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@mariannedh.bsky.social

Just released the English translation of "Our Bodies as Data", a paper I wrote on biometrics, identity, and what it means to digitize the self. It’s an old piece, but it still holds the core of what I’m working on now.

www.academia.edu/128780002/Ou...

Our bodies as data

The rapidly growing use of biometric technologies for identification in Latin America poses a series of questions related not only to its impact on freedom of expression and freedom of action in publi...

www.academia.edu

April 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

"When your kids are little and they fall out on the floor, you just ignore it. You don’t want to reward that behaviour. Otherwise, you get more of it."

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · Feb 18

I've just published this interview with Dean Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social from @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, who will deliver the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture

He speaks about local news, media criticism and the challenges of covering Trump
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/columbi...

Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb on covering Trump: “There is even more fear than in 2016”

This award-winning reporter will deliver the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture on 10 March. Here he speaks about local news, AI and more.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

February 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

La triada: periodismo, tecnología e investigación académica. Qué buena entrevista a @eduardosuarez.bsky.social mip.umh.es/blog/2025/02...

Eduardo Suárez, director de comunicación del Instituto Reuters: “La conexión entre el mundo de la investigación y el mundo del periodismo es algo especial en el Instituto; en esto, somos únicos”

mip.umh.es

February 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM

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Orlando J. Pérez

@perez1oj.bsky.social

SAT (January 4) | University of North Texas at Dallas Political Science Professor Orlando Perez (@Perez1oj) discusses the history of the Panama Canal.

Watch live at 8:45am ET! @cspanw

January 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Federico Kukso

@fedkukso.bsky.social

Octavia Butler lo predijo tal cual.

January 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Guardo con honor y afecto este libro, con la dedicatoria manuscrita del expresidente Jimmy Carter. Lo recibí como obsequio mucho antes de imaginar que viviría en Panamá donde constaté el gran valor de su pensamiento y el profundo impacto de su gestión.

December 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

"...recognizing this upfront might help focus editorial thinking on what really does matter — offering something people are willing to pay attention to and perhaps even pay for."

Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · Dec 18

"Most publishers will not get any meaningful revenue from licensing content to technology companies, and that those who do are likely to be large publishers who get at most a few percent of incremental revenue," @rasmuskleis.bsky.social writes.

Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative

"Welcome, surely. Lucrative, in a sense. Game changer? Hardly."

buff.ly

December 18, 2024 at 10:37 AM

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Nieman Lab

@niemanlab.org

"If, in 2025, the media wants to increase the audience’s trust — and, therefore, survive — it must work on representing people fairly," Tania Montalvo says.

How do we cover “people like me”?

"2025 should be an opportunity to ask ourselves if we are in a position to cover people fairly."

buff.ly

December 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM

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Ramón Salaverría

@salaverria.es

¿Cómo empiezan a usar la IA generativa los fact-checkers? Con base en los casos de Newtral (ESP) y Aos Fatos (BRA), @irenelarraz.bsky.social y yo reflexionamos sobre estos primeros pasos, en este libro recién publicado.
📖 www.comunicacionsocial.es/libro/la-int...
Más: www.salaverria.es/publications/

December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

¿Qué está pasando en Venezuela? La encrucijada. Mañana 12/12, de 2 a 5 PM (-5GMT), en el auditorio del Tribunal Electoral de Panamá. Streaming www.youtube.com/live/-Z7NGQa...

December 11, 2024 at 10:50 PM

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No Suma Cero

@nosumacero.bsky.social

Global perspectives on tech policy and digital rights.
go.bsky.app/MF8Uesw

December 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM

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Jose Luis Orihuela

@jlori.bsky.social

Recuperando hilos:

1) Preguntas frecuentes sobre Bluesky

2) De los blogs a las redes sociales

3) 35 Paquetes de inicio por temas

4) Recuperando el ambiente de los comienzos en Twitter

5) Divulgación científica en Bluesky

#BlueskyTips

December 4, 2024 at 12:30 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Medios, periodistas, investigadores.
Falta un montón. O no han llegado, o no los consigo.

November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Rodeada de gente chévere. Surrounded by cool people. skircle.me

November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

No tanto, o todavía no. Pero sí.

November 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Yo guardo una botellita del perfume que usaba mi padre. Cuando lo necesito a él, lo huelo.

Uge @ugemitch.bsky.social · Nov 19

Me probé el Diorissimo en un free shop y ahora parece que recién estuve con mi abuela materna no hay como el olfato para la memoria

November 20, 2024 at 12:37 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Because #VE

No Suma Cero @nosumacero.bsky.social · Nov 17

Los que llegaron temprano...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Raisa Urribarri

@uraisa.bsky.social

Aquí se habla de derechos digitales.

Marianne Díaz Hernández @mariannedh.bsky.social · Nov 16

a mini starter pack (still a work in progress) for digital rights people

go.bsky.app/5MMLQZW

November 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM

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Diana Baptista

@dbaptistar.bsky.social

App-based work is a lifeline for Mexican women who provide for their families and also bear the burden of care work.

Now, female delivery workers are spearheading initiatives to protect each other, fight for a labor reform, and change the apps' algorithmic bias.

www.context.news/big-tech/vid...