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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Sun 10 Nov 2019 11:11

this is important. People don’t understand what Rojava is. It’s a project largely created by & largely maintained by women. An attempt to begin to undo patriarchy in the very lands where it originated in its most pernicious forms. It is being attacked IN THE NAME OF PATRIARCHY 2/

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Sun 10 Nov 2019 11:10

To make clear what’s happening in N. Syria: men who believe women belong in the kitchen are killing, torturing, & blowing apart women who are trying to create a women’s revolution in the Middle East. The US, and now even the UN are actively helping them do so. #riseupforrojava 1/

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Sun 10 Nov 2019 10:54

I know it’s HAU but this is an absolutely superb book. I consider the author the best young anthropological theorist of her generation https://t.co/m9HeiijnLr

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Sun 10 Nov 2019 09:17

how come I only just noticed this? Nice application of Dead Zones of the Imagination to academic life https://t.co/vTt9rUsPS2

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Sat 9 Nov 2019 12:38

One reason I felt I could write the pro-Corbyn piece I did despite being Jewish is because being from NYC I don’t have any family in the UK. That’s literally how bad it is. People warned me: they come after your family. https://t.co/2G8EHg9hz3

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Sat 9 Nov 2019 11:03

ok, so amazing artists are gathering forces to oust BoJo and bring us socialism. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so fork it over! https://t.co/QCqxOXS4Gr

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Fri 8 Nov 2019 23:52

ok, Terminator 4 initial thoughts: it could be read as a movie about masculinity despite the fact men were almost entirely absent as characters. The premise seemed to be men are halfway between women, and machines, & the movie kept exploring the space between 1/ .@nikadubrovsky

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Fri 8 Nov 2019 22:45

if Jewish people were being stalked, threatened, hacked, had people trying to get them fired from their jobs, for saying Corbyn WAS antisemitic, this’d be a top story in all the papers. Why is it when it happens to those who say he isn’t AS, it’s never news? #bbcnews: RUN A STORY https://t.co/BuKomcutrT

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Fri 8 Nov 2019 12:38

When politicians say outrageous things, why do we treat them as “gaffes”? It’s like saying “I don’t care if he’s a sexist pig; but he’s not fit to rule us unless he learns to lie more skillfully.” https://t.co/Lq6EOOxHlS

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Fri 8 Nov 2019 11:49

not a good luck for Twitter to be openly complicit in genocide. Would they have been suppressing Jewish accounts in the ’30s so as not to step on the toes of the German government? https://t.co/f6oKVykL1Z

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Thu 7 Nov 2019 16:27

that’s right where are the memes? There were dozens of these in 2017. Get to work people! https://t.co/Xyiyq3gXuk

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Thu 7 Nov 2019 16:11

I’m Germany and worried about a million other things these next few days but I can’t help but say TOM WATSON’S QUITTING! TOM WATSON’S QUITTING! You know some things just make you wish you could sing. #reasonstobecheerful

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Wed 6 Nov 2019 22:49

I guess if Trump wins again I’ll just have to start investing in future beachfront property in Utah.

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Tue 5 Nov 2019 11:29

in reality, PKK was NOT labelled a terrorist org by anyone but Turkey while the civil war was going on; Turkey successfully lobbied to label it a terrorist org only after it abandoned offensive operations, withdrew its guerrillas from Turkey & tried to enter into peace talks. https://t.co/1grp6A322M

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Mon 4 Nov 2019 09:21

the rules of int’l reporting are so disturbing. 6x now Belgian courts have determined PKK is not a terrorist org. I googled the story. ONLY Kurdish sources led with the decision. All others led with Turkish gov’t objections to the decision. https://t.co/4eJkPcAuP7

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Mon 4 Nov 2019 08:53

UN now backing genocide – let’s everyone let Guterres know what we think of this behaviour. https://t.co/cftIsBaePW

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Sun 3 Nov 2019 11:16

Possible theory of the national importance of NHS: 1. England has terrible climate everyone sick all the time 2. First solution: invade rest of world so you can go someplace nice. 3. When empire no longer available, build amazing free health service.

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Wed 30 Oct 2019 11:33

Erdogan threatens to blow up European civilians just as he’s now blowing up Kurdish ones. NATO and EU officials mumble something about “legitimate Turkish security concerns” https://t.co/nbrfCspJzU

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Tue 29 Oct 2019 20:35

Saturday Nov 2 (yes that’s this coming Saturday) please all out for #riseupforrajava – this is one time a march can actually make a difference. https://t.co/EuUSeoi9M0

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Tue 29 Oct 2019 17:26

so if you were to recommend one book or even essay which best summarizes the way post-Kantian philosophy has treated the question of freedom then what would it be? (By “summarise” I mean, who best lays out the questions, not the one who in your opinion gives the best answer.)

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Tue 29 Oct 2019 14:27

Why does Polly Toynbee exist? Why do people take her seriously? This is exactly like all the smug liberal pundits in 2016 who said “Trump, win or lose, will destroy the Republican party.” A month or two later Repubs controlled all branches of gov’t. https://t.co/X2HugzLuja

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Mon 28 Oct 2019 18:07

Finally someone connecting the dots! If we end hostile environment, Turkey cannot use refugees as leverage over Europe when they want to commit war crines https://t.co/L0nl00gAjw…

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Sat 26 Oct 2019 23:51

you know when a year ago I said the EU was letting Erdogan use their weapons to ethnically cleanse Kurdish lands in Syria to resettle refugees so they wouldn’t come to Europe, I was ridiculed as a conspiracy theorist. Now it’s all pretty much in the open https://t.co/9BjOBzShTS

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Sat 26 Oct 2019 12:06

Two people I’ve certainly never met before taking part in largest march in Chilean history https://t.co/fLgMAozvFA

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