Fran Robles
@franroblesr.bsky.social
Politics Football Maradona Inequality Books
What an amazing movie to watch right now #Frankenstein.
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
ALT: a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What an amazing movie to watch right now #Frankenstein.
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
Is there any good Bluesky list on Elite studies ??
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Is there any good Bluesky list on Elite studies ??
🚨 Call for Publications!
The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
More info: forms.gle/GVPZAw35gUvY...
The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
More info: forms.gle/GVPZAw35gUvY...
Red Élites América Latina - REAL
La Red Élites América Latina es un espacio de conexión entre las personas que investigan a las élites
redelites.networksprovidehappiness.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 Call for Publications!
The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
More info: forms.gle/GVPZAw35gUvY...
The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
More info: forms.gle/GVPZAw35gUvY...
This new short film delves into the city of Rosario and its legendary rivalry between the two great clubs: Rosario Central and Newell’s Old Boys.
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
EL REFLEJO: el CLÁSICO ROSARINO | ÚNICOS #3 por Octavio GENCARELLI
YouTube video by GELATINA
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This new short film delves into the city of Rosario and its legendary rivalry between the two great clubs: Rosario Central and Newell’s Old Boys.
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
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My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the figure of the obscene rich to the fantasy of its destruction: on Succession, schadenfreude and the godlike power of the super-rich on screen
A significant part of contemporary popular culture portrays the rich as obscene, self-destructive, addicted and deranged. This article analyses the affective intensities circulating around this tro...
www.tandfonline.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In which I talk with the brilliant Marianne Hirsch (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In which I talk with the brilliant Marianne Hirsch (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
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I am not even sure whether this is necessarily a very effective victory speech, but in terms of rhetorical skills, “The Speech” is next level.
Worth your time! 🙌
Worth your time! 🙌
Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I am not even sure whether this is necessarily a very effective victory speech, but in terms of rhetorical skills, “The Speech” is next level.
Worth your time! 🙌
Worth your time! 🙌
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I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽
(PDF) Soccer as Civil Society
PDF | On Aug 28, 2025, Cas Mudde published Soccer as Civil Society | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽
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"Maduro is a heinous dictator, and there is a need for international engagement. But what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts and analysis, not the tall tales of exiled and displaced leaders, which have led to disastrous miscalculations in the past" by @dsmilde.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Maduro is a heinous dictator, and there is a need for international engagement. But what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts and analysis, not the tall tales of exiled and displaced leaders, which have led to disastrous miscalculations in the past" by @dsmilde.bsky.social
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New article out now 🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
Therapy Culture for the Business Class: Exploring How CEO Peer Groups Make and Legitimate Elite Cohesion
In the current context of extreme economic inequality and rising concentrations of income and wealth at the top, the social processes through which elites restrict the wider population's access to re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New article out now 🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
This is a great op-ed by @javiercorrales.bsky.social — not only an important reminder of how the Venezuelan situation will (not) change, but also of how other countries, such as Nicaragua, may face similar circumstances.
“Maduro’s survival offers critical insight on why it is so difficult to bring down autocracies,” writes Javier Corrales of the Venezuelan dictator.
Opinion | How Maduro Future-Proofed His Dictatorship in Venezuela
Maduro has built a system in which the only people who can truly tear down the dictatorship are the ones with the most to lose from its demise.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is a great op-ed by @javiercorrales.bsky.social — not only an important reminder of how the Venezuelan situation will (not) change, but also of how other countries, such as Nicaragua, may face similar circumstances.
🗳️ Explaining democratic backsliding in Central America requires examining the 📺 deepening patterns of media capture that have emerged over the past decades. 🌎
youtu.be/LDHEtFuk2GQ?...
youtu.be/LDHEtFuk2GQ?...
La captura de los medios de comunicación en la región centroamericana
YouTube video by Fundación Heinrich Böll Oficina Centroamerica
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🗳️ Explaining democratic backsliding in Central America requires examining the 📺 deepening patterns of media capture that have emerged over the past decades. 🌎
youtu.be/LDHEtFuk2GQ?...
youtu.be/LDHEtFuk2GQ?...
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This is North Korea behavior, someone needs to go to prison for life over this.
🧵Here are more details on Randall Gamboa, the Costa Rican man who was snatched by ICE in Dec, detained for 8 months in facilities in Texas, then deported back to Costa Rica via air ambulance in a vegetative state with brain damage.
He is now dead.
He is now dead.
Costa Rican Man Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody
A man from Costa Rica, died after returning from U.S. ICE detention in critical condition, prompting family demands for investigation
ticotimes.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is North Korea behavior, someone needs to go to prison for life over this.
🎙️ What an incredible lecture today with @casmudde.bsky.social at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)!
🇬🇧 English Audio → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
🇪🇸 Spanish Translation → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
#Democracy #Populism #CostaRica
🇬🇧 English Audio → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
🇪🇸 Spanish Translation → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
#Democracy #Populism #CostaRica
Populismo: sus consecuencias para la democracia - Audio original Inglés
YouTube video by WebTV
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🎙️ What an incredible lecture today with @casmudde.bsky.social at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)!
🇬🇧 English Audio → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
🇪🇸 Spanish Translation → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
#Democracy #Populism #CostaRica
🇬🇧 English Audio → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
🇪🇸 Spanish Translation → www.youtube.com/live/6Wh9YWz...
#Democracy #Populism #CostaRica
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Now back to reality! Today, at 4 PM, I will give a lecture at the University of Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Come if you are around!
(I know, only 3-4 people from Costa Rica are on Bluesky, but still...)
(I know, only 3-4 people from Costa Rica are on Bluesky, but still...)
Actividades UCR
Calendario de Actividades de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Fechas de interés, eventos importantes, agenda semanal.
www.ucr.ac.cr
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Now back to reality! Today, at 4 PM, I will give a lecture at the University of Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Come if you are around!
(I know, only 3-4 people from Costa Rica are on Bluesky, but still...)
(I know, only 3-4 people from Costa Rica are on Bluesky, but still...)
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Actividades académicas de @casmudde.bsky.social en #UniversidadDeCostaRica
September 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Actividades académicas de @casmudde.bsky.social en #UniversidadDeCostaRica
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tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
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Full article: FinTech as a state-orchestrated strategy: redefining financialization of households in Argentina www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
FinTech as a state-orchestrated strategy: redefining financialization of households in Argentina
This article examines how longstanding asymmetries in Argentina’s financial system have shaped the adoption and expansion of financial technologies (FinTech). Rather than signaling a rupture from p...
www.tandfonline.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Full article: FinTech as a state-orchestrated strategy: redefining financialization of households in Argentina www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is interesting, to say the least, how the #Nobel is perceived by academics from the Global North who work on Latin America and by Latin American scholars themselves.
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is interesting, to say the least, how the #Nobel is perceived by academics from the Global North who work on Latin America and by Latin American scholars themselves.
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I will be in San Jose, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, in the last week of October. These are two public events I'll be doing at UCR.
Can't wait to meet new people, experience a new country, and add a rare country point to my #groundhopping tally.
Can't wait to meet new people, experience a new country, and add a rare country point to my #groundhopping tally.
October 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I will be in San Jose, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, in the last week of October. These are two public events I'll be doing at UCR.
Can't wait to meet new people, experience a new country, and add a rare country point to my #groundhopping tally.
Can't wait to meet new people, experience a new country, and add a rare country point to my #groundhopping tally.
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BREAKING: Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” More billionaires bending the knee.
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
BREAKING: Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” More billionaires bending the knee.