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Irene Tello Arista
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PhD at CEU | Co-chair Action4Justice | Columnist El Universal | UNAM, NYU and Fulbright alumna | research on anticorruption, beneficial ownership, complexity, gender
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Irene Tello Arista @irtelar.bsky.social · Nov 20
The blue of the sky depends on the darkness of empty space behind it. In which case blue is something of an ecstatic accident produced by void and fire.
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets
irtelar.bsky.social
Computational propaganda doesn’t just mislead, it demobilizes. It erodes trust in institutions and hardens political beliefs, even when the information is false. I write about this issue today in @eluniversalmx.bsky.social

www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
🧹 Witch hunts never ended, they just changed form.

Modern witch hunts aren’t bonfires; they’re rollbacks on rights, care gaps forcing women home and online misogyny.

The question isn’t whether society still believes in witches, it’s why it still needs them.@eluniversalmx.bsky.social bit.ly/3WxnqQc
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
Research shows corruption directly increases mortality after natural disasters.
With floods killing more than 70 people in Mexico, it’s time to recognize that anti-corruption policy is climate adaptation policy.
📰 My column in @eluniversalmx.bsky.social: www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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action4justice.bsky.social
🌿 Inspired by Jane Goodall, we’re sharing how people use the law to protect nature — from forests to rivers.

Learn more in our Environmental Rights Guide:
👉 action4justice.org/legal_areas/environmental-rights

#EnvironmentalJustice #Action4Justice #JaneGoodall
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Shout out to everyone who can remember every word to some random 80s song but can't remember the password they created yesterday
August 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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lunamancini.bsky.social
✊ Desde niña alzo la voz por las causas sociales.

Estudié Derecho en la @upf.edu y dedico mi vida a trabajar por los #DerechosHumanos mientras crío a mi hija.

🧶 En este #HiloTesis comparto ideas sobre la #LibertadDeExpresión de l@s Jueces.
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social @filarramendi.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
While Taylor Swift finally owns her masters, Trump is using tariffs, golf resorts, and meme coins as part of a corruption scheme to enrich himself and his family.
I wrote about this in my latest column for @eluniversalmx.bsky.social
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
May 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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iaccseries.bsky.social
This #IWD2025, let’s spotlight women making waves in anti-corruption and tech.

Watch the Empowering Change: Women Leading AI in Anti-Corruption workshop from #IACC2024, discover how women are using AI to drive change and break barriers ⤵️⤵️⤵️
#IACC2024 | Empowering Change: Women Leading AI in Anti-Corruption
YouTube video by International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC)
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March 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
irtelar.bsky.social
#InternationalWomensDay comes with an unspoken manual: demand rights, but don’t make anyone uncomfortable; protest, but not with anger. In my latest article, I break down the double standards imposed on women today and everyday.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
💜✊ #feministhumor #8M
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
irtelar.bsky.social
If capturing the state is corruption, what do we call hacking and hollowing it out?
Musk and DOGE are dismantling key institutions under a technocratic and reactionary ideology. There is an urgent need to understand this new kind of power.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
February 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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malamadremx.bsky.social
En el sexenio de López Obrador no sólo no se acabó la corrupción, se incrementó

México retrocedió en el índice de Transparencia Internacional y obtuvo la menor puntuación desde que se elabora esta medición.

animalpolitico.com/politica/mex...
No se acabó la corrupción como prometió AMLO: en su sexenio, México retrocedió en el índice de Transparencia Internacional
animalpolitico.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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britannica.com
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
We’ve received 285 complete applications from around the world for the 9th #ICRN2025 Forum in Vienna 2025! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who applied and helped spread the call. Now, onto the tough part: reviewing all these incredible proposals. Stay tuned!
www.icrnetwork.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
The "Muskovites" at DOGE started as a joke, but their attack on USAID reveals something deeper: a reactionary ideology rooted in incel culture and hostility to diversity.

In my latest article, I analyze what this means for government and inclusion programs: www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
La ideología incel detrás de DOGE y la desaparición de USAID | El Universal
www.eluniversal.com.mx
February 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
Great time to hear and listen to protest songs on repeat for what lies ahead:
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The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time
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January 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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New KickBack Episode!
Join @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social, and Tom Mayne as they discuss Indulging Kleptocracy and the role of enablers in helping kleptocrats launder reputations and move money

Soundcloud: bit.ly/KickbackSC

#Kleptocracy #Corruption
125. John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne on Indulging Kleptocracy
For this episode we are joined by John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne to discuss their new book Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corr
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January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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🌍📢 Call for Papers!
The 7th ACA Conference will take place May 21–23, 2025, in Bogotá, Colombia (hybrid format). Submit your research, teaching tools, or initiatives on corruption and anticorruption by Feb 28, 2025!

Submissions in EN/ES/PT: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st...

#ACA2025
January 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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malamadremx.bsky.social
María E. Ríos irrumpió en un evento de Sheinbaum en Oaxaca para exigir justicia por el intento de feminicidio que vivió.

En lugar de callar a la gente que abucheaba a Ríos, escucharla con respeto y obligar al góber a dar la cara, Sheinbaum sólo sonreía.

www.animalpolitico.com/politica/mar...
“En Oaxaca no es tiempo de mujeres”, reclama la saxofonista María Elena Ríos en evento de Sheinbaum
www.animalpolitico.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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literarypearls.bsky.social
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
Trump launched his own cryptocurrency a few days ago, but behind this 'meme coin' lie conflicts of interest, potential corruption, and the beginnings of a technological kleptocracy.
I analyze this case in my article for @eluniversalmx.bsky.social
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
January 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Mihaly was discussing a great 2024 paper written with @irtelar.bsky.social and Antonina Volkotrub on using beneficial ownership data for large-scale risk assessment in public procurement www.govtransparency.eu/using-benefi...
Using beneficial ownership data for large-scale risk assessment in public procurement. The example of 6 European countries
www.govtransparency.eu
January 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
irtelar.bsky.social
Corruption not only intensifies gender violence but also creates a barrier to accessing justice. Today in El Universal I write about the need to integrate a gender perspective into anti-corruption efforts ahead of the upcoming judicial elections in Mexico.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/iren...
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
irtelar.bsky.social
Join the 9th ICRN Forum (June 12-14, 2025) and present your research on corruption, anti-corruption, & integrity.

🌍 New this year: Fully-funded Governance & Integrity Fellowship for Global South researchers!

www.icrnetwork.org/what-we-do/c...

#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay
December 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM