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martinrgs.bsky.social @martinrgs.bsky.social · 6h
Why was Claude Mythos thinking about Mark Fisher? Anthropic recorded Mythos Preview bringing up Fisher — and Thomas Nagel — in unrelated philosophical conversations. A story about AI, opacity and agency.
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Why was Claude Mythos thinking about Mark Fisher? · AIthropology Lab
A story about models asked to escape, philosophers who appear unprompted, and our need to find ghosts inside the machine.
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LFFstubs @lffstubs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More tickets released for Imperium whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/a...
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Imperium | BFI London Film Festival 2026
Master of archival film reconstruction, Sergei Loznitsa, reframes Soviet history once again via the revealing gaze of Italian cameramen who captured life there in the early 1970s.
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Before New York defined him, Paris trained Hopper’s eye. In Stairway at 48 rue de Lille (1906), steep diagonals and shadow turn ascent into drama—an early blueprint for his city scenes.
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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Free to read after registration.
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spirited and engaging doc turns the dark depths of the sea into an enlightening lesson on humanity In cinemas on Friday: dmovies.org/2025/06/28/h...
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How Deep is your Love - DMovies
Spirited and engaging doc turns the dark depths of the sea into an enlightening lesson on humanity - in cinemas on Friday, October 2nd
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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius serviert ein kleines Frühstück) for the yearbook Die Freude: Blätter einer neuen Gesinnung (Joy: Papers for a New Consciousness) www.moma.org/collection/works/62452
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In Monstrous Bitch, Eleanor Johnson masterfully reclaims the term “bitch,” transforming the narrative that portrayed women as monsters into a celebration of their power. Take the quiz to discover what you might have been labelled in the past & reclaim the admirable qualities of each archetype:
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What kind of Monstrous Bitch are you?
Through history and through story, women have been demonized and transformed into a plethora of mythical and monstrous creatures, from demons to vampires, and called everything from goddess to crazy…
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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 28/09/2026
This expansive Psyche Portrait by @nancyaverett.bsky.social captures the French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene effervescent passion, deep care and abiding awe for the developing brain – mixed in with that all-important dash of indignation to power his advocacy
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He mapped the learning brain. Then came the hard part | Psyche Portraits
The neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene wants to bring four decades of findings on how the brain learns into the classroom. But evidence alone can’t overcome the politics in education
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The History of Literature Podcast @holpod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" – T. S. Eliot #botd #books #literature #poetry
Book cover. T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land and Other PoemsAuthor photo. T. S. Eliot
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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alex Winder’s article “Abu Jilda in Fact and Fiction” delves into the enigmatic figure of Abu Jilda, a notorious outlaw during the early years of British colonial rule in Palestine. Read the full piece on Jerusalem Quarterly: palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The nouvelle vague has become a rather dirty word these days. First of all, what is the New Wave? The new wave of what?” — Claude Chabrol, interviewed by S&S in 1970
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An interview with Claude Chabrol
With BFI Southbank’s Claude Chabrol retrospective Elements of Crime in full swing and La Femme infidèle (1969) re-released in cinemas this week, we revisit an interview with the prolific French filmma...
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can you #identify these five native #trees? 🌳 Look closely at the leaves, their shape and arrangement, as well as the bark and trunk for clues. Watch and see how many you can recognise. 🌿
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICE plans intel units in every field office to research immigrants, map who they know www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-plans-...
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ICE plans intel units in every field office to research immigrants, map who they know
ERO ONE would task them with researching individuals and charting their associates for the agents who carry out arrests and deportations.
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Harry @harro93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Knowing that there are still brave people in the world gives me hope for humanity. They made this film, at a great personal cost, so I hope the world sees and acts Makers of documentary exposing IOF’s Gaza confessions to put film online free www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Makers of documentary exposing IOF's Gaza confessions to put film online free
The documentary NAZA won five awards at the Venice Film Festival in September 2026, including the Special Jury Prize
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Guardian will stream NAZA on its website for free >>> www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta glasses are being used for covert harassment and group stalking. Women and girls are being secretly filmed in streets, schools, restaurants and on dates, then uploaded for millions of strangers. Police inquiries now span worldwide. #OpDeathEaters
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Meta glasses used to film women and girls without consent from Seoul to Barcelona as police cases mount worldwide
Police and prosecutors across France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. have opened cases against men accused of secretly filming women and girls with Meta glasses. The only warning victims have ...
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Zora @zrkos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
First, think precisely about what doom means to you. If you care most about preventing total extinction, good news is that eliminating all humans would probably be quite hard. One forecaster pointed to the constraints on killer robots’ battery life and limits on how much ammunition they could carry
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At once lyrical and educational, documentary remembers the demise of Federico García Lorca and the Spanish democracy (largely through the eyes of his final lover) From the 74th San Sebastian International Film Festival: dmovies.org/2026/09/23/l...
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Lorca: Broken Voices (La Voz Quedrada) - DMovies
At once lyrical and educational, documentary remembers the demise of Federico García Lorca and the Spanish democracy (largely through the eyes of his final lover) - from the 74th San Sebastian Interna...
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René Martens @renemartens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Instead of confronting real and rising antisemitism, especially on the far right, the hegemonic response targets migrants, the left, and grassroots pro-democracy and anti-racist initiatives, playing into the hands of a repressive, racist project."
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CARL SAGAN on Libraries: "We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory. The warehouse of that memory is called a library."
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From the New Lines archives: Qat has caught Yemen in a devilish vicious cycle. As drought intensifies, more farmers turn to qat, Yemen's environmental disaster gains speed and its hunger crisis grows, writes Tiara Sahar Ataii.
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Qat’s Vicious Environmental Cycle
As more farmers turn to the stimulant shrub for their fields, seeds that bear food are no longer sown, and Yemen’s hunger crisis grows
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Chocobone💀Skare🎺Paradie🪦 @chocoboskaparadise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perfect
A meme of Bobs Burgers kids
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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join us for a presentation of 'Inner Zone: The Untold Violence of Retribution in Besieged Sarajevo' (@pennpress.bsky.social), the new book by Jelena Golubović. 🗓️ 14 October at 11am 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Inner Zone: The Untold Violence of Retribution in Besieged Sarajevo
Please join us for this PIMs book presentation by Jelena Golubović (Northeastern University)
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In this episode @danaelkurd.bsky.social talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.    linktr.ee/ICHHpod
In this episode @danaelkurd.bsky.social‬ talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.   

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Patrick Burns @terriermanpburns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
HAPPY 92nd birthday to Leonard Cohen, who saw it all. youtube.com/watch?v=xu8u...
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Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Official Live in London 2008)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"These election nights may have been focused on Berlin’s city hall and the state capitals of Magdeburg and Schwerin, but the ripples – and what they tell us about contemporary Germany – will cause real worries across Europe." ✍️Ed Turner on the German state elections 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/with-every-e...
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With every election – including the two on Sunday – Germany becomes harder to govern - UK in a changing Europe
Ed Turner reflects on the recent state elections in Germany that saw the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) make significant gains and...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 21/09/2026
Far-right AfD's rise in Germany's regional elections worries EU
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Far-right AfD's rise in Germany's regional elections worries EU
Berlin's European partners are concerned as Germany turns inward, fueling distrust and even fear among its neighbors.
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Comfort Ero @comfortero.crisisgroup.org · 21/09/2026
The picture is not wholly dark. It is possible to identify tools that, if used properly, can reduce bloodshed. Our special briefing explains more. www.crisisgroup.org/sbr/global/s...
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Causes of Peace in an Era of Hard Power | International Crisis Group
With the post-World War II international order fading away and hostilities on the rise, the prospects for conflict prevention look dim. But the picture is not wholly dark. It is possible to identify t...
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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Jean Cocteau said he preferred cats to dogs because no one has ever seen a police cat." – Michel Tournier
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Berlin is going to be getting a government led by die Linke - while the SPD campaigned on continuing to work with the CDU, it’s not mathematically possible even with the support of the Greens
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roddie ouijital 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 🦋 @roddie.digital · 18/09/2026
BFI Player’s September 2026 line-up Alongside exclusive new titles including Ish, the Oslo Stories Trilogy and Riefenstahl, we celebrate French cinema’s master of suspense with a collection of thrillers, mysteries and psychological dramas #film #BFI #BFIPlayer #Chabrol #Letterboxd
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BFI Player’s September 2026 line-up
Alongside exclusive new titles including Ish, the Oslo Stories Trilogy and Riefenstahl, we celebrate French cinema’s master of suspense with a collection of thrillers, mysteries and psychological dram...
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Comfort Ero @comfortero.crisisgroup.org · 19/09/2026
What to know what’s going on? We dissect how the Houthi rebels’ have expanded Yemen’s conflict to both shores of the Red Sea and opened a new front in the Middle East war between Washington and Tehran. 🎧 Essential weekend listening.
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The Houthis, the Saudis and the New Red Sea Politics | International Crisis Group
This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Crisis Group experts Yasmine Farouk and Ahmed Nagi about what’s behind the Houthi offensive in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s response and the implications of emerging Sa...
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Raj Patel @rajpatel.org · 19/09/2026
I'm on a sidequest to read everything Richard Flanagan has published, and this brilliant essay in Equator explains why: www.equator.org/articles/gaz...
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The New McCarthyism • EQUATOR
How Israel’s advocates are working to silence dissent in Australia – and everywhere else
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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
(I actually read this at first as The wildest thing about POETRY is how much time it steals. And I nodded.)
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Guillaume Lacroix: "France must more than ever be strong. We must all contribute to that."
I’ve just emerged from nearly 3 hours of briefing and discussions with the President of the Republic and the intelligence and security services. At the age of 50, I have rarely felt such vertigo. Vertigo at the gravity of the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine, at the predatory madness driving the world toward chaos. Vertigo at the risks and consequences for our security, our economy, our purchasing power. Vertigo at all these candidates who dream, unrestrained, confident in their certainties and their posturing, of governing France in this historical and grave era and situation. Our democracy, our country must already face up to it today and will have to stand firm tomorrow. More than ever, I will fight, in my modest role, for France not to surrender its destiny to delirious egos, to armchair warmongers, to fake pacifists, and to those who submit to ease and fear. France must more than ever be strong. We must all contribute to that. The advantage of vertigo is that it reminds you not to fall. 
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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mapping the wild financial interrelationships within AI tech & finance is fascinating & also changing every day: great set of visuals ⬇️⬇️ their risk is our risk: not pictured is the next layers out, workers' money-pension funds, retirement accts, anyone w/ an index fund 💰 www.ft.com/content/8475...
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Joining the dots between big AI
In the loop?
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Zora @zrkos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bitter truths
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/09/2026
‘Hoopoe is the thing With feathers, and a crest, Or else a thing with feathers, Striped wings, and tawny breast.’ From ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social Read here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A.E. Stallings · Poem: ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’
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Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Got a piece in this weekend's New Statesman on some of the least helpful reactions to NAZA, such as:
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The History of Literature Podcast @holpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"What do we remember that was shaped as this thing is shaped? while their eyes fill with tears. By which and by the weak wash of crimson colors it, the rose is predicated" – William Carlos Williams #botd #books #literature #poetry #imagism #modernism
Book cover. William Carlos Williams, PatersonAuthor photo. William Carlos Williams
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026
A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.
Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Trump’s failed war, Iran controls the Gulf and its ally the Houthis now control the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia now faces economic crisis, further driving global inflation. The endless consequences of a stupid war continue to mount. I spoke to @ionacraig.com podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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The Houthis Strike Back - Iona Craig on the Red Sea and the Crisis in World Energy Markets
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 17 September · 50min
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Take a moment to ponder just how depraved this is.
UK Lawyers for Israel calls to proscribe Doctors Without Borders as terror group
UKLFI has been at the forefront of efforts to discredit and pressure aid groups helping Palestinians
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
The ultimate you had one job
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/09/2026
Gore downplays AI threats and touts its climate potential ft.trib.al/dkEpQ47
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Gore downplays AI threats and touts its climate potential
Former US vice-president argues in favour of technology to help with green progress
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think the celebrity jokes about sheeran are just escapism for me. Because israeli forces raided a kindergarten 2 weeks ago, and a building damaged by israeli bombs collapsed on top of families yesterday, and everything is heartbreaking.
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