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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a
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Sparse reactions to things, augmented with academic propaganda -- from the verified author of 'The Provoked Economy' (Routledge, 2014), AKA Fabian Muniesa

https://provokedeconomy.net/

Fabian Muniesa is an author, social scientist, and poet of French and Spanish citizenship. He is a Professor at the École des Mines de Paris, and a member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation in Paris, France. .. more

Economics 44%
Business 19%
Pinned
"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

¡Todavía estáis a tiempo! ¡Pandilla de dementes!
¡Regala poesía anarco-paranoide a tus seres queridos! ¡Disponible por encargo en las mejores librerías, y en las peores! tienda.rileditores.com/q/detalle?p2...

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La Generalitat se expone a indemnizaciones millonarias si el brote de peste porcina africana salió del laboratorio CReSA y la posible culpabilidad de un centro público abre la vía de demandas de responsabilidad patrimonial
La Generalitat se expone a indemnizaciones millonarias si el brote salió del laboratorio CReSA
La posible culpabilidad de un centro público abre la vía de demandas de responsabilidad patrimonial a las empresas afectadas
social.elpais.com

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Aquí van 5 reportajes (y 2 series) de 2025 para releer. ¿Con cuál te quedas?

5 reportajes (y 2 series) de 2025 para releer - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad
Recuperamos algunos de los reportajes y series más leídos este año. ¿Con cuál te quedas?
f.mtr.cool

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The president posted a video of him doing press-ups and planks with troops in the Gulf and Tibo InShape, one of France’s top social media stars
Macron seeks to pump popularity with fitness influencer video
The president posted a video of him doing press-ups and planks with troops in the Gulf and Tibo InShape, one of France’s top social media stars
www.thetimes.com

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OMG. Do you understand how much trust you have to place in someone to make them executor of your will? Especially when you own many, many millions in assets?

The Harvard President and convicted pedophile were thicker than thieves.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Named Successor Executor in 2014 Draft of Epstein’s Will | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was designated as a successor executor in convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s last will and testament, positioning him to oversee Epstein’s estate ...
www.thecrimson.com

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Greta Thunberg ha sido arrestada de nuevo en Londres, en esta ocasión por llevar una pancarta de apoyo a los activistas de Acción Palestina, una organización proscrita como grupo terrorista por parte del Gobierno británico dozz.es/orf8524
Greta Thunberg, detenida en Londres por apoyar a los activistas del grupo proscrito Acción Palestina
Otras dos personas fueron arrestadas tras pegar sus propios cuerpos a la pared exterior de una aseguradora vinculada a Israel
dozz.es

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RFI @rfi.fr · 2d
En Israël, l’indépendance des médias et la liberté de la presse menacées par le gouvernement?
En Israël, l’indépendance des médias et la liberté de la presse menacées par le gouvernement?
En Israël, le gouvernement de Benyamin Netanyahu a approuvé lundi 22 décembre, à l’unanimité, la fermeture de la radio militaire « Galei Tsahal ». D’autres mesures pourraient suivre qui inquiètent les journalistes israéliens.
rfi.my

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ICYMI: Nicholas Gane, 'Competition: A Critical History of a Concept' - expands Michel Foucault's genealogy of liberalism and neoliberalism by analysing the concept of competition. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
Holidays and a boomer relative is telling me AI is amazing and why? Because of an instagram influencer who records herself asking Claude questions then nods as Claude makes shit up about the “hidden gospels” and now I am going to walk naked into the woods in this blizzard until I cannot continue

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The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Let's make this the best Christmas. Ever.

@theonion.com

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“Commitment to memorizing poems, aiming for one per week. Started with W. H. Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts,’ and did learn it, but didn’t find time to do any more poems and after a month couldn’t recall much of the Auden poem. (2020)” —Adam Smyth
Wealth of Creations, by Adam Smyth
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Eye on Texas: "My dad’s list is short and simple. He loves the Marines, his grandsons, menudo on Sundays, and Clint. If pressed, he’ll own up to loving the Cowboys ..."
‘Mija, Solamente Me Importa Clint’
A daughter’s attempts to help her elderly father understand why his hometown doesn’t look like home anymore
www.texasobserver.org

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Perilla (Perilla frutescens) shot in Whitman on May 27th of this year.
#Pavemenplants #Crackplants #GardenEscapees
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov

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DOGE: Real damage, fake savings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

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‘Psychoanalysis was born of a moment not dissimilar to our own: a moment when the image of the human as a rational animal seemed fragile if not preposterous, and the progressive liberalism founded on that image was revealed to be dangerously naive.’

