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Stephen Shapiro

@stephenshapiro.bsky.social
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Edinburgh based: read my scholarly books below! I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 1h
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/doku-...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 4h
AI debt surge raises risk of sharp market correction, warns Bank of England - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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AI debt surge raises risk of sharp market correction, warns Bank of England
Governor says regulators ‘cannot stand aside’ and assume AI industry will resolve the risks it presents to financial system stability
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 4h
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
theguardian.com
Gaza documentary NAZA beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to top Italian box office
Award-winning, Guardian-produced film focused on Israel’s mass killing of civilians extends run after sold-out screenings
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 12h
Coventry Pride
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the Warwick School, we talk a lot about the zemiperiohery as a cultural network and Korean TV driving Spanish language production is an example of this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
hollywoodreporter.com
Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’ Effect: Subscriber Impact Estimate Disclosed at Iberseries
Korean demand drives Spanish- and Portuguese-language content growth, while U.S. gains suggest a "semi-saturated" market, a Parrot Analytics expert also tells Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wasting public money www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Occupy AI
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Indignados Movement (and OWS) is back, baby!
theguardian.com
‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis
An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The private student housing bubble goes bust www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventr...
coventrytelegraph.net
Council approves 50 empty student rooms for workers in Coventry
The Residence in St Columba's Close, near Coventry Canal Basin, has been given the go-ahead to offer up to 50 unoccupied rooms to workers as planners anticipate a wave of similar applications across t...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
taz.de/Wie-Berliner...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If only there was a historical example of what happens when the French State goes bankrupt. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hundred...
timeshighereducation.com
Hundreds of students still without marks after boycotts – union
Learners left unable to graduate or progress by ‘last resort’ industrial action
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the Warwick School, we talk a lot about the zemiperiohery as a cultural network and Korean TV driving Spanish language production is an example of this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
hollywoodreporter.com
Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’ Effect: Subscriber Impact Estimate Disclosed at Iberseries
Korean demand drives Spanish- and Portuguese-language content growth, while U.S. gains suggest a "semi-saturated" market, a Parrot Analytics expert also tells Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Indignados Movement (and OWS) is back, baby!
theguardian.com
‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis
An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’
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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On some level, English journalists actually know they are stupid and you have to sort of respect them for that
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Edinburgh university staff hit out at 'toxic environment' as five-week strike begins
University staff formed picket lines across Edinburgh on the first day of strike action
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When tech causes a liquidity crisis www.ft.com/content/00f9...
ft.com
AI hyperscalers are transforming debt
The sector’s huge capital needs are forcing companies and countries to rethink how they borrow money
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/f537...
ft.com
Starbucks retreats from green goals amid $2bn cost drive
Early corporate champion of climate action scales back or reviews targets to halve emissions, waste and water use
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/09...
columbiaspectator.com
Postdoctoral workers union stages practice picket in anticipation of strike
Columbia’s postdoctoral workers union held a practice picket at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Monday afternoon, spotlighting demands for annual raises and a score of other disagreement...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If only there was a historical example of what happens when the French State goes bankrupt. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
taz.de/Wie-Berliner...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The private student housing bubble goes bust www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventr...
coventrytelegraph.net
Council approves 50 empty student rooms for workers in Coventry
The Residence in St Columba's Close, near Coventry Canal Basin, has been given the go-ahead to offer up to 50 unoccupied rooms to workers as planners anticipate a wave of similar applications across t...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do you say "cockroach movement" in French? www.dw.com/en/france-st...
