Marc Garrett

Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour Part of the Joint Conference 2026 (JC2026) The 2nd RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative SociologyThe 1st RC56 Regional Conference on Historical SociologyThe 5th RC33 Regional Conference on Social S...

Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour

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Divers Found a Lost Shipwreck So Remarkably Preserved, They Couldn’t Believe Its Age The two-masted schooner was fully intact—a rarity in Great Lakes shipwreck finds.

So nice to read a peaceful news story about a sunken ship discovered where they suspected another sunken ship was resting. www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...

The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom An archaeologist unspools the story of a female leader buried over 1,000 years ago on the Tibetan Plateau.

'I began to glimpse this ancient world where women held power. At the same time, I wondered why her story remains relegated to footnotes of scientific studies, buried in another sense.'

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps New records about the infamous sex offender are released seemingly every week. Here’s a quick rundown of who’s releasing the Epstein documents, what they contain—and what they’re releasing next.

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“A ghastly attempt to prevent people from a specific type of politics from entering 🇺🇸”

Why would anyone come to the World Cup here under these circumstances? frontofficesports.com/trump-world-...

Govt abandons plan for external AI Advisory Body Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight. The Department...

Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...

The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger at All The state of streaming is... bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and

It’s important to recognize, as we see more and more media mergers, that they are not about quality. They’re about control. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.

Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind

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doesn't look like our military is refusing to follow illegal orders :^(

More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they'll need. Will customers foot the bill? Colorado regulators want rules in place to shield ordinary from getting stuck paying for increased generating and transmission capacity

More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they’ll need. Will customers foot the bill?

Alumni nonprofit raises funds to support student journalists at suspended UA magazines Since launching this week, the fundraiser has received over $22,000 in donations to help affected students publish independently this spring.

Since launching this week, the fundraiser has received over $22,000 in donations to help affected students publish independently this spring.

Lies, false flags and extrajudicial murders: resisting US attacks on Venezuela - Red Pepper The world must unite against the US government's latest tactic in a longstanding offensive against Venezuela, argues Francisco Dominguez

"Consecutive US governments have inflicted painful sanctions on Venezuela, aimed at asphyxiating the economy and causing horrific harm to its economy and to millions of people."

We must unite against the latest offensive moves, argues Francisco Dominguez

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The Jewish Diaspora Movement As young Jews break with established Jewish organizations over Gaza, a new kind of Judaism is flourishing.

“I don’t want these institutions that are fucking racist and transphobic and Zionist to … gatekeep all of the access to those resources and that history.”

@shaneburley.bsky.social reporting on young Jews breaking with established Jewish organizations over Gaza.

Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation

"The sites Russia is targeting, the risks it is willing to take, and its apparent goals reflect more than just a response to the dynamics of its conflict with Ukraine"

from the @financialtimes.com, on the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe

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At 36, I'm a middle-income millennial - I've been financially screwed The Chancellor is doing everything possible to get me to spend, but look around: can you blame me for saving for a rainy day?

For @theipaper.com I wrote about being part of a generation of millennials who graduated into the financial crisis, saw Brexit pull the world from under our feet as we finally got on a firm footing, and are now screwed by the Budget inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Lithuania: Media freedom groups raise alarm as political pressure campaign on LRT widens – ipi.media Proposed legal amendments to the law governing LRT risk weakening its editorial independence and disrupting its sustainable financing.

🇱🇹#Lithuania: As journalists from LRT continue their strike today, IPI again stresses our & MFRR consortium's shared concerns about increasing political pressure on the public broadcaster, following a recent audit. Read our full statement here👇

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Trust in mainstream media is at rock bottom. Can it be fixed? Why so many news consumers are turning to individual voices and away from institutions

"Many of you mentioned how much you have come to rely on independent — not institutional — voices. Many of you mentioned writers like Heather Cox Richardson, Paul Krugman, Judd Legum and Marisa Kabas, among many others."

Mickalene Thomas NOAH DAVIS Zanele Muholi Ithell Colquhoun

Today’s book recommendations also represent some of my favourite exhibitions of the year #art #beauty #exhibitions #artists

Berlin's Third Sex Amazon.com: Berlin's Third Sex eBook : Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store

By Magnus Hirschfeld. The vibrant lives of Berlin’s LGBTQ+ community. Meticulous research and compassionate storytelling. The struggles, triumphs, and everyday experiences. #LGBTQhistory of sexual diversity 🌈🏳️‍⚧️Paperback eBook Hardcover #MagnusHirschfeld
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More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

“I’ve been amazed by the groundswell of grassroots, bipartisan opposition to this....everyone is affected by this, the opposition has been across the political spectrum. A lot of people don’t see the benefits coming from AI and feel they will be paying for it"

Hi Rob, I reckon you'll love this one!-)

The 'Feral Class' book is out! By Marc Garrett.

Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission. www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561

Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’ Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK

A former Reform councillor alleges Nigel Farage committed election expenses fraud in GE2024. The party says of its own former Reform councillor that "the party was disgusted by his inappropriate sexual behaviour with women" & so had expelled him
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WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions In this episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise.

In this episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.

Don't let anyone — not even the US Secretary of State — tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.

Church of the Sausages (with Mark Thomas) Alexei and Talal are delighted to be joined by stand-up comedian, playwright and activist Mark Thomas!

Lovely to join my all time comedy hero.

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Green moss on a damp bridge wall.

Manchester… Moss Side…

really unfortunate*

*that we don't get to watch her break them

NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1 April 2025

An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...

DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.

It's not surprising that a rapist's presidential administration is removing standards intended to prevent rape.

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‘We gotta act white’: how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers

Voice-operated technology can’t cope with non-mainstream varieties of English.