displacement, and urban marginality"
Zoom ID 655 9084 8325 | Passcode: etalks
Zoom ID 655 9084 8325 | Passcode: etalks
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Allegra editor Faduma Abukar Mursal is speaking at UniSG/online on Nov. 10th, 10.15 to 11.45 CET — "Ordinary confinement: warfare, displacement, and urban marginality"
Zoom ID 655 9084 8325 | Passcode: etalks
Zoom ID 655 9084 8325 | Passcode: etalks
back this innovative & artistic knowledge co-production project between Switzerland and Cameroon: wemakeit.com/projects/res...
Research as Friendship? – Crowdfunding on wemakeit
A refuge for humanity? Slow-paced and transdisciplinary research in Switzerland and Cameroon: Enable a transmedia publication fuelled by a 20 years friend- and researchpartnership.
wemakeit.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
back this innovative & artistic knowledge co-production project between Switzerland and Cameroon: wemakeit.com/projects/res...
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
They could borrow some money to pay all the artists and writers whose stuff they’ve nicked while they’re at it.
They could borrow some money to pay all the artists and writers whose stuff they’ve nicked while they’re at it.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
They could borrow some money to pay all the artists and writers whose stuff they’ve nicked while they’re at it.
They could borrow some money to pay all the artists and writers whose stuff they’ve nicked while they’re at it.
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Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!