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

what the hell is wrong with @jricole? Claims to be some kind of leftist, but soon as someone actually tries to create the kind of tolerant, multi-ethnic, feminist, democratic ME society he claims to believe in, he does everything he can to destroy them https://t.co/PyGiTjGdhu

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Buy it now! Small enough to give to your friends. Large enough to throw at your enemies. https://t.co/7e2Mw68zHN

if there was anything that really set my thinking on the path that led to the bullshit jobs book, it was probably this brilliant meme https://t.co/tRxgZv1A1Q

Vindication! Someone at https://t.co/mO85YsDY6x asked his colleagues if they’d ever had a #bullshitjob. https://t.co/BR5YgICfcE

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I’ve never understood why people think it’s objectionable when an author is curious what people are saying about their work. As if people are saying “you’re an asshole for even caring what some peasant like me thinks.”

Care for an audiobook version of #bullshitjobs? Like, for money? Available now from @SimonAudio at a variety of places: Audible: https://t.co/gd98r1uVFw Google Play: https://t.co/sAwLJzXLmM iTunes: https://t.co/wiIQdzUvw7 S&https://t.co/33Y5mai4qu: https://t.co/YDvuPiUrg7

so does anyone know the historical origins of the phrase “to service a debt”? Why is paying interest called “servicing”? When is that first attested?

11 AM Wednesday Kurdish Community press conference to demand PM Theresa May apologise for her racists remarks equating UK Kurds with terrorists https://t.co/ybCXm95xTr

if Trump really were an isolationist, trying to destroy the US imperial financial apparatus, what better way than to sanction the companies of every single US ally that has any dealings, in dollars, with Iran? https://t.co/eaVnAC5PVz

according to Amazon, many viewers, after considering my book on bullshit jobs, then go on to actually buy a book about dinosaurs

excellent line from Salon review of #bullshitjobs – I agree! I take on the question of “millennial entitlement” directly in fact in developing the concept of “rights scolding” https://t.co/VUeiRCI8pV https://t.co/dh8fL5s8P0

“I am convinced this book should be the new go-to gift for graduates” says Erin Keane’s excellent Salon Review of #bullshitjobs. So true! Consider a copy for anyone you know about to enter the job market. https://t.co/VUeiRCI8pV

I honestly cannot believe that I have a piece that just came out in the New York Post. But I do. “The Seven Biggest Bullshit Jobs in America” https://t.co/p7sdkf7ozf

now we’re talking. Know anyone who might do well to read this? An excellent gift idea! https://t.co/AK5Wj5l6Jw

okay, I’ve decided now to impose a strict rule on myself: no more than 7 back-&-forths with any Marxist or Libertarian who comes at me saying “since my model of [19C industrial] capitalism says this can’t be happening, then it isn’t.” #bullshitobs

proliferation of #bullshitjobs as the inevitable result of trickle-down economics: https://t.co/xU0fcRpyAK

this is the best ad I’ve ever seen for any of my books! (Actually I think it’s the only ad I’ve ever seen for any of my books but even if there were lots of them I bet this’d be the best.) https://t.co/iYgHlrlZZa