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Tue 25 Aug 2020 23:41

@davidwengrow the implication is that which was forming in the “formative” period, or post in the post-classic, is invariably a strong state or empire, almost always corresponding to peak patriarchy, slavery, etc – and therefore the summit of civilisation /2

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Tue 25 Aug 2020 18:22

@davidwengrow this is a crucial point I think, we write off periods of relative human freedom, and most period of women’s autonomy, decentralised even democratic organization, as “formative”, “intermediate” or “post-classic” 1/

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Tue 25 Aug 2020 18:13

@aforty but the NYC aren’t as loud. I grew up in New York. NYC is nothing, nothing I tell you, in comparison, just in terms of decibels. At some points even sitting in 3rd floor apartments you just have to stop talking for a while until the police car/ambulance goes by.

Tue 25 Aug 2020 09:42

@chris_grey___ @gerbilmark @The_RealBigErn @mfinnthepoet @Sara_Rose_G so the UK media couldn’t care less about Jews or actual AS (you can’t get more blatantly AS than beating up a rabbi while screaming “dirty Jew”) they were only interested in using the issue to hurt the Labour left. So if there was no way to spin it v Corbyn, it didn’t happen.

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Tue 25 Aug 2020 09:37

@chris_grey___ @gerbilmark @The_RealBigErn @mfinnthepoet @Sara_Rose_G ultimate expression of what was going on: during the election a Haredim rabbi was attacked by some right wing yobs & badly beaten. Corbyn was the first to call him in support. The media, which harped continually about AS, barely even mentioned it as it didn’t fit the narrative.

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Tue 25 Aug 2020 08:32

@howisthewater @cjenscook it’s got to be. I once tried to calculate how much $$ it would cost for a scholar to research a book if they followed all the rules, versus how much $$ they get for it … who pockets the difference? Basically a class of parasites who make it harder for scholars to do research

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Tue 25 Aug 2020 08:29

@hkos @razisidd @simchaonn yeah we were supposed to be working on a project together, also with John Summers. who shortly thereafter got kicked out of his job at a major magazine for purportedly unconnected reasons.

Tue 25 Aug 2020 08:28

@NarcoMonarchist @simchaonn it was a couple reviews of a book I couldn’t find on libgen. I just thought I’d get a sense of the argument, but even that would cost 40 bucks. So I wrote the author & got a pdf of the book.

Mon 24 Aug 2020 11:18

@redrumlisa Well everything I do is publicly available but it’s a scam: you have to work for the vultures to get a CV that will suffice to get you a stable teaching income

Mon 24 Aug 2020 11:16

@chrgodske I’ve never found it much use for articles. Hardly surprising since i would never ever use it to begin with since it would be illegal!