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Randall Brenes
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Derechos humanos, desarrollo humano, democracia.
Wellcome to Mordor
January 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied. One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition!”
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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
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January 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
❗️🧵👇🏻
Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions
Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat
www.theframelab.org
January 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Reposted by Randall Brenes
Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions
Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat
www.theframelab.org
January 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Murió un político decente. No muchos le sobreviven
Breaking News: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. A one-term president and peacemaker from Georgia’s farmland, he was beset by crises in office. nyti.ms/49WdF3G
December 30, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Reposted by Randall Brenes
Breaking News: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. A one-term president and peacemaker from Georgia’s farmland, he was beset by crises in office. nyti.ms/49WdF3G
December 29, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Que recuperemos la esperanza con la que se firmó esta declaración hace 76 años.
December 10, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Hace 76 años don Beto Cañas estaba en París participando en la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas que aprobaría la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos. Tomó la palabra para anunciar que la Junta Fundadora de la Segunda República había abolido el ejército. Luego…
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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El caudal de mentiras tóxicas vivido en España tras las más de 200 muertes de la dana en Valencia confirma que vivimos en el mundo soñado por Bannon y Musk. Los bulos circulan sin freno por los móviles
De Bannon a Musk: la década que convirtió la desinformación en la nueva normalidad
El impacto de la industria de la mentira, la crisis de los medios y la agenda política de las redes sociales han generado una tormenta perfecta en las democracias que arrasa la relación de la…
buff.ly
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
“La próxima vez los fascistas vendrán en nombre de la libertad”. Dicen que es de Orwell, otros que es de Thomas Mann, seguramente apócrifa, pero totalmente cierta.
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM