I think that a life spent studying something, no matter how niche or obscure it might be, is probably better for the individual, for society, and even the planet than developing some new thing to market or produce.
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Brett Nicholls
@minorpolitics
Australian knowledge worker living in Aotearoa/New Zealand and toiling at the ideological coal face.
Joined December 2010
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Publication alert! Super happy to have this co-authored (w the wonderful Taylor Adams) article on 'ingestible somato-political tech' & gender in CT&T's special issue on #Foucault ... we discuss #ART #IVF #nootropics & #transmasc use of #testosterone
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Booze bus, 9am on a Sunday morning in Dunedin. Steer clear of the communion wine if that’s your thing!
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So this little scam is doing the rounds. Maybe let your young/elderly and vulnerable know, not to click on anything and to just delete it.
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Looking forward to next week's seminar.
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Bad light!!!? Come on. Cummins is seeing them pretty well #SLvAUS
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Suns robbed at the end there by dodgy home town umpiring decisions #AFLPowerSuns
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Borderlands now has a new home.
With three wonderful new issues. “Between ecology & indigeneity” ed. by & . “Do we really want a return to normal” ed. by and “Intersecting mobilities” ed. by & Miriam Ticktin
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Caught the opening of Ayesha Green’s Ko te Tūhono in the Octagon this morning. Looks powerful.
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“Racism has never been put in a critical context by the media. When it comes to fighting racism, the media are part of the problem. They perpetuate stereotypes. They lie by omission, distortion and selection. They give racists inflated importance and respectability”
- Stuart Hall
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late to respond to bushfires
late to order vaccinations
late to build quarantine facilities
late to support lockdowns
late to financially support victoria
late to respond to sexual assault
late to respond to climate change
is the #sameguy… late to everything.
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NZ psyche coming to the fore in this story about "alleged" behaviour of NZ athletes. Amazing how it seamlessly turns into a story about Australian athletes.
Claims of drunken behaviour on Olympians' flight back to NZ | Otago Daily Times Online News
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Only in a country whose ruling class has grown deeply deluded could a space joy ride like Jeff Bezos’s be seen as cause for public celebration rather than the symptom of moral rot and institutional decay that it so clearly is. jacobinmag.com/2021/07/jeff-b
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Another study that won't get headlines b/c it's own headline doesn't invoke hysteria: don't worry, you'll be okay whether you use social media, the Internet, read a book, watch a film or watch tv. #C11 #CRTC twitter.com/ShuhBillSkee/s
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Always struck by how rare it is for a Collingwood player to be penalised for holding the ball #AFLPiesBombers
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BT taking his barracking commentary to new level today #aflpiesbombers
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Will this revive the myth (see Roland Barthes work) of NZ as Middle Earth?
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Tweeting this superb piece again with following notes:
1. Hard to miss how few of Russell Jackson's sports media colleagues retweeted such a great read.
2. Isn't it strange no other media followed up news an AFL club was harbouring a paedophile network?
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It’s a joke when compared with the pasting commentators happily give teams like the Dockers and GWS
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Credit where it’s due. How is James Brayshaw not screaming abuse down his microphone while commentating this listless performance from the Roos? #AFLNorthDogs #afl
The lack of criticism by the commenters of this woeful North Melbourne team is staggering. Bradshaw’s understatement, “North have a lot of work to do” #AFLNorthDogs
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Old fashioned ruck work from Darcy in the forward pocket. What a joy to watch #AFLFreoGiants
So now there is no prior opportunity #aflswanscrows
If you missed our #adamcurtis discussion here it is! Huge thanks to for inviting me and to and all who came. Was so fun!😍
Curtis Discussion 2021.mp4
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My Blockchain Imperialism article is published 😎. So tickled to be in its open access for all my peoples!
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What a test match. Nice work Joe Burns. #AUSvIND
Virat looks like he’s going to make a big score #AUSvIND
When Steven Pinker insists the world is getting better and better, much of it's based on claims about declining global poverty. But a new report from the UN’s top poverty expert shows that global poverty has gone nearly unchanged over the last forty years.
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It’s curious that we are addressed by the state, in the context of this Covid-19 crisis, just as Adorno and Horkheimer outlined all those years ago in Dialectic of Enlightenment. We are addressed only in two ways: as workers and consumers. #adorno
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After 2 years gestation, it's wonderful to be able to reveal Borderlands new home at on a cool open access platform. Spread the word and write for us; we're here to stay!
exeley.com/journal/border
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Following lead, a shout out to some of the people who kept this vision alive. Our editors, Anne Begg, Vijay Devadas and ; past editors , Jane Mummery, , Lorenzo Veracini, Jon Stratton, Simone Drichel, and Goldie Osuri. 🥂
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That a 'replica' Endeavour is still going to 're-create' a circumnavigation of Australia that Capt Cook never made, while the country locks down against a deadly pandemic is as absurd as a 30 minute haircut while maintaining 1.5 meters social distance.
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There’s one thing #G20 leaders must agree to tomorrow: offer debt relief to the world’s poorest countries during #coronavirus Sign and RT, before the #G20VirtualSummit begins fb.avaaz.org/campaign/en/co
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Isn't it fascinating how, the same people who were until a few weeks ago saying there isn't enough money to invest in the green transition, suddenly divined trillions? Sure we must refloat the economy. But how about saving the planet immediately after the virus has been defeated?
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Great piece by on the ideological distortions & silences that shape public discourse about race."This lack of “racial literacy” comes down 2 the fact that the dominant interpretations of racism..are very far removed from what race actually is"
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This is an excellent piece on how journalists maintain class inequality in Britain: When Jacob Rees-Mogg lets slip what he really believes, the choices become clear.
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