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They’re telling us what’s next ↙︎ — posted 09/10/24, tagged as artificial intelligence, climate destruction, hegemony, consent.

We’re not listening, but the oligarchs are signalling the next phase of climate denialism...

The struggle for liberation, perils of individualism, and radical praxis ↙︎ — posted 05/10/24, tagged as anarcho-syndicalism, marxism, capitalism, revolution, srt.

I have been pondering the theoretical landscape of anarchism, particularly anarcho-syndicalism, and its tensions and harmony with Marxist thought...

Productively “slow,” or just bourgeois? ↙︎ — posted 03/10/24, tagged as slow, academia, capitalism, exploitation, expropriation.

I am fortunate to hold a role which affords me the ability to take leave...

The “power” of AI ↙︎ — posted 28/09/24, tagged as AI, education, LLMs, power use, heat death, climate change.

Today I have some off the cuff thoughts about global heat death – revisiting an early theme (actually, the earliest in this particular incarnation of dispatches)...

(im)possibility politics ↙︎ — posted 23/09/24, tagged as identity politics, division, class warfare, war of position, gramsci.

I’ve been continuing to ponder the nature of identity politics, the flexibility of superstructural systems, and the ever more obvious role of hegemony in enforcement...

Our future: The AI panopticon ↙︎ — posted 17/09/24, tagged as AI futures, surveillance capitalism, billionaires, despotism.

Do you ever find yourself thinking that the billionaire capitalist class, bloated on the extracted value from wage-slaves, say things just to get a rise out of peopl...

On burnout ↙︎ — posted 16/09/24, tagged as work, burnout, capitalism, exploitation.

Today I have been contemplating burnout...

Alienating the young people ↙︎ — posted 10/09/24, tagged as your friendly neofascist government, capitalism.

The ALP has announced new legislature being developed to ban young people from social media at an arbitrary age [1]...

Spidey senses, public health, and capital ↙︎ — posted 04/09/24, tagged as spider man, spider man.

Today I ingested some media – what a gross way to say it – about the role and nature of the differential, challenged, and surmountable problems of COVID-19...

Are we moving closer to the sociopath strata? ↙︎ — posted 01/09/24, tagged as sociopathy, capitalism.

What a week in the world...

Apple was never pro-creative ↙︎ — posted 17/08/24, tagged as corporate greed.

Do you remember the glory days of Apple as the underdog? From early scrapes with Microsoft, through years of struggling management, the triumphant return of Steve Jo...

The normalisation of greed ↙︎ — posted 14/08/24, tagged as capitalist greed.

Not a day goes by where the direct affects of “line may only go up” capitalism doesn’t destroy another part of the human soul...

Lead paint, entitlement and a generational class-backslide ↙︎ — posted 30/07/24, tagged as what is the future.

I have a colleague, lets call them Geoff, who has worked for the University for 15 years...

Despotism and cynicism: a combination for the ages ↙︎ — posted 25/07/24, tagged as professional narcissism.

Not a day goes by that it doesn’t feel increasingly painful to observe the tyranny of despots...

When ideology shapes ontology ↙︎ — posted 17/07/24, tagged as revolution or death.

Today I have a bit of a wondering rant about the way the world has -become- and how ideology grips us so deeply as to destroy lives, livelihoods, and the fundamental...