Justas Patkauskas
@jpatkaus.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Research on speculative philosophy, conceptual history & environmental humanities
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Research on speculative philosophy, conceptual history & environmental humanities
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Justas Patkauskas
@jpatkaus.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Working Papers
www.gea.mpg.de
Very happy to share our Open Access volume "Geoanthropology and Waterscapes," which examines the ties between humans and their environments through the lens of waterscapes. With a focus on the Anthropocene, historical-political epistemology, and conceptual history.
www.gea.mpg.de/7870/working...
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I love Spain dearly, and I am happy it’s doing well. But the new wave of Spanish exceptionalism is disconcerting. What keeps Spain exceptional is a constant struggle by social movements plus a receptive government, not a special consciousness. This miracle can end with one bad election result.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I love Spain dearly, and I am happy it’s doing well. But the new wave of Spanish exceptionalism is disconcerting. What keeps Spain exceptional is a constant struggle by social movements plus a receptive government, not a special consciousness. This miracle can end with one bad election result.
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I really enjoyed reading and reviewing Negative Life by @jttremblay.bsky.social and @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social for Ecozon@. A wonderful book that conceptualizes art and extinction beyond pastoral narratives of interconnectedness and exalted (green) consciousness!
Book Review of "Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction"
| Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment
ecozona.eu
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I really enjoyed reading and reviewing Negative Life by @jttremblay.bsky.social and @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social for Ecozon@. A wonderful book that conceptualizes art and extinction beyond pastoral narratives of interconnectedness and exalted (green) consciousness!
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Esto lo debería leer mucha gente que se cree 'true left'...
🗣️Continuamos el domingo con esta interesantísima entrevista de @elenadesus.bsky.social al sociólogo Denys Gorbach.
📄 "Desde 2012 Rusia empezó una secuencia de guerras comerciales. Un mes era la leche, al siguiente las locomotoras." ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
📄 "Desde 2012 Rusia empezó una secuencia de guerras comerciales. Un mes era la leche, al siguiente las locomotoras." ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
“En las izquierdas de Europa occidental hay un deseo de poner un muro e ignorar lo que ocurre en el este”
Periodismo libre y de servicio público. Contexto y acción. Suscríbete y defiende la prensa independiente
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October 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Esto lo debería leer mucha gente que se cree 'true left'...
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I’m shocked and disappointed at how quickly everybody reverts to « Ru is a great power » and « great powers will decide Ukraine’s fate » against the ample evidence that Ukraine holds its own and Ru cannot advance and cannot militarily compel the capitulation that it keeps asking for.
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I’m shocked and disappointed at how quickly everybody reverts to « Ru is a great power » and « great powers will decide Ukraine’s fate » against the ample evidence that Ukraine holds its own and Ru cannot advance and cannot militarily compel the capitulation that it keeps asking for.
Many folks are unhappy about the EU’s weak stance re: Trump. But how many would be raging if the negotiators went gung-ho and put the EU into recession? There is no material basis for this Principled Power some people demand, and there is no popular will to substitute virtues for welfare. So, then?
July 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Many folks are unhappy about the EU’s weak stance re: Trump. But how many would be raging if the negotiators went gung-ho and put the EU into recession? There is no material basis for this Principled Power some people demand, and there is no popular will to substitute virtues for welfare. So, then?
To me this makes sense. Institutionalism is generally in retreat before the resurgence of the strongman approach, which tends to dovetail military politics. Why wouldn't we see the consequences of this play out in Ukraine too, just as we see it in France, Germany, the UK, etc.?
But my point is this: it’s not only about Zelensky’s personal approach to corruption; instead, changes in Ukraine president’s approach to corruption & EU integration follow broader geopolitical patterns in building sovereignty and establishing regional power.
Fin 🧵
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July 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
To me this makes sense. Institutionalism is generally in retreat before the resurgence of the strongman approach, which tends to dovetail military politics. Why wouldn't we see the consequences of this play out in Ukraine too, just as we see it in France, Germany, the UK, etc.?