Amia Srinivasan:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Thompson’s mega-gig might create ‘a wave of nationalism that could explode into physical violence’

Marko Perković’s music is bad Balkan rock. But his fascist salute divides Croatia, writes Guy de Launey

https://bit.ly/4qmRhHG
Marko Perković’s music is bad Balkan rock. But his fascis...
Far-right singer Marko Perković, aka Thompson, draws big crowds – including the conservative government
bit.ly

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Join us on a journey to save the last southern resident killer whales, in whatever format you prefer
📝 text www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...
🎥 video www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-pr... or www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLK...
🎧 audio www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them
Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales
www.scientificamerican.com

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Face aux rumeurs persistantes sur sa personne, la première dame française promet de clore bientôt le débat, preuves à l’appui. Une annonce qui interroge sur le sens même de l’identité sexuelle. Examinons cette notion de plus...
Brigitte Macron doit-elle prouver qu’elle est une femme?
l.letemps.ch
Un juez dicta que los venezolanos deportados a El Salvador deben volver a EE UU o recibir el debido proceso, ya que fueron privados de sus derechos constitucionales. La medida afecta a los que fueron enviados a la prisión de máxima seguridad CECOT
Un juez ordena que los venezolanos deportados a El Salvador deben ser regresados a Estados Unidos o recibir el debido proceso
La medida afecta directamente a 137 individuos que fueron enviados a la prisión de máxima seguridad CECOT
social.elpais.com

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AI and the money being poured into it are shaping the world, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. So it's important to have a clear understanding of how ultra-wealth is driving our authoritarian moment, and how AI is being deployed to advance the authoritarians' power
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-th...
AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future
I got a host of very interesting responses to yesterday’s post about...
talkingpointsmemo.com

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A Moscow school stabbing exposes the transnational reach of far-right extremism. The 15-year-old suspect livestreamed the attack, circulated a manifesto praising mass murderers, and invoked the “Great Replacement,” showing how online white supremacist culture fuels real-world violence worldwide.
Moscow School Attacker Inspired by Far-Right Mass Murderers and the “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory
A knife attack at a Moscow school that left a 10-year-old boy dead underscores the global reach of far-right extremist ideology. The 15-year-old suspect livestreamed the assault and circulated a manif...
globalextremism.org

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A UN’s top representative in Gaza has enabled Israel’s weaponisation of aid, alienated Palestinian and international colleagues, and contributed to Israeli efforts to sow division among humanitarians, aid workers involved in the response told The New Humanitarian.
Top UN official in Gaza accused of “serving Israeli interests”
Suzanna Tkalec has praised Israeli authorities while presiding over a deteriorating humanitarian system in Gaza.
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Les discours post-séculiers ont vraiment réussi une chose remarquable : ils sont parvenus à déléguer aux non-croyants le soin de protéger les versions les plus conservatrices des religions. Et si les non-croyants se plient volontiers à cet exercice, c'est qu'ils craignent d'apparaitre intolérants.

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Un juez ordena que los venezolanos deportados a El Salvador deben ser regresados a Estados Unidos o recibir el debido proceso dozz.es/ljc053
Un juez ordena que los venezolanos deportados a El Salvador deben ser regresados a Estados Unidos o recibir el debido proceso
dozz.es

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Pesticides : des collectivités locales dénoncent le blocage des négociations autour de la protection des captages d’eau potable
Pesticides : des collectivités locales dénoncent le blocage des négociations autour de la protection des captages d’eau potable
Face à la dégradation de la qualité de l’eau potable, un « groupe national captage » réuni par l’Etat devait définir des zones d’exclusion de traitements aux pesticides. Mais les principaux syndicats agricoles en ont claqué la porte, le 16 décembre.
www.lemonde.fr