A Working Title I Want to Change is Saul Leslie’s darkly funny novel about precarious work, intellectual aspiration, and the strange rituals of modern retail life.
Read an extract here: repeaterzer0.substack.com/p/the-great-...
"Just as Isaac Babel proclaimed that he’d invented a new genre, that of silence, to keep the regime at bay; and just as Kafka’s Sirens possess a weapon more powerful than their song — namely, their silence — so here at Tesco there might be those for whom sound is not the desired norm."
@martinoneill.bsky.social unpacks the story of Labour Together and Josh Simmons to explore a toxic political culture that relies on smears and disinformation to serve the interests of wealthy donors. What does this mean for the future of the UK's Labour party?
Utterly convincing on the benefits of rail, but also about so much more than just trains, describing how we can effectively create society and community that works for us all
Finally got round to reading @garethdennis.uk excellent book How the Railways will Fix the Future
“Streaming is more like having an industrial catering-sized fridge in your home, in which the abundant food is going out of date before you can eat it.”
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Gareth Dennis’ book how the railways will fix the future
I am on a train with a new copy of that @garethdennis.uk book. This shit needs fixing (the trains, not the book).
I will never get tired of seeing people get excited about the better future than trains can give us... THANKS SO MUCH X
🟢 Israel agreed to a “ceasefire” in Gaza on October 10. Since then, Israeli forces have: ➤ Launched 852 airstrikes and artillery attacks ➤ Opened fire on Palestinians 665 times ➤ Committed 1,856 armed violations on the ground 🔴 Israel Killed: ➤ 198 Children ➤ 85 Women ➤ 23 Elderly Citizens 648 Palestinians total 🔴 Israel Wounded: ➤ 507 Children ➤ 337 Women ➤ 89 Elderly Citizens 1666 Palestinians total The Palestinian resistance in Gaza shared on Day 137 (February 25) of the “ceasefire” a report detailing “sustained and systematic” Israeli violations of the truce.
➤ It recorded that children, women, and the elderly make up 47.2% of those killed during the “ceasefire.” ➤ It documents 1,856 Israeli field violations, averaging 13.5 violations per day, including live fire, drone strikes, artillery shelling, demolitions, and naval gunfire. ➤ The most severe violations, according to the report, concern aid. The ceasefire requires 600 trucks per day, including 50 fuel trucks. The document states that only 43.2% (260 of 600 agreed trucks) have entered overall, and just 15.1% of required fuel. ➤ It accuses Israel of providing “misleading figures” to mediators and refusing independent monitoring, calling the fuel restrictions a deliberate obstruction of recovery and basic services. ➤ Only 1,753 of 4,200 scheduled travelers were allowed to pass through Rafah in both directions — a compliance rate of just 41.7%. The report concludes that the violations form a “continuous and systematic pattern” that has stripped the ceasefire of practical substance.
🟢 Israel agreed to a “ceasefire” in Gaza on Oct. 10. Since then, Israeli forces have:
➤ Launched 852 airstrikes & artillery attacks
➤ Opened fire on Palestinians 665 times
➤ Committed 1,856 armed violations on the ground
🔴 Israel Killed:
➤ 198 Children
➤ 85 Women
➤ 23 Elderly Citizens
648...
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At least 70 people, including some 60 children, were killed when U.S. and Israeli strikes hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, according to the Fars News. The attack reportedly struck during school hours, with about 170 girls inside. Videos show families screaming and digging through rubble as rescue crews searched for survivors. Tehran has vowed retaliation. Dr. Foad Izadi of the University of Tehran told Al Jazeera: “We are fighting the epstein class that either rapes little girls or bombs little girls.”
At least 70 people, including some 60 children, were killed when US & Israeli strikes hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, according to the Fars News.
The attack reportedly struck during school hours, w/ about 170 girls inside. Vids show families screaming...
Going back to go forward, for the love of vinyl.
Read an exclusive extract from Body of Work: How Music Outplayed the Algorithm and Survived Playlist Culture, by Keith Jopling, over on the Repeater substack: repeaterzer0.substack.com/p/the-needle...
Listen to @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social, the independent journalist who broke the huge story of the credible Trump accuser whose interviews were scrubbed/hidden by the DOJ.
What is the Trump Administration hiding and why?
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The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.
Very excited to have gotten the proofs for our little essay collection "What is Liberal Socialism?" for @repeaterbooks.bsky.social. Includes contributions by me, @liberalcurrents.com editor @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com and Florian Maiwald
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
Finally finished this excellent book by @garethdennis.uk, highly recommended to all interested in modern society! It got me thinking how do people doing infrastructures now and in the premodern period can have a conversation? There is clearly loads to talk about here, many similar observations.
Those who oppose fascism today do so at great personal risk. We know more lives will be lost in the coming year, but Bob Sheldon's death shows us that the spirit of liberation cannot be killed. Long live I-Books! His memory is a blessing ❤️🔥
"Nazis were just regular people" is not a statement meant to evoke empathy or to excuse their crimes. It is a statement of warning.
The capacity to be part of and perpetrate atrocities is not limited to "monsters," it is wholly human. It is what we must always be aware of.
Hey! My books THE MEDIUM PICTURE (@ugapress.bsky.social) and POST-SELF (@repeaterbooks.bsky.social) are now available everywhere!
💙📚 #booksky roychristopher.com/books/
Thanks to everyone who turned out - we sold out of books. Remember, as Keith said, ratings (good ones) and reviews (ditto) are vital so please share the love 🙏
We should be talking a lot more about how the San Francisco tech scene is populated by a strange cult of doom acceleration nerds who fantasize about using computers to destroy humanity.
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Delighted, and thanks to the organisers and all who turned out to launch Body of Work last night!
Thurs PM: Keith Jopling / @songsommelier.bsky.social At 21Soho w/ @rnrbook-club.bsky.social @repeaterbooks.bsky.social
Keith Jopling Body of Work book event at @21Soho in conversation with @Flyteband
Body of Work is available from all booksellers @repeaterbooks.bsky.social @songsommelier.bsky.social
PREORDER SALE:
25% off on upcoming Repeater titles at Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social with the code FEB26
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Damned interesting conversation on the Left Hook with David Morris (author of "Stealing The Future: Sam Bankman-Fried, Elite Fraud, and the Cult of Techno-Utopia"). As most of us have already deduced, the Tech Bros are a pack of weirdo creeps.
#CreepyPeople
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Called "among the most important books of the year" by The American Prospect, if you want to understand the techno-feudalist ideology that's underwriting a lot of what's going on in Washington and Westminster, there's really no better book to read than David's (and no better time to buy it than now)
”The elimination of just one major but pernicious environmental factor—that of the internal combustion engine—could transform human (and animal) life."
Read a free extract from Dynamo Island: The Cultural History and Geography of a Degrowth Utopia on the Repeater/Zer0 substack:
”The elimination of just one major but pernicious environmental factor—that of the internal combustion engine—could transform human (and animal) life."
Read a free extract from Dynamo Island: The Cultural History and Geography of a Degrowth Utopia on the Repeater/Zer0 substack:
