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Xan López
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📚 El fin de la paciencia (Anagrama)

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · Dec 16
Si queréis ideas para ̶l̶a̶v̶a̶r̶ ̶e̶l̶ ̶c̶e̶r̶e̶b̶r̶o̶ regalar estas fiestas os hago una recomendación en parte interesada: tres libros cortos de colores que piensan sobre el momento que nos ha tocado vivir y se empeñan en buscar soluciones. Un trilogía azarosa con @esantiago.bsky.social y @carloscorrochano.xyz.
Hacer Mundo, Carlos Corrochano, Lengua de Trapo y CBA Vida de ricos, Emilio Santiago, Lengua de Trapo y CBA El fin de la paciencia, Xan López, Anagrama
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sharonk.bsky.social
As Przeworski puts it, “Democracy is consolidated when … no one can imagine acting outside the democratic institutions, when all the losers want to do is to try again within the same conditions under which they lost.”
The fundamental puzzle of democracy, according to Przeworski, is why the losers accept that they have lost. That is why the “parties lose elections” bit matters – it highlights an important puzzle. Why do losing parties accept the verdict of the voters, delivered through some imperfect set of institutions? Until recently, in the U.S., we’ve usually taken this for granted. But if you think about it objectively, it’s quite surprising that parties and politicians behave in this way. Politicians – more even than most people – like having power. Elections give one group of people power, while relegating another to the sidelines, likely for years, forcing them to accept the government’s choices, like it or not. So why are losers willing to put up with this? This is particularly perplexing when it is the reigning government that accepts being booted out of office – after all, they have apparent control over the engines of government, the military, and so on. Przeworski’s answer (he is a game theorist, and impatient with arguments based on norms, how politicians admire the sublime awesomeness of democracy, and similar notions) is that losers accept the loss of power if and when they have good, self-interested reasons to do so. They decide that they are better off living with the verdict of the system, however painful it may be, than challenging it. One of their key motivations is that democracy, when it is working well, combines institutional certainty with uncertain outcomes. The rules are predictable. Everyone knows that there will be another election in a few years. But the outcomes of future elections are impossible to predict. Perhaps today’s losers will win tomorrow. That gives the losers some incentive to accept their loss this time around, in the hope that things will go differently in the future. And that, in turn, helps underpin democratic stability. As Przeworski puts it, “Democracy is consolidated when … no one can imagine acting outside the democratic inst…
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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yolandadiaz.bsky.social
El grupo paramilitar creado por Trump para aterrorizar a la población migrante ha ejecutado a un hombre desarmado en la calle, a plena luz del día.

Un presidente que está derramando la sangre de sus ciudadanos en las calles no puede ser aliado de Europa.
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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karl-schamotta.bsky.social
I’d go even farther and say if we’re seeing the beginnings of a coordinated effort to engineer a sharp appreciation in Asian currencies, we could be on the verge of a tectonic move in global markets. Note that the dollar, yen, and mark moved by 20-30% during the first Plaza Accord. Very big story.
rajakorman.bsky.social Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 1d
This seems interesting on 2 fronts. First it looks like an attempt to liberate Japan’s PM from being seen by markets as Truss redux. Secondly it could ease objections in Beijing to allowing a faster RMB appreciation and allowing dollar Asia to continue what the euro started last year
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
xanlopez.xyz
He leído a varias personas y medios repetir esto y sinceramente no sé de dónde viene la idea de que es una red social “de la UE”. Es una red social hecha por gente en Europa, que obviamente no es lo mismo.
mariomoraytv.bsky.social MarioMoray.TV @mariomoraytv.bsky.social · 1d
LA UNIÓN EUROPEA LANZA SU PROPIA RED SOCIAL

La #UE presentó en #Davos "W", una nueva red social con verificación humana obligatoria para competir con "X".

La Unión Europea confirmó el desarrollo de W para luchar contra los bots y recuperar la confianza en las #RedesSociales.
January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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jrfhanger.bsky.social
24/7 1 GW Solar!

UAE broke ground on a 5.2 GWdc PV facility paired with 19 GWh of battery storage in Abu Dhabi in October 2025.

It’s world’s first GW-scale renewable project, engineered to deliver 1 GW of continuous, around-the-clock baseload power.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion... #energysky
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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nvondarza.bsky.social
Amazing chart with horrible acronyms - for the first time in my living memory, unemployment in Northern Europe and Southern Europe seems to have converged. Seemed unthinkable during the Eurozone crisis.
Chart from Economist on unemployment in Southern and Northern Europe since 2005 now converging.
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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hopeenpie.bsky.social
¿Por qué el petro-bullying de Trump puede convertirse en el mayor impulso a las renovables de la historia?
Es un efecto bumerán descomunal, por 3 motivos 👇
Un efecto BUMERÁN. ¿El mayor impulso a las renovables de la historia?
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January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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maria-alvarez.com
Llevo unos días queriendo empezar una colección de los mejores insultos en castellano. Esos que se te caen de la boca a diario viendo al personal reaccionar a Trump.

Mi favorito es "vendebragas" seguido de cerca por "soplapollas". Pero "lamebotas" también lo tiene todo para estar en el top 10.
xanlopez.xyz Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 3d
Por supuesto que Trump va a decir que la clave ha sido el lamebotas de Rutte. El resto sabemos que la clave fue el envío de tropas y subir el tono. Tomemos nota.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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htejero.bsky.social
El tren es uno de los medios de transporte más seguros del mundo. En España mueren unas 20 personas en accidente de tráfico a la semana. Habrá que ver las causas del accidente de Adamuz y actuar en consecuencia pero que la derecha esté cuestionando la seguridad del tren es una puta vergüenza.
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
‘The more that other countries look to escape US financial coercion, the more the US will scale it up… The global dollar system may now be a source of instability rather than stability.’ Our new paper by
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social & @himself.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...
Cover of discussion paper ‘The US dollar system as a source of international disorder’
January 23, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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lluiscamprubi.bsky.social
Me ha interesado este posicionamiento de Volt, dentro de @greens-efa.eu , sobre Acuerdo UE-Mercosur. Sitúa pros y contras e inteligentemente valora que los beneficios superan los riesgos, atendiendo en particular al contexto internacional
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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pajruix.bsky.social
Yo creo que es un error entender una sustitución orgánica de población como gentrificación sin asociarlo al proceso voluntario y de alianza público-privada de abandono, deterioro, inversión, posterior mejora desde lo público y acaparamiento de beneficios por parte de inversores inmobiliarios.
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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spignal.bsky.social
One bonus, heretical thought: if you’re interested in a topic, a long essay can be more informative than a (non-fiction) book.
There is a silly publishing convention that a "serious" book needs to be 300 pages++. The result is tomes that are mostly filler.
Might the 5,000-word New Yorker be better?
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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etiennehoera.d-64.social
This is still true after the EP vote for an ECJ opinion on Mercosur: strong external momentum, extremely fragile internal base. Stuff like this makes the whole 'reliable partner in a world of chaos' rhetoric ring hollow. EU can't get geoeconomics right if people keep playing political games with it.
etiennehoera.d-64.social Etienne Höra @etiennehoera.d-64.social · 7d
On the other side, the internal face of trade policy has not been able to keep up. Farming interests were always going to play an outsized role in the debate due to their ability to organise – but their dominance in the public debate shows how little energy others invested in shaping this debate.
January 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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slowpokedj.bsky.social
Europeans after managing to prevent the collapse of NATO for another 1-2 weeks…

#Europe #Rutte
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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revenergetica.bsky.social
Actualización de potencia REE. ¡Declaro oficialmente iniciada la era de las baterías en España! 29,1MW de una tacada.

Además, más de 1.000MW de fotovoltaica conectados en 2026, pero...

La realidad es que lo más probable es que en próximas actualizaciones estas cifras pasen a 2025.
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
xanlopez.xyz
Diría que de las nominadas al Oscar de este año que he visto es la que más me ha gustado por ahora.
Train Dreams (2025)
January 22, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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drscottjames.bsky.social
China’s quiet launch of an interest-bearing CBDC this month could be far more consequential for the future of the dollar and international monetary system than any of Trump’s shenanigans this week

Over to you, Brussels?
www.forbes.com/sites/digita...
China’s Digital RMB: Trillion-Dollar Shift In Payment And Crypto Rails
China has upgraded the digital Yuan to pay interest, marking a shift in CBDC design with implications for banks, payments, and cross-border trade.
www.forbes.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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quinnslobodian.com
Fascinating from @simonmundy.ft.com, apologies for the coffee stain but the administration’s own numbers are worth it: solar predicted to rise by 46% in next two years and (Don Quixote notwithstanding) wind by 12%. www.ft.com/content/b52c...
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
xanlopez.xyz
Musk probably experiences this kind of humiliation as being close to literal death.
rmac.bsky.social Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d
Elon Musk shows up on stage at Davos, a place he has hated on from afar for years. After tepid applause, his interviewer, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, asks the crowd to clap again.
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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modalfoundation.bsky.social
Announcing the Modal Foundation
We're a nonprofit dedicated to supporting decentralized social technologies that help people create, circulate and discover trustworthy information.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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discussingfilm.net
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations

See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
xanlopez.xyz
“Amaya Naohiro of MITI feels that the purge of business leaders, if not of bureaucrats, was very helpful to the postwar economy”.
czedwards.bsky.social CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 3d
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

“Under the terms of the contract Sir Harry was to get that money, the new Duke nothing.”
anneke23.bsky.social Anneke @anneke23.bsky.social · 3d
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

"But soon I would get to indulge my alpine fantasies in an unforeseen way."
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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agathedemarais.com
New @ecfr.eu global data show vast majority of people around the world do not see US as an ally
• Just 25% of Brits think US is an ally that shares their values, with share dropping to 16% in ten EU countries
• Data show how Trump's actions hurt US's global reputation over long run (except in India)
January 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM