Fernando Domínguez Rubio
@fdrubio1977.bsky.social
Prof @ UCSD
Wrote 'Still Life: Ecologies of the Modern Imagination at the Art museum’ 2020
Co-edited, Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair, 2025
Working on a new book "The Promise of Facts"
Wrote 'Still Life: Ecologies of the Modern Imagination at the Art museum’ 2020
Co-edited, Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair, 2025
Working on a new book "The Promise of Facts"
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Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair
An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w
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Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume!
"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"
It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓
"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"
It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
you know what? good advice.
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Congrats to Dick Cheney on being reincarnated.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Congrats to Dick Cheney on being reincarnated.
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This shit is delightful
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This shit is delightful
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Video shows Palestinian children in Gaza using inoperative power lines as a swing. Israel has cut off electricity to the enclave since the beginning of its genocidal war.
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Video shows Palestinian children in Gaza using inoperative power lines as a swing. Israel has cut off electricity to the enclave since the beginning of its genocidal war.
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Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
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The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
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Former vice president Dick Cheney has died, at 84, with the blood of millions on his hands. His legacy will far outlive him as the man responsible for wars that have killed and displaced millions abroad; and who worked diligently to lay the groundwork for fascist authoritarianism in the U.S.
War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands
Cheney’s legacy more than outlives him; he reshaped the very structures of war and authoritarianism at home and abroad.
truthout.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Former vice president Dick Cheney has died, at 84, with the blood of millions on his hands. His legacy will far outlive him as the man responsible for wars that have killed and displaced millions abroad; and who worked diligently to lay the groundwork for fascist authoritarianism in the U.S.
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
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BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
www.latimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is the way
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is the way
"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened"
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened"
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
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the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
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Most generously considered, what is happening with your Ezra Kleins and even your David Frenches of the world is to attempt to broker a compromise between racists and anti-racists, bigots and anti-bigots that might leave things stable for those who prioritize stability over racism or anti-racism.
September 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Most generously considered, what is happening with your Ezra Kleins and even your David Frenches of the world is to attempt to broker a compromise between racists and anti-racists, bigots and anti-bigots that might leave things stable for those who prioritize stability over racism or anti-racism.
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For our October issue I wrote about the Roberts Court for its 20th anniversary, how it helped lead us to the current crisis, and what should be done about it:
The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy
Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court.
newrepublic.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
For our October issue I wrote about the Roberts Court for its 20th anniversary, how it helped lead us to the current crisis, and what should be done about it:
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A master class from the Washington Post in how to normalize the bonkers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A master class from the Washington Post in how to normalize the bonkers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Last week, Israel targeted and massacred 34 newspaper reporters in Yemen.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded.
Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded
Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last week, Israel targeted and massacred 34 newspaper reporters in Yemen.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded.
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hey so this is insane
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
hey so this is insane
We are trapped in such a stupid moment
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We are trapped in such a stupid moment