Rafael Barrio de Mendoza
@barriozevallos.bsky.social
PhD-ing University of Cambridge. Interested in the political economy of transitions, environmental regimes and public truth. Previously in LSE Inequalities. Cusqueño 🇵🇪. [español/english]
https://planetarypraxis.org/people/rafael-barrio-de-mendoza-zevallos
https://planetarypraxis.org/people/rafael-barrio-de-mendoza-zevallos
"[Perú] se trata de un país en el cual un archipiélago de pigmeos políticos —de plural extracción social, territorial e ideológica— comparte la convicción de saquear lo público... una extendida convergencia abocada a... impunidad y extracción de rentas."
forum.lasaweb.org/articles/56-...
forum.lasaweb.org/articles/56-...
Democratic or Republican Backsliding? Lo que pierde la política comparada al ignorar lo republicano - 56:4 - LASA Forum
La república, lo republicano y el republicanismo desaparecieron de la política comparada. Lo cual es peculiar cuando lo contrastamos con otras disciplinas pertenecientes a lo que podríamos llamar la genérica familia de la reflexión política. En teoría política, por ejemplo, el republicanismo ha sido una de las categorías más importantes en los debates contemporáneos. Lo podemos ver en los trabajos de autores como Quentin Skinner (1998), Philippe Petit (2012) o de Roberto Gargarella (2021) en América latina. Algo similar ocurre si pensamos en la historiografía política latinoamericana, en la cual los trabajos de Hilda Sabato (2021) en la Argentina, Carmen McEvoy (1997) en el Perú, Valeria Coronel (2022) en Ecuador, Marixa Lasso en Panamá (2021), o José Antonio Aguilar y Rafael Rojas (2002) en México, por poner unos pocos ejemplos, han echado mano del republicanismo y sus variantes para observar o reinterpretar las historias nacionales y continentales.[1]
forum.lasaweb.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"[Perú] se trata de un país en el cual un archipiélago de pigmeos políticos —de plural extracción social, territorial e ideológica— comparte la convicción de saquear lo público... una extendida convergencia abocada a... impunidad y extracción de rentas."
forum.lasaweb.org/articles/56-...
forum.lasaweb.org/articles/56-...
"We need to give up the idea that there are material things which we’re describing from the outside. The best way of conceptualizing reality in light of modern science is in terms of the relative information that pieces of nature have about one another."
www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality | Quanta Magazine
The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"We need to give up the idea that there are material things which we’re describing from the outside. The best way of conceptualizing reality in light of modern science is in terms of the relative information that pieces of nature have about one another."
www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
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DeBriefed | Renewables power past coal; Legacy of UK’s Climate Change Act; Fukushima’s solar future
✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
DeBriefed | Renewables power past coal; Legacy of UK’s Climate Change Act; Fukushima’s solar future
✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/rxBff7B
✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/rxBff7B
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The End of Understanding: How AI is changing the practice and purpose of science
Join @ninedotsprize.org winner @gracehuckins.bsky.social for an online #WIP & discussion seminar on 23 October at 5pm. A draft chapter of their book will be circulated beforehand
https://bit.ly/4q621Lu
Join @ninedotsprize.org winner @gracehuckins.bsky.social for an online #WIP & discussion seminar on 23 October at 5pm. A draft chapter of their book will be circulated beforehand
https://bit.ly/4q621Lu
The End of Understanding: How AI is changing the practice and purpose of science - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The End of Understanding: How AI is changing the practice and purpose of science
Join @ninedotsprize.org winner @gracehuckins.bsky.social for an online #WIP & discussion seminar on 23 October at 5pm. A draft chapter of their book will be circulated beforehand
https://bit.ly/4q621Lu
Join @ninedotsprize.org winner @gracehuckins.bsky.social for an online #WIP & discussion seminar on 23 October at 5pm. A draft chapter of their book will be circulated beforehand
https://bit.ly/4q621Lu
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Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
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The training data for generative AI is far from the sum total of human knowledge. As well as oral cultures, many languages are absent, creating significant blindspots in AI’s understanding of human experience
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays
Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too
buff.ly
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The training data for generative AI is far from the sum total of human knowledge. As well as oral cultures, many languages are absent, creating significant blindspots in AI’s understanding of human experience
"Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire... The deepfakes proliferating across far-right social media... are fascistic dream machines." via @lrb.co.uk .
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines
Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire... The deepfakes proliferating across far-right social media... are fascistic dream machines." via @lrb.co.uk .
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
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“According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot continue indefinitely” said George Saravelos, Global Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank
www.techspot.com/news/109626-...
www.techspot.com/news/109626-...
The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns
According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...
www.techspot.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot continue indefinitely” said George Saravelos, Global Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank
www.techspot.com/news/109626-...
www.techspot.com/news/109626-...
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Now available for purchase at a discount
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Now available for purchase at a discount
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www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-villag... Blueskyism and Sewerism as alternatives.
The Village and the Sewer
Behind the "Blueskyism" debate
www.programmablemutter.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-villag... Blueskyism and Sewerism as alternatives.
The anxieties that fuel the far-right obsession with IQ metrics and autism gesture to eugenic tropes. These are not good-faith contentions on public health science, but a fixation with narrow and reified versions of what intelligence and normality are.
September 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The anxieties that fuel the far-right obsession with IQ metrics and autism gesture to eugenic tropes. These are not good-faith contentions on public health science, but a fixation with narrow and reified versions of what intelligence and normality are.
Ah, aquella época en la que había ministros medianamente decentes que renunciaban por no aguantar compartir gabinete con delincuentes.
Claro, qué honor vas a querer preservar, si no tienes uno.
Claro, qué honor vas a querer preservar, si no tienes uno.
September 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ah, aquella época en la que había ministros medianamente decentes que renunciaban por no aguantar compartir gabinete con delincuentes.
Claro, qué honor vas a querer preservar, si no tienes uno.
Claro, qué honor vas a querer preservar, si no tienes uno.
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground
YouTube video by The Guardian
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September 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org/resources/re...
1/ Seeing the far-right march in London this Saturday, I’m increasingly convinced that social media, in its current forms, is built to amplify reactionary sensibilities. Yes, other social and economic forces are at play—but they’re now inescapably digitally mediated.
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1/ Seeing the far-right march in London this Saturday, I’m increasingly convinced that social media, in its current forms, is built to amplify reactionary sensibilities. Yes, other social and economic forces are at play—but they’re now inescapably digitally mediated.
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“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism
As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.
jpaladino.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
Sobre la violencia política comparativa. No, US no se está "colombianizando" o "ecuatorizando". Hay una larga historia en US de magnicidios, tiroteos, intentos de asesinato y violencia terrorista (como la del KKK).
September 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sobre la violencia política comparativa. No, US no se está "colombianizando" o "ecuatorizando". Hay una larga historia en US de magnicidios, tiroteos, intentos de asesinato y violencia terrorista (como la del KKK).
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‘One veteran shaman, returning from his first experience performing at a top-dollar eco-lodge, asked the ayahuasca researcher Stephan Beyer why these people had come halfway round the world to see him when they weren’t sick.’
@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mike Jay · Priest of the Devil: On Shamanism
‘Shamanism’, as a concept, is of course a Western invention, and from the earliest cross-cultural encounters it was...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
‘One veteran shaman, returning from his first experience performing at a top-dollar eco-lodge, asked the ayahuasca researcher Stephan Beyer why these people had come halfway round the world to see him when they weren’t sick.’
@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I just wanted to share that the Peru Support Group page and newsletter are a great source in english of in-depth analysis of news about Peru.
Take a look:
perusupportgroup.org.uk/news-analysis/
Take a look:
perusupportgroup.org.uk/news-analysis/
News & Analysis | Peru Support Group
perusupportgroup.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I just wanted to share that the Peru Support Group page and newsletter are a great source in english of in-depth analysis of news about Peru.
Take a look:
perusupportgroup.org.uk/news-analysis/
Take a look:
perusupportgroup.org.uk/news-analysis/
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NEW – Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
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August 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW – Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ
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New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🔭🧪
New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted
Big brute 5 billion light-years from Earth is 36 billion times as massive as the Sun
www.science.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🔭🧪
"[En] la historia de la isla Santa Rosa... se manifiesta la latente tensión amazónica entre el dinámico registro hidrogeológico hecho de rocas y sedimentos, y el precario registro administrativo compuesto de documentos y mapas".
Por @sunqasapa.bsky.social
caviarism.substack.com/p/como-leer-...
Por @sunqasapa.bsky.social
caviarism.substack.com/p/como-leer-...
Cómo leer un río
Cómo las danzas del agua y el sedimento pueden terminar creando controversias diplomáticas.
caviarism.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"[En] la historia de la isla Santa Rosa... se manifiesta la latente tensión amazónica entre el dinámico registro hidrogeológico hecho de rocas y sedimentos, y el precario registro administrativo compuesto de documentos y mapas".
Por @sunqasapa.bsky.social
caviarism.substack.com/p/como-leer-...
Por @sunqasapa.bsky.social
caviarism.substack.com/p/como-leer-...
Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.
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Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.
For many months, it has been beyond reasonable doubt that the Israeli government, the Israeli military, sections of Israeli politics and society as well as their aiders and abetters abroad, have been ...
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...