Davide Denti
@davidedenti.bsky.social
PhD @sisunitn. BXL-based. EU, Italy, Malta, Bosnia. Personal opinions only.
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The Economist making itself look ridiculous again. 🤷♂️
Emulating Robin Hood and his merry men might look tempting for governments. But trying to fix budgets by going after the rich is a bad idea econ.st/40ig8kT
February 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The Economist making itself look ridiculous again. 🤷♂️
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you think China is into the idea of "civilizational state" because of some pre-existing tradition? everyone learnt from Huntington. Zhao Tingyang the guy who invented tianxia theory said in interview himself that he was originally a Kantian guy. Then he read Huntington and he thought oh no
February 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
you think China is into the idea of "civilizational state" because of some pre-existing tradition? everyone learnt from Huntington. Zhao Tingyang the guy who invented tianxia theory said in interview himself that he was originally a Kantian guy. Then he read Huntington and he thought oh no
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If you read one thing this day, this week, let it be this, and think of the thousands of unsung heroes in this country, who are not only resisting this inhumane system, but also display true humanity. Love and respect to all of you. ❤️🙏
Opinion | They Don’t Tell You How Fun the Resistance Can Be
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:13 AM
If you read one thing this day, this week, let it be this, and think of the thousands of unsung heroes in this country, who are not only resisting this inhumane system, but also display true humanity. Love and respect to all of you. ❤️🙏
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this is what your inseam looks like
February 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
this is what your inseam looks like
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.
February 19, 2026 at 7:14 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.
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Look at all their pop art references to lord of the rings, star wars, star trek, superman etc. They completely miss the point of the most didactic material, the only reason they pretend to like classical art is they think it owns “lesser” people even though this is wholly stolen valor
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Look at all their pop art references to lord of the rings, star wars, star trek, superman etc. They completely miss the point of the most didactic material, the only reason they pretend to like classical art is they think it owns “lesser” people even though this is wholly stolen valor
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The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
How often does this man think about the Roman Empire?
There was Athens, Rome, and then America. Nothing in between. That's your history right there
February 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
How often does this man think about the Roman Empire?
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
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interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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"Keir doesn't read. He has no hinterland"
Some extracts from the Tim Shipman long read "Keir and Loathing" (at least the PM is a gift to headline writers) This on the "island of strangers" speech
February 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"Keir doesn't read. He has no hinterland"
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Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.
February 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.
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(worth saying here that this formulation of “western civilization” curiously isolates Europe from the Middle East and Africa, as if you can understand European “civilization” outside the context of its interactions with and integration into those worlds)
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
(worth saying here that this formulation of “western civilization” curiously isolates Europe from the Middle East and Africa, as if you can understand European “civilization” outside the context of its interactions with and integration into those worlds)
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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our gender is finally catching a break somewhere, even if it's way over the rainbow where the skies are blue and the dreams that we all dared to dream are now coming true
February 14, 2026 at 3:17 AM
our gender is finally catching a break somewhere, even if it's way over the rainbow where the skies are blue and the dreams that we all dared to dream are now coming true
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TV. They've just reinvented TV.
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 AM
TV. They've just reinvented TV.
Abbiamo aperto una (1) fattoria in Africa, raga (che vergogna queste veline aziendali pubblicate sul sole24ore) 🇮🇹 🇨🇩
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Abbiamo aperto una (1) fattoria in Africa, raga (che vergogna queste veline aziendali pubblicate sul sole24ore) 🇮🇹 🇨🇩
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A common feature I've often seen among Very Online anti-trans types is simultaneous insistence on blanket attitudes and policies towards trans folks regardless of individual contexts while also demanding that they personally be considered as an individual and not in context of broader transphobia.
I didn't ask what *you* believed, I asked what the anti-trans movement believed.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A common feature I've often seen among Very Online anti-trans types is simultaneous insistence on blanket attitudes and policies towards trans folks regardless of individual contexts while also demanding that they personally be considered as an individual and not in context of broader transphobia.
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
Now it just needs some trees 🌳
Beliris says the new stone benches on Place Royale are "an ode to the classical facades". Brussels also gets yet another circular feature - more benches will surround the statue of Godefroid de Bouillon. Having somewhere to sit in this square is a mini-revoluution.
www.beliris.be/actualites/p...
www.beliris.be/actualites/p...
February 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Now it just needs some trees 🌳
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Brussels NE architect Antoine Aulbur moonlighting in Schaerbeek, 1907. For sale at €850k. Over 7 decades, the address was home to a gas-fitter/electrician then Brazilian coffee roaster, lingerie-seller, brewery rep, pilot, photojournalist, and a printer in the 1970s.
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Brussels NE architect Antoine Aulbur moonlighting in Schaerbeek, 1907. For sale at €850k. Over 7 decades, the address was home to a gas-fitter/electrician then Brazilian coffee roaster, lingerie-seller, brewery rep, pilot, photojournalist, and a printer in the 1970s.
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Flat for sale in the once ultra-modern 1940s Alfred Chambon extension to the CGER offices in Brussels ( ground floor now Wolf food market). Includes access to a roof terrace - the curious skeletal stone mitre visible from across the city.
www.immoweb.be/fr/annonce/p...
www.immoweb.be/fr/annonce/p...
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Flat for sale in the once ultra-modern 1940s Alfred Chambon extension to the CGER offices in Brussels ( ground floor now Wolf food market). Includes access to a roof terrace - the curious skeletal stone mitre visible from across the city.
www.immoweb.be/fr/annonce/p...
www.immoweb.be/fr/annonce/p...
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Approaching (🤞)the only outcome there was ever going to be for Gibraltar after June 2016. TEN YEARS of denial. And no end of it in sight for the UK.
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Approaching (🤞)the only outcome there was ever going to be for Gibraltar after June 2016. TEN YEARS of denial. And no end of it in sight for the UK.
