Luke Goode

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@joshwlkr 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@joshwlkr Only when the tea is brewed (as it should be) in a pot, yes? I really hope you’re not telling me you make tea brewed in the cup even worse by putting the milk in first. That would be very dispiriting.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@jacobinmag @NealCurtis Wash teeth, if any 👍

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

First run of 2021.
Mustn’t grumble.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@parismarx No need to feel weird: superb achievements! Looking forward to seeing you *in person* in Aotearoa soon enough. Happy new year, Paris!

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@LawrenceTricia Yeah, lots of different aspects to this, eh? Definitely recommend Benanav’s book and especially the chapter on UBI (titled ‘Silver Bullets?’).

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@hellobeatrix @nyuji 😁
I need to read this!

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@LawrenceTricia My phrasing was probably ambiguous, but Benanav is critiquing the case for UBI here, rather than advocating for it. He makes a compelling case for why it won’t be a stepping stone to something better (which is largely how I’ve become accustomed to think of it).

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

What I particularly admire about this short book is that it not only offers a cogent critique of automation theory and the case for UBI (which would be useful enough in itself) but also offers its own positive contribution to the project of envisioning post-scarcity futures.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@mrsdr Cringey is the right word. I cringed a lot.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

Sad to report that I found Death to 2020 profoundly unfunny. Very disappointing. There was literally one line about RBG that almost made me chuckle.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

If you’ve invested the time to read The Ministry for the Future, do yourself a favour and invest a bit more time in this podcast about the book. The book itself is amazing and these folks are helping me enjoy and appreciate it even more.

[maroonedonmarspodcast @podcastonmars]

Our penultimate episode on THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE by Kim Stanley Robinson has just been posted! What better time to do some stocktaking that hopefully avoids melancholia? #scifi https://t.co/01HtIXWyhH

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@NealCurtis Jameson: It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism

KSR: Hold my beer

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@NealCurtis Think he was his PhD supervisor

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@NealCurtis Hope you enjoy it. Be interested to hear what you think.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The situation

London and the south east cut off from rest of the country

UK outward freight to Calais cut off

UK travel prohibited for a swathe of countries

More cases reported in last 24 hours than ever before

5 days til Christmas

11 days til the transition ends

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

Good to see AT staff pushing mask compliance at Britomart today. Still bugger all people scanning though 🤷🏻‍♂️

[The Spinoff @TheSpinoffTV]

Ihumātao is stolen land. Period.

https://t.co/PlgU2CNFKG

[Richard Easther @REasther]

Kiwis - step outside and look to the west. If you have a clear view of the horizon you will see a crescent moon🌙 , and below it two “stars”, the planets Jupiter and Saturn🪐 - over the next few days they will edge closer in the sky; a cosmic treat at the end of the hardest year.

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

@juliefairey Makes sense but I don’t know why they would close all other doors with 2 mins still showing on the board, esp on a short 3 carriage train. I think they used to do that then changed it to 30 secs a while back. But this evening I was galloping down the platform with 2 mins to go 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Luke Goode @LukeGoode]

Why do the AKL trains close all the doors except one at the end 2 minutes from departure? What possible safety benefit accrues from having a bunch of people sprinting down the platform to catch a train they are on time for?