Thomas Dekeyser

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative! It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @UMinnPress.

Today is the release date for ✨Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine 🕳️ The book traces the long histories of technological resistance, and offers a source of inspiration for those looking for a new tech politics. Get in touch for reviews/events/talks/etc

@Marcus_TROTR @UMinnPress It's already out, so yes you can order for international shipping.

@ThomasDekeyser @UMinnPress Wow this looks cool, can one pre-order for international shipping?`

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative! It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @UMinnPress.

Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine Buy this book by the excellent @ThomasDekeyser. mngbookshop.co.uk/9781517917739/…

"What is the effect of leveling the diversity of techno-negative feelings (frustration, anger, disgust, fear, sadness, boredom, indifference) into the singularity of ‘phobia’?" @ThomasDekeyser TECHNO-NEGATIVE excerpt in @lithub : lithub.com/technophobe-a-…

@UMinnPress The book is now officially released. Get your copy with a 30% discount! - US code via Minnesota's website: MN94330 z.umn.edu/17739 - Europe, Asia, Africa code via MNG: MNMNGS26 mngbookshop.co.uk/9781517917739/…

If you’re interested, I recommend you buy the book from your local, independent bookshop (or ask them to order it for you). Alternatively, the book can be found via all the major online book retailers and directly from Uni of Minnesota Press. upress.umn.edu/9781517917739/…

In a conversation with Rest of World's @rinachandran, author @ThomasDekeyser explains why modern resistance to Big Tech is a deeply sane response to a narrow vision of humanity restofworld.org/2026/techno-ne…

Interested in taking this unprecedented level of 'doom' seriously? For the geographers amongst you: We've got an RGS-IBG conference session planned that aims to investigate 'pessimist geographies'.

Some initial blurbs have rolled in, by two favourite thinkers of mine. In the meantime, the book's now also become available for pre-order: upress.umn.edu/9781517917739/…

Got to present the book in full for the first time yesterday at the 'Technological Life Research Cluster' (@oxfordgeography). Big thank you to @atmosphericthings and attendees for the wonderful questions and comments.

"We might not win in the end, but even in the attempt to resist, we will salvage some of our humanity." @ThomasDekeyser 's TECHNO-NEGATIVE is a @lithub anticipated book of '26! lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-…

I've previously spoken about this group on @PopularFront_ (currently behind a patreon paywall) patreon.com/posts/bonus-12…

As AI continues to expand, anti-AI resistance does too. The German ultra-leftist 'volcano group' has just attacked electricity infrastructures, framing it in their communique as the sabotage of AI's "gigantic, energy-guzzling data centres & server farms." de.indymedia.org/node/565575

Jake is one of my favourite people to speak to - thanks for having me again @Jake_Hanrahan. I hope people enjoy the conversation about anti-tech politics, Ted Kaczynski, AI, etc etc. I promise: it's a bit more nuanced than the title implies.

💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥 We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tr…

Additionally, I am also looking for applications specifically interested in critically examining (/theorising) the implementation of digital technologies (including AI) into physical retail environments. This PhD would be co-supervised with @brian_hracs. static1.squarespace.com/static/61978cf…

I am inviting applications for PhD projects, focused on: politics of refusal, digital tech, urban interventions and/or geographical theory. Funding app's would be made to the South Coast DTP. Check out my work before sending something to ensure a fit! thomasdekeyser.com/phd-supervision

This book - which I had the honour of reading early on - is one of the best texts in geographical theory to come out in a long time. It foregrounds a 'Sad Spinoza' at odds with a narrow reading of the philosopher's ethics as 'an evangelical quest for psychological happiness'.

on this day in 1866, the ‘reno brothers’ carried out the first train robbery in US history. to celebrate this anniversary, today we are releasing the short film BREACHED, a diary of modern-day train robbery in los angeles. watch & share widely: youtu.be/6GcZOf9Mn6Q