The mask is off: tech oligarchs are building a new imperial order. We'll need to fight for 2026 and beyond. Read Vasilis Kostakis on alternatives beyond dystopia.
The CEO-Kings Are Coming
A growing alliance of tech billionaires is accelerating the political trend towards authoritarianism. Not because they hate voting in principle, but because genuine democracy might impose limits: on w...
degrowth.info
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The mask is off: tech oligarchs are building a new imperial order. We'll need to fight for 2026 and beyond. Read Vasilis Kostakis on alternatives beyond dystopia.
📸 | Liverpool is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe and fittingly home to the largest Chinese Arch outside of China. ⛩
Photo by Irina Kostakis
Photo by Irina Kostakis
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
📸 | Liverpool is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe and fittingly home to the largest Chinese Arch outside of China. ⛩
Photo by Irina Kostakis
Photo by Irina Kostakis
Bookshelf reorganised, at least the important gay bits. I swear I will read at least one of these at some point.
(Unrelated sidenote upon finding the *other* hockey smut I bought in Brisbane and never read: Australia picked the wrong year to go from three queer bookshops to only one.)
(Unrelated sidenote upon finding the *other* hockey smut I bought in Brisbane and never read: Australia picked the wrong year to go from three queer bookshops to only one.)
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Bookshelf reorganised, at least the important gay bits. I swear I will read at least one of these at some point.
(Unrelated sidenote upon finding the *other* hockey smut I bought in Brisbane and never read: Australia picked the wrong year to go from three queer bookshops to only one.)
(Unrelated sidenote upon finding the *other* hockey smut I bought in Brisbane and never read: Australia picked the wrong year to go from three queer bookshops to only one.)
🔓The back cover showcases work by Theocharis C. Stamatatos, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, George Kostakis & co on a preformed 1-D {CuII₂}ₙ helical chain as precursor to a decanuclear 0-D {CuII₈MnII₂} cluster: synthesis, structure & magnetism👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...
📍University of Patras 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...
📍University of Patras 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🔓The back cover showcases work by Theocharis C. Stamatatos, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, George Kostakis & co on a preformed 1-D {CuII₂}ₙ helical chain as precursor to a decanuclear 0-D {CuII₈MnII₂} cluster: synthesis, structure & magnetism👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...
📍University of Patras 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...
📍University of Patras 🧪
Many businesses now rely on #AI for an array of tasks and processes to boost efficiency.
But while the rewards are big, the risks could be bigger. Kostakis Bouzoukas offers a rulebook for understanding, using and monitoring AI in the workplace @lsebr.bsky.social.
But while the rewards are big, the risks could be bigger. Kostakis Bouzoukas offers a rulebook for understanding, using and monitoring AI in the workplace @lsebr.bsky.social.
An AI playbook for working with non-human minds - LSE Business Review
How should your businesses use artificial intelligence in 2026? Follow this set of rules for understanding, using and monitoring AI.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Many businesses now rely on #AI for an array of tasks and processes to boost efficiency.
But while the rewards are big, the risks could be bigger. Kostakis Bouzoukas offers a rulebook for understanding, using and monitoring AI in the workplace @lsebr.bsky.social.
But while the rewards are big, the risks could be bigger. Kostakis Bouzoukas offers a rulebook for understanding, using and monitoring AI in the workplace @lsebr.bsky.social.
I finished 14 books in 2025. It was a tough year to find time when my brain would let me read. (To see them you can search for #read2025>.) They’ve all been special in their own way.
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I finished 14 books in 2025. It was a tough year to find time when my brain would let me read. (To see them you can search for #read2025>.) They’ve all been special in their own way.
AI as commons: Why we need community-controlled Artificial Intelligence, By Vasilis Kostakis & Aristotle Tympas policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #commons
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
AI as commons: Why we need community-controlled Artificial Intelligence, By Vasilis Kostakis & Aristotle Tympas policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #commons
“Coda nasals in early Germanic languages” by Andrew Kostakis (Nov. ’25) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Coda nasals in early Germanic languages” by Andrew Kostakis (Nov. ’25) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Rosenberg, K.-L., Neradova, A., Kostakis, I., Hendra, H., Wright, D., Burns, Á., & Davenport, A. (2025). Trajectory of frailty and association with adverse outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease over the first year of dialysis. Scientific Reports, 15(35092)
Rosenberg, K.-L., Neradova, A., Kostakis, I., Hendra, H., Wright, D., Burns, Á., & Davenport, A. (2025). Trajectory of frailty and association with adverse outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease over the first year of dialysis. Scientific Reports, 15(35092)
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Rosenberg, K.-L., Neradova, A., Kostakis, I., Hendra, H., Wright, D., Burns, Á., & Davenport, A. (2025). Trajectory of frailty and association with adverse outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease over the first year of dialysis. Scientific Reports, 15(35092)
Rosenberg, K.-L., Neradova, A., Kostakis, I., Hendra, H., Wright, D., Burns, Á., & Davenport, A. (2025). Trajectory of frailty and association with adverse outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease over the first year of dialysis. Scientific Reports, 15(35092)
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
Happy Bonfire Night Liverpool! 🎇💥
📹 Irene Kostakis
📹 Irene Kostakis
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy Bonfire Night Liverpool! 🎇💥
📹 Irene Kostakis
📹 Irene Kostakis
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Oil shocks and firm investment on the two sides of the Atlantic: Anaya Longaric, Pablo; Kostakis, Vasileios; Parisi, Laura; Vinci, Francesca
📸 | Liverpool Waterfront Sunsets 🔥
Photo by Irene Kostakis
Photo by Irene Kostakis
September 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📸 | Liverpool Waterfront Sunsets 🔥
Photo by Irene Kostakis
Photo by Irene Kostakis
Beyond the Final Whistle: Football For a Better World with Vasilis Kostakis
open.spotify.com/episode/1I6S...
