Theory bro • Robot cephalopod failing to be human • Ethnic studies prof • Affect, life, matter, race
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Out today: CAPACITIES TO: AFFECT UP AGAINST FASCISM, a collection of 40 pieces that engage fascism through affect. Open access here: imbricate.press/book/capacit…
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History Colorado Center has censored an artwork apparently for its pro-Palestine sentiments. Disgusting whitewashing of history. Fascism in action denverite.com/2025/11/03/his…
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
27 Sep 2025
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
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My top two fave arguments by Kant for why nature is not designed for human happiness:
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2. As a result, “even if nature outside us were utterly beneficent, its purpose would not be achieved in a system of nature on earth if that purpose aimed at the happiness of our species, because nature within us is not receptive to it.”
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This last point is hilarious because it’s not even an argument against a beneficent nature, it’s just Kant unable to stop himself from giving another sick burn of humanity by turning his jadedness into proof
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There’s also Cinnamon Roll x Spinoza 😭
When you think you've seen everything, but you stumble across a book collaboration between Hello Kitty x Nietzsche and Gudetama x Karl Marx
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
8 Jul 2025
It's publication day for my book, Fortress Power (@UMinnPress). The book is about the weaponization of the built environment, from the early modern bastion fortress to present-day border landscapes and privatized cities. upress.umn.edu/9781517917937…
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I hope you all had a lovely Twin Peaks Day! I baked a pie for the first time and it only took seven hours lol
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
24 Feb 2025
Happy Twin Peaks Day ☕️🏔️
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
14 Feb 2025
Thread: At yesterday's governing council meeting for @isanet, a motion was put forward calling for end to genocide, adoption of BDS, and commitment to aid in reconstruction of Gaza. The president blindsided us by declaring the motion out of order, denying any discussion or vote
i’m withdrawing my labor from @isanet until further notice. this organization doesn’t speak to my values or ethics
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
14 Feb 2025
We spent weeks crafting a motion in BDS and even though it made the agenda the chair of the meeting (pres of @isanet) did not allow discussion nor a vote on it. When members of the governing council protested they were muted. When we held up signs our videos were turned off.
i’m withdrawing my labor from @isanet until further notice. this organization doesn’t speak to my values or ethics
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The wounds are probably from that cat. So yes 2025 the year of cruel optimism
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
27 Jan 2025
In "The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life ," Brian Massumi retheorizes the conditions of contemporary fascism through the prism of Donald Trump’s persona. Read a sample of this timely new book for free now:
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ALT Cover of The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life by Brian Massumi. The background is black and has images of dozens of tiny individual people in different poses. The author's name is in white text at the top, the title in red in the middle-right, and the subtitle in white below.
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Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social retweeted
27 Jan 2025
Call for assistant professor position in Indigenous governance at the University of Victoria!
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Out today: CAPACITIES TO: AFFECT UP AGAINST FASCISM, a collection of 40 pieces that engage fascism through affect. Open access here: imbricate.press/book/capacit…
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The CFP came out just two months ago and folks really showed up to assembly this by today
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