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I added "allegedly" to that claim about the ugly version of the pride flag and a huge footnote on it in the written version, which you can read here: open.substack.com/pub/theoryunderground/p/its-2026-and-youre-still-left-without?
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ From David McKerracher, a worker with earbuds, theorizing the future of meaningful work and real learning
I research ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, bridging manual labor and the life of the mind at the foundations of life. Theory Underground runs on two things: my effort and your attention. Show up, listen, engage, share, and keep me on task so that the work can grow out of a community. Membership is how my work is made possible. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
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๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ is the author of ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ (Foreword by Slavoj ลฝiลพek) and he's the founder of Theory Underground.
๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐: First Monday of every month, 10 a.m. Pacific. theoryunderground.com/subscribe
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I added "allegedly" to that claim about the ugly version of the pride flag and a huge footnote on it in the written version, which you can read here: open.substack.com/pub/theoryunderground/p/its-2026-and-youre-still-left-without?
Thanks for listening! Thanks even more for liking, sharing, and commentingโwhether it be something thoughtful or just for the algorithm. It definitely makes a difference.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ From David McKerracher, a worker with earbuds, theorizing the future of meaningful work and real learning
I research ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, bridging manual labor and the life of the mind at the foundations of life. Theory Underground runs on two things: my effort and your attention. Show up, listen, engage, share, and keep me on task so that the work can grow out of a community. Membership is how my work is made possible. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
theoryunderground.com/subscribe
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ is the author of ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ (Foreword by Slavoj ลฝiลพek) and he's the founder of Theory Underground.
๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐: First Monday of every month, 10 a.m. Pacific. theoryunderground.com/subscribe
My lectures, seminars, and guest lectures from friends, happen when they do and only members get most of what happens there. If you'd prefer to wait for the free version, it all trickles down into my writing eventually. Just make sure to subscribe or follow so you don't miss all the epic free content.