open.spotify.com/episode/1I6S...
Beyond the Final Whistle with Vasilis Kostakis
open.spotify.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Beyond the Final Whistle: Football For a Better World with Vasilis Kostakis
open.spotify.com/episode/1I6S...
open.spotify.com/episode/1I6S...
@mattdoyle.bsky.social Stumbled upon this recently. Have you read it? Seems good so far!
August 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@mattdoyle.bsky.social Stumbled upon this recently. Have you read it? Seems good so far!
📢 Sporting Change - can football be a force for good?
In an interview with Cool Down, Professor Vasilis Kostakis talks about the game beautiful game as both a mirror of today’s crises and a lab for alternatives.
Vasilis's new book 👉https://plutobooks.com/9780745351216/beyond-the-final-whistle/
In an interview with Cool Down, Professor Vasilis Kostakis talks about the game beautiful game as both a mirror of today’s crises and a lab for alternatives.
Vasilis's new book 👉https://plutobooks.com/9780745351216/beyond-the-final-whistle/
SPORTING CHANGE: Can football help us build a different society? — Cool Down
Vasilis Kostakis discusses his new book, Beyond the Final Whistle: Football for a Better World.
www.cooldownclimate.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📢 Sporting Change - can football be a force for good?
In an interview with Cool Down, Professor Vasilis Kostakis talks about the game beautiful game as both a mirror of today’s crises and a lab for alternatives.
Vasilis's new book 👉https://plutobooks.com/9780745351216/beyond-the-final-whistle/
In an interview with Cool Down, Professor Vasilis Kostakis talks about the game beautiful game as both a mirror of today’s crises and a lab for alternatives.
Vasilis's new book 👉https://plutobooks.com/9780745351216/beyond-the-final-whistle/
Είδα που είχες αλληλεπίδραση νωριτερα. @kostakis-me-block.bsky.social είσαι καλά;
August 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Είδα που είχες αλληλεπίδραση νωριτερα. @kostakis-me-block.bsky.social είσαι καλά;
We Could Be Something, by Will Kostakis @willkostakis.bsky.social
Hilarious one moment, heartbreaking the next. A romance/coming out story/family drama with alternating generational storytelling that's utterly unique.
#🌈📚 #Authors #books #reviews #lgbtqromance #booksky #queerbookworms
Hilarious one moment, heartbreaking the next. A romance/coming out story/family drama with alternating generational storytelling that's utterly unique.
#🌈📚 #Authors #books #reviews #lgbtqromance #booksky #queerbookworms
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We Could Be Something, by Will Kostakis @willkostakis.bsky.social
Hilarious one moment, heartbreaking the next. A romance/coming out story/family drama with alternating generational storytelling that's utterly unique.
#🌈📚 #Authors #books #reviews #lgbtqromance #booksky #queerbookworms
Hilarious one moment, heartbreaking the next. A romance/coming out story/family drama with alternating generational storytelling that's utterly unique.
#🌈📚 #Authors #books #reviews #lgbtqromance #booksky #queerbookworms
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY @uofficial.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY @uofficial.bsky.social
This is Kostakis. In Greek when you call someone you drop the final "s" so mostly when people call him they say "'Staki" and so now as I've bastardised it into a classic drummer this exchange has happened:
Me: "Zak Starkey?"
Nephew: "Who?"
Me: "Precisely."
Me: "Zak Starkey?"
Nephew: "Who?"
Me: "Precisely."
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is Kostakis. In Greek when you call someone you drop the final "s" so mostly when people call him they say "'Staki" and so now as I've bastardised it into a classic drummer this exchange has happened:
Me: "Zak Starkey?"
Nephew: "Who?"
Me: "Precisely."
Me: "Zak Starkey?"
Nephew: "Who?"
Me: "Precisely."