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Jeremy Seabrook, a very gentle, modest and brilliant commentator, ahead of his time and one of our wisest observers upon it. Criminally underread. I spent time with him some years back when I did frontline homeless work; he was reassured I wasn't a Leninist. Cut Out is great.

"I cannot support and will not support another centrist government intent on destroying local democracy and dictating national policy from a high pedestal," he said. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thinking of Mark Fisher today (and most other days), a wonderful thinker and deeply-loved man. A short tribute with a link at the end to some of his final essays, setting out another, much-needed vein of visionary socialism: dantaylor.blog/2025/01/13/mar…

david lynch forever

Friends, I've recently published a lot of writing on Spinoza and contemporary politics. This post gives an overview and access to it all dantaylor.blog/2025/01/24/rec…

I'd highly recommend Heather for any transcription you might need - conscientious, accurate, excellent value, lovely to work with.

As the entire board of Be First departs, it is vital we remember that all the developers appointed to the £1.2bn framework funded by Barking and Dagenham Council did one of the following. 1. Provider gifts and hospitality to representatives of the council 2. Employed members of the

Publication day! New Perspectives on Spinoza's TTP. Interested in Spinoza or early modern political thought? This is for you. Lots of brilliant, fresh approaches. Like or repost this and I'll send a copy to one random winner. Or use discount code NEW30: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-new-persp…

Spending time on a stroke ward (my nan had a stroke). Sometimes it's easy to forget that the world can be kind, so kind. Thank you NHS nurses King's

Today I received this wonderful volume on Spinoza's TTP. Thanks Dan Taylor for sending me the book. I can't wait to read it!!

Today’s spring statement confirms Government’s plan to cut spending on carers' benefits by £500 million by 2029/30, the first substantial cuts to Carer's Allowance in a generation We will be campaigning alongside carers to stop these devastating changes from going ahead.

Meanwhile in the real world - a capitalist declares that capitalism is no longer sustainable... theguardian.com/environment/20…

38 today. Up late reading Ecclesiastes, cleaning, and hugging my boy. Morning wander to Robin Hood's grave and a ruined tower reclaimed by the wild wood. "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be". #middleagedmillennial