Reposted by Peter HarrisonEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 19hAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH 0283
Reposted by Peter HarrisonLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In this week’s voting intention, Labour's lead widens as Reform fall to their lowest in over 18 months. 🌹 LAB 27% (+1) 🌳 CON 22% (-1) ⏩ REF 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-) 🟢 GREEN 9% (+1) ⚫ RES: 6% (-) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) ⚪️ OTH 1% (-) N = 2,041 | Fieldwork 25-29/9 | Changes w 18/09 614941
Reposted by Peter HarrisonL. Lacerta Winters 🏴🪳 ΘΔ @antarcticempire.net · 29/09/2026Falling strings Tiptoe across the sky Like to chase the dawn away Streaks of sunshine Planes of moonlight The stars all cluster Make me a part of your whole And strand me beside You altogether #poetry #art #writing 0225
Reposted by Peter HarrisonChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Treating the triple lock issue as one of pensioners vs non-pensioners is silly identity politics. The qn is: how do we best prepare for our retirements, & should we sacrifice some of this preparation to pay for social care insurance? I need convincing. 24816
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Praxis matters. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it. 000
Reposted by Peter HarrisonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money 31501139
Reposted by Peter HarrisonPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026See, making young people’s lives better, improving their life chances and giving them more opportunities, *that* could be a ‘moral crusade’. Changing U.K. benefits for young people is just about saving rich people’s money. 1220768
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A slightly disappointing set of essays from Zizek. Reads like he read the headlines in the morning and then dashed off an essay. Zizek is as contrarian as ever, but it feels a bit forced. #BookSky 📚 💙 Liberal Fascisms www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...goodreads.comLiberal Fascism (Žižek's Essays)With an apparently contradictory and characteristically… 140
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here are some notes from reading Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness.marxadventure.wordpress.comRough Notes: History and Class ConsciousnessAs always these are notes taken while reading, and therefore not a set of fully formed thoughts. What is orthodox Marxism? A concise outline of Hegelian marxism. The process though which the proletariat develops as a class drives their understanding of history and their role in it. This allows them to become both the subject and the object of history. This has implications for our understanding of history and science. 000
Reposted by Peter HarrisonFeral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Or do? Yeah, definitely do. (They are literally spelling out how scared they are of us working this out.) #SocialistSunday 2012131
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Parsifal preparation continues. Act 3 tonight. 120
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 0346
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A disappointing five 👇 Which story was inspired by rogue waves hitting the Queen Mary? The Saturday quiz www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comWhich story was inspired by rogue waves hitting the Queen Mary? The Saturday quizFrom the Battle of Watling Street and dingo dollars to Atomic Monster, Hammer and Troma, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 010
Reposted by Peter HarrisonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776172117
Reposted by Peter HarrisonDonaeld the Unready @donaeldtheunready.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When I die I'd like the epitaph on my headstone to read "I wanted to be buried over there, you've made a grave error." 0204
Reposted by Peter HarrisonVerso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"History and Class Consciousness is one of the most influential and, at the same time, the most controversial Marxist books of the twentieth century...The product of fifty years of critical reappraisal, this is one of the best studies ever written on Lukács’s thought." —Enzo Traverso Pre-order now! 0184
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEL PAÍS @elpais.com · 24/09/2026📹 Vídeo | Israel destruye olivos de agricultores palestinos en Cisjordania antes de la recolecta social.elpais.com/aci… 1493162
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026💯 this. In any other piece of software we'd think they've created malware and be looking at prosecution. Use the magic word "AI" and all of a sudden it's "oh no, what will the human machine do next". 010
Reposted by Peter HarrisonTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I do think you basically charge a few of them with the cybercrimes they're committing and the "alignment" problem does suddenly start to disappear. 261456343
Reposted by Peter HarrisonThe Spectre Haunting Europe @frightfulhobgoblin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Your regular reminder that the claim we have 'ballooning' welfare spending, or that it needs to be 'brought under control', is flatly false. It's a barefaced lie, told in order to justify hatred of the disabled, vulnerable and economically excluded. Not a fact which 'everyone agrees'. A lie. 074
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Passed a sign at Westminster station with Wordsworth's "Composed on Westminster Bridge" and I will spend the rest of the day singing Flanders and Swann "A Transport of Delight". youtu.be/7yHrpPRYgYM?...youtu.beFLANDERS & SWANN - 'A Transport Of Delight' - 45rpm 1957YouTube video by VinylFun 110
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH 1202
Reposted by Peter HarrisonBirkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Free Hilbre Island safety website used by more than 20,000 people in six months www.birkenhead.news/free-hilbre-...birkenhead.newsFree Hilbre Island safety website used by more than 20,000 people in six monthsMore than 20,000 people have used HilbreTides, the free website helping visitors understand when conditions are suitable for crossing the sands from West Kirby to Hilbre Island, since it launched… 012
Reposted by Peter HarrisonStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For comparison, the various so-called Green levies were probably costing the average household around £200.  0274
Reposted by Peter HarrisonThe Green Vanguard @greenvanguard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On #marxistmonday: It’s time to face the fact that resolving the climate crisis will require a fundamental shift away from our growth-based, corporate-dominated global system of capitalism. 194
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Liver-ese. Pieces of liver in a tomato sauce with spaghetti (like bolognese, geddit). 110
Reposted by Peter HarrisonBarbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Middle-class racists are horrified to discover they've attracted working-class racists to their village 🤔theguardian.comUnease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descendAs villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’ 610830
Reposted by Peter HarrisonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewarttheguardian.comAI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather StewartScale of debt issuance being used to fund the hectic pace of the datacentre rollout by tech firms is a worry 126914
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I suspect people assume I'm Norah when in fact this (correctly) assesses me as Sophie. 242
Reposted by Peter HarrisonThe Spectre Haunting Europe @frightfulhobgoblin.bsky.social · 20/09/20261. Authoritarian neoliberal project reaches shelf life 2. Gets roundly rejected by voters 3. Credulous insiders select regime-adjacent figure who promises limited change 4. Figure accepts dominant power structure, eschews even limited change and embarks on authoritarian neoliberal project. 5. See 1. 064
Reposted by Peter HarrisonPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 19/09/2026On Talk Like a Pirate Day please remember to listen like a pirate, too. Pirates have emotional needs. For every Jolly Roger aloft, there's a gloomy Roger below decks with back pain, worrying about his parrot and hoping his ex will let him see the kids on his next shore leave. #TalkLikeAPirateDay 2334
Reposted by Peter HarrisonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Life," said Marvin, "don't talk to me about life." 12812
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s unimaginable that a union leader would be given the sort of platform Ratcliffe routinely is. That’s revealing of the politics of class and power in 2020s Britain. 2484
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEL PAÍS @elpais.com · 19/09/2026COLUMNA | "El capitalismo no solo ha colonizado nuestro tiempo de trabajo, sino también el tiempo libre de nuestros hijos, a los que preparamos para la vida sin dejarles tiempo para vivirla". Por Ana Iris Simón social.elpais.com/kg7… 0188
Reposted by Peter HarrisonDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm 431633459
Reposted by Peter HarrisonWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires. 9434107
Reposted by Peter HarrisonThe Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hagia Sophia, which was inaugurated by Justinian in 537 five years after the second (Theodosian) version burned down during the Nika Riots of 532 0233
Reposted by Peter HarrisonOlaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ladies and gentlemen, male opera singers dubbed with ship’s horns 522777
Reposted by Peter HarrisonOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴☠️👇 823368
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today I cycled past the place where it happened last year for the first time since. Not sure how I feel about that. 020
Reposted by Peter HarrisonEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 16/09/2026AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH 0419
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Lukács writing in 1922 about the British media in 2026: "The journalist's 'lack of conviction', the prostitution of his experiences and beliefs is comprehensible only as the apogee of capitalist reification." 000
Reposted by Peter HarrisonWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Starting the campaign to put a motorway through the village of Piddlington. 1012811
Reposted by Peter HarrisonChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New substack: You can marginalize Marxism, but you cannot marginalize the facts. chrisdillow.substack.com/p/marx-on-aichrisdillow.substack.comMarx on AITechnical change is an issue of what capitalism does to workers. 63726
Reposted by Peter HarrisonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Under law the Quest for Ultimate Truth is quite clearly the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers. Any bloody machine goes and actually finds it and we're straight out of a job aren't we?" 0121
Peter Harrison @4harrisons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Haven't finished it yet, but up to now mostly Sophie (inside at least). 021
Reposted by Peter HarrisonAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Solar has overtaken Wind, even though it is far more recent. #SolarHockeyStickOfHope Wind started off in 1980s in wind farms. But it is a technology of the 20th century. It is not modularizable in manufacturing. it not shippable as is buljy with deployment of wind farms close to manufacturing. 411241
Reposted by Peter HarrisonWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Stock markets: “paraphrasing Jameson/Zizek/Fisher, it is easier to imagine AI destroying humanity than not being a good use of $1 trillion” 0156
Reposted by Peter HarrisonPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I hope I escape. 939990
Reposted by Peter HarrisonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 13/09/2026"the public needs to have a stake" taxpayer dollars are so clearly the direction of travel here 1616753
