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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Out now: The first of two themed special issues. Part 1 opens with an agenda-setting article on technofinance by the editors and a key essay by @paullangley.bsky.social and @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the disappearance of fintech. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Finance and Society: Volume 12 - When finance becomes tech, Part I | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - Finance and Society - Volume 12 - When finance becomes tech, Part I

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pleased to contribute a co-authored essay with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social to this project. Also looking forward to reading the rest of the contributions, and participating in debates over FinTech which they spark

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/09/2026

Our members at the University of Nottingham begin strike action tomorrow over devastating job and course cuts. They will walk out tomorrow and Thursday, before beginning sustained strike action from 5 October. Share, like and comment to show your solidarity with our members.

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Out now: the new issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social. It's the first of two themed special issues. Part 1 opens with an agenda-setting article on technofinance by the editors and a key essay by Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon on the disappearance of fintech. Check it! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As ever, I've been cast as dreaded Referee 2. I'll report back if I manage to write a review against type.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An immediate example of the unbiquity of fintech emerged as I was pointing @paullangley.bsky.social in the direction of his hotel. We were approached by two Big Issue sellers who responded to our stock apology of 'Sorry, no change' with, 'But we have a card reader'. They did: an app on a mobile.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tonight Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, on Fintech Capital: the digital transformation of everyday money and finance (Zone Books). For an academic publisher their books are beautifully designed and affordable. Fintech? You use it every day. fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/fint... #booksky

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This was a real pleasure. Many thanks @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social for hosting us, Sarah Hall and Shaun French for engaging commentaries, @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for organising, and Zone Books and @princetonupress.bsky.social for support

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week, I have the privilege of delivering the opening keynote to this amazing programme @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference 2026. What a way to mark the UK and European publication of our book, FinTech Capital @andrewleyshon.bsky.social @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Norway's Prime Minister marks Trump's homework

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Now available worldwide, @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social's Fintech Capital is a thorough examination of the worldwide digital transformation of people’s everyday monetary & financial relations driven by the emergence of FinTech. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Fintech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance by Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon. Zone Books

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FINTECH CAPITAL @fintechcapital.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Finally ... It's UK and Europe publication day for FinTech Capital, and the nice people at Zone Books @princetonupress.bsky.social have made our introduction free to read @andrewleyshon.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If so you can also add to this, which helps track down sample ear worms in songs. www.whosampled.com

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We are witnessing a shock redistribution from the many to the rich: The profit share is at its highest level since WWII. The first bump was sellers’ inflation which ushered in Trump. The second bump is Trump’s chaos casino designed to push up profits.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’ve been reading about ‘wicked problems’ for something I’m writing, and I suspect the UK’s fiscal rules and fear of the bond market may be entering the growing list of case studies. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Healey could suffer £4bn headroom hit because of lower immigration forecasts

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Healey could suffer £4bn headroom hit because of lower immigration forecasts

New chancellor is seeking to reassure investors as he prepares for first Budget in October

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've listened to @distantpod.bsky.social since the start, so was surprised in this week's ep to hear them voice their collective support of Lance Armstrong's recent claim that he did win 7 TdFs & so 7 is what Pogacar needs to beat. And Armstrong and David Millar being seen as somehow equivalent!

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The enormous uprecedented SCALE of the American AI investment boom is "crowding out" investment going into any other sectors of the economy. At this point in mid 2026, it is literally sucking away all factors of production - capital, land, labour, knowledge, ecology.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Response from publisher after library queried why I was unable to download a chapter from a new ebook: “our system believes this eBook is only 1x page long so when you try to print/copy it, it will only allow you to print/copy 10% of 1 page which is why is isn’t working.” So many, many questions.

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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Penguin has a page up for my new book, coming Feb 2027, HOUSE SOCIETY The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members" The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!

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House Society

The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology ...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Probably. But you needed to place a bet months ago, long before he confirmed he was riding, for the odds to have been worth it. I suspect it’ll be all over by the end of the first week. I bet Roglic was absolutely thrilled when Pog signed up!

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s the start of @lavuelta.bsky.social on Saturday, the participants of which were described by Charlie Wegelius as akin to a press-ganged ‘crew of a pirate ship’ given how unmotivated they all were. There is at least one notable exception this year, but that’s not great news for everyone else.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In Fintech Capital, @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social argue that FinTech is a distinct form of intermediary & rentier capital that is radically reorganizing the routine social relations of money & finance. Out now! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Fintech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance by Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon. A thorough examination of the worldwide digital transformation of people’s everyday monetary and financial relations driven by the emergence of FinTech.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

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How Jason Arday’s appointment became a reckoning for Cambridge

Resignation of Black professor forces university to examine its approach to diversity, equality and inclusion

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13/08/2026

A temperature above 37°C has only been recorded on nine days in the UK since records began – three of those occasions have now been in 2026, including today. Reading University has recorded its warmest August day on record (since 1908), and second warmest day overall.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Should have forked out for eclipse glasses

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 10/08/2026

How could things in UK higher ed possibly get worse? Hello for-profit universities run by a firm owned by the Bettencourt family and Canada's biggest pension fund. www.ft.com/content/f094...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

RIP William Orbit. A measure of his ability as a producer was to persuade me, before MP3s and against all my instincts, to buy my what would be my only Madonna CD, Ray of Light. The production was my defence when visitors seemed puzzled I had it in my collection www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

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William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69

Musician’s projects included Madonna’s Ray of Light, Blur’s 13 and All Saints’ chart-topping singles Pure Shores and Black Coffee

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

@paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social's Fintech Capital is a thorough examination of the worldwide digital transformation of people’s everyday monetary & financial relations driven by the emergence of FinTech. Out now (1 Sep UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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FINTECH CAPITAL @fintechcapital.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A very, very big day has finally arrived! Co-authored by @paullangley.bsky.social and @andrewleyshon.bsky.social FinTech Capital is now officially published and available in the US (UK publication in September) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It would! Should include discussion of when and why 'dustmen' became binmen, probably from the 1970s onwards, perhaps linked to the decline of coal as a domestic fuel with the rise of gas central heating. Also the growing volumes of non-fuel disposable household waste.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

An academic publisher just asked me to review a book proposal. In addition to the normal remuneration options of cash or books from their catalogue, they now offer a one year subscription to one of their academic journals. I’m sure it’s meant well, but what an indictment of the state of UK HE.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Those white boots were considered ridiculous at the time, with Ball widely viewed as a mercenary for accepting money -- ~£2000 per annum no less - for wearing footwear in a colour clearly unsuitable for Britain's muddy pitches. But the boots were not what they seemed urbanpitch.com/how-hummel-f...

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How Hummel Forever Shook Up the Football Footwear World With a Novel Idea: The White Boot - Urban Pitch

The bright colored boots of today's star footballers certainly wouldn't have flown in the early days of the sport. We can trace back the innovation of boot color to one brand bold enough to try someth...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

And the Midlands not being seen as sufficiently 'Northern' in default binary conceptions of space.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

He was on my team but I joined late and I didn’t recognise him so when I asked him his name, so I could call for the ball, several senior academics, including the future VC, answered for him in unison, “Ed! It’s Ed!”

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Agreed: I played against him in 2003 after he joined a regular after work pick up game at the University of Nottingham after he was awarded an honorary degree. More Jan Mølby than Florian Wirtz for sure.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Although, curiously, Heighway is not pictured. From memory, left to right, it's Bob Latchford (Everton), A.N Other (face is familiar but can't remember his name, but he played for Everton I think), Peter Cormac (Liverpool), Phill Boersma (L), Ray Clemence (L) and Martin Dobson (E).

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

FinTech Capital is now available for pre-order in the US. @paullangley.bsky.social @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social. It'll be published in the UK in September. www.zonebooks.org/books/325-fin-tech-capital-the-digital-transformation-of-everyday-money-and-finance

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FinTech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance - Zone Books

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FinTech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance - Zone Books

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

There was a good piece in the FT last month about the looming crisis in student housing, especially in the market for PBSA and the extent to which it was driven by institutional investment. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The hangover from Britain’s student housing boom

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The hangover from Britain’s student housing boom

Concerns about affordability and community impact are mounting, even as purpose-built accommodation gains traction elsewhere

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Great article, and more evidence, especially in this section, of the argument that it’s easier to envisage the end of the world than it is the end of capitalism.

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 30/05/2026

I've written an essay in today's FT Weekend about why - and how - people are shaking off the feeling of being "frozen" in front of a "tusnami", and beginning to fight for the future they want. as.ft.com/r/cfa87609-8... (some free clicks here!)

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Should AI steal your job?

The real question is not what the technology can do but what it ought to do. Sarah O’Connor on the people fighting for the future of work

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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Congratulations @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the publication of #FinTechCapital @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social It’s a huge achievement & a timely intervention

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I also tried a hall based photo but our glass door made me look like I had two misplaced pendant earrings.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It’s alive! Copies of @fintechcapital.bsky.social, by @paullangley.bsky.social and me, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social arrived this morning. Out in the US soon, and in the UK a little later.

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Looks like we've passed peak academia. www.ft.com/content/8097... via @data.ft.com

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