Ana Méndez de Andés
@anamandes.bsky.social
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Arquitecta urbanista, me flipan los mapas, adoro la ficción especulativa y hago investigación sobre comunes urbanos, escenarios de futuro y planificación disruptiva.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.
A collective paper by the Urban Commons Collective on embracing hesitation, stirring up stories and staying in the gaps.
Or how the impossibility of translating non-English commoning practices into our one shared language creates the spaces where our understanding of commoning practices can expand.
Or how the impossibility of translating non-English commoning practices into our one shared language creates the spaces where our understanding of commoning practices can expand.
Plural commons: translation as a relational practice
The widespread use of the English term commons, rooted in British history, often obscures the diverse ways in which collective life, stewardship, and organising are practiced across different cultu...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A collective paper by the Urban Commons Collective on embracing hesitation, stirring up stories and staying in the gaps.
Or how the impossibility of translating non-English commoning practices into our one shared language creates the spaces where our understanding of commoning practices can expand.
Or how the impossibility of translating non-English commoning practices into our one shared language creates the spaces where our understanding of commoning practices can expand.
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BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago.
Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇
Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago.
Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇
Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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Países como Alemania ni siquiera han firmado esta declaración inconsecuente que se limita a mendigar unos mínimos insultantes frente a un genocidio. Europa es un pozo oscuro.
This joint statement, which just asks Israel to ensure access of humanitarian aid and let NGOs work, has not been signed by Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania. Their governments are not even willing to request this. Appalling.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/joint-s...
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/joint-s...
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Países como Alemania ni siquiera han firmado esta declaración inconsecuente que se limita a mendigar unos mínimos insultantes frente a un genocidio. Europa es un pozo oscuro.
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La UE es el MAYOR socio comercial de Israel.
Decir “no al genocidio” pero no sancionar ni suspender relaciones y acuerdos preferenciales es cosmética.
Es urgente poner fin a la complicidad europea⬇️
Decir “no al genocidio” pero no sancionar ni suspender relaciones y acuerdos preferenciales es cosmética.
Es urgente poner fin a la complicidad europea⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
La UE es el MAYOR socio comercial de Israel.
Decir “no al genocidio” pero no sancionar ni suspender relaciones y acuerdos preferenciales es cosmética.
Es urgente poner fin a la complicidad europea⬇️
Decir “no al genocidio” pero no sancionar ni suspender relaciones y acuerdos preferenciales es cosmética.
Es urgente poner fin a la complicidad europea⬇️
Nos ha dejado Osfa Veladoz, aka José Pérez de Lama, y el mundo es un poco menos luminoso.
Rest in power, Osfa, las máquinas rebeldes te echarán de menos.
Rest in power, Osfa, las máquinas rebeldes te echarán de menos.
July 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Nos ha dejado Osfa Veladoz, aka José Pérez de Lama, y el mundo es un poco menos luminoso.
Rest in power, Osfa, las máquinas rebeldes te echarán de menos.
Rest in power, Osfa, las máquinas rebeldes te echarán de menos.
Reposted by Ana Méndez de Andés
👩🏾💻🌱 Join us for #TheTechPeopleWant Summit! @okfn.bsky.social + The Tor Project are teaming up to rethink who current tech is really for and against. Will you be there?
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
💻🌱 #TheTechPeopleWant Summit is just around the corner (July 8–9).
Today we are announcing the full programme, featuring 31 speakers from all around the world across 4 panels, 2 keynotes and 3 Spotlight Sessions.
Today we are announcing the full programme, featuring 31 speakers from all around the world across 4 panels, 2 keynotes and 3 Spotlight Sessions.
July 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
👩🏾💻🌱 Join us for #TheTechPeopleWant Summit! @okfn.bsky.social + The Tor Project are teaming up to rethink who current tech is really for and against. Will you be there?
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
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🔴 #TheTechPeopleWant is on!
We are discussing why people want #OpenData with the authors of Towards a Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystem.
It's key to keep in mind that "Without sustainability there is no sovereignty" says @anamandes.bsky.social
Join the discussion today and tomorrow.
We are discussing why people want #OpenData with the authors of Towards a Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystem.
It's key to keep in mind that "Without sustainability there is no sovereignty" says @anamandes.bsky.social
Join the discussion today and tomorrow.
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🔴 #TheTechPeopleWant is on!
We are discussing why people want #OpenData with the authors of Towards a Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystem.
It's key to keep in mind that "Without sustainability there is no sovereignty" says @anamandes.bsky.social
Join the discussion today and tomorrow.
We are discussing why people want #OpenData with the authors of Towards a Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystem.
It's key to keep in mind that "Without sustainability there is no sovereignty" says @anamandes.bsky.social
Join the discussion today and tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we are presenting some insights from the study on Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystems Semra Sonmez and I have done for @okfn.bsky.social
The commons are the perfect framework to rethink openness: communities, co-governance and care will make sharing data and content sustainable again :)
The commons are the perfect framework to rethink openness: communities, co-governance and care will make sharing data and content sustainable again :)
The Tech People Want Online Summit – Open Knowledge Foudation
We’re bringing together advocates, civil society organisations, government officials and forward-thinking creators to reimagine technology from the ground up.
okfn.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tomorrow, we are presenting some insights from the study on Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystems Semra Sonmez and I have done for @okfn.bsky.social
The commons are the perfect framework to rethink openness: communities, co-governance and care will make sharing data and content sustainable again :)
The commons are the perfect framework to rethink openness: communities, co-governance and care will make sharing data and content sustainable again :)
Open Call from the Urban Commons Research Collective.
An initiative to broaden our understanding of communal living and stewardship by challenging the Western-centric notion of “the commons.”
Join us in this initiative by submitting an Expression of Interest until 20 June 2025.
An initiative to broaden our understanding of communal living and stewardship by challenging the Western-centric notion of “the commons.”
Join us in this initiative by submitting an Expression of Interest until 20 June 2025.
May 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Open Call from the Urban Commons Research Collective.
An initiative to broaden our understanding of communal living and stewardship by challenging the Western-centric notion of “the commons.”
Join us in this initiative by submitting an Expression of Interest until 20 June 2025.
An initiative to broaden our understanding of communal living and stewardship by challenging the Western-centric notion of “the commons.”
Join us in this initiative by submitting an Expression of Interest until 20 June 2025.
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A las 19h estaremos @xanlopez.xyz @anamandes.bsky.social y yo hablando de redes sociales, comunicación y tecnológica en una mesa redonda que monta @movimientosumar.es
Con una idea fuerte en la cabeza: "Mundus sine cesaribus".
Con una idea fuerte en la cabeza: "Mundus sine cesaribus".
March 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A las 19h estaremos @xanlopez.xyz @anamandes.bsky.social y yo hablando de redes sociales, comunicación y tecnológica en una mesa redonda que monta @movimientosumar.es
Con una idea fuerte en la cabeza: "Mundus sine cesaribus".
Con una idea fuerte en la cabeza: "Mundus sine cesaribus".
Reposted by Ana Méndez de Andés
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
www.eff.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
Arquitecta urbanista, me flipan los mapas, adoro la ficción especulativa y hago investigación sobre comunes urbanos, escenarios de futuro y planificación disruptiva.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.
January 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Arquitecta urbanista, me flipan los mapas, adoro la ficción especulativa y hago investigación sobre comunes urbanos, escenarios de futuro y planificación disruptiva.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.
Me mudo a Bluesky porque si podemos ir de las plazas a la nube (como decía Bookcamping), también del cielo azul a las calles.