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Jason Read

@jasonread.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books: www.versobooks.com/products/2920-th… More here: www.unemployednegativity.com

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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sea dog
Bento (dog) emerges from waves
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Dog at a skeleton party
Bento (dog) in front of skeletons
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Now do a spooky one
Bento (dog) in red light
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thanks for the endorsement
Picture of The Double Shift
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Pictures on the public landing
Me and Bento (dog) on wharf Colleen and Bento (dog) on wharf
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Napping
Bento (dog) on bed with stegosaurus plushie
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
Decorative Gourds on steps
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I think that it is very striking that Musk and now Bezos have taken a sort of utopian tone in talking about AI, musing about the end of scarcity and three day work weeks. Of course it is very important to both of them that these dreams be attached to technology, technology that they are trying to sell us on. If you said, to them "we could have plenty for everyone now with our existing technologies, but very different social and economic relations," they (and their fanboys) would be the first to denounce you as a dangerous communist utopian. Nonetheless capitalists taking on, even appropriating, the utopian dreams of the left is a huge shift. For a long time we were told there is no alternative, this, all of this, was the best we could ever hope for. That they know that the world as it is not enough, that even they, who are quite comfortable in this world as it is, have to become prophets of a brighter tomorrow, shows to what extent the existing system is failing to deliver on any promise.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
All Canines Are Beautiful
Bento (dog) with soccer ballBento (dog) with soccer ball Bento (dog) with soccer ball
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cruising
Bento (dog) on shore with cruise ships Bento (dog) swimming
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Blast off
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amber waves of dog
Bento (dog) on bridge in yellow grass
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hobo life is calling
Bento (dog) near train tracks
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ready for some football
Bento (dog) with football in yard
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Frisbee king
Bento (dog) with frisbee
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Current reads/rereads.
Confidence Men: Peterson, Musk, Tate and the Duping of the American Mind by Landon Firm and Harrison Fluss; Les Normes Chez Foucault by Stephane LeGrande, Le Sujet Des Normes by Pierre Macherey, and From the Factory to the World: The Global Marxism of Antonio Negri by Elia Zaru
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deer season
Bento (dog) in woods with orange vest
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It is Charlton Heston's birthday.
Statue of Liberty scene from Planet of the Apes with Taylor (Charlton Heston) and Nova (Linda Harrison) in the foreground.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My evil One Wish Willow wish would be wishing that dogs lived as long as humans. It would lead to massive overcrowding at animal shelters, but I would get hang out with my best buddy for the rest of my life.
Me and Bento (dog) on pier
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What is scarier, an abandoned house in the woods or a new apartment complex at the edge of the woods?
Bento (dog) in woods with abandoned house in background Bento (dog) in front of construction
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Grading in the year 2026.
Deckard (Harrison Ford) from Blade Runner with Voight-Kampff test.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Soccer practice
Bento (dog) waiting for me to kick ballBento (dog) going after soccer ball
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today felt like the end of summer
Me and (Bento) dog coming up boat landing Me and Bento (dog) on boat landing
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Back home with my buddy
Me and Bento (dog) on public landing
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Double Shift (and others) in Brooklyn Coffee Shops fall reading list.

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
AN EATER'S MANIFESTO

True Story
What
Reality TV
Says
About Us
Danielle J
Lihdemann
The
David Frayne
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE
WILLIAMSBURG, THE GENTRIFICATION OF A BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD
SARA MARTUCCI
BEIGE
PURSUIT
SARA
MAGENHEIMER
of Work
The Theory &Practice of Resistance
1aM/ada
How to Bean capitalist in the 21st
Century
Erik Olin Wright
Following
=
THE
COMPLACENT CLASS.
THE
SELF-DEFEATING
QUEST FOR
THE AMERICAN DREAM
TYLER COWEN
E DOUBLE SH
Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work
RUTGER BREGMAN
15-HDUR
WORKWEEK
UTOPIA FOR INE DA WORD
HOW WE CAN BUILD
REALISTS
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Back in the USA
Bento (dog) in front of sign which reads “Tell Your Friends, We sell pepper gel, shoots 20ft. New swim gear “
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Memories of Milan
Sunrise over MilanA PCI flag
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An old one but a good one
Bento (dog) on beach
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
POV Belly rubs
Bento (dog) on back and me looking down
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From Milan.
“Make Europe Antifa Again” on wall
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Instant Replay
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have known many dogs who have freaked out at costumes, Bento is not one of those dogs. (a repost of a memory).
Bento (dog) and me in T-Rex costume.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bento and cruise ship
Bento (dog) and cruise ship
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Calm before the storm
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Getting every last bit of summer in
Me on ground with Bento (dog)
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fall energy
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I often find myself wondering about the purpose of headshots. Like what information are they supposed to convey on a flyer for a talk or a webpage for a book. Anyway my university just did a new one for me.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is dry in Maine that all the little bridges over creeks and swamps on the trails just seem arbitrary.
Bento (dog) on bridge in woods
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The chill of fall
Bento (dog) in yard under moon
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So content
Bento (dog) with ball
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My Top shows: The Wire, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Expanse, Pluribus, Reservation Dogs, Black Mirror, I Think You Should Leave, Watchmen, I am a Virgo.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bento (dog) in woods behind birch tree
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How is this not The Onion?
Picture of ice coffee wearing sweater with text that reads “Dunkin’, L.L.Bean collaborate on sweaters, totes — for your coffee, too”
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Light in darkness
Bento (dog) on rock in sunlight in woods
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Some say the places is haunted…
Bento (dog) in woods near abandoned house
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Timeline cleanse
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Homer Simpson answering the phone with towel with text that reads "Y'ello? You'll Have to Speak Up I'm wearing a towel."
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