Luis Bouza
@luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social
Teaching and researching European politics at UAM Madrid (law faculty) and General Studies in Bruges. Currently working on the EU regulation of disinformation. Unapologetically interdisciplinary. Posting in ES, FR & EN.
Esto es algo que me habría gustado escribir. Hay que estar a la vez atentos a las posibilidades de manipulación individual y colectiva por la degradación de la esfera pública y el dopaje tecnológico y a los pánicos morales por el cambio en los patrones culturales.
Aunque la CIA fracasó en dominar la consciencia; la ultraderecha, impulsada por algoritmos, cámaras de eco y la normalización de discursos extremistas ha encontrado en la psiquedelia un amplificador inesperado y enormemente eficiente.
Escribo para @elsaltodiario.com
Escribo para @elsaltodiario.com
CIA, psiquedelia y ultraderecha: del proyecto MK-Ultra al trumpismo
Aunque la CIA fracasó en dominar la consciencia; la ultraderecha, impulsada por algoritmos, cámaras de eco y la normalización de discursos extremistas ha encontrado en la psiquedelia un amplificador i...
elsal.to
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Esto es algo que me habría gustado escribir. Hay que estar a la vez atentos a las posibilidades de manipulación individual y colectiva por la degradación de la esfera pública y el dopaje tecnológico y a los pánicos morales por el cambio en los patrones culturales.
This is why Carney quoting Havel on breaking with official lies was spot on.
he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is why Carney quoting Havel on breaking with official lies was spot on.
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If this were happening in a Latin American country, ICE would simply be described as a death squad
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
If this were happening in a Latin American country, ICE would simply be described as a death squad
Renee Good's body is a-mouldering in her grave but her soul goes marching on www.youtube.com/watch?v=jso1...
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Renee Good's body is a-mouldering in her grave but her soul goes marching on www.youtube.com/watch?v=jso1...
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The hazards of failing first-year biology: you invade the wrong pole.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The hazards of failing first-year biology: you invade the wrong pole.
🇦🇶 🐧 🇬🇱 🐻❄️
🇦🇶 🐧 🇬🇱 🐻❄️
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¿Las pensiones son una “estafa piramidal”? ¿Los mayores le están “robando” el futuro a los jóvenes?
Este debate está contaminado por narrativas muy sesgadas. Es necesaria una conversación pública más rigurosa y, para ello, conviene tener en cuenta las siguientes claves 👇
Este debate está contaminado por narrativas muy sesgadas. Es necesaria una conversación pública más rigurosa y, para ello, conviene tener en cuenta las siguientes claves 👇
January 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
¿Las pensiones son una “estafa piramidal”? ¿Los mayores le están “robando” el futuro a los jóvenes?
Este debate está contaminado por narrativas muy sesgadas. Es necesaria una conversación pública más rigurosa y, para ello, conviene tener en cuenta las siguientes claves 👇
Este debate está contaminado por narrativas muy sesgadas. Es necesaria una conversación pública más rigurosa y, para ello, conviene tener en cuenta las siguientes claves 👇
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Incredible ad. No wonder the greens are up 50% in polls since Polanski took leadership.
The explosion of the greens in the UK is quite something - they're now well ahead of the LibDems in polls, and within 2pts of Labour and the Conservatives
Reform's rise is not the only story in UK politics
The explosion of the greens in the UK is quite something - they're now well ahead of the LibDems in polls, and within 2pts of Labour and the Conservatives
Reform's rise is not the only story in UK politics
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Incredible ad. No wonder the greens are up 50% in polls since Polanski took leadership.
The explosion of the greens in the UK is quite something - they're now well ahead of the LibDems in polls, and within 2pts of Labour and the Conservatives
Reform's rise is not the only story in UK politics
The explosion of the greens in the UK is quite something - they're now well ahead of the LibDems in polls, and within 2pts of Labour and the Conservatives
Reform's rise is not the only story in UK politics
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457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
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Utterly extraordinary. Trump is clearly very serious about using every tool at his disposal to help his far-right allies abroad. This would ordinarily surely be grounds for revoking the culprits' diplomatic credentials.
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Utterly extraordinary. Trump is clearly very serious about using every tool at his disposal to help his far-right allies abroad. This would ordinarily surely be grounds for revoking the culprits' diplomatic credentials.
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¿Qué nos parece el acuerdo de libre comercio EU-Mercosur ahora que Trump ha dicho abiertamente que considera América Latina parte de “su hemisferio”? Otra cosa que igual ya no tiene sentido pensar utilizando los viejos esquemas.
January 7, 2026 at 6:47 AM
¿Qué nos parece el acuerdo de libre comercio EU-Mercosur ahora que Trump ha dicho abiertamente que considera América Latina parte de “su hemisferio”? Otra cosa que igual ya no tiene sentido pensar utilizando los viejos esquemas.
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Europe sucking up to Trump as a strategy to buy time might be defendable. But only if that time is being used to make Europe independent and strong. But in the past twelve months there have been exactly zero efforts for a stronger, more integrated Europe. So the sucking up is a waste of time.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Europe sucking up to Trump as a strategy to buy time might be defendable. But only if that time is being used to make Europe independent and strong. But in the past twelve months there have been exactly zero efforts for a stronger, more integrated Europe. So the sucking up is a waste of time.
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Comunicado conjunto de México, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay y España sobre la situación en Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Comunicado conjunto de México, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay y España sobre la situación en Venezuela.
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El estado de ánimo del siglo XXI es la sospecha, su marco teórico es la conspiración y su forma-partido es la secta.
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
El estado de ánimo del siglo XXI es la sospecha, su marco teórico es la conspiración y su forma-partido es la secta.
Rant describes it fairly well.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Rant describes it fairly well.
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This (2-tweet thread) is painfully thin stuff from the EEAS
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This (2-tweet thread) is painfully thin stuff from the EEAS
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
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Suspenso general a la transparencia mediática en España casi un año después de la normativa europea
Por @fernandovarela.bsky.social
Por @fernandovarela.bsky.social
Suspenso general a la transparencia mediática en España casi un año después de la normativa europea
infoLibre es, a día de hoy, el único medio que detalla la composición exacta de su accionariado y el peso de la publicidad institucional que reci
f.mtr.cool
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Suspenso general a la transparencia mediática en España casi un año después de la normativa europea
Por @fernandovarela.bsky.social
Por @fernandovarela.bsky.social
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Exprimiendo un mini-Ministerio hasta la última gota de poder ejecutivo. Es como ver a MacGyver pero en vez de con un clip y un chicle, con el BOE.
Consumo ordena a siete multinacionales retirar anuncios de pisos turísticos en asentamientos israelíes en territorio palestino ocupado - elpais.com/economia/202...
Consumo ordena a siete multinacionales retirar anuncios de pisos turísticos en asentamientos israelíes en territorio palestino ocupado
El ministerio detecta 138 ofertas ilícitas en siete plataformas y advierte de “posteriores actuaciones” si no se bloquean en España
elpais.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Exprimiendo un mini-Ministerio hasta la última gota de poder ejecutivo. Es como ver a MacGyver pero en vez de con un clip y un chicle, con el BOE.
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"Las bibliotecas públicas cumplen una labor social irremplazable. Ofrecen un lugar hospitalario donde estudiar, leer y aprender a quienes no lo tienen, con calefacción en invierno, aire acondicionado en verano y ordenadores con conexión a internet" www.elsaltodiario.com/institucione...
Bibliotecas públicas: un tercer lugar donde ensayar la utopía
Las bibliotecas han sido históricamente objetivo de ataques que no siempre han tomado la forma de incendio o metralla: el desinterés o la censura también son una amenaza para su supervivencia.
www.elsaltodiario.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Las bibliotecas públicas cumplen una labor social irremplazable. Ofrecen un lugar hospitalario donde estudiar, leer y aprender a quienes no lo tienen, con calefacción en invierno, aire acondicionado en verano y ordenadores con conexión a internet" www.elsaltodiario.com/institucione...
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This is what civil society, in particular the #digitalrights community, is up against now: #trump has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US. Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against […]
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eupolicy.social
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is what civil society, in particular the #digitalrights community, is up against now: #trump has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US. Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against […]
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The arrest of #GretaThunberg today for a peaceful protest shines more light on the free-speech implications of the UK’s terrorism legislation. Her arrest follows those of hundreds of others for peacefully protesting the proscription of Palestine Action www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greta Thunberg arrested over Palestine Action placard
Greta Thunberg is arrested in central London on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The arrest of #GretaThunberg today for a peaceful protest shines more light on the free-speech implications of the UK’s terrorism legislation. Her arrest follows those of hundreds of others for peacefully protesting the proscription of Palestine Action www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
La obra fundamental de los padres de la ciencia política contemporánea (Dahl, Easton, Duverger, Lipset, Olson, Sartori, Almond y Verba...) está escrita entre 1945 y 1968. Sigue siendo tremendamente útil, pero refleja un mundo que está desapareciendo.
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
La obra fundamental de los padres de la ciencia política contemporánea (Dahl, Easton, Duverger, Lipset, Olson, Sartori, Almond y Verba...) está escrita entre 1945 y 1968. Sigue siendo tremendamente útil, pero refleja un mundo que está desapareciendo.
"La UE tiene mil defectos [...] pero en su génesis está inscrita la superioridad de la palabra sobre el puño, del derecho sobre el yugo, de la cooperación sobre el conflicto. Si Moscú y Washington la consideran una amenaza es porque han entendido todo esto mucho mejor que nosotros."
Escribo sobre la nueva Estrategia de Seguridad Nacional de Trump. El documento no se anda con rodeos: EEUU va a promover un cambio de régimen en la UE.
Es hora de espabilar y asumir lo que está en juego. de-siria-a-soria.ghost.io/la-civilizac...
Es hora de espabilar y asumir lo que está en juego. de-siria-a-soria.ghost.io/la-civilizac...
La civilización europea y sus descontentos
Apuntes sobre un documento de barbarie.
de-siria-a-soria.ghost.io
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"La UE tiene mil defectos [...] pero en su génesis está inscrita la superioridad de la palabra sobre el puño, del derecho sobre el yugo, de la cooperación sobre el conflicto. Si Moscú y Washington la consideran una amenaza es porque han entendido todo esto mucho mejor que nosotros."