dw.com
France: Student protests over conditions at French high schools fuel political clashes
Over 160 people were arrested and dozens injured after student protests in France descended into violence. With a presidential election approaching, senior politicians are pointing fingers at each oth...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the California televisual industry is dying www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
latimes.com
Months after exiting soundstages, Quixote sells gear rental businesses, prompting layoffs
Hudson Pacific-owned Quixote sold its grip, lighting and production supplies businesses to Cinelease, cutting about 60 jobs as Hollywood's production slump drags on.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
time for another dementia test www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter brib...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A leftwing victory in Berlin shows people want freedom, and liberals cannot deliver it | Eva von Redecker
Die Linke’s surge was propelled by a compelling promise: for voters to have the freedom to stay in their city. This is how to fight back against the far right, says writer and philosopher Eva von Rede...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
forward.com/news/852068/...
forward.com
‘Vote him out’: Israeli-Americans rally against Netanyahu, plan to return to Israel to vote against him
Government corruption, settler violence and Gaza were influencing their vote, they said
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
thecrimson.com
Harvard Resident Tutor Sues University Over Unpaid Wages, Sick Leave | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard College resident tutor Mikaila Smith filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the University on Friday on behalf of resident tutors, proctors, and House aides, alleging that Harvard viola...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Upstate NY-ers think Trump is full of it eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2...
eu.democratandchronicle.com
‘Lake America’ controversy is booming business for Irondequoit T-shirt shop
Matt Saxon of Lake Ontario Press says demand for his Lake Ontario shirts has been nonstop since President Donald Trump ordered the lake renamed Lake America.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
in an unexpected twist, fascists hate Jews www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/link...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/es-ma...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For the NYtimes, it is inconceivable to someone should earn less than 70K a year www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
How a Brooklyn Fashionista Lives on $67,000 a Year in Bay Ridge
Tim Victor works as a music teacher in Brooklyn but also goes thrifting and to fashion shows in New York and Paris.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
Israel freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting Palestinians
In both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap...
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because the EDi Uni Principal values dogs over academics staff www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
edinburghlive.co.uk
Edinburgh University staff slam principal over £10k bill to relocate pets in budget crisis
Sir Peter Mathieson benefited from a £26,000 relocation budget in 2018 which included a huge sum allocated to relocating his cat and dog from Hong Kong.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/27/e...
edition.cnn.com
Germany’s AfD is so extreme it’s putting off other far-right parties | CNN
The rise of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) is causing widespread alarm, including in unexpected quarters - other far-right European parties.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Monzo in talks with Brazil’s Nubank about sale - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT Monzo lost and wants to sell to Revolut's main competitor
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Monzo in talks with Brazil’s Nubank about sale
UK fintech is also in discussions with private equity about selling a significant stake in the business
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Now stop the absurd prosecutions against protestors.
theguardian.com
‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EU countries consider Nato-style joint responses to Russian hybrid attacks - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
giftarticle.ft.com
EU countries consider Nato-style joint responses to Russian hybrid attacks
Campaign this year has included drone attacks, bombs and arson, leading to calls for a stronger response
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The shadow of fascism looms ever more strongly www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
France’s far-right National Rally surges in Senate elections
Marine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as her party and allies win enough seats to form caucus just months ahead of presidential poll
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Now stop the absurd prosecutions against protestors.
theguardian.com
‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All solidarity with my UCU colleagues ✊️
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.faz.net/aktuell/gese... Or you can read Melville
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I caught covid for the only time at a conference that ran parallel to Labour's.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The transphobes leading the Labour Party decided to exclude trans women from the Labour Women’s conference. In doing so they excluded a huge number of cis women also; the venue was only 20% full. Labour needs to learn that transphobia harms everyone, including cis women, & not just trans people.
Lots of empty seats at Labour Women’s conference.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Monzo in talks with Brazil’s Nubank about sale - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT Monzo lost and wants to sell to Revolut's main competitor
giftarticle.ft.com
Monzo in talks with Brazil’s Nubank about sale
UK fintech is also in discussions with private equity about selling a significant stake in the business
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/27/e...
edition.cnn.com
Germany’s AfD is so extreme it’s putting off other far-right parties | CNN
The rise of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) is causing widespread alarm, including in unexpected quarters - other far-right European parties.
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