A state that pursues democratic values with relative dishonesty is still preferable to a state that openly implements authoritarianism. The fact that so many people have fallen for the ploy of “honest dictatorship” shows the success of Schmittian and Heideggerian distortion of criticism.
Many people have complained over the yeas that the US promotion of democracy, free speech and rule of law have been hypocritical and feckless.
Now they are about to find out what it's like when the US is actively promoting dictatorship and censorship.
This change is very dangerous.
Now they are about to find out what it's like when the US is actively promoting dictatorship and censorship.
This change is very dangerous.
I think authoritarian censorship of dissent is bad, and that conspiracies to overthrow the results of free and fair elections are bad.
The current US government and its tech oligarch allies disagree on both. They think those things are good—when they like who’s doing it—and fight to help them.
The current US government and its tech oligarch allies disagree on both. They think those things are good—when they like who’s doing it—and fight to help them.
July 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A state that pursues democratic values with relative dishonesty is still preferable to a state that openly implements authoritarianism. The fact that so many people have fallen for the ploy of “honest dictatorship” shows the success of Schmittian and Heideggerian distortion of criticism.
One reason why we speak about the degeneration of the US but not China is because China is already an authoritarian state with minimal political rights, whereas there are still democratic expectations for the US. In this key dimension, China is not “on the up” and remains a terrible place to live.
July 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One reason why we speak about the degeneration of the US but not China is because China is already an authoritarian state with minimal political rights, whereas there are still democratic expectations for the US. In this key dimension, China is not “on the up” and remains a terrible place to live.
No entiendo este absolutismo. Dice que los avances no son suficientes para alcanzar lo que prometen. Eso forma parte normal de una crítica seria. Pero hay una línea casi teológica en ciertos sectores donde el concepto de crisis se utiliza para rechazar cualquier comentario que no sea celebración.
July 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
No entiendo este absolutismo. Dice que los avances no son suficientes para alcanzar lo que prometen. Eso forma parte normal de una crítica seria. Pero hay una línea casi teológica en ciertos sectores donde el concepto de crisis se utiliza para rechazar cualquier comentario que no sea celebración.
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Sure, people evolve, views change. But I think Romania's far-right problem is not confined to AUR, SOS and POT. I think it's deeper. And so far, Dan's actions don't look very helpful. 15/15
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sure, people evolve, views change. But I think Romania's far-right problem is not confined to AUR, SOS and POT. I think it's deeper. And so far, Dan's actions don't look very helpful. 15/15
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¿A qué espera la UE para tomar cartas en el asunto? Russia Today y Sputnik se prohibieron por bastante menos.
on.ft.com/4nuLQpw
on.ft.com/4nuLQpw
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X
Incident follows the xAI bot sharing ‘white genocide’ tropes in response to unrelated questions
on.ft.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
¿A qué espera la UE para tomar cartas en el asunto? Russia Today y Sputnik se prohibieron por bastante menos.
on.ft.com/4nuLQpw
on.ft.com/4nuLQpw
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Kyiv at dawn. Hours after Putin called with Trump, he launched another massive strike at the Ukrainian capital.
Putin has no intention to stop this war. When will Trump realize? And when will European leaders really start applying sanctions to Russia that hurt them instead of only talking about it?
Putin has no intention to stop this war. When will Trump realize? And when will European leaders really start applying sanctions to Russia that hurt them instead of only talking about it?
July 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Kyiv at dawn. Hours after Putin called with Trump, he launched another massive strike at the Ukrainian capital.
Putin has no intention to stop this war. When will Trump realize? And when will European leaders really start applying sanctions to Russia that hurt them instead of only talking about it?
Putin has no intention to stop this war. When will Trump realize? And when will European leaders really start applying sanctions to Russia that hurt them instead of only talking about it?
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Otra noche de calor terrible en media España. Estos son los veranos por venir. Mas largos, más intensos y mas insoportables.
