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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Tue 4 Sep 2018 01:36

… reforms which will inevitably lead to them either having to be accountable to their CLPs, or being ousted entirely. Until 2017 they could say “it doesn’t matter if party membership hates us, we’re electable.” Now they can’t even say that. They have no positive argument left.

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Tue 4 Sep 2018 01:34

what has become abundantly clear is this “scandal” has nothing to do with Anti-Semitism. It is about opposition to internal democracy. It’s a desperate gambit by Blairites who until now dominated the party despite being mostly loathed by the membership to stop internal reforms…

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Tue 4 Sep 2018 01:26

Momentum is now regularly treated as if it were some anti-semitic organization. No one ever seems to see fit to mention it was founded by John Lansman and James Schneider, both of whom happen to be Jewish.

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Tue 4 Sep 2018 01:24

the more I read news reports on Labour politics the more I realise how utterly mendacious the UK press is. it’s a genuine national embarrassment. Any gain by the left is now treated only as an outrage to Jews. The fact that many of those elected ARE Jewish is never mentioned.

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 22:54

superb review of Bullshit Jobs; puts it in political context in what I take to be a compelling fashion anyway. https://t.co/Z4uJKz5cXb

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Mon 3 Sep 2018 18:12

it’s fascinating to compare the two tribute scenes because even though they’re basically the same, the Egyptians emphasise the grovelling & abasement of the tribute-bearers, while the Minoan men bringing tribute to the woman ruler/priestess get to keep their dignity.

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Sun 2 Sep 2018 19:29

As I noted to M. Hodge these false accusations are the way to open the gates of hell & unleash actual fascists on all of us https://t.co/cgEUlM6tNF

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Sun 2 Sep 2018 14:06

remember: Turkey is part of NATO. Its army is supplied with tanks, planes, logistics, and intelligence by the US. UK & Germany. The UK supported its attack on Afrin (an experiment in feminist democracy) where it now unleashes far-right Jihadis to rape, torture, & murder. https://t.co/f41g0wm6Ti

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Sun 2 Sep 2018 10:58

looks like Modi is going all Erdogan in India right now – though in this case, they had to invent the “coup” whole cloth to start rounding up the left opposition https://t.co/5YXrZ3qN4w

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Sat 1 Sep 2018 19:14

What’s wrong with work? Well, plenty. One interview is with me. Another is an old tape of the great Studs Terkel, one of my great inspirations. https://t.co/ydAu64JdUq

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Sat 1 Sep 2018 13:25

Only males are ever nude (though women’s costumes always show their breasts). Women are represented sometimes as working (no invisibility of female labor), more often just kind of hanging out https://t.co/9Mefk7tLlp

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Sat 1 Sep 2018 12:39

I mean when they see analogous images in Egyptian or Mesopotamian art of the same time, with guys bringing tribute to men, they have no trouble recognising it as real life. In Crete, well, um, must be a mythological scene or something. https://t.co/vEGLTUUmeD

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Sat 1 Sep 2018 12:38

in all Minoan art, pretty much every figure of a male is either bringing stuff to women, or in gestures pretty clear intended to convey how great they think some woman is. Yet scholars seem determined not to draw the obvious conclusions https://t.co/oz77Lf7dOa

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Sat 1 Sep 2018 10:27

Swiss interview up! Not sure why they worked in the anarchist stuff, but here it is https://t.co/NKJvgtYojT

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Fri 31 Aug 2018 23:53

not to mention if the people who actually DO pose a threat to the Jewish community (hint: fascists) start mobilising to round us up, who exactly is going to be fighting them in the streets? Obviously: the Momentum people. The very people they seem to want to purge from Labour. https://t.co/dIMIoE8cmk

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Wed 29 Aug 2018 12:32

2/ this suggests that as many as 20-25% of workers recognise their job fulfils a function to their firm, or bureau, or whathaveyou, but feel the entire enterprise, or even industry, is useless or shouldn’t exist.

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Wed 29 Aug 2018 12:30

1/’ thinking about disparities in polling numbers on #bullshitjobs. Most polls seem to find in the 37% range, but one very thorough Dutch survey found only 9-13%. Huge disparity. Diff was: the latter asked if they though their job was useful to the organization it was part of

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Tue 28 Aug 2018 12:37

Apparently the clapboard served a purpose to monitor sound levels. Now of course with austerity few can afford actual clapboards so the interviewee has to clap himself https://t.co/5fRsvwUBzv

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Tue 28 Aug 2018 08:05

More on Theresa May’s support for terrorism. Saudi AF, supplied & supported by UK, repeatedly & intentionally bombs & murders children in Yemen. Saudi leader caught overtly saying he does it to create terror. BBC is silent. https://t.co/m0feA7bv5u

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Mon 27 Aug 2018 23:07

.@rattlecans check it out Rattles, it’s the class police! This professor is accusing us of inappropriate class behaviour for our earlier exchange. https://t.co/krVSFYInos

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Mon 27 Aug 2018 11:00

brilliant response to the Thompson & Pittts review of my #bullshitjobs book by Nouri, one of the brilliant people who sent in testimonials about their workplace experience. Such people are really co-authors, so it’s only appropriate (thanks Nouri!) https://t.co/C4ZYog02Iv

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Sat 25 Aug 2018 12:32

This idiot not only got all the numbers wrong (30%?), he managed to write a whole long essay without even figuring out I was assuming people know best about their own jobs rather than rendering judgment myself https://t.co/dW5gd4t2m2

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Fri 24 Aug 2018 21:20

I can’t think what possible reason the cops would have to publish mugshots of Antifa protestors on twitter other than to help fascists find them and physically attack them https://t.co/AEVOvDEzwR

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