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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a

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Sparse reactions to things, augmented with academic propaganda -- from the verified author of 'The Provoked Economy' (Routledge, 2014), AKA Fabian Muniesa https://provokedeconomy.net/

Fabian Muniesa is an author, social scientist, and poet of French and Spanish citizenship. He is a Professor at the École des Mines de Paris, and a member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation in Paris, France. .. more

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AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · Apr 23

"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Fabian Muniesa, 2024, Paranoid Finance, Polity Press.

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MSF Sea @msfsea.bsky.social · 16m

"The children carry a very heavy burden. They made the journey as young children and arrived in Italy as teenagers, but already feeling like adults." says Federica Curci, MSF psychologist in Agrigento

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 10h

C'est pas possible

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 10h

Je suis abasourdie par la reconduction de Sébastien Lecornu.

Je suis triste et en colère pour la France ce soir, et je m’excuse auprès des Français·es de l’image que cela donne.

Mais je me réveillerai déterminée à me battre demain matin. Je vous en fais la promesse.

Marine Tondelier réagit au retour de Sébastien Lecornu : "je suis en colère et triste ce soir" (LCI)

YouTube video by Europe Écologie Les Verts

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 11h

Incroyable.

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 17h

Some exciting reviews have come in for my forthcoming book, Currency of Nihilism. Thank you to Joseph Vogl, Arthur Kroker, Noam Yuran, and William Davies @will-davies.bsky.social for their thoughtful engagement with the manuscript!

www.sup.org/books/politi...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

Macron's fascist dream taking shape

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 1d

Daniel J. Sherman, Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890–1940 - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, May 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Sarah Mills
newbooksnetwork.com/sensations

Delves into two controversies from the French archaeological world to illuminate the tension between the discipline’s scientific ambitions and its hunger for media attention. For well over a century...

press.uchicago.edu

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Con @elperiodico.com

Mark Bray: 'Esta Administración Trump es más fascista y autoritaria. Necesitamos resistencia de masas'

El historiador, profesor en la Universidad de Rutgers y autor de ‘Antifa’, se exilia con su familia en España tras ser víctima de ‘doxing’ y presiones del grupo de Charlie Kirk y recibir amenazas de m...

www.elperiodico.com

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 1d

Crise politique en direct : Emmanuel Macron s'apprête à nommer un Premier ministre

Crise politique en direct : Emmanuel Macron s'apprête à nommer un Premier ministre

Emmanuel Macron a promis de nommer un Premier ministre d'ici "vendredi soir" après la démission fracassante lundi de Sébastien Lecornu, ponctuée par deux jours de négociations supplémentaires pour tenter d'arracher, en l'absence de toute majorité, un accord de non-censure du futur gouvernement. À quelques heures d'une nomination, deux scénarios revenaient avec force, la reconduction de Sébastien Lecornu ou la carte Jean-Louis Borloo, éternel "revenant" par temps de crise.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Peru’s Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

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EL PAÍS México @elpaismexico.bsky.social · 1d

El secretario del Tesoro da por cerrado el acuerdo de un intercambio de divisas por 20.000 millones de dólares

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Estados Unidos confirma el inicio del rescate a Argentina con la compra de pesos

El secretario del Tesoro da por cerrado el acuerdo de un intercambio de divisas por 20.000 millones de dólares

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 1d

🔴 El Congreso de Perú destituye a Dina Boluarte como presidenta elpais.com/america/2025-10...

El Congreso de Perú destituye a Dina Boluarte como presidenta

La mandataria ha rechazado defenderse ante el Parlamento en un proceso exprés de remoción de su cargo por la profunda crisis de violencia que desborda las calles del país

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Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · 1d

Alors que désormais la Chine réduit ses émissions de CO2, l'inaction climatique est telle en France que nos rejets carbonés stagnent.

Pays hôte de l’accord de Paris sur le climat, nous risquons de ne pas respecter nos propres engagements climatiques 🙃 @mediapart.fr www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...

Au lieu de baisser, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre stagnent en France

L’organisme chargé de mesurer nos rejets carbonés estime qu’au premier semestre nos émissions sont restées stables. Elles pourraient diminuer d’à peine 0,8 % en 2025. Ces chiffres sont très en deçà d…

www.mediapart.fr

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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 1d

Crise politique en direct : Emmanuel Macron s'apprête à nommer un Premier ministre

Crise politique en direct : Emmanuel Macron s'apprête à nommer un Premier ministre

Emmanuel Macron a promis de nommer un Premier ministre d'ici "vendredi soir" après la démission fracassante lundi de Sébastien Lecornu, ponctuée par deux jours de négociations supplémentaires pour tenter d'arracher, en l'absence de toute majorité, un accord de non-censure du futur gouvernement. À quelques heures d'une nomination, deux scénarios revenaient avec force, la reconduction de Sébastien Lecornu ou la carte Jean-Louis Borloo, éternel "revenant" par temps de crise.

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 1d

Dissolution ? Démission ? Après le fiasco Lecornu, le président est en première ligne. En cas d’élections anticipées, les anciennes forces du NFP sont-elles prêtes à faire front contre l’extrême droite ?

Notre émission «À l’air libre» en intégralité sur Mediapart 👉‍ https://l.mediapart.fr/q9S

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · 1d

the latest from RD: @fredclarkson.bsky.social on the NAR's resolution to bring Christian women together en masse

religiondispatches.org/the-nar-vows...

The NAR Vows to Stage the Largest-Ever Gathering of Christian Women

Last year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women. As was the case with the Million M...

religiondispatches.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"The president seizes on a grant of authority which is only supposed to be exercised in an 'emergency,' declares an endemic problem to be an acute one, then insists courts have no authority to review his emergency determination, no matter how divorced from the facts or law." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Trump is the insurrection

And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

www.publicnotice.co

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1d

On 27 October we launch our new Autumn Lecture series in New York with Adam Tooze.

China is racing ahead in electrification, while the US turns its back on green energy in favour of fossil fuel machismo. How will these geopolitical dynamics play out?

Book now:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...

NYC Lecture: Adam Tooze on Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War

The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture: a new annual lecture in New York

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1d

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Branden Smith @brandens.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has deported over 100,000 people since January, double the rate of the Biden administration in 2024.

In this video @telliotter.bsky.social reports on where exactly the arrests are happening, where people are being detained, and where they’re being deported to.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Libération @liberation.fr · 1d

L’Etat condamné en appel pour avoir sanctionné un policier dénonçant le racisme au sein de son service

En 2020, Amar Benmohamed faisait état de «plus de 1 000 prévenus maltraités» entre mars 2017 et mi-2019 au dépôt du tribunal où il était en poste

L’Etat condamné en appel pour avoir sanctionné un policier dénonçant le racisme au sein de son service

www.liberation.fr

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't a "why can't we all get along" kumbaya moment. Its a moment to understand all the ways in which the people who created OpenAI, Anthropic etc claiming that their machine god will bring utopia, are the actual "existential risks" to humanity.

Raising billions of dollars to "save humanity."

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a @provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

Ces gens sont malades

Les Echos @lesechosfr.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Jean-Louis Borloo à Matignon ? Son nom revient avec insistance ➡️ trib.al/XWef5Yn

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Les Echos @lesechosfr.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 Jean-Louis Borloo à Matignon ? Son nom revient avec insistance ➡️ trib.al/XWef5Yn

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, known for philosophical and bleakly funny novels, has won the Nobel Prize in literature.

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for what the Nobel committee called his compelling and visionary work.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 1d

ICE in Chicago: First They Came for the Immigrants | "This is an invasion, not by some foreign enemy but by the US government and Donald Trump himself."

ICE in Chicago: First They Came for the Immigrants

This is an invasion, not by some foreign enemy but by the US government and Donald Trump himself. If we don't defend our neighbors and join our hands together, who will be left when they come for us—as they surely will.

www.commondreams.org