Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As the title indicates, the book is about topology and the sensory, but it also discusses aphantasia, visuality, Svalbard, bird migration, museums, and a whole lot more. 000
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Very pleased that U Minnesota Press was receptive to a book project with an unusual format. Lacking introduction, conclusion, or chapters, Sensory Topology is organized along two distinct narrative strands—one theoretical, one deeply personal—which gradually come together over the course of the book 220
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Thanks for reposting. I’m rarely on bluesky so would have missed it. Just preordered and can’t wait to read! 💚 010
Reposted by Franck BilléFaris @farisyakob.com · 31/03/2025“The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it” — Terry Pratchett 042
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 04/02/2025My book “Somatic States” is coming out in a few weeks with @dukepress.bsky.social A decade in the making, it’s not just “another book,” it’s the most important I have written. Introduction available here: shorturl.at/8zMy5 #geography #anthropology #politicaltheory 2198
Reposted by Franck Billésweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025“my eyes are up here” i say, pointing to my jar of eyeballs on the top shelf 171262222
Reposted by Franck BilléDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Check out our new Spring 2025 catalog, which features work by @gentlemanjane.bsky.social, @jsrhee.bsky.social, @totomcgee.bsky.social, @burrata.bsky.social, @fbille.bsky.social & many more. Download it today! issuu.com/dukeuniver... 0296
Reposted by Franck BilléMark Stanford @markstanford.org · 30/11/2024Nice to see this pithy insight from Peter Turchin, with a nod to his work on Seshat, in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...theguardian.comThe deep historical forces that explain Trump’s winOur research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply 152
Reposted by Franck BilléJohn Weir @jweirdo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024What are you doing to resist Trump's corruption? I'm reading about farmworkers who are organizing to protect immigrant laborers. A clip: "We need to recognize that we’re in a position of power, not weakness, because we hold the levers of the food system." Don't surrender in advance! Fight back!truthout.orgFarmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant WorkersOrganizers from Florida, Vermont and Washington discuss the rising exploitation and rollback of protections ahead. 0145
Reposted by Franck BilléRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Regional Council for Unrecognised Bedouin Villages in the Negev spokesperson condemned the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran in the Negev desert, as "another chapter in the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of Arabs in this country." www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...middleeastmonitor.comIsrael demolishes last mosque in Bedouin village in Negev desertIsrael this morning bulldozed the last remaining building in the Umm Al-Hiran Bedouin village of the Negev (Naqab) desert, a mosque, to make way for the construction of Jewish-only settlements. 0128
Reposted by Franck BilléYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Overwhelming evidence for crimes against humanity. www.hrw.org/report/2024/...hrw.org“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percen... 5352193
Reposted by Franck BilléStella de Mendonça @stellamendonca.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Um jornalista comprado pelo lobby genocida tentou constranger Francesca Albanese c/a mesma ladainha sionista de sempre. E a resposta dela é uma AULA de Direito Internacional. 342487881
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 28/10/2024Our book REDACTED was published today. It is available in Open Access through the Press’ website. punctumbooks.com/.../redacted... Thank you to all our contributors! 090
Reposted by Franck BilléKerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 08/10/2024Naomi Klein on why Israelis keep comparing October 7 to the Shoah: "Palestinians have been forced to pay for Europe’s crimes…in the new national identity being forged around that traumatic day… it would be safe to finally finish the job of the Nakba…" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comHow Israel has made trauma a weapon of warA year later, memorials to the 7 October attacks use art, virtual reality and dark tourism to stir support for limitless violence. But there is a different way to remember 0178
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 01/10/2024For the last couple of weeks we've been bringing some of our stuff to the new house. The very first items were one meaningful book for each one of us. 050
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 29/09/2024Do you use ChatGPT for language learning? I’m finding it really useful but need to be cautious as it’s not always reliable 100
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 29/09/2024Kinda obsessed with this handwritten font. But not quite enough to spend €242 on it. www.arabictypography.com/retail-fonts... 020
Reposted by Franck Billésamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/09/2024this is pretty amazing: @lucinauddin.bsky.social is taking on the giant, hugely profitable publishers of academic journals, on grounds of antitrust If you'd like to join the case as a plaintiff you can sign up at www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac... summary of the case: 1116899
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Relatedly, I’ve been careful to avoid using the word “seminal” in my work and been replacing it with “germinal”. 130
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Since wrapping up my book (forthcoming spring 2025) I have gone back to my first passion, language-learning, which pretty much defined my late teenage years and early 20s. But now there’s ChatGPT!!—a game changer for languages like Arabic where there is a lot of data for AI training #العربية 010
Franck Billé @fbille.bsky.social · 07/09/2024In addition to an intensive, and somewhat obsessive, study of Arabic with the aim of finally achieving fluency, I just started auditing an Amharic class. Beginning an entirely unfamiliar language in your 50s is definitely challenging, but it’s also so much fun! #አማርኛ #العربية 020