I’m an anthropologist, sometimes I occupy things & such.

I see anarchism as something you do not an identity...

...so don’t call me the anarchist anthropologist

Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Mon 23 Mar 2020 20:27

for those who dream of a return to “normalcy”: normalcy was standing on the tracks watching an oncoming train & arguing about how fast it was going. Something just banged into us & sent us sprawling. It hurt. A lot. Now let’s get up, but NOT get back on the tracks again.

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Sun 22 Mar 2020 10:57

I find it fascinating that the two sectors this government has lashed out most furiously after victory was 1. the BBC, and 2. pensioners (who they wish to die) – the very two forces that ensured their victory https://t.co/cIYCvdJEoR

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Sun 22 Mar 2020 00:52

Nika & I have been discussing an https://t.co/wHCuLFvdS2 campaign. It’s larger than many countries & growing. It clearly should belong not just to its workers but humanity as a whole. So rather than nationallze Amazon, we have to internationalise it. What exact would that mean?

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Sat 21 Mar 2020 23:16

THE FUTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. That’s ok. It was a really bad future. Now let’s come up with a different future. (credit to .@Julio_Linares_ for the phrase)

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 18:39

and that’s assuming all their brains haven’t been eaten by rampaging zombies by that date, which, honestly, I’m starting to rather hope is indeed the case, whatever the ramifications for my nonexistent internet

Thu 19 Mar 2020 18:38

because honestly this is ridiculous: the place had SSE when I came in here on March 5, super slow, 40kb/second. I thought the quickest thing would be to upgrade it to super fast. They said sure. Now they’re saying it won’t go on until the 31st. Wtf?

Thu 19 Mar 2020 18:37

ok everybody, if you follow me on twitter I guess you have an interest in this: do you know any company that can set up home high speed wireless FAST in West London (Ladbroke Grove area)? As in, won’t make me wait for weeks on end?

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 14:00

I can hook the computer up to my phone but then I’ll eventually run out of data so I have to do this sparingly. I tried begging a nearby gallery to give me their pw, and they did, but it turns out to be just as slow. Why do people even have “broadband” if it’s just 45k? 3/

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 13:58

it’s as if suddenly, my window on the universe radically narrowed. I used to be able to just look up facts and figures; now if I try I’m sitting around for 10 minutes at a time waiting for the pages to download 2/

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 13:55

so I just moved into a new rented flat on March 5. I am stuck in a very nice place to be stuck in. But the existing SSE wireless is AWFUL, like 45k/second, & the bastards insist it takes 2-3 weeks to upgrade even though presumably it means just flipping a switch. 1/

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 11:48

the question is what difference it makes: since so many nations have elected hard right regimes, does this circular masochistic self-mockery really only affect the exterior form of the regime, or does it influence the content?

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 11:46

what I mean – just to clarify – there is a strange circularity in otherwise charming self-mockery, a masochistic element that allows sadistic buffoons like BJ to seem like potentially legitimate leaders, which then justifies itself by the results

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 11:42

I’m a cultural anthropologist – so yes, i think the British spirit of self-mockery actually plays a part here. Also the leftist lack of a sense of humour that your response embodies is a big part of why we are out of power.

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 10:41

electing Boris Johnson before a time of national crisis brings home 2 truths about the UK: 1. British people are better at making fun of themselves than perhaps any nation on earth 2. British people have perhaps more reason to make fun of themselves than nation on earth

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Thu 19 Mar 2020 09:53

Freed food markets still open in Venice (people just standing apart.) Dolphins return to canals. https://t.co/vpJ47lDiMX

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Tue 17 Mar 2020 15:11

say: anyone got contact info for the North Kensington/Portobello local mutual aid network that must surely exist by now? I should really plug in.

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Sat 14 Mar 2020 13:12

sitting home with nothing to do? Here’s something that can fill your attention for a moment https://t.co/fdRvn99EbU

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Thu 12 Mar 2020 00:08

despite the fact the .@LabourParty claims you don’t have to be a citizen, but can be a party member as a permanent resident, I am about to be expelled from the party for not proving I’m on the electoral rolls https://t.co/OwhLLpIsHh

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Wed 11 Mar 2020 17:57

you know you’re getting old when you find yourself going through your phone contacts editing out all the numbers of people who are dead

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Wed 11 Mar 2020 17:50

ah here we go – I don’t have to resign. If I don’t prove I’m on the electoral rolls, they will kick me out of party membership themselves. https://t.co/Zgc9lA1Yqz

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Wed 11 Mar 2020 16:33

All the endless lit they send you – indeed pummel you with – if you join doesn’t give much of a hint as to where you would go if you want to give up your membership. Anyone know how?

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Wed 11 Mar 2020 16:32

Having de facto worked for the .@LabourParty for years, under Corbyn, I tried to formally join to take part in the leadership election. They instantly blocked me by demanding proof my address was on the electoral rolls – a week before the vote. Right. So I’m resigning. But how?

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Thu 5 Mar 2020 10:43

This is exactly right. When I write a piece a year ago saying that Turkey was this acting as effective agent of NATO in ethnically cleansing Kurds to resettle refugees, I was told I was a mad conspiracy theorist https://t.co/LtXHuO1pyw

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