Agustin Ferrari Braun
@ferraribraun.bsky.social
PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam | Studying digital infrastructures, power and media in Europe | No business as usual during genocide 🇵🇸 | he/him
"We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting..."
Imma be honest with you, I don't think this qualifies as reputable science
Imma be honest with you, I don't think this qualifies as reputable science
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting..."
Imma be honest with you, I don't think this qualifies as reputable science
Imma be honest with you, I don't think this qualifies as reputable science
Amsterdam Centraal
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Amsterdam Centraal
We love to see it, folks, we truly do
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We love to see it, folks, we truly do
When we talk about building new digital infrastructures, what it really means is that we need to create forms of communicating information that are not weapons. The current infrastructural paradigm was built with the blood of thousands to possibilitate the extermination of millions.
July 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When we talk about building new digital infrastructures, what it really means is that we need to create forms of communicating information that are not weapons. The current infrastructural paradigm was built with the blood of thousands to possibilitate the extermination of millions.
The new report from the UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese shows beyond the shadow of a doubt how the tech industry is powerig the genocide of the Palestinian people. These companies are going out of their way to provide the necessary infrastructure to exterminate Palestinian life.
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The new report from the UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese shows beyond the shadow of a doubt how the tech industry is powerig the genocide of the Palestinian people. These companies are going out of their way to provide the necessary infrastructure to exterminate Palestinian life.
Police in riot gear and formation, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any protestors to be repressed
June 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Police in riot gear and formation, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any protestors to be repressed
More importantly, this Saturday there will be the No Kings protest across the US. Do let me know if you'd like to go together to the Denver chapter
June 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
More importantly, this Saturday there will be the No Kings protest across the US. Do let me know if you'd like to go together to the Denver chapter
Butlerian Jihad against SUVs
May 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Butlerian Jihad against SUVs
With @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu we analysed the media lobbies in the EU, and how their identity has changed over the last couple of years, developing a more distinct perspective to counter Big Tech's own lobbying, and weight in Brussels digital regulatory agenda
April 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
With @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu we analysed the media lobbies in the EU, and how their identity has changed over the last couple of years, developing a more distinct perspective to counter Big Tech's own lobbying, and weight in Brussels digital regulatory agenda
With @fvandervlist.bsky.social and @tpoell.bsky.social we mapped the number of third-party trackers in the top news websites of FR and NL over the last decade, showing that news media is increasingly reliant on Big Tech services, despite corporate discourses stressing the need for independence.
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
With @fvandervlist.bsky.social and @tpoell.bsky.social we mapped the number of third-party trackers in the top news websites of FR and NL over the last decade, showing that news media is increasingly reliant on Big Tech services, despite corporate discourses stressing the need for independence.
After the last year, I'd add that the doctrine of share-holder value has been adopted by the GOP on two distinct levels. Musk is tolerated as long as his celebrity maximises electoral returns or can be leveraged to further the agenda of the radical wing of the Republican Party.
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
After the last year, I'd add that the doctrine of share-holder value has been adopted by the GOP on two distinct levels. Musk is tolerated as long as his celebrity maximises electoral returns or can be leveraged to further the agenda of the radical wing of the Republican Party.
Tl;dr Musk has perfected a way of leveraging his personal fame in a way that is highly profitable for his companies. His antiques are tolerated as long as he is maximising share-holder value, but could be easily removed if that stopped being the case... 2/5
March 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tl;dr Musk has perfected a way of leveraging his personal fame in a way that is highly profitable for his companies. His antiques are tolerated as long as he is maximising share-holder value, but could be easily removed if that stopped being the case... 2/5
The case for degrowth made in the EUIV subreddit
March 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The case for degrowth made in the EUIV subreddit
I don't know these two "left" students, but after reading this piece I'm pretty certain they are reliably to the right of Attila the Hun on any meaningful issue
March 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I don't know these two "left" students, but after reading this piece I'm pretty certain they are reliably to the right of Attila the Hun on any meaningful issue
The ICE is disappearing Palestinian grad students with full complicity of Columbia. University administrators will gladly let the SA in to save their positions. Any defense of higher education in contemporary times needs to take stock of this reality.
March 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The ICE is disappearing Palestinian grad students with full complicity of Columbia. University administrators will gladly let the SA in to save their positions. Any defense of higher education in contemporary times needs to take stock of this reality.
The WaPo has never been a left-wing newspaper. It played a crucial role in manufacturing consent for the U.S. establishment (e.g. War on Drugs, Irak 2003, Austerity...), and it was able to do so by presenting itself as a sophisticated and moderate voice, even allowing dissent in its pages... 3/?
February 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The WaPo has never been a left-wing newspaper. It played a crucial role in manufacturing consent for the U.S. establishment (e.g. War on Drugs, Irak 2003, Austerity...), and it was able to do so by presenting itself as a sophisticated and moderate voice, even allowing dissent in its pages... 3/?
They were good at defending it because they weren't fundamentalists. They gave platform to critical voices and played a crucial role in defining what contemporary investigative reporting is (c.f. Watergate & All The President's Men). This made their editorial line stronger... 2/?
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They were good at defending it because they weren't fundamentalists. They gave platform to critical voices and played a crucial role in defining what contemporary investigative reporting is (c.f. Watergate & All The President's Men). This made their editorial line stronger... 2/?
Jeff Bezos running editorial interference is really interesting because nobody paying attention would ever think that the WaPo has done anything but defend "free markets" over the last decades... 1/?
February 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Jeff Bezos running editorial interference is really interesting because nobody paying attention would ever think that the WaPo has done anything but defend "free markets" over the last decades... 1/?
The first week of Trump got Adam Tooze writing about Kojeve. I fully expect him to be discussing Bataille's general economy by 2026
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The first week of Trump got Adam Tooze writing about Kojeve. I fully expect him to be discussing Bataille's general economy by 2026
Dutch Civil servants are not allowed to use DeepSeek. The Netherlands follows the lead of South Korea, Australia, Taiwan and Italy.
Interesting to see that, all of the sudden, it's fine to be a Luddite.
Interesting to see that, all of the sudden, it's fine to be a Luddite.
February 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Dutch Civil servants are not allowed to use DeepSeek. The Netherlands follows the lead of South Korea, Australia, Taiwan and Italy.
Interesting to see that, all of the sudden, it's fine to be a Luddite.
Interesting to see that, all of the sudden, it's fine to be a Luddite.