Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social

Theory bro • Robot cephalopod failing to be human • Ethnic studies prof • Affect, life, matter, race

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

Out today: CAPACITIES TO: AFFECT UP AGAINST FASCISM, a collection of 40+ pieces that engage fascism through affect. Open access here: https://t.co/o9cJlrLLRx

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

History Colorado Center has censored an artwork apparently for its pro-Palestine sentiments. Disgusting whitewashing of history. Fascism in action https://t.co/zrahbPMNvQ

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

This website is a joke

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

🚨 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:
https://t.co/PwnGWtR4qy

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

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

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

My top two fave arguments by Kant for why nature is not designed for human happiness:

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

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.”

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

There’s also Cinnamon Roll x Spinoza 😭

[jegævi @jegaevi]

When you think you've seen everything, but you stumble across a book collaboration between Hello Kitty x Nietzsche and Gudetama x Karl Marx

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

Half a decade of trash and hell #MyXAnniversary

[Derek Denman @DerekSDenman]

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. https://t.co/GqNfUeE0dE

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

@DerekSDenman @UMinnPress Congrats!! Looking forward to reading

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

@SamuelRGalloway “Facts over feelings” 💀

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

@QuinnLester Interesting that this is a post Covid thing and not just a getting old thing

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

@QuinnLester lol was just thinking that 😭

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

@QuinnLester Great time for affect theory

[Chad Shomura @hellochadcat.bsky.social @hellochadcat]

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

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

Happy Twin Peaks Day ☕️🏔️

[Bikrum Gill @bikrumsinghgill]

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

[Rohan Kalyan @RohanKalyan2]

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.