Materialist. Educational Psychologist. Based in West Yorks. Words - https://borrowed-language.ghost.io Music - https://whippetdreamsofnothing.bandcamp.com/album/demos-2https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3myh3bxm5vs2yLooking forward to our second seminar in the Radical Psychology, Real Change series with @edpsy.bsky.social on Nov 3rd 4-6pm. This time we’ll be talking about psychology under capitalism. Tickets at the link below. https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/edpsy-residency-radical-psychology-real-change/ #psychology #edusky #edpsychs22 Oct 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3myh3bxm5vs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3myh3rl6obc2yOver the last year I’ve been working with Maslaha, a charity that works in shared struggle with communities. If anyone is interested in complicating seasonal narratives, I recommend giving their resource on anti-racist remembrance a look https://www.maslaha.org/project/anti-racist-remembrance-day #edusky #edpsychs22 Oct 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3myh3rl6obc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3myh3bxm5vs2yLooking forward to our second seminar in the Radical Psychology, Real Change series with @edpsy.bsky.social on Nov 3rd 4-6pm. This time we’ll be talking about psychology under capitalism. Tickets at the link below. https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/edpsy-residency-radical-psychology-real-change/ #psychology #edusky #edpsychs22 Oct 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3myh3bxm5vs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mwt7juuyak2tThis starts on Tuesday (6th October) #edpsychs and #edusky and #psychology types - if you’re interested in Soviet psychology, a critique of the idea of the pre-given mind as an attempt to reify the unreifiable nature of human subjectivity, and how to unlock your communist potentiality - come join! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt7juuyak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mwt74oz45k2tListening to this album too much atm. I think it’s making me an even worse person [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt74oz45k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mwnusold5223Who could have foreseen this https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-plans-2-3m-spend-on-council-send-consultants/29 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnusold5223https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mwljr45kcs2yCo-wrote an essay with @edpsydan.bsky.social about how our professional institutions let us down every time they welcome further enshitification and immiseration from govt with ‘cautious optimism’. #edusky it’s time we demand more from those who represent us! https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/abandon-cautious-optimism-all-ye-who-enter-here/28 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwljr45kcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mvkgn7weuc22Why don’t kids read anymore? Maybe part of the answer to this question is that neoliberalism has sucked all the joy out of learning to read with phonics programmes such as Read Write Inc This is my son’s Y1 reading book. If this doesn’t destroy a love of reading I don’t know what will.15 Sep 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkgn7weuc22https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mvfyhuggmc2lWonder if Divine Comedy CDs from the original label are worth anything, any 6music dads want to buy these from me? £6m job lot 🙏13 Sep 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfyhuggmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mvfxpw7zqk2vHaving a clear out. Anyone want a copy of Primus’ worst album on CD?13 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfxpw7zqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv6rsfxlo22mMy theoretical programme of SEANOANALYSIS is clearly superior to the Deleuzoguttarian approach, because I realised the height of radical praxis was joining the Green Party at 38 years old whereas it took Felix until he was at least 55 to come to the same conclusion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6rsfxlo22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv6nunpnlk2mI know it’s deeply uncool to be down on Deleuze and Guattari on Bluesky dot com but so much of their programme feels like a reaction to communist authoritarianism…which in 1968 probably made a lot of sense…but seems to be quite damaging to the idea of organising nowadays.10 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6nunpnlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv3ygaqtb22rFeeling safe enough to put on some headphones, kick back, and listen to @bloodwork.show at home thanks to SUBLETHAL REMOTE GUNS [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ygaqtb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv3ozssois26How I plan to celebrate my next anniversary with a 0 at the end of it ❤️ 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ozssois26https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv3opodfu226Geordie Greep’s The New Sound is Walthamstow’s answer to The Mars Volta09 Sep 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3opodfu226https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv3hllaxx226It’s v important that someone tells me where I can buy this tshirt from [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3hllaxx226https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv33ee6gtk26Anyways, I’ve been involved in an incredibly marginal trade union for 10+ years, who wants to join me for my new masterclass series: SURE ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY, BUT SO DOES AN INCREDIBLY UNIMPORTANT ROLE IN THE LEADERSHIP OF ANY ORGANISATION REGARDLESS OF SIZE 🙏 ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv33ee6gtk26https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mv2xh3youc26I think one of the problems with developing quality political representation on the left is that most leftists aren’t interested in garnering individual power, attending boring meetings, reading dull constitutions, plotting pathetic coups etc.09 Sep 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2xh3youc26https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muzbicurvc2jSpot the difference! Wonder if Pat McFadden got in touch after publication08 Sep 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbicurvc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muyj3sh4ks2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyj3sh4ks2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muyhfdun5k2iGood news — we solved the ‘NEET’ crisis. Bad news — we made the ‘in-work poverty’ crisis a lot worse [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyhfdun5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muyfnlpbts2iBurnham’s favourite Manc bands wouldn’t exist without the social safety net he is participant in dismantling.08 Sep 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyfnlpbts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muyfjxmvik2iGross, disgusting. Our youth need systems change not unpaid labour. This is barefaced - the powerful exploiting the weak. They’re not even hiding it anymore. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyfjxmvik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muuimzzdik2aI’m really interested in a Marxist Psychological reconceptualisation of agency that allows for acknowledging the structural imperatives of capitalism (material, ideological, repressive) whilst also accepting that as individuals we have the power to choose our own way to navigate such structures.06 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuimzzdik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muuibjigh22aOk I’m into that Geordie Greep record now. DONT JUDGE ME IM A STEELY DAN FAN. …partner hates it06 Sep 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuibjigh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mujlfzr5f22fHey Polly, how about we end child poverty. What about that? How about we create good jobs? Build social housing? Fund public services? Democratise institutions? Support asylum seekers? Rewild the countryside? Expropriate land? [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujlfzr5f22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muiekhcpsk2hFeels good to have a legitimate excuse to Toynbee-post on main, as it relates to my professional interests and LET ME TELL YOU POLLY…those deck chairs you’re rearranging look even worse than before, when they were sliding around on deck due to the imminent sinking of this large ship we’re all on [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiekhcpsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muiecpvdec2hTOTAL TOYNBEE! ABSOLUTE LIQUID TOYNBEE HERE! INCREDIBLE SCENES!01 Sep 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiecpvdec2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3muhhtupflk2qHELP IM BEING BULLIED ON LINKEDIN FOR SAYING INTELLIGENCE IS A SOCIAL RELATION, BY A DUDE WHO SPEND 30 YEARS STUDYING TRAIT THEORY. WHAT DO I DO?!01 Sep 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhhtupflk2q