Hay un camino al fresquito que pasa por las renovables, las zonas verdes y la justicia social.
Y otro que va al horno con más contaminación, más hormigón y más motosierra.
Hay un camino al fresquito que pasa por las renovables, las zonas verdes y la justicia social.
Y otro que va al horno con más contaminación, más hormigón y más motosierra.
July 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Otra noche de calor terrible en media España. Estos son los veranos por venir. Mas largos, más intensos y mas insoportables.
Hay un camino al fresquito que pasa por las renovables, las zonas verdes y la justicia social.
Y otro que va al horno con más contaminación, más hormigón y más motosierra.
Hay un camino al fresquito que pasa por las renovables, las zonas verdes y la justicia social.
Y otro que va al horno con más contaminación, más hormigón y más motosierra.
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Russia launched the most extensive aerial bombardment of Ukraine since its full-scale invasion, signalling a sharp escalation in Moscow’s campaign and further undermining fragile hopes for a negotiated end. Ukraine’s air force said Russia had fired 537 aerial weapons...
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Russia hits Ukraine with biggest air attack of the war
Assault marks sharp escalation in campaign, as Zelenskyy calls for more western help with defence systems
ft.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Russia launched the most extensive aerial bombardment of Ukraine since its full-scale invasion, signalling a sharp escalation in Moscow’s campaign and further undermining fragile hopes for a negotiated end. Ukraine’s air force said Russia had fired 537 aerial weapons...
ft.com/content/88fc...
ft.com/content/88fc...
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There’s an unhealthy number of drones over Ukraine tonight.
A deep night.
I’m reading.
This isn’t golden indifference
or ignorance.
It’s 3 years and 4 months
of the big war.
A deep night.
I’m reading.
This isn’t golden indifference
or ignorance.
It’s 3 years and 4 months
of the big war.
June 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There’s an unhealthy number of drones over Ukraine tonight.
A deep night.
I’m reading.
This isn’t golden indifference
or ignorance.
It’s 3 years and 4 months
of the big war.
A deep night.
I’m reading.
This isn’t golden indifference
or ignorance.
It’s 3 years and 4 months
of the big war.
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No sabes si es Ione Gamarra o Cuca Belarra.
Belarra: los mensajes de Trump y Rutte muestran que Sánchez "ha mentido a todos y a todas" y que España deberá llegar al 5% de gasto en defensa.
Trump: "España es un problema".
Manfred Weber: "Sánchez está dispuesto a poner en riesgo la seguridad de Europa".
Trump: "España es un problema".
Manfred Weber: "Sánchez está dispuesto a poner en riesgo la seguridad de Europa".
June 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
No sabes si es Ione Gamarra o Cuca Belarra.
Meanwhile, in Venice... Proud of my colleagues from the Political Epistemology group and elsewhere for participating!
June 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Meanwhile, in Venice... Proud of my colleagues from the Political Epistemology group and elsewhere for participating!
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Looking forward to this workshop, organized by the wonderful Alice Iacobone and Gregorio Tenti. I'll be presenting together with @jpatkaus.bsky.social. Our talk discusses the function of Anthropocene aesthetics in relation to planetary-scale dimensions of extinction and environmental disaster.
June 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Looking forward to this workshop, organized by the wonderful Alice Iacobone and Gregorio Tenti. I'll be presenting together with @jpatkaus.bsky.social. Our talk discusses the function of Anthropocene aesthetics in relation to planetary-scale dimensions of extinction and environmental disaster.
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Aclarado esto. Hay mucha gente –también en la izquierda– que vendió a Trump como el candidato de la paz. Algunos hasta se creyeron esa sandez. Esa gente es exponencialmente más estúpida, y además es mala.
Por favor, basta de decir que va a estallar la tercera guerra mundial por culpa de que tus mutuals en Bluesky no apoyaron a Kamala Harris. Vives en Alcorcón. Deja de hacer el gilipollas.
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Aclarado esto. Hay mucha gente –también en la izquierda– que vendió a Trump como el candidato de la paz. Algunos hasta se creyeron esa sandez. Esa gente es exponencialmente más estúpida, y además es mala.
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Spare me the Western savior complex that tries to justify this madness. I despise the Islamic Republic as much as anyone else. I want them gone. But war will not bring stability to Iran. War will not bring prosperity to our people.
June 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Spare me the Western savior complex that tries to justify this madness. I despise the Islamic Republic as much as anyone else. I want them gone. But war will not bring stability to Iran. War will not bring prosperity to our people.
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It’s depressing to see repeated waves of hand-wringing and mental gymnastics to excuse and empathize w Ru’s invading army which wages an imperialist conquest and rapes, loots, executes Ukrainians w extremely rare signs of compunction.
May 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s depressing to see repeated waves of hand-wringing and mental gymnastics to excuse and empathize w Ru’s invading army which wages an imperialist conquest and rapes, loots, executes Ukrainians w extremely rare signs of compunction.
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It would be a lot easier to build a broad consensus around the idea that assassinations, terror attacks and other violent unlawful acts against civilians are categorically unacceptable (as they are) if folks were not expected to normalise the mass killing of dehumanised Palestinians
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It would be a lot easier to build a broad consensus around the idea that assassinations, terror attacks and other violent unlawful acts against civilians are categorically unacceptable (as they are) if folks were not expected to normalise the mass killing of dehumanised Palestinians
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Y hablando de derechización, la de la sociedad israelí. No es lo mismo Netanyahu que los israelíes pero el 62% se declaran de derechas, el 73% entre los que tienen entre 15 y 24 años. De izquierdas, solo el 12%.
elpais.com/internaciona...
elpais.com/internaciona...
Netanyahu impulsa en Gaza la agenda más radical de la extrema derecha israelí
Los partidos ultranacionalistas religiosos de la coalición marcan el paso al Gobierno con sus planes de limpieza étnica en la Franja y de anexión de Cisjordania
elpais.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Y hablando de derechización, la de la sociedad israelí. No es lo mismo Netanyahu que los israelíes pero el 62% se declaran de derechas, el 73% entre los que tienen entre 15 y 24 años. De izquierdas, solo el 12%.
elpais.com/internaciona...
elpais.com/internaciona...
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This isn't around the corner. This isn't coming soon. We're in it now. Every time you've watched a documentary about a genocide, ethnic cleansing or indiscriminate mass murder and wondered what you do?
the answer is, whatever you're doing now, that's what you do
the answer is, whatever you're doing now, that's what you do
May 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This isn't around the corner. This isn't coming soon. We're in it now. Every time you've watched a documentary about a genocide, ethnic cleansing or indiscriminate mass murder and wondered what you do?
the answer is, whatever you're doing now, that's what you do
the answer is, whatever you're doing now, that's what you do
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Apocalyptic scenes from Kyiv overnight.
Russia sent in 250 strike drones & ballistic missiles. 8 cities attacked & ALL civilian targets - colleges, shops, homes.
History shows that weakness only emboldens the aggressor & Trump’s strategy with Putin has been a catastrophe.
(📸 Cyrille Amoursky)
Russia sent in 250 strike drones & ballistic missiles. 8 cities attacked & ALL civilian targets - colleges, shops, homes.
History shows that weakness only emboldens the aggressor & Trump’s strategy with Putin has been a catastrophe.
(📸 Cyrille Amoursky)
May 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Apocalyptic scenes from Kyiv overnight.
Russia sent in 250 strike drones & ballistic missiles. 8 cities attacked & ALL civilian targets - colleges, shops, homes.
History shows that weakness only emboldens the aggressor & Trump’s strategy with Putin has been a catastrophe.
(📸 Cyrille Amoursky)
Russia sent in 250 strike drones & ballistic missiles. 8 cities attacked & ALL civilian targets - colleges, shops, