Ana Maria Luca
@anamarialuca.bsky.social
Anthropologist, PhD candidate @University of Perugia. Migration, cities, Chinese diaspora, East Asian pop culture. Ex-journalist and editor. Global citizen, currently based din Italy.
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🇳🇵 Nepal's new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🇳🇵 Nepal's new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government.
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Opinion: Imagine spending the last seven weeks of this year working for nothing. This is in effect what women across the world do when compared with men because of the endurance of gender pay gaps. on.ft.com/3HWJsbq
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Opinion: Imagine spending the last seven weeks of this year working for nothing. This is in effect what women across the world do when compared with men because of the endurance of gender pay gaps. on.ft.com/3HWJsbq
The story of Prato, how 60k #Chinese immigrants reshaped an #Italian city, and what it may tell us about the future of Europe. Or how cities are more resilient than states. open.substack.com/pub/fieldnot...
The China next door we tend to overlook
The story of Prato, how 60k Chinese immigrants reshaped an Italian city, and what it may tell us about the future of Europe.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The story of Prato, how 60k #Chinese immigrants reshaped an #Italian city, and what it may tell us about the future of Europe. Or how cities are more resilient than states. open.substack.com/pub/fieldnot...
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I hope someday we'll get to study how and why the grandchildren of mass murder victims turned into executioners. And not just Netanyahu, but a long series of politicians and army officials and their international rich supporters. And Europe's failure to process its own guilt.
June 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I hope someday we'll get to study how and why the grandchildren of mass murder victims turned into executioners. And not just Netanyahu, but a long series of politicians and army officials and their international rich supporters. And Europe's failure to process its own guilt.
This study indicates that people tend to engage conspiracies and disinformation out of spite: it's a way to rebel against the authority, be it by denying the authority of logic or science. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
SPSSI Journals
Science denialism is at the heart of many conspiracy theory beliefs. We propose that such beliefs are manifestations of a distal social process: spite. In three pre-registered studies, we test the hy...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This study indicates that people tend to engage conspiracies and disinformation out of spite: it's a way to rebel against the authority, be it by denying the authority of logic or science. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Well, looks like with all the research funding freeze in Italy and elsewhere I'll be going back to #journalism for at least a while.
May 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Well, looks like with all the research funding freeze in Italy and elsewhere I'll be going back to #journalism for at least a while.
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Now that the United States is cracking down on immigration, some low-skill jobs may not be so easy to fill. So the state is debating lifting some child labour laws to involve minors.
Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill vacant jobs
Now that the United States is cracking down on immigration, some low-skill jobs may not be so easy to fill. So the state is debating lifting some child labour laws to involve minors.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Now that the United States is cracking down on immigration, some low-skill jobs may not be so easy to fill. So the state is debating lifting some child labour laws to involve minors.
I'm not sure what the world is waiting for to react. What is the red line to what Trump is doing? Reinstating slave trade?
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I'm not sure what the world is waiting for to react. What is the red line to what Trump is doing? Reinstating slave trade?
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Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants to wipe that sovereign, democratic country off the map. He said so. The moral clarity is absolute: you support the victim of aggression and condemn the dictator. Doing the opposite makes you part of the problem, not the solution.
February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants to wipe that sovereign, democratic country off the map. He said so. The moral clarity is absolute: you support the victim of aggression and condemn the dictator. Doing the opposite makes you part of the problem, not the solution.
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UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in London on Sunday.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
Olaf Scholz to join key European leaders at London defence summit
UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in London on Sunday.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in London on Sunday.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
So, yeah, this happened. The Romanian Foreign Ministry said there was no pressure from Washington. But yeah, it's hard to swallow. There's a lot of outrage across Romanian social media.
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Internet personality Andrew Tate arrives in Florida, source says
Internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from Romania on Thursday morning according to a media representative, shortly after prosecutors lifted a travel ban related to criminal charges against them.
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February 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So, yeah, this happened. The Romanian Foreign Ministry said there was no pressure from Washington. But yeah, it's hard to swallow. There's a lot of outrage across Romanian social media.
www.reuters.com/world/intern...
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The European Union is building renewable energy at a record pace, yet it can’t always use the power that wind and solar plants create.
Energy storage sites could be a solution — but there are still barriers to rolling them out at the scale needed.
Energy storage sites could be a solution — but there are still barriers to rolling them out at the scale needed.
EU is wasting free energy as industry flatlines
Without long-lasting and widely available storage, Europe will struggle to solve its energy price conundrum.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The European Union is building renewable energy at a record pace, yet it can’t always use the power that wind and solar plants create.
Energy storage sites could be a solution — but there are still barriers to rolling them out at the scale needed.
Energy storage sites could be a solution — but there are still barriers to rolling them out at the scale needed.
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South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was facing his final impeachment hearing before judges decide whether to formally remove him from office over his disastrous martial law declaration.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was facing his final impeachment hearing before judges decide whether to formally remove him from office over his disastrous martial law declaration.
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I feel that everything ever written in history to stand as warning for human kind is now being taken as an instruction manual.
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I feel that everything ever written in history to stand as warning for human kind is now being taken as an instruction manual.
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The growing social media platform Bluesky has partnered with UK-based charity the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to tackle the spread of child sexual abuse material.
Bluesky partners with charity to curb online child sexual abuse
The social media platform will have access to a new range of tools to detect harmful material.
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February 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The growing social media platform Bluesky has partnered with UK-based charity the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to tackle the spread of child sexual abuse material.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Card I received this morning from my cousin.
@vbenedict.bsky.social I couldn’t figure out how to attach a photo in a DM. Enjoy!
@vbenedict.bsky.social I couldn’t figure out how to attach a photo in a DM. Enjoy!
February 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Card I received this morning from my cousin.
@vbenedict.bsky.social I couldn’t figure out how to attach a photo in a DM. Enjoy!
@vbenedict.bsky.social I couldn’t figure out how to attach a photo in a DM. Enjoy!
I watched Georgia Meloni's intervention at CPAC on Saturday evening and she really scared me. Beyond the "I love Trump" and "Conservatives are not alone! You are not alone" stuff, she made some interesting and scary statements that I haven't seen highlighted even in the Italian media.
February 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I watched Georgia Meloni's intervention at CPAC on Saturday evening and she really scared me. Beyond the "I love Trump" and "Conservatives are not alone! You are not alone" stuff, she made some interesting and scary statements that I haven't seen highlighted even in the Italian media.
Germany, phew guys! Thank you!
February 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Germany, phew guys! Thank you!
Proof that there is nothing in terms of corruption that Laura Codruta Kovesi hasn't seen.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is pursuing dozens of cases, in which Greek citizens received EU agricultural funds for pastureland they did not own or for agricultural work they never did, depriving farmers of money to which they were entitled.
The big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU
“Farmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didn’t own or work.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Proof that there is nothing in terms of corruption that Laura Codruta Kovesi hasn't seen.
For some of you who may wonder what the heck is wrong with #Romania, a country that has rarely been a problem before, like the teacher's pet who suddenly turns wild and starts smoking pot. Here's my anthropological and emotional two cents:
February 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For some of you who may wonder what the heck is wrong with #Romania, a country that has rarely been a problem before, like the teacher's pet who suddenly turns wild and starts smoking pot. Here's my anthropological and emotional two cents:
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded indirectly today to Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, declaring the climate accord a lifeline for the world.
Von der Leyen: Paris climate deal still ‘best hope for all humanity’
The EU chief’s remarks came just hours after Donald Trump yanked the U.S. from the landmark climate accord.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded indirectly today to Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, declaring the climate accord a lifeline for the world.
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✍️The Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online – which was first drafted in 2016 – was signed by Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, X, YouTube and more.
EU Commission formalises Big Tech effort to counter online hate speech
The Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online should help platforms comply with the Digital Services Act.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
✍️The Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online – which was first drafted in 2016 – was signed by Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, X, YouTube and more.