Damián Fernández
@historiantillo.bsky.social
Opinions my own, though they probably reflect the deep structures and contradictions of late capitalism.
Tirana unitaria, tu cinta celeste
Até en mi guitarra de buen federal
Até en mi guitarra de buen federal
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tirana unitaria, tu cinta celeste
Até en mi guitarra de buen federal
Até en mi guitarra de buen federal
It must be true because it comes with the original signature.
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It must be true because it comes with the original signature.
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Alright I'll list out what I've read and been reading in case anyone is interested. Given that I serve as Chair of the Faculty Budget Committee I started with that side of the ledger so: Dean Smith, University Finances and How University Budgets Work. Pretty dry, but very important. 1/
Alright let me try this ask again: what should I read about how higher ed works to continue my learning?
Trying to build up knowledge and maybe start a discussion group (locally? online?) for academics working in the field, but don't research higher ed. Read lots of Chris Newfield, lots of finance/budget books, other books from Hopkins on Critical University Studies. What else should I read/add?
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Alright I'll list out what I've read and been reading in case anyone is interested. Given that I serve as Chair of the Faculty Budget Committee I started with that side of the ledger so: Dean Smith, University Finances and How University Budgets Work. Pretty dry, but very important. 1/
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The map in my original tweet shows the number of graves, not number of bodies. Andalucía, by some way, has the most in terms of victims. In mass graves as shown in this map or otherwise.
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The map in my original tweet shows the number of graves, not number of bodies. Andalucía, by some way, has the most in terms of victims. In mass graves as shown in this map or otherwise.
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Good piece by Martijn Konings on why it’s a mistake simply to defend central bank independence against Trump. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar
Trump and the Federal Reserve.
newleftreview.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Good piece by Martijn Konings on why it’s a mistake simply to defend central bank independence against Trump. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Los misterios insondables de la mente de una niña de ocho años cuyas canciones favoritas son What it sounds like y Luna Tucumana.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Los misterios insondables de la mente de una niña de ocho años cuyas canciones favoritas son What it sounds like y Luna Tucumana.
El acuerdo comercial con EEUU parece desfavorable para Argentina, aunque se conocen pocos detalles. Cuando se informe todo el contenido, probablemente sea un saqueo liso y llano.
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
El acuerdo comercial con EEUU parece desfavorable para Argentina, aunque se conocen pocos detalles. Cuando se informe todo el contenido, probablemente sea un saqueo liso y llano.
Murió el último perro presidencial no imaginario. Que la tierra te sea leve, Dylan.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Murió el último perro presidencial no imaginario. Que la tierra te sea leve, Dylan.
Cuando sea millonario, lo primero que voy a comprarme son dos caballos ruanos para llamarlos Porteñito y Mano Blanca.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Cuando sea millonario, lo primero que voy a comprarme son dos caballos ruanos para llamarlos Porteñito y Mano Blanca.
Based on the Argentine case, this could turn out to be a source of revenue for the US. The numbers are opaque, but it appears that Bessent's "aid" yielded a 10% profit within days at the expense of future Argentine taxpayers.
New Argentina just dropped.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán says the U.S. will provide a “financial shield” as he struggles to win reelection
Meanwhile Trump President said last week “I don’t want to hear about affordability” as health care premiums explode & food/energy prices rise.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán says the U.S. will provide a “financial shield” as he struggles to win reelection
Meanwhile Trump President said last week “I don’t want to hear about affordability” as health care premiums explode & food/energy prices rise.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Based on the Argentine case, this could turn out to be a source of revenue for the US. The numbers are opaque, but it appears that Bessent's "aid" yielded a 10% profit within days at the expense of future Argentine taxpayers.
¿Cómo "quién es José Luis Manzano"? ¿Qué edad tiene el lector promedio de La Nación? ¿15?
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
¿Cómo "quién es José Luis Manzano"? ¿Qué edad tiene el lector promedio de La Nación? ¿15?
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La deuda bruta argentina alcanzó en octubre un total de u$s462.553 millones, con un incremento mensual de u$s2.505 millones (0,55%). En 2024 el crecimiento acumulado de la deuda fue u$s91.879 millones, marcando un aumento del 25% (según Buteler). Sin datos dolarizados no hay nueva deuda en dólares
November 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
La deuda bruta argentina alcanzó en octubre un total de u$s462.553 millones, con un incremento mensual de u$s2.505 millones (0,55%). En 2024 el crecimiento acumulado de la deuda fue u$s91.879 millones, marcando un aumento del 25% (según Buteler). Sin datos dolarizados no hay nueva deuda en dólares
Mamdani odia el VAR. Congelar alquileres, guarderías gratis y eliminar el VAR suena como el mejor programa de gobierno desde el New Deal.
Ezequiel Fernández Moores cuenta acá quee Zohran Mamdani, el próximo alcalde de Nueva York, es futbolero, hincha del Arsenal y odia el VAR
www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/fut...
www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/fut...
Zohran Mamdani, un alcalde musulmán para la final del Mundial de Trump
Apasionado por el fútbol, el recientemente electo primer funcionario de Nueva York ha reclamado, entre otras cosas, por los altos precios de las entradas para la Copa del Mundo de 2026
www.lanacion.com.ar
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Mamdani odia el VAR. Congelar alquileres, guarderías gratis y eliminar el VAR suena como el mejor programa de gobierno desde el New Deal.
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
It seems that you can say "as Eugene Debs once said" and still win elections.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It seems that you can say "as Eugene Debs once said" and still win elections.
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I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
Cada dos o tres meses anuncian un superpréstamo, un megacanje, un gigantoswap o un monstruocrédito. Y nada importa: el peso se sigue devaluando, las reservas caen y la economía no despega. Especialistas en patinar guita prestada.
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Cada dos o tres meses anuncian un superpréstamo, un megacanje, un gigantoswap o un monstruocrédito. Y nada importa: el peso se sigue devaluando, las reservas caen y la economía no despega. Especialistas en patinar guita prestada.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
“Depending on the context, elites can use different forms of power to maintain or restore those inequalities, from military force to economic coercion, and from ideological persuasion to political authority.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tony Wood · Sell Your Children: Latin America Shifts Right
It’s striking how thoroughly Latin America’s contemporary right has absorbed neoliberalism. Earlier cohorts...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“Depending on the context, elites can use different forms of power to maintain or restore those inequalities, from military force to economic coercion, and from ideological persuasion to political authority.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
La Nación pregunta lo mismo hace más de veinte años. Desde aquel “la Argentina ha resuelto darse gobierno por un año” de Escribano en 2003.
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
La Nación pregunta lo mismo hace más de veinte años. Desde aquel “la Argentina ha resuelto darse gobierno por un año” de Escribano en 2003.
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“…class struggle is fundamentally about which futures are, and are not, realizable in present conditions, and it is only in that prospective context that material interests acquire substantive meaning”
If you’ve ever used the term material interests, read this:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
If you’ve ever used the term material interests, read this:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Material Interests — Sidecar
On the new Marxism.
newleftreview.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
“…class struggle is fundamentally about which futures are, and are not, realizable in present conditions, and it is only in that prospective context that material interests acquire substantive meaning”
If you’ve ever used the term material interests, read this:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
If you’ve ever used the term material interests, read this:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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"Un poquito de catarsis en las redes" crea un entorno de sombra pura y asfixiante. Cada posteo que uno cree que se pierde en el océano suma, no obstante, una gota más.
La ética digital de estos tiempos impone pensar varias veces lo que uno comparte, también como un gesto hacia los demás.
La ética digital de estos tiempos impone pensar varias veces lo que uno comparte, también como un gesto hacia los demás.
No suelo ser el tipo más positivo que puedas llegar a conocer, pero la ola de negatividad general y que estén cada dos minutos diciendo "todos vamos a morir", me tiene un toque las bolas lacias ya, la verdad.
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Un poquito de catarsis en las redes" crea un entorno de sombra pura y asfixiante. Cada posteo que uno cree que se pierde en el océano suma, no obstante, una gota más.
La ética digital de estos tiempos impone pensar varias veces lo que uno comparte, también como un gesto hacia los demás.
La ética digital de estos tiempos impone pensar varias veces lo que uno comparte, también como un gesto hacia los demás.
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Lo que más me sorprende es que se considera clase alta al que gana 4000 dólares al mes. Somos un país cada vez más croto.
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lo que más me sorprende es que se considera clase alta al que gana 4000 dólares al mes. Somos un país cada vez más croto.
Para Halloween me voy a disfrazar de carry trade.
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Para Halloween me voy a disfrazar de carry trade.