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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An #ACFM reading session special. Join Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I as we read and discuss Guy Debord’s classic Situationist text Society of the Spectacle. novaramedia.com/2026/09/27/a...

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Are We Still Living in Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle?

A close reading of Situationism's most quotable text.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In 2021 the Japanese group Posse published the translation of my Generation Left book. Late last year they interviewed me for their eponymously named journal on how the thesis in the book had fared in the years since publication. I've just published an extract on my Substack.

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Whatever Happened to Generation Left?

In 2021 the Japanese group Posse organised the publication of my Generation Left book in Japanese.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Whatever Happened to Generation Left?

In 2021 the Japanese group Posse organised the publication of my Generation Left book in Japanese.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A genuinely exhilarating conversation on Pep Guardiola and how football tactics evolve which moves through the ideas of Hegel, Koselleck, Marx, Mark Fisher, and Derrida to do so. All delivered in a warm, funny and unpretentious manner. Superb. Listen to this and buy Jon's book!

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This image depicts time on at least four completely different scales

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

Bar chart comparing 2025 national grid CO2e emissions (grey bars) with two Amazon fossil‑fuelled AI data centres (red bars), showing the Amazon sites at about 33 and 17.5 megatonnes CO2e—higher than many countries' entire power grids.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve written about the Mark Jenkins film Rose of Nevada as an exploration of centrist melancholy.

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Rose of Nevada

On the temporality of liberal centrist melancholy

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The first hint from the government that this climate change driven, world-historic heat wave is a crisis comes with an alert on everyone’s phones that doesn’t mention climate change but merely asks for alertness against starting fires. 🔥 A 'cones hotline’ style of emergency response.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was feeling left out so I started a Substack. It’ll bring together my practice and thinking on ecosocialist transition with my weird left preoccupations with what games, films, comics, and fiction can tell us about the conjuncture. Sign up below.

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Welcome to Commonplaces

My new Substack.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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Welcome to Commonplaces

My new Substack.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy. Datacentre prioritised over building affordable homes. Little attention to environmental issues. Govt overturning local council refusal is not devolution or democracy. Big business always wins.

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Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy

Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes

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Alberto Garzón @agarzon.substack.com · 28/07/2026

Enjoying the peace of the Mediterranean Sea and reading this fantastic, stimulating book on alternatives to capitalism that go beyond the liberal concept of ‘abundance’. It’s by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and Bertie Russell

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’m glad we still have space on Novara media for a reading session on a 2000 year-old self-help book written by a Roman Emperor. This one was fun to record. novaramedia.com/2026/07/12/w...

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What Does Self-Knowledge Look Like? Reading Marcus Aurelius

Get your head around the best-selling self-help book of all time.

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oldskoolrando.bsky.social @oldskoolrando.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This was a brilliant listen, like all the acfm shows - been listening for 3 years or so and i really appreciate what you do. Always informative, interesting, and containing a million different signposts to other cool ideas ❤️

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’m glad we still have space on Novara media for a reading session on a 2000 year-old self-help book written by a Roman Emperor. This one was fun to record. novaramedia.com/2026/07/12/w...

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What Does Self-Knowledge Look Like? Reading Marcus Aurelius

Get your head around the best-selling self-help book of all time.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Generation Left is getting on a bit

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A new #ACFM on Resilience. Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I discuss the use of resilience in neoliberal management speak, the problems with using resilience and collapse as a framing for climate change, and ask if the sense you're part of a wider, ongoing movement can form left resilience.

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Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?

Can humans and animals can flourish in the ruins of capitalism?

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?

Can humans and animals can flourish in the ruins of capitalism?

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Tom Scriven @pigsmeat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Also working-class autodidacts didn't just read alone - they read in groups, set up libraries and reading rooms, and battled for Mechanics' Institutes (many long ago merged into unis) to teach music, history, and politics. They built the public adult education infrastructure that's being destroyed

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"It’s an old story: the finger on the monkey’s paw curls, the wish is granted. It’s a good metaphor for capitalism too a machine, the workings of which are completely opaque but gives you more of what you want without ever requiring you to confront the humanity of the people affected"

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“Obsession” and the Horror of Treating People Like Products

In director Curry Barker’s hit indie horror film, we can see the fundamental ghastliness of consumer society.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

An #ACFM episode reading Walter Benjamin's classic essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Giving @jemgilbert, @NotJustYouHere, and I an angle into modern debates around the nature of Fascism, LLMs, NFTs, and how we might democratise art. novaramedia.com/2026/06/07/w...

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What Does Fascist Art Look Like? Reading Walter Benjamin

Join our close reading of a foundational text of 20th century media theory.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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What Does Fascist Art Look Like? Reading Walter Benjamin

Join our close reading of a foundational text of 20th century media theory.

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Pro Revolution Soccer @prorevsoccer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

With less than a week to go before the 2026 World Cup, we’ve unlocked this classic bonus episode on the iconic 1990 tournament. @kmilb.bsky.social joined us to talk about the cultural impact of Italia 90. www.patreon.com/posts/italia...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

EasyJet in takeover sights of US private equity (PE) firm. PE has no long-term interests in businesses. A successful buyout would be followed by high debt, staff/wage cuts, asset-stripping, profit shifting, tax abuse. How long before PE will find new ways of fleecing travellers? archive.ph/WHJLb

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EasyJet in takeover sights of US private equity firm

Castlelake, which has $36 billion in assets under management, confirmed it was in the ‘early stages of considering a possible offer’ for the Luton-based airline

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

An #ACFM on Shock. With energy and food price shocks on the way, and a Trump presidency ruling via chaos and shock @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I examine the political uses of shock on both an individual and societal level while asking how we can build shock absorbers into Left strategy.

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Who Still Has the Power to Shock?

From macro economics to modern art to punk rock, how shock has shaped the past century.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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Who Still Has the Power to Shock?

From macro economics to modern art to punk rock, how shock has shaped the past century.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'm speaking at this day-long event of talks and discussions in Todmorden tomorrow (Saturday 16th May). Looks like a really interesting day. Come along if you can. www.eventbrite.com/e/common-kno...

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Common Knowledge 2026

Join us in Todmorden for a day of talks and discussions for a world in crisis

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Gareth @garethhh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Great podcast on boredom from @jemgilbert.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social and nadia idle (is she on here?)... loving that my main experience of boredom is doing housework, which listening to podcasts such as this one whilst doing it totally alleviates that boredom: share.google/BHSATHlfnLwx...

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ACFM Trip 58: Boredom

Play ACFM Trip 58: Boredom by Novara Media on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

An #ACFM on New British Weird. With renewed interest in megaliths, folklore, and seasonal festivities, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and I discuss the history of British weird asking if its revival is a search for a mythological grounding for a non-imperial/royalist England novaramedia.com/2026/05/10/a...

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Are We Living Through a New Era of British Weirdness?

Ley lines, weird walks, standing stones: a vision of modern Britain?

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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Are We Living Through a New Era of British Weirdness?

Ley lines, weird walks, standing stones: a vision of modern Britain?

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“The pursuit of radical abundance lies at the heart of the communist tradition” Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social reviewed in @bellacaledonia.bsky.social: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/04/07/r...

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

An #ACFM on Hobbies. @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I discuss the history of hobbies, how they've been increasingly colonised by Platform Capitalism and whether they retain a utopian dimension. novaramedia.com/2026/04/12/w...

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What’s Wrong With Having a Hobby?

The ACFM gang offer a weird-left view on hobbies. Are they a capitalist byproduct or the stuff of utopia?

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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What’s Wrong With Having a Hobby?

The ACFM gang offer a weird-left view on hobbies. Are they a capitalist byproduct or the stuff of utopia?

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Good morning comrades. Our radical bookshop fund is now at 40%! But we still have a long way to go so please do donate if you mean to. And if you're unable to donate, please share it with any friends who might. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

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Books from Below: A Radical Bookshop for Newcastle

Opening new radical bookshop, coffee shop, and community space in Newcastle UK!

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Pleased to see our work on Popular Asset Commissions included in the @greensorganise.bsky.social pledge for the upcoming elections. We need a new approach to local government if we’re to escape the austerity trap that 40 years of neoliberal reform has placed us in.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A great event at @lighthousebks.bsky.social yesterday. I got interviewed by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social about Radical Abundance. It turned into a pretty wide ranging and enjoyable conversation. A link to a video of the discussion below. lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We're excited to welcome @kmilb.bsky.social to the bookshop to celebrate RADICAL ABUNDANCE: HOW TO WIN A GREEN DEMOCRATIC FUTURE tonight at 7pm. We're sold out in-person but you can still join us online, or email for the waiting list! lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

On a soft green background sit illustrations of apples, cherries, and blossoms, with the book cover of Radical Abundance nestled in. The book carries the subtitle How to win a green democratic future

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A lot wrong in the world today, but can we all congratulate 84 year old British wrestling legend Kendo Nagasaki who has described Nigel Farage as: "a really hateful man ...got this terrible history of racial and right wing abuse - and still doing it to this day, but now he camouflages it a little."

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I'm discussing Radical Abundance with bellacaledonia.bsky.social at @lighthousebks.bsky.social, Edinburgh this Wednesday, April 8, 7pm. Get yourself a ticket and come along. lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

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Omnicrisis @sybren.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Lees dit boek (of op zijn minst mijn recensie): www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/artikelen/ra...

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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 02/04/2026

Big Pharma smelled weakness in the UK government, teamed up with Trump to force a deal funnelling billions from the #NHS into their pockets. Now Eli Lilly is back demanding more. Treat them as the threat they are. Patients will die if you don't.

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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

An #ACFM on Boredom. Is boredom different these days? Has it been replaced by over-stimulated compulsion? Should we fight for the right for boredom? Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I ask these questions and more while playing plenty of 70s punk! novaramedia.com/2026/03/29/s...

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Should We Fight for Our Right to Be Bored?

Face it, you're over-stimulated.

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Should We Fight for Our Right to Be Bored?

Face it, you're over-stimulated.

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Pro Revolution Soccer @prorevsoccer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

How to beat the World Cup blues In a short solo episode, Tom talks about the prospects for protest at the World Cup, FIFA’s cosy relationship with Trump, boycotts, and fan activism. www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

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How to beat the World Cup blues | Pro Revolution Soccer

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Radical Abundance | @kmilb.bsky.social | Edinburgh | Apr 8 | @lighthousebks.bsky.social lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Strongly recommend picking up this one and some of the other great titles on sale here

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