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Federico PF
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antropología/anthropology, estudios urbanos/urban studies, Bogotá/Portland. He/him/él.
Book (almost here): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501784774/urbanism-as-warfare/#bookTabs=1
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Couldn't avoid it
Deedra Meero from Andor standing in official garb after arriving in Ghorman. She is from the side looking to the front with an expression of mild disgust.
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Another day in the Portland trenches
Biking on the Tillikum bike/public transit bridge
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I saw the horrific video of the extrajudicial killing in the Caribbean just as I was reading this bit about a Philadelphia asphalt mafia's White House-backed assault against Venezuela in 1902 (from Greg Grandin's excellent new book "America, América"):
“So when Venezuela’s president Cipriano Castro refused to settle the dispute on the Asphalt Trust’s behalf, it was nothing for Mack to get the White House to send three battleships to cruise Venezuela’s coast in a show of support. That was just a start. Mack and his allies then financed a Venezuelan banker and Castro rival, Manuel Antonio Matos, to launch a revolution against Castro. They paid to outfit a steamer, the Ban Righ, renamed Libertador, as a gunboat, and gave Matos another $140,000 in supplies and weapons, drawn from a Trust account earmarked for “government relations.” Castro survived the revolt, though the uprising led to the deaths of thousands of Venezuelans and the destruction of much public infrastructure, including roads and ports.” Excerpt From America, América Greg Grandin This material may be protected by copyright.
September 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"Beware, antifa dog."
Graffiti in Bogotá: "beware antifa dog"
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"Beware, sad dog."
Bogotá, 2025.
Bogotá graffiti: "Beware, sad dog."
July 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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www.wweek.com/portland/art...
"We used it to describe inner-Portland voters (not just the east side) who are left-leaning, and who form a critical mass for swinging some elections—if they are effectively worked," Kaufman recalls. It's home to the school-funding warriors, Prius-driving, bicycle-riding, OPB-loving, never-miss-an-election voters who own $500,000 old Portland homes but love sticking it to The Man. The Kremlin's unifying issue has been public schools. That's why kids edge out bicycle helmets as the prop of choice in campaign literature. After the economy, two of the top issues for Portlanders in the PBA poll were "ensuring equal rights for all Portlanders" and "having a sustainable environment in the city."
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Shun is the word
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
The humanities classroom must be a place where these tools for offloading the task of genuine expression are forbidden—stronger, where their use is shunned, seen as a faux pas of the deeply different norms of a deeply different space.
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Nathan Hale's comic's certificate of genuine human creation: "AI art has not soul!"
June 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Looks like Bogotá's first Metro line (under construction) is now a global security issue
The U.S. will strongly oppose recent projects and upcoming disbursements by the@the_IDB and other IFls for Chinese state-owned and controlled companies in Colombia (and other BRI countries in the region). These projects endanger the region's safety and security. American tax dollars SHOULD NOT be used in any way by international organizations to subsidize Chinese companies in our hemisphere.
May 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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May 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Meanwhile in Latin America, the revolutionary sword and the neoliberal chainsaw:
Colombia president Petro raising Bolívar's sword during May 1 demonstration Argentina's Melie waving his state slashing chainsaw
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This is hanging out with 11yo
Sodas on wooden table, hands holding manga book, small park park in the back, sunny afternoon.
April 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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talking about aesthetics (wardrobe rehearsal last year):
Bukele's swearing in ceremony in 2024.
March 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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agradecido por está invitación a conversar sobre mi última publicación en Red Antropourbana (para quienes estén interesadoxs en antropología, infraestructura, periferias, ciudades, espacio y poder).
March 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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14.8 billion
March 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM