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Nika Dubrovsky

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 13d

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New Start | Anthropology for All (Nika Dubrovsky & David Graeber)

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 7h

The violent anti fascist protests in Portland, Oregon are a figment of Donald Trump’s florid imagination

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h

You can draw a line from Trump's evidence-free claims about the need for troops in Portland to top Republicans insisting today that the upcoming "No Kings" rally is the work of antifa agitators. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...

The president’s pretend enemy

There is no crisis of unrest in Portland, Oregon. One way I know this to be true is that President Trump — who is insistent that Portland faces just such a crisis — doesn't offer any evidence of it. A...

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 7h

Watching the news from here, it feels like the West is just collapsing. Once, back in 1989, I left the USSR and it seemed everything there would fall apart too, that civil war would break out, but back then there was still so much hope and even a kind of courage and playfulness.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 5d

this guy is a democratic operative and former missouri state official. he doesn't sincerely believe that's what's happening. it's just the line the dem establishment has decided to unite around because they think it will disabuse maga freaks of their loyalties, which is their persistent delusion.

Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 5d

It's truly embarrassing the sheer number of Americans who sincerely believe the US is devolving into a fascist dictatorship "to distract from the Epstein Files". A 5 year old child has a better understanding of how the world works.

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mini lila vp do insônia bisca club @clalisce.bsky.social · 5d

leituras recomendadas da semana:

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Spotify: quando o play financia a guerra

Uma reﬂexão: Em um mundo onde streaming ﬁnancia drones autônomos, qual é o custo real de uma playlist?

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 5d

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Juliet Liu @juliet.social · 10d

I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:

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José Luis Ollo @joseluisollo.bsky.social · 6d

Objetivo: matar al periodista.
@elpais.com / @bealecumberri.bsky.social y @myakovenko.bsky.social - @channeldraw.bsky.social

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peet_wu @peetwu.bsky.social · 7d

Please! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 5d

#OutOfAfrica By the way, everyone is welcome in Africa and Asia. Visas cost next to nothing and are issued instantly. Why?
Because Africans believe their countries are growing.
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Mass deportations cause American workers to lose jobs, wages to go down, and our economy to slow

YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 8d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

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Anti All3s @antiall3s.bsky.social · 7d

Is this a stunt by The Yes Men, @theyesmen.bsky.social?

If it is, it's hilarious.
If not, it's kind of sad and hilarious.

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#uspol #conspiracy

QAnon Shaman says he's rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion

In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11d

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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Museum of Care @museumofcare.bsky.social · 8d

Next Visual Assembly tomorrow!

Saturday October 4
10:00 - 12:00
Vienna, Austria
Link to regiter: uttaisop.at/anmelden/
More information about the event and Visual Assemblies as a project ⬇

David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d

Participants will start out with maps for two cities: one utopian, one dystopian. Because utopia and dystopia never exist separately, right? They’re always intertwined, and when building one, you have to keep the other in mind.

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Visual Assembly

The Visual Assembly is a democratic form of creative collaboration that aims to imagine new ways to run and organize our social systems. Every human

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d

Join our next Visual Assembly to collectively imagine, plan and draw cities of the future.

Saturday October 4
10:00 - 12:00
Vienna, Austria
About the event: davidgraeber.institute/imagining-a-...
Link to regiter: uttaisop.at/anmelden/

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peet_wu @peetwu.bsky.social · 10d

David Graeber would love this! ☠️ @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social

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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 12d

Si votre métier rapporte de l'argent, vous en faites probablement les frais ⤵️

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 12d

This is in our Portabello Road appartment in 2019.

David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 18d

More information on our next trip to St Vincent and the Grenadines is coming soon. Visit the dedicated rooms in the Museum of Care to learn about the Survival Kit collection and our ongoing projects with partners in St Vincent.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 18d

This time in Saint Vincent, we're working on implementing practical solutions!

The spirulina cultivation project is part of The Survival Kit Collection, which brings together low-tech strategies for autonomous living — from water collection to off-grid energy.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 14d

Much like with Scientologists, when a Neo-Liberal tells you something, its never a good idea to believe it at face value.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13d

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 13d

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New Start | Anthropology for All (Nika Dubrovsky & David Graeber)

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 20d

Jubilee Carnival4David!

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 20d

Afterparty for Carnival4David.
I really hope that when I leave London, people will keep meeting every September and remembering David.

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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 21d

Join us tonight!

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Carnival4David: the jubilee.

David Graeber Institute The Book of Leviticus (25:8-13) describes a special year—the jubilee—proclaimed by trumpet sound. In this year they freed slaves, forgave debts, returned

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 22d

WORKSHOPS: from 1 PM to 7 PM

The carnival procession, featuring readings and choir performances, will begin at 7 PM at the junction of Abbey Road and Rowley Way. We’ll conclude at Tenant's Hall with more readings, choir performances and speeches.

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