Nicolás Palacios
@nicolaspalacios.bsky.social
Platform labour, urban geography and other stuff I care about.
PhD researcher at SPUR ETHZ.
PhD researcher at SPUR ETHZ.
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Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...
When did it become controversial to oppose a genocide? to protest and be against the mass starvation of a nation? to defy the mutilation of children?
Now everyone is trying to save face? don't forget that the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of western leaders enabled this.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Now everyone is trying to save face? don't forget that the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of western leaders enabled this.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
July 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
When did it become controversial to oppose a genocide? to protest and be against the mass starvation of a nation? to defy the mutilation of children?
Now everyone is trying to save face? don't forget that the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of western leaders enabled this.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Now everyone is trying to save face? don't forget that the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of western leaders enabled this.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
ETH Zürich insists that they take no side on politics, while we are aware that science and technology are political matters.
What would their beloved Albert Einstein say about this? Well, we can read first hand his position on politics 👇
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
What would their beloved Albert Einstein say about this? Well, we can read first hand his position on politics 👇
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
Monthly Review | Why Socialism?
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…
monthlyreview.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ETH Zürich insists that they take no side on politics, while we are aware that science and technology are political matters.
What would their beloved Albert Einstein say about this? Well, we can read first hand his position on politics 👇
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
What would their beloved Albert Einstein say about this? Well, we can read first hand his position on politics 👇
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
At ETH Zürich they love to talk about Einstein, but no so much about his politics ✊
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
Monthly Review | Why Socialism?
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…
monthlyreview.org
March 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At ETH Zürich they love to talk about Einstein, but no so much about his politics ✊
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
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Curious about cities and infrastructure? The Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems master's at @ethzurich.bsky.social brings different disciplines together to tackle real-world challenges.
Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jnxk7Gi5FL8
More info: baug.ethz.ch/studium/reis.html
Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jnxk7Gi5FL8
More info: baug.ethz.ch/studium/reis.html
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February 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Curious about cities and infrastructure? The Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems master's at @ethzurich.bsky.social brings different disciplines together to tackle real-world challenges.
Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jnxk7Gi5FL8
More info: baug.ethz.ch/studium/reis.html
Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jnxk7Gi5FL8
More info: baug.ethz.ch/studium/reis.html
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I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
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By focusing on tech CEOs, “we mislead ourselves into thinking that we have problems with technology only because of problematic people,” Cal Newport writes. The real question is “whether we really want such technologies in our lives at all.” www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I.
The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.
www.newyorker.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
By focusing on tech CEOs, “we mislead ourselves into thinking that we have problems with technology only because of problematic people,” Cal Newport writes. The real question is “whether we really want such technologies in our lives at all.” www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
CfP RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025:
Beyond Access and Affordability: Housing, Social Reproduction, and Precarious Livelihoods
Together with @josejota.bsky.social we are organising a session for RGS 2025!
Submission Deadline: 27.02.2025
Full call in the link!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Beyond Access and Affordability: Housing, Social Reproduction, and Precarious Livelihoods
Together with @josejota.bsky.social we are organising a session for RGS 2025!
Submission Deadline: 27.02.2025
Full call in the link!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
CfP RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025:
Beyond Access and Affordability: Housing, Social Reproduction, and Precarious Livelihoods
Together with @josejota.bsky.social we are organising a session for RGS 2025!
Submission Deadline: 27.02.2025
Full call in the link!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Beyond Access and Affordability: Housing, Social Reproduction, and Precarious Livelihoods
Together with @josejota.bsky.social we are organising a session for RGS 2025!
Submission Deadline: 27.02.2025
Full call in the link!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I'm going to be ending my Twitter presence soon, so this will be my only social media account.
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm going to be ending my Twitter presence soon, so this will be my only social media account.
There are things that shows like Futurama get right, technological advancement does not mean societal advancement. I have always wondered how they would have such advanced gadgets in such a ridiculous future. Now I get it.
February 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
There are things that shows like Futurama get right, technological advancement does not mean societal advancement. I have always wondered how they would have such advanced gadgets in such a ridiculous future. Now I get it.
Reposted by Nicolás Palacios
Dr. Katrin Hofer joined the #ETH4D Lunch to share insights from her Research to Action grant, which supported her return to South Africa, where she presented her PhD research on public participation in urban development to participants and officials, highlighting the research's role in policy.
February 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Dr. Katrin Hofer joined the #ETH4D Lunch to share insights from her Research to Action grant, which supported her return to South Africa, where she presented her PhD research on public participation in urban development to participants and officials, highlighting the research's role in policy.