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Federico PF
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antropología/anthropology, estudios urbanos/urban studies, Bogotá/Portland. He/him/él.
Book (almost here): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501784774/urbanism-as-warfare/#bookTabs=1
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 19d
My forthcoming book "Urbanism as Warfare" is open access for a month.

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Urbanism as Warfare | Cornell University Press
<b><i>Urbanism as Warfare</i> explores connections between regimes of (in)security and projects of urban modernity, bureaucratic control, and propertied citizenship in downtown Bogotá.</b> Federico Pé...
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nkalamb.bsky.social
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.

pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink) Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
feperfer.bsky.social
Honored to have attained merperson status in my kid's artwork (not that bald yet, though)
Minimalist pencil drawing of a bearded merman by six year old.
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
feperfer.bsky.social
For all the talk about how Petro ruined chances for the left, Cepeda is leading in the polls and by a lot.
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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insightcrime.org
On December 8, InSight Crime publishes its new investigation on the ELN, and a group of experts will discuss the findings in a panel discussion at EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia, which will be broadcast live. 🔴 Join the live stream on December 9: https://bit.ly/48xCC5b
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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nisrinelamin.bsky.social
Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter:

spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal
TAGATU3 call for a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE.
spectrejournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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tinaadcock.bsky.social
It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy.

Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd.

Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist

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A Cold Colonialism
A Cold Colonialism - Modern Exploration and the Canadian North; A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert cont...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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lydiakiesling.bsky.social
You know what to do!!!!!
kachikoshi.bsky.social ron chankonabe @kachikoshi.bsky.social · 6d
here’s another Portland-area fundraiser for a family torn apart by ICE. husband shipped to Tacoma, wife just gave birth to twins www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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alwaysstevie.bsky.social
My friends are helping me to raise funds so I can afford basic necessities and start building my life. If you can, consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante
Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning
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December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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lydiakiesling.bsky.social
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
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December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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timnitgebru.bsky.social
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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workshops4gaza.bsky.social
This year, W4G is encouraging our communities to redirect funds they might have spent on mindless consumer goods toward essential and life-saving goods in Gaza such as blankets, boots, sweaters, tarps, and tents that will help Palestinians survive another brutal winter.
This year, W4G is launching our second annual "Blanket Friday" to encourage our communities to redirect funds they might have spent on mindless consumer goods toward essential and life-saving goods in Gaza such as blankets, boots, sweaters, tarps, and tents that will help Palestinians survive another brutal winter.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
feperfer.bsky.social
Unbelievable how many times they've deleted his account (and his partner's, Reem)
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
robdelaney.bsky.social Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 10d
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Bong Joon Ho took a characteristically radical approach when questioned on his thoughts around the rise of Al technology at the jury press conference of the Marrakech Film Festival on Saturday. The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal. "My official answer is, Al is good because it's the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I'm going to organize a military squad, and their mission is to destroy AI," he said.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
feperfer.bsky.social
Mine is out in two weeks!
(09BCARD for 30% discount)

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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cperezbustillo.bsky.social
Back to the Future: Operation Cóndor, the Evolving Architecture of U.S Terror in Latin America, 50 Years Later
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
51st.news The 51st @51st.news · 21d
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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alondra.bsky.social
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reckless.bsky.social nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 14d
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
So it’s worse than we thought
newrepublic.com The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18d
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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remymura.bsky.social
Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.

"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
The cover of One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This. Simple red background, with bold black all caps letters, and the drawn silhouette of a bomb plummeting towards a child. The gold "National Book Award Winner" sticker is on the upper right.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Metameme
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17d
They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
feperfer.bsky.social
My forthcoming book "Urbanism as Warfare" is open access for a month.

cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/urb...
Urbanism as Warfare | Cornell University Press
<b><i>Urbanism as Warfare</i> explores connections between regimes of (in)security and projects of urban modernity, bureaucratic control, and propertied citizenship in downtown Bogotá.</b> Federico Pé...
cornellpress.manifoldapp.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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brookenewman.bsky.social
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
A thread by an A&M professor describing how the new rules will impact faculty. Syllabi must be fed into AI to be checked for content not aligned with approved syllabi; students will be encouraged to report faculty for inaccurate content; and young people are now being told they get to decide what a professor should teach.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM