I'm looking at my friends in a whole new light...
Patrick
@pgvdw.bsky.social
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Playwright, learning designer, parrot whisperer, growing stuff for native bees and lotsa birds.
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Me to my mentions:
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What century are we in??
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#SoldDownTheRiver #skybooks
“2021 book Sold Down the River: How Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia's Water Market develops a novel understanding of the financialisation of the Murray-Darling Basin water market.”
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Never mind the stats, look at the SUIT!
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I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
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Long read on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who we had the honor of interviewing on the History of Africana Philosophy podcast a while back:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
The long read: The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisatio...
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Just don't call it the Pepys Show.
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Is Grandpa Trump's Yukon brothel still a going concern??
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The best bit is when the officer testifies about the life altering consequences of being assaulted by a non-lethal sandwich.
