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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 11h

Wow, Tressie blocked me for this. Additional bummer. Anyways, here are some citations: Federici’s Witches: Old Male Myths in New Feminist Garb? by Rita Voltmer (Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 2025) muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic... Another critical analysis: libcom.org/article/cali...

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can’t remember if I actually mocked this up or not, but at this point this meme might as well have been made by me:

Top panel: picture of Foucault with text “I’m not saying everything is bad. I’m saying everything is dangerous.”

Bottom panel: picture of Adorno with text “I am saying everything is bad.”

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It bums me out when I see influential people who should know better recommending Federici's book. I also don't have go-to alternatives that match what Federici accomplishes politically and rhetorically without relying on fictions. Does anyone have go-to alternatives for lay-readers?

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t disagree. I also think very few existing leaders have either the understanding or capacity for such work. I don’t know where to go from there.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can see the unit headings now The joy of shitty movies The virtues and vices of shitty movies The business of shitty movies The tragedy of shitty movies

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m excited to read that article!

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope your current set-up is better and allowing for more rest and care, even amidst everything.

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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Monstrous.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This was published on Axios this morning: www.axios.com/2026/09/29/e... And let’s not forget Schmitt’s speech openly embracing white/christian nationalism from last year: newrepublic.com/post/199933/...

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Sen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028

Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Crucial reporting. To better understand how we got here, check out recent book “Beneath the Wage” by @anniemcc.bsky.social www.zonebooks.org/books/293-be...

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Beneath The Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work - Zone Books

Zone Books

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sending appreciation and fortitude for speaking those truths ❤️

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know several departments like this that haven’t had regular face-to-face department meetings since before covid and with zero possibility of that changing in the foreseeable future…

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trying to finish my dissertation as my discipline, industrial sector, society, and planet burns is crazy-making in ways I am unable to process.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Encampments planned all across the Spanish state as the campaign against the capitalist housing crisis grows!

This is a list in Spanish of locations across the country where encampments are planned.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026

Brilliant @amyremeikis.bsky.social piece here - absolutely gut-wrenching that Nepal PM's speech got buried under the nonsense of AI doom-hype. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

“We have built a world with flawless logistics for war, and broken logistics for food, and this is not Nepal’s private misfortune. Ask Bangladesh, ask Bhutan, ask India, ask the Maldives, ask Pakistan, ask Sri Lanka, ask any other country in our region, and you’ll hear the same account.

“Hit by the climate, we did not warm, and again hit by the wars, we did not start.”

Shah is right. Nepal contributes less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. It does not have the institutional or global power to force change, even as its people are swamped by the consequences of inaction.

“Our glaciers are retreating, our mountain slopes are becoming unstable, our rivers are becoming less predictable and every major disaster threatens to erase years of development,” he told the UN.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026

It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Purpose of a System is What It Does

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is helping me put some things in perspective as the building is on fire www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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After the University

Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My whole adult life has been watching this overtake whatever opportunities we had for avoiding the nine planetary boundaries and cultivating basic, everyday well-being.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I need to read that. Please please please find a way to get it into the world.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“You, too, can be like a billionaire!” “You’re giving me billions of dollars??” “Oh, no. Not like that. *chuckles* No, no, not like that.”

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I knew there was something off about that guy…

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oof. I’m curious how much of the public discourse around this film will directly connect it to the Magdalene laundries and Catholic workhouses, and how the discourses will differ inside and outside Ireland. So many atrocities still to reach public discourse…

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

John Carpenter’s “Vampires,” with its references to European colonization, seems worth mentioning. Not a feature film, but “Lovecraft Country” (and the mileu of its source material) seems worth mentioning? Maybe “Def By Temptation”?

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It's Going Down @handle.invalid · 24/09/2026

New website and publication for 'In Contempt,' a roundup of news and analysis around state repression and political prisoners. A bad ass project! incontempt.ftp.sh/in-contempt-...

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At least they’re not Oxford Academic Online whateverthefucks yet!

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus suggestion: Excerpt from Jonathan Rosenbaum’s Movie Wars where he discusses film criticism in Chicago and his life-long disrespect for Gene Siskel 😂

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Generation Kill deserves more love. RIP James Ransone.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A reminder that Kanopy is available though your public library (or academic institution), costs you nothing, and is ad free. www.kanopy.com

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

But, like, for different reasons than those currently shaping the pricing and with the proceeds of sale directed in entirely different directions…

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are tons of ethical double-binds that emerge from being able to recognize fucked up dynamics as they emerge and not being in a position to change them. Sometimes a leg up, but also very much a “cursed with knowledge” situation

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026

Exactly. I’ve been saying this since I started the tracker last year, and it’s why I don’t call them deportations. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

I am using the term "third-country removals" instead of "third-country deportations" here, because the latter is a legal process in which a migrant is resettled in a safe third country. What is actually happening, in nearly all cases, more closely resembles chain refoulement, rendition, or kidnapping - and may violate U.S. and

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s really uneven, and each season is pretty different, but there are some real gems in it. Hank Azaria does a decent job at portraying abjection as the necessary flip-side of capitalist/imperial polish. I’d be very curious to hear your take on the show.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Have you watched Brockmire at all? There’s a lot about US collapse and baseball…

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am a huge proponent of dogs as the more social and mobile of the two common companion species. If you want a good rundown of what having a dog entails and what breeds might be compatible with your household, I recommend this book: www.meetyourdogbook.com

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Meet Your Dog: the Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior by Kim Brophey

Meet Your Dog is a groundbreaking opportunity for dog lovers to fully understand their dogs, and form truly authentic relationships with them. Award-winning certified canine behavior consultant Kim Br...

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sent to my brother after the game

There was a moment today where Kudus scored a scrappy goal in 60' that would have evened the game 1-1 and the vibes seemed almost ok for about 30 seconds before everyone realized there was an offsides in the buildup. Those 30 seconds could plausibly be the happiest Tottenham fans experience all season...

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Oh, that Omelas kid was trans? Then those people walking away are just losers.”

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was there in 2008! Amazing community. This is gutting.

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are some great iterations of this idea floating around! =) onebighistorydepartment.com/2024/01/17/t... mcfarlandbooks.com/product/disc... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/power-and... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... www.academia.edu/82458465/Tho...

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The power and potential of Pratchett (for your History curriculum)

Thanks to Gemma Hargraves, deputy head of the Crypt School, Gloucester, and member of Secondary Committee for this blogpost focused on building students’ sense of period and place to help the…

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