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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a
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Sparse reactions to things, augmented with academic propaganda -- from the verified author of 'The Provoked Economy' (Routledge, 2014), AKA Fabian Muniesa

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Fabian Muniesa is an author, social scientist, and poet of French and Spanish citizenship. He is a Professor at the École des Mines de Paris, and a member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation in Paris, France. .. more

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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · Apr 23
"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Fabian Muniesa, 2024, Paranoid Finance, Polity Press.

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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 10h
"En toda España, alrededor de 185.000 inmuebles en alquiler ahora son propiedad de grandes corporaciones, la mitad de ellas de empresas con sede en Estados Unidos." www.nytimes.com/es/2025/04/2...
¿El mayor arrendador de Madrid? Empresas de inversión estadounidenses
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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 10h
"As private equity firms assert control over much of Spain’s housing, thousands face the threat of eviction." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/r...
Madrid’s Biggest Landlord? U.S. Investment Firms
www.nytimes.com

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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 12h
Minegrift.

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Here comes the great American bitcoin-mining-to-AI pivot
[FREE TO READ] New kids off the blockchain
as.ft.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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wired.com
WIRED @wired.com · 16h
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame. www.wired.com/story/irans-...
Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
www.wired.com

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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 16h
Latest episode is OUT. Feat. 🥁 @taschn.bsky.social and @jeremybrice.bsky.social talking about how apps, platforms and data are reshaping what eating means with our hosts @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and @philiproscoe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw8A...

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 16h
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul, sentenced to 20 years in prison
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul, sentenced to 20 years in prison
At age 78, the vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party was sentenced to jail on Monday under the national security law. The businessman headed the media group Next Digital and was a influential figure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp.
www.lemonde.fr

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EL PAÍS México @elpaismexico.bsky.social · 1d
Bernie Sanders: ‘These are the most dangerous times that the United States has faced in modern history’ dozz.es/sn4v916
Bernie Sanders: ‘These are the most dangerous times that the United States has faced in modern history’
dozz.es

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 1d
As I read up on Starmer's (ex-)chief of staff, some pieces of the puzzle of the UK government's strange infatuation with and mimicking of US tech language and ethos might perhaps fall into place www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The AI manifesto inspiring Keir Starmer’s government
In The Technological Republic, Alex Karp argues for a new ‘Manhattan Project’ to see off China. Morgan McSweeney, the PM’s chief of staff, is a big fan
www.thetimes.com

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Audrey Garric @audreygarric.bsky.social · 1d
Le mouvement MAGA de Donald Trump trouve en France un écho particulier auprès d’acteurs de l’agriculture, comme vient de le rappeler la virulence des critiques contre la nomination d’une ancienne cadre écologiste à l’OFB, rappelle @sfoucart.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« La tentation d’une violence politique caractéristique des droites extrêmes s’amplifie dans les campagnes françaises »
CHRONIQUE. Le mouvement MAGA de Donald Trump trouve en France un écho particulier auprès d’acteurs de l’agriculture, comme vient encore de le rappeler la virulence des critiques contre la nomination d...
www.lemonde.fr

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FRANCE 24 Español @es.france24.com · 1d
Legislativas en Japón: el partido de la primera ministra Sanae Takaichi recuperaría la mayoría
Legislativas en Japón: el partido de la primera ministra Sanae Takaichi recuperaría la mayoría
La primera ministra Sanae Takaichi, representante del ultraconservadurismo y de una línea dura en materia de inmigración, debería recuperar una amplia mayoría en la Cámara Baja del Parlamento al término de las elecciones legislativas en las que los japoneses votaron el domingo, según proyecciones de los medios difundidas tras el cierre de los comicios. El partido en el poder obtendría entre 274 y 328 escaños, frente a los 198 que tenía anteriormente, en una asamblea compuesta por 465 miembros.
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Le Monde en Feed - non-officiel @lemonde.skyfleet.blue · 1d
« La tentation d’une violence politique caractéristique des droites extrêmes s’amplifie dans les campagnes françaises »
« La tentation d’une violence politique caractéristique des droites extrêmes s’amplifie dans les campagnes françaises »
www.lemonde.fr

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 1d
🗾 Aunque el recuento de votos no ha hecho más que empezar, todo indica que la ultraconservadora primera ministra, Sanae Takaichi, se encamina hacia una victoria contundente en las elecciones legislativas de hoy
La primera ministra Takaichi logra una victoria contundente en Japón, según los primeros sondeos
La dirigente, convertida en un fenómeno que trasciende la política, aspira a una mayoría absoluta en la Cámara baja
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RFI @rfi.fr · 1d
Législatives au Japon: la Première ministre Sanae Takaichi l'emporte avec une large majorité pour son parti
Législatives au Japon: la Première ministre Sanae Takaichi l'emporte avec une large majorité pour son parti
La Première ministre Sanae Takaichi, tenante de l'ultra-conservatisme et d'une ligne dure sur l'immigration, devrait gagner son pari de redonner une majorité à son Parti libéral-démocrate (PLD) à la chambre basse du Parlement après les élections législatives anticipées de dimanche, selon les premières estimations des médias japonais.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Japan election: Sanae Takaichi’s ruling conservatives on course for landslide victory
Japan election: Sanae Takaichi’s ruling conservatives on course for landslide victory
Exit polls point to public endorsement of new prime minister Sanae Takaichi Japan’s conservative governing party is on course to strengthen dramatically its grip on power after exit polls predicted a landslide victory in Sunday’s lower house elections. The LDP was projected to win between 274 and 328 seats out of a total of 465, according to an exit poll by the public broadcaster NHK, well above the 233 it needed to regain the majority it lost in 2024. Combined with seats secured by its junior coalition partner, the Japan Innovation party, the parties could win between 302 and 366 seats, NHK added. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Weather agencies and climate scientists have pointed to the possibility of an El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean later this year – a phenomenon that could push global temperatures to all-time record highs in 2027. Both the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology have said some climate models are forecasting an El Niño but both cautioned those results came with uncertainties. Experts told the Guardian it was too early to be confident, but there were signals in the spread of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific that suggested an El Niño could form in 2026. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 2d
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record
www.theguardian.com

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Los Libros de la Catarata @cataratalibros.bsky.social · 2d
'El Frente Popular de izquierdas (enero-julio 1936)', de Carmelo Romero Salvador. Una nueva aproximación de Carmelo Romero a unos de los acontecimientos determinantes de la historia de la II República. #Novedad buff.ly/aCi1jYA

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truthout.org
Truthout @truthout.org · 2d
The Hindu nationalist group appears to be backtracking after a report by @Prismreports.org sparked public backlash.
Far Right Indian Organization Ends US Lobbying Operations After Controversy
The Hindu nationalist group appears to be backtracking after a Prism report sparked public backlash.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d
‘Lower-income households devote almost two-thirds of their earnings to education; the authors call it “a tax on China’s poor”.’

@izading.bsky.social on China’s university entrance exam, the gaokao.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Iza Ding · Studying is harmful: China sits the Gaokao
In a country plagued by corruption, China’s national college entrance exam, the gaokao, is remarkably clean. ‘Open...
www.lrb.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Storm-battered Portugal heads to polls as rivals unite to keep out far right
Storm-battered Portugal heads to polls as rivals unite to keep out far right
Socialist António José Seguro on course for victory but gains by André Ventura’s Chega could herald watershed
www.theguardian.com

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Prism @prismreports.org · 3d
“For those who long to kill, the opportunity to do so for ICE—shielded by immunity, offered to regular police too—is the fulfillment of a white accelerationist mandate.”

Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social traces the violence that is America’s sustaining force & what is required of us to oppose it.
Another way out: Power, force, and far-right rewards for killing
The far-right’s celebration of killing and the state’s complicity in it show that violence is one of America’s sustaining forces
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 3d
Please join me if you are able for this upcoming webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au in which we will discuss why corporate tax is good – and why democracies should be collecting more of it. Tue Feb. 10 at 5 pm EST/Wed Feb 11 at 9am AEDT
Registration free: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

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WIRED @wired.com · 3d
A growing number of U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) doctors, nurses, and officers are resigning rather than accepting deployments to the Trump administration’s expanded immigration detention operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This story was published in partnership with @kff.org.
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
www.wired.com

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desmog.com
DeSmog @desmog.com · 3d
🔴 NEW - MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws

The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.

📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social
MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
BRUSSELS – Groups aligned with Donald Trump’s administration rallied against “online censorship” and “extreme environmentalism” as they took to the stage at an event held in the heart of the European ...
www.desmog.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 3d
Portugal, CESOP-UCP poll:

Presidential run-off election

Seguro (PS-S&D): 67% (-3)
Ventura (CH-PfE): 33% (+3)

+/- vs. 20-21 January 2026

Fieldwork: 29 January - 02 February 2026
Sample size: 1,601

➤ europeelects.eu/portugal

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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 3d
Madrid, 1954

Francesc Català Roca

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europeelects.bsky.social
Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 3d
Portugal, Aximage poll:

Presidential run-off election

Seguro (PS-S&D): 65% (+16)
Ventura (CH-PfE): 30% (+1)

+/- vs. 09-12 January 2026

Fieldwork: 29 January - 02 February 2026
Sample size: 607

➤ europeelects.eu/portugal

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.