Roberto Mendoza-Farías
@rmf.bsky.social
Professor of contemporary Latin American History, Literature and Culture. Central Michigan University. Opinions are mine.
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Algo que la doctora no hizo, no ha hecho ni hará. Está muy ocupada entregándole ofrendas a la bestia del norte.
Yamandú Orsi asumió hoy como presidente de Uruguay. En el camino, bajó saludar, a Madres y Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos.
March 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Algo que la doctora no hizo, no ha hecho ni hará. Está muy ocupada entregándole ofrendas a la bestia del norte.
"...no relation of a dream can convey the dream sensation, that comingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams".
March 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"...no relation of a dream can convey the dream sensation, that comingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams".
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Toda utopía, en algún momento, acaba encontrando nociva la realidad…
www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/tren-...
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Tren Maya combate a jaguares y venados como fauna “nociva”; paga por ahuyentarlos o sacrificarlos | El Universal
Clasifican a especies como jaguar, tapir o venado riesgosas para las operaciones ferroviarias; en contrato, autorizan captura, ahuyentarlas o hasta sacrificarlas
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December 1, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Toda utopía, en algún momento, acaba encontrando nociva la realidad…
www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/tren-...
www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/tren-...
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Despite his mild-mannered civility, Bhattacharya is a self-interested extremist who gives cover to anti-vaxxers & promotes policies that will kill people. He will set American health, innovation, & science back for a generation.
He’s not here to reform NIH. He’s here to destroy it.
He’s not here to reform NIH. He’s here to destroy it.
Trump makes it official: JAY BHATTACHARYA, a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, is his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
November 27, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Despite his mild-mannered civility, Bhattacharya is a self-interested extremist who gives cover to anti-vaxxers & promotes policies that will kill people. He will set American health, innovation, & science back for a generation.
He’s not here to reform NIH. He’s here to destroy it.
He’s not here to reform NIH. He’s here to destroy it.
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destruidas las instituciones republicanas, por desgracia, está
México. Hoy.”
México. Hoy.”
November 24, 2024 at 8:04 PM
destruidas las instituciones republicanas, por desgracia, está
México. Hoy.”
México. Hoy.”
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La mayoría de delitos incluidos en el art 19-que obligan a los jueces a decretar la prisión preventiva (prisión mientras dura el juicio)-ahora podrán ser juzgados (desde la vinculación) por jueces sin rostro o anónimos. Y la lista de delitos crece y crece.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/cata...
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/cata...
Nuestro cotidiano régimen de excepción | El Universal
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November 20, 2024 at 5:00 AM
La mayoría de delitos incluidos en el art 19-que obligan a los jueces a decretar la prisión preventiva (prisión mientras dura el juicio)-ahora podrán ser juzgados (desde la vinculación) por jueces sin rostro o anónimos. Y la lista de delitos crece y crece.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/cata...
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/cata...
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As my friend @davidfrum.bsky.social said about vaccines and the pandemic: "I believe we ought to try to save people from self-harm. But there are practical limits to paternalism."
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 AM
As my friend @davidfrum.bsky.social said about vaccines and the pandemic: "I believe we ought to try to save people from self-harm. But there are practical limits to paternalism."
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Ando trabajando sobre las impresiones de Chimalpahin sobre embajada japonesa que pasó por la Ciudad de México en 1613-1614 rumbo a Madrid y Roma. Acá el retrato del diplomático y recién bautizado Felipe Francisco Faxecura (Hasekura Tsunenaga).
Les rolo el textito cuando esté listo.
Les rolo el textito cuando esté listo.
November 19, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Ando trabajando sobre las impresiones de Chimalpahin sobre embajada japonesa que pasó por la Ciudad de México en 1613-1614 rumbo a Madrid y Roma. Acá el retrato del diplomático y recién bautizado Felipe Francisco Faxecura (Hasekura Tsunenaga).
Les rolo el textito cuando esté listo.
Les rolo el textito cuando esté listo.
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
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If California covered all its canals and aqueducts with solar, it could generate 13 GW of solar power and save 63 billion gallons of water, enough water for 2 million people & 50,000 irrigated acres. 🔌💡💧
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November 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
If California covered all its canals and aqueducts with solar, it could generate 13 GW of solar power and save 63 billion gallons of water, enough water for 2 million people & 50,000 irrigated acres. 🔌💡💧
www.tid.org/current-proj...
www.tid.org/current-proj...
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La retórica del fascismo al servicio de la imposición autoritaria
https://rialta.org/fascismo-servicio-de-la-imposicion-autoritaria/
https://rialta.org/fascismo-servicio-de-la-imposicion-autoritaria/
Retórica del fascismo e imposición autoritaria | Rialta
Por HILDA LANDROVE - En América Latina, la retórica del fascismo ha servido para que regímenes autoritarios identifiquen como tal...
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November 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
La retórica del fascismo al servicio de la imposición autoritaria
https://rialta.org/fascismo-servicio-de-la-imposicion-autoritaria/
https://rialta.org/fascismo-servicio-de-la-imposicion-autoritaria/
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either people specify what they mean when they say “elite” or the term is just meaningless pejorative. both parties are dominated by elites in any conventional sense of what that means! the question is: why are right-wing elites more palatable to voters than liberal ones?
November 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
either people specify what they mean when they say “elite” or the term is just meaningless pejorative. both parties are dominated by elites in any conventional sense of what that means! the question is: why are right-wing elites more palatable to voters than liberal ones?
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Jia Tolentino: "The difference—and this is always the difference—is about volition. Men who voted for Trump fear what women might actually want; women who voted for Harris fear what will be done to them against their will."
How America Embraced Gender War
Both Trump’s and Harris’s campaigns framed the Presidential election as a contest between men and women. Did the results prove them right?
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November 8, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Jia Tolentino: "The difference—and this is always the difference—is about volition. Men who voted for Trump fear what women might actually want; women who voted for Harris fear what will be done to them against their will."
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as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice
November 8, 2024 at 2:53 AM
as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice
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Reminder to folks who live in the Pacific time zone: You have less than an hour to vote.
This election is critical. Every vote matters.
You can still head to a polling site & get on line to vote. If you're in line when the polls close, you still have the right to #vote.
This election is critical. Every vote matters.
You can still head to a polling site & get on line to vote. If you're in line when the polls close, you still have the right to #vote.
November 6, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Reminder to folks who live in the Pacific time zone: You have less than an hour to vote.
This election is critical. Every vote matters.
You can still head to a polling site & get on line to vote. If you're in line when the polls close, you still have the right to #vote.
This election is critical. Every vote matters.
You can still head to a polling site & get on line to vote. If you're in line when the polls close, you still have the right to #vote.
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My grandmother voting for Kamala Harris.
Born 1918.
2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote.
Will turn 107 on inauguration day.
She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.
Born 1918.
2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote.
Will turn 107 on inauguration day.
She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.
November 5, 2024 at 9:04 PM
My grandmother voting for Kamala Harris.
Born 1918.
2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote.
Will turn 107 on inauguration day.
She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.
Born 1918.
2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote.
Will turn 107 on inauguration day.
She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.
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This weekend dozens of volunteers got on a bus and traveled from Los Angeles to Arizona to get out the #VOTE in this critical battleground state. Here's why.
November 5, 2024 at 3:00 AM
This weekend dozens of volunteers got on a bus and traveled from Los Angeles to Arizona to get out the #VOTE in this critical battleground state. Here's why.
Like Musk, I'm a naturalized citizen, and proud of it. If I had engaged in the "concealment of material fact or willful misrepresentation" on the naturalization app., it would be grounds for revocation.
This should at least trigger a review of his app. Not to mention his conversations with Mr. P.
This should at least trigger a review of his app. Not to mention his conversations with Mr. P.
November 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Like Musk, I'm a naturalized citizen, and proud of it. If I had engaged in the "concealment of material fact or willful misrepresentation" on the naturalization app., it would be grounds for revocation.
This should at least trigger a review of his app. Not to mention his conversations with Mr. P.
This should at least trigger a review of his app. Not to mention his conversations with Mr. P.
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We want to wish all our friends who celebrate, a happy #DiwaliCelebration. Marigolds which many use in garlands & decorations are harvested by farm workers like Ignacio. Marigolds are said to bring good luck and fortune, and symbolize the beauty and fragility of life.
November 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
We want to wish all our friends who celebrate, a happy #DiwaliCelebration. Marigolds which many use in garlands & decorations are harvested by farm workers like Ignacio. Marigolds are said to bring good luck and fortune, and symbolize the beauty and fragility of life.
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Para los interesados en las conexiones entre literatura y memoria en México y Perú: “Umbrales de la víctima.
Representaciones, construcciones y discursos” -por Lucero de Vivanco editorial.udg.mx/gpd-umbrales... #accesoabierto
Representaciones, construcciones y discursos” -por Lucero de Vivanco editorial.udg.mx/gpd-umbrales... #accesoabierto
Umbrales de la víctima
El proyecto «Umbrales de la víctima: representaciones, construcciones, discursos» propone interrogar en profundidad uno de los asuntos más relevantes, pero también más complejos respecto de la violenc
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November 1, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Para los interesados en las conexiones entre literatura y memoria en México y Perú: “Umbrales de la víctima.
Representaciones, construcciones y discursos” -por Lucero de Vivanco editorial.udg.mx/gpd-umbrales... #accesoabierto
Representaciones, construcciones y discursos” -por Lucero de Vivanco editorial.udg.mx/gpd-umbrales... #accesoabierto