Terry Eagleton at London historical materialism opening with cracking a few oxymoroi jokes: "business ethics" , "military intelligence" , "tragic novel" (prior to Thomas Hardy)

Another Friday afternoon looking at ugly fascists...

A visit to Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Good views of the city, impressive arts and architecture

Butternut squash blossom - first time I have planted this. Surprisingly pretty

Those world historical moments when someone suggesting I might like Clifford Geertz seems like a really amazing option

New design for Royal Mail letterboxes. Nothing beats the beauty of privatisation...

Private Eye this week

A bit late to this sharp discussion of the toxic waste that is AI from NLR Sidecar January 2025
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Occasional reminder of the Nazi-CIA links in the global war on emancipatory movements... Tonight courtesy of the brilliant "rule of Experts" by Timothy Mitchell, p. 148

Time for a restudy? #authoritarianpersonality

Utterly poor, sycophantic protrait of Friedrich Merz in @theguardian.com
No, Merz is not a "former banker". He worked as lobbyist and (legal) adviser for several multinational corporations from Germany and other nations (not only Blackrock). Failed to sell off defaulting German banks in 2010

Hey, #DeutscheBotschaft London. Warum wurden in Delhi bis zum 19.2. Stimmabgaben angenommen, in London aber nur bis 18.2.? Mir hat die #StadtHalle die Wahlunterlagen per Schneckenpost zugeschickt, Posteingang 19.2. "In Delhi" hätte das hätte immerhin gereicht, sie nach London zu bringen...

„Von den 20 SEK-Beamten, die an diesem Abend im Einsatz waren, sind 13 in rechtsextremen Chatgruppen gewesen. (...) Stellen Sie sich vor, sie sind in einer Bar, & da kommt ein Rechtsextremist, sie rufen die 110 & sie schicken 13 weitere Rechtsextreme.“ Said Hashemi 2024 #Lanz #Hanau #SayTheirNames

Intense debates and workshops developing ways forward yesterday at the Stand Up To Racism conference in #Bournemouth

Massive all-day #IncreaseThePeace fundraiser for local community support groups in #Boscombe this Saturday, Feb 8, from 1pm at #ChaplinsCellarBar
in support of Dignity Centre Bournemouth & Grounded Community ☮️🧡☮️
🎟️ TICKETS ON THE DOOR
✌️ SUGGESTED DONATION £5
☮️ Support your community

Are we approaching the reality check crunchpoint for AI (thanks @meadwaj.bsky.social who shared this over on the ex-platform)

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