https://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mwqzzz2kgk2yhttps://www.youtube.com/live/T7KucXv-u80?is=ghCQutw67wYUfkah30 Sep 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqzzz2kgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mvmydl2nyc2sMad Men was apparently a documentary.16 Sep 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmydl2nyc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mviu4rmvd22xNot the worst book I've ever read, but perhaps the most astonishingly overhyped. The lesson, I think, is that if the elevator pitch of your book basically flatters the common sense of the liberal commentariat, you can fill it with as much leftish verbiage as you like and they will lap it up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviu4rmvd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mpsqsqxgl22cI decided I never wanted to use Word again in late 2018, as I was trying to generate the final version of my PhD thesis. It had a *lot* of references and, when I came to put all the chapters together, the Word+Zotero combination ground to a halt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsqsqxgl22chttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mmojwasejc24Seems that I re-skeet this earlier and earlier each year … [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmojwasejc24https://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mmhargsf722uUniversities: Britain’s secret border guards. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhargsf722uhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mmbjkhhnok2pI mean… it's wrong, but it's not irrational. If your decision making process is basically a risk/reward calculation designed to maximise your chances of professional success, then cutting corners (actually reading your sources/actually writing your manuscript) is probably beneficial, up to a point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbjkhhnok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mlkv6fgods2nThese people must just waft through life, surrounded by peers and sycophants, their self-assurance matched only by their ignorance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkv6fgods2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mlfrmup2ec2nTheir party is losing, but their side is winning. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfrmup2ec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mjd3kxkam22kI was in Budapest four years ago, on the day of the previous election. I saw Viktor Orbán leaving a fancy restaurant at lunchtime, looking very pleased with himself. It seemed unthinkable at that time that he could be out, but here we are. Congratulations Hungary.12 Apr 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3kxkam22khttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mi252q57yc2mThought of a funny bit. DuckDuckGoed it. Already exists: em-dash-appreciation.org https://em-dash-appreciation.org27 Mar 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi252q57yc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mhxqp47vt22dIt would be so easy to tell a university-based story that is both dramatically interesting and realistic: Dishevelled twenty-something wakes up in stealthily parked car; gingerly exits. Sneaks in back door of public gym; showers and brushes teeth. Walks out onto campus. “Oh, hi Dr Smith!” Etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxqp47vt22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mgpfmo3yk22wAbolition is the floor. The minimum. A reasonable compromise. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpfmo3yk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mgl2xtvex22fI wrote about being unemployed, middle-aged, and trying to find a creative voice in a world ever more dominated by self-satisfied mediocrity https://polycritical.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-friend-who-definitely08 Mar 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgl2xtvex22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mghoea4j6s22I just joined 👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghoea4j6s22https://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mg5fubjjsc2aThe “good enough” attitude —valuing productivity for its own sake, pursuing quantity over quality, and generally having low intellectual standards — has long been a path to academic success. AI merely supercharges this. Amazing to see people so openly proud of their own mediocrity though. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5fubjjsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3meqny532hk2mThere’s this big yellow thing in the sky that’s making everything hot. What the hell is it?13 Feb 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqny532hk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3medv7y3dok2o“Lynn, idea for Farage meeting. Jim Davidson hosts the 9 o’clock news. Stop migrants taking taxis.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3medv7y3dok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3me7kijwtts2cIt’s difficult to express in words the contempt with which the McSweeney cabal deserve to be regarded, but Ian does a good job in approximating. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7kijwtts2chttps://bsky.app/profile/prconway.bsky.social/post/3mdxy5jlhqk2lHe's finally done. They'll hang him out to save themselves, now. But I think it's important to emphasise that Mandelson had and kept power *because* of being a creepy, corrupt spittle-licker. That was his job, and he excelled at it. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/02/how-vivid-new-epstein-emails-sealed-mandelson-fate03 Feb 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:kn4calsbdvrqsea2l4lcfc2y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxy5jlhqk2l