Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Australians know that this is an absolute goat of a bird. 001
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hilarious that Aus politicians and business leaders are calling *resistance to* data centres "an inauthentic import from the United States." Data centres that no one asked for, no one can access, that are owned by intl companies and serve intl markets. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US 000
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists. 51269174
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is really great reporting on joint US-Ecuadorian military operations against boats in the Pacific. But not sure it's the kind of reporting that's going to make people click AI-generated links for fishing charters. 002
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is not a one-on-one. This is just a one. 011
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Marlon James isn’t on Bsky, so i can say that this interview is rad and The Disappearers sounds amazing. If he was on here, I’d be posting that he gets no plaudits for anything until he finishes the Dark Star trilogy. 152
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Marlon James is a brilliant writer and I can't wait to read 'The Disappearers,' but can we keep some perspective? James is 2 books into the Dark Star Trilogy, and if he keeps winning prizes for other books, he might go full Marlon RR James and never finish the series www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon JamesMarlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet. 030
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 26/08/2026All this talk about video being the victim, but does anyone even care that it killed the radio star? 2384
Reposted by Philip Luke Johnsonyoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Cormac McCarthy staggering to the typerwriter after a couple of long island ice teas and hammering out "horses are the most scariest animal in the world" 432845
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Times keeps framing this as a search for pragmatists, apparently like in Venezuela. No mention of the fact that Maduro in Venezuela was completely inept and that the “pragmatists” were already holding the govt together. That was their pragmatism, long before cutting a deal with the US. 000
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Far-right populist Pauline Hanson has been in Aus politics for 30 yrs, but is still talked about as if she ran a fish & chip shop yesterday. Great analysis of populist performance of Aussie Battler identity by @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @joshsunman.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comPopulist performance and the working class: the discursive and symbolic appeals of one nation in the competition for ‘Aussie Battlers’Since 2016, Pauline Hanson's One Nation has positioned itself as the party of ‘Aussie Battlers’ and workers. While One Nation's exclusionary populist messaging is well-documented, this paper examin... 030
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonAna Velasco @anavelasco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This is one of the most harrowing stories I've read about contemporary Mexico, and that's to say sth... I'm glad it is being published in English-language outlets. Do read it if you are interested in Latin America/Human Rights/Violence: A great investigation by top journalists. 096
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Let’s not treat this as some kind of brilliant strategy. Every man and his dog can wedge the Coalition. When no one else is doing it, the Coalition stands around and wedges itself. Eventually there will be one person left in the Coalition, and they’ll still get wedged. 010
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Celebrate the Luddites, but celebrate their legacy of co-ops even more. This is a great article about how we measure the success of social movements. 111934
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16/07/2026By the way, I apply the same rule to Argentina as to Inter Miami: I only recognize you as a “fan” if you have any other player than Messi on your jersey. 0154
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Have you read Trent Reznor’s collection of short stories though? Nine Inch Tales 000
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonBebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I ❤️ NY 181738252
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Visiting my university’s new, expensively-refurbished space for startup incubators and senior management and cannot imagine a better illustration of the American university at this moment in time than a breathlessly press-released “collaboration room” featuring a single desk and chair. 40988238
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 04/07/2026So was that the Taylor Swift marital military flyover, or the happy birthday USA big beautiful military flyover, or has the self-coup started? 160
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Every single point made in this piece can be explained by the fact that more teams at the World Cup means more matches with major disparities in squad strength and depth. Underdogs are still getting results, because it's the low scores that are most surprising. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comRed-hot strikers, errors and smart subs: why the 2026 World Cup is a goal-festThis tournament is shaping up to be the most prolific since 1970 – if Messi, Mbappé and co can keep up the pace 000
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 22/06/2026New AUKUS class submarines just dropped. 030
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Great write up of the immense popularity - and well-founded criticisms - of Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum. By Rachel Nolan with key quotes from @criveragarza.bsky.social @marcelaturati.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...theguardian.comHow did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?The long read: Claudia Sheinbaum started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals? 076
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonJohn Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit 381723280
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I’m pilfering this directly from @danielalarcon.bsky.social on the Gram because Bsky deserves to see it too. 050
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonRachel Navarre @rnavarre.bsky.social · 01/06/2026For non- Spanish speakers, this is announcement of the passing of Raúl Pacheco Vega. It doesn’t say when or what happened, but comments on his work and how generous he has been to colleagues not just at his home institution but around the world. 2025288
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 29/05/2026After the last story on Hanson’s undisclosed rorts, the politician received a free plane from her billionaire backer. Is she going to get a free yacht this time? 010
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Must be doing something wrong, my cat costs way more than he brings in. 010
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonRoxana Gutiérrez-Romero @roxanagutz.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Interested in contributing a chapter to a book on Drug Trafficking? Meet us at: Lobby of the Paris Marriott Hotel during #LASA2026 🗓 Friday, May 29, 2026 ⏰ 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Or contact co-editors at: M.Beeder@soton.ac.uk, r.gutierrez@qmul.ac.uk, a.torresguevara@essex.ac.uk 031
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org 4525251123
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I've been trying to think who Altman reminds me of and he's the spitting image of Burke from Aliens 341860382
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The stories about celebrity artists and intellectuals getting caught up in AI hype all sound so similar. Without fail, they're surprised that AI outputs make them feel something. And it's the same feelings every time. Dawkins was "moved" by the "sensitive" and weird and gendered) chatbot output... 110
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 11/05/2026What could students possibly have against being told they’re all AI cheats but also that they need AI skills so they can become freelance prompt engineers? 041
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Peru's general election goes to a 2nd round next month. Keiko Fujimori, daughter of dictator Alberto Fujimori, is one of the candidates. This is (Jr) Fujimori's 4th run for president - she came second in all previous attempts. The Fujimori brand remains strong(ish). www.ojala.mx/en/ojala-en/...ojala.mxWhy does Fujimorism still haunt Perú? — OjaláThe troubled legacy of the former dictator boosts his daughter Keiko’s presidential campaign 020
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonNACLA Report @nacla-report.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Two years on, far-right President Daniel Noboa’s prison crackdown—characterized by militarization, corruption, and deadly violence—has yielded no results. In this article, John Henry Murdy looks at the human toll of the policy. nacla.org/militarizing...nacla.orgMilitarizing Ecuador's Prisons has FailedFar-right President Daniel Noboa’s prison crackdown, characterized by militarization, corruption, and violence, has yielded no results. 001
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonThe Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 16/04/2026"If the seven One Nation members elected in South Australia earlier this month follow party tradition, two thirds of them will have left the party before the next election." satpa.pe/JvLOhPisatpa.peA complete history of One Nation’s f lame-outs 173
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Fun fact: Australian marriages are only legally binding once parents of the couple do the Nutbush. 121
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 09/11/2023Regular reminder that the literal 1st full conversation in ALIEN is a contract negotiation, & that everything that goes wrong throughout those movies happens because the Weyland-Yutani Corporation programmed all of its "AI" systems to put any possibility of profit over & above the lives of the crew. 221563453
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Why do we even bother with endnotes--this is my personal pet peeve as a historian, I need to read the spicy, sassy, whiny footnotes immediately 58817124
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Hello! I'm glad this is making the rounds, as sometimes it feels as if we're pretending the so-called hallucination problem has gone away. It hasn't. It won't. But more importantly, this poses a particularly pernicious harm for education that I think is not well understood. So, a short thread... 46634
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Why is this presented as short bullet points? Practice what you preach and bury this advice in a the middle of Finnegan’s Wake. 010
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Just spent a workshop looking at the Anthropic/Dept of War case, and yep… 010
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“No matter how you feel about AI…” is so directly an Altman marketing line. 030
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Snyder connecting the dots between midterms and Iran war, but he’s treating Iran as the only conflict going on. US govt has been pushing “war” in the Americas for longer: drugs as WMDs, smugglers as terrorists, bombing civilian boats as protecting the homeland. The govt already had its pretext. 000
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Whether talking organized crime or international politics, removing a leader doesn’t automatically trigger regime change. Great reporting by @liliasaul.bsky.social @evodzoni.bsky.social 041
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 02/04/2026A part of me thought this might actually be about nuclear submarines. Instead it was a reminder to take the train, if you can. 010
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I have a bad feeling about this 3118146
Reposted by Philip Luke JohnsonCaroline Tracey @cetracey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026www.theborderchronicle.com/the-dna-arch... Sharing this newly published investigation, coreported by me and a colleague. The DNA database crucial in migrant identification in the borderlands for years has itself gone missing. Co-published by @theborderchronicle.bsky.social and @highcountrynews.orgtheborderchronicle.comThe DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has VanishedThe Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark. 01111
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 29/03/2026My students read Arendt’s “Lying in Politics” a few weeks ago. She talks about US govt deceptions during Vietnam getting to the point where the only ones deceived were the official themselves. US people could see what was happening, rival nations could see what was happening… 010
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This is such a sad and pointless act. The farm was raided and torched, the bombing (of the ruins) came later and for the cameras. Destroying farms pushes people out of the licit economy and leaves fewer alternatives to getting involved in illicit economies. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...nytimes.comThe U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. 020