**Cover Reveal** I'm so thrilled to share my gorgeous cover for my upcoming December 2022 debut release, Crestwood Falls. #coverreveal #debutauthor #writingcommunity Design by Miblart cover design

This post stirred deep memories. As a younger man a fundamental question hit me hard. Why are ordinary, decent people running around like blue-arsed flies, often risking life and limb, for very little reward on behalf of a bunch of arseholes who have nothing to distinguish them other than more money and confidence? During the brief Keynesian social democratic era, occupational and social relations had improved to some extent. Some bosses in sectors like health, engineering and so on deserved a bit of respect and cooperation on the grounds of competence and leadership. But the Thatcherite era felt like a movie called The Return of the Arseholes with a Vengeance. A cursory look at the current finance-tech-retail oligarchy and their obsequious political and media lieutenants tells me I was intuitively right from the beginning. The sentiment behind the question never left me, and it never will. x.com/MattPolProf/status/197…

The Disunion Jack. The latest ultra-realist blog written by @emmaarmstrong96 and myself. ultrarealists.com/the-disuni… "Misrecognition of immigrants as their principal enemy permanently distracts these theatrical white nationalists from effective political engagement with opposition to the neoliberal system that has pulled the rug from under their feet. When the anger subsides and the streets are cleared, nostalgia returns as the great pacifier, redirecting emotional energy backwards to a mythical past rather than a future that would be susceptible to real change should substantive politics return (Winlow and Hall, 2022). Anger is thus trapped in this imagined history, fuelling a yearning for a past that can’t be restored and succeeding only in reproducing sentiments that belong to it, an emotional spectrum that ranges from mutual love and solidarity to overt racism." @CriticalCrimBSC @britsoci

The latest blog from @URealists researchers. A brief zemiological analysis - Max Hart asks how harmful the @grok AI leaks might be. ultrarealists.com/dataficati…

Unfortunately, I couldn't attend the launch today, but congratulations! I can't wait to read the updated version.

Yay! This will be an absolute gem of a resource. It took me a while to get my head around it, and this would have really helped:)

The end of a journey. Graduation yesterday was fantastic. Masters of Criminology, Class of 2025. Now for the PhD.D...

It's time to start considering my PhD. options. It's hard to choose a topic when you've got a few that you are really drawn to. I figure since my masters graduation is only two weeks away, it was time. The break was nice, though.

Given the current state of the political climate in Britain, this is well worth a listen. @ProfHall1955 and @winlow_s discussing the Death of the Left youtu.be/pZSXGSDgtyQ?si=QZax…

Out now! The Politics of Nostalgia: class, rootlessness and decline £17.99 but you can get 30% with the code EME30 on the Emerald website: bookstore.emerald.com/the-po…

I received this the other week. It was a proud moment, an achievement I never thought I'd get. Yet it still doesn't feel like enough. What do I do next? Seems anything relies upon work experience (I don't have) or a PHD (I don't have). I'm almost 43, yet I'm still not there yet.

The only reason I come onto X is to see what Steve Hall posts. If you want to know about the real state of things especially in the UK, this is the man to follow. Informative, explanatory, and helpful.

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 summit.writeyourownway.com #writeyourownway

Latest ultra-realist blog. The Rudakubana case. ultrarealists.com/zemiogenes… "The new three-headed master currently exerts its negative consequentialist power over all of us – we command that you shall be free no matter what the real costs. It is playing with children’s lives, both the tiny and often remediable minority suffering from the more dangerous forms of mental illness and their innocent victims. The current Anglo-American, late liberal way of life is, in the term used by ultra-realists, zemiogenic."

I can breathe a sigh of relief now. My masters grading is now done. I've not done too badly for a mature student from a small mining town in Cleveland with a disability who came back into education after 15 years, and thought I'd finish a bare pass. I'll take that Merit as a win.

The @URealists' new website - first blog. The Society of Enemies 1: Identity politics and crime. "Has post-structuralist identity politics bequeathed us with the most destructive, multipolar self-fulfilling prophecy we have ever known?" ultrarealists.com/the-societ…

I am taking part in my first event as a published author at a local library. I've always loved the library, and they became such an important place for my younger self exploring words and literature.

She promised herself that was the last time. Trepidation skittered across her skin, goosebumps, and sweat. Creeping silently along the dark hallway of the old abandoned building. Willing her mind to quieten, her heart rate quickened. Behind the door, freedom waited. #WriteCBC

This is a thread about how @officialDannyT helped me find my best friend/co-author/ godmother of my child -and became our omen of sorts 🧵

This is absolutely sickening. There should be accountability here, punishment, anything, or something. That poor boy, such a vicious attack. This girl is disgusting. I'm so angry!

The trouble of picking which one to read first, though I am inclined to go with Raymen.