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media & visual culture(s) | critical theories | screenwriting | direction @ pharmakon | media & news | ex prop-boy now flying high..busy disentangling the gordian knot of one's life [use a sword they say] anything else? design theory and history darling..

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No one needs to give orders or execute secret plans, because they are already on the same page โ€“ and with the funding they need to keep operating in sync.

[someone needs to be "dropping the hammer" somewhere..hierarchies? "decision makers?" "people's network"..etc, etc..]

23.10.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

group of ultra-rich men surrounding Marshall โ€“ who between them control or influence bodies at every step of the chain.

A decade ago, almost none of these institutes existed. Today, they are an overlapping network of friends, associates and colleagues.

23.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wishes to back, but it can give a huge career boost to academics who might provide the movement with intellectual heft in future, too.

This is the informal cultural network that the right believed the left dominated in the past, replicated deliberately and at scale by a small

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given out book grants to fund research, boasting that the first of these has already secured a deal with the prestigious mainstream publisher Allen Lane.

This casts the talent-spotting net even wider. The Paul Marshall ecosystem can not only pick which broadcasters, politicians or pundits it

23.10.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s here that Pharos and Paul Marshall align, because through his Sequoia Trust, Marshall has provided ยฃ700,000 to date (ยฃ350,000 a year) to fund those fellowships, which in gratitude have been named for him. Beyond the formal fellowships, the Pharos Foundation has also

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he will become the countryโ€™s most influential non-politician.

The Pharos Foundation is providing generous research fellowships โ€“ paying well above the market rate โ€“ to promising early-career academics who fit its ethos.

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Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the countryโ€™s mo...

Byline Times. Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right. The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...

23.10.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

don't say: "you're gonna find out which god you're serving NOW..!" (but rather: "now you've just found out WHICH god you're serving..") the damn fool..

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boats, or Robert Jenrick talking about Handsworth, [politicians] are stoking a fire. Some might be stoking it with a smaller stick โ€“ and that type of conversation, with the boats, the [asylum] hotels, I feel itโ€™s doing more harm than good in terms of community relations.โ€

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to me an ideology that is not Christian โ€ฆ I know that Nigel [Farage] himself has distanced himself from anything to do with the likes of Tommy Robinson, but I do know that there are still people within Reform who are quite sympathetic to his ideas.

โ€œWhether itโ€™s Nigel banging on about the [small]

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and was concerned British politics was โ€œlosing its compassionโ€ as parties vied to compete with Reform.

โ€œThe march in London recently, with Tommy Robinson, where the term Christian nationalism suddenly raised its head, where they were using Christian emblems to advance

23.10.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reformโ€™s only Black branch chair quits over โ€˜harmfulโ€™ migration debate Exclusive: Neville Watson leaves amid concerns about weaponisation of religion and erosion of community relations

The Guardian. Reformโ€™s only Black branch chair quits over โ€˜harmfulโ€™ migration debate.

Watson added that he was dismayed by rising levels of Islamophobia, feared some people within the party were โ€œsympatheticโ€ to the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.10.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

D.J. K la Boss.."takes no shorts.."

23.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"relax your mind..!"

23.10.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
You Gots To Chill
YouTube video by EPMD - Topic You Gots To Chill

EPMD. You Gots To Chill. youtu.be/gEg97XeHVzs?...

23.10.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"lynchin cards.." (and legacies..?)

23.10.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"the last of us can"

23.10.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"who can turn a blackmans face into, what can only be described as a smashed up "strawberry flavoured" christmas pudding..?" (using a giant sickle & a broken arrow-head..)

23.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

duchamp..it is not..

23.10.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

six men getting sick (six times..)

23.10.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

again..ICYMI..!

23.10.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICYMI. Duke University Press. In "Bรชtes Noires," Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions among the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shape-shifting spirit demons called baka/bacรก. Read the introduction now for free:

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My work is inspired by the rich folklore and cultural traditions of Afro-Caribbean, Native American, and Latin American communities. These cultures share a deep connection to storytelling, ancestral reverence, and resistance to colonialism. www.paullewinart.com/bio

23.10.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Folklore #Jamaica. Paul Lewin. I was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1973 and moved to the U.S. with my family in 1977. I now live and work in Oakland, California. Creativity has always been a part of my lifeโ€”itโ€™s how I process the world, connect with my roots, and tell my story.

23.10.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Folkloring Jamaica. When the Maroons were almost starving, Nanny pondered surrendering to the British. In a dream, a voice told her to wait 1 more day. When she awoke the next morning, she found 3 pumpkin seeds in her pocket. She planted them on the side of a mountain now known as Pumpkin Hill.

23.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"all the way to the top.." (lounge homeboy, you in the danger zone..)

23.10.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Let The Funk Flow
YouTube video by EPMD - Topic Let The Funk Flow

EPMD. Let The Funk Flow. youtu.be/OOx_NH8UVAM?...

23.10.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

nah! both communities share an "overwhelming & irredeemable sense of loss?"and shame? and regret? and a need for a (now useless, impotent) type of vegeance ("now you're cooking with gas..") and ideology..("they require a new type of elitist honour.." because the last one went up in smoke..) sad 4u.

20.10.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

don't say: alienation, inarticulation, bad problem-solving abilities, loneliness and an abundance of infected species..surrounding both communities..(that would be crass)..more mythologising..!

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what exactly is the relationship between conservative middle america and conservative (imperialist) japan anyway..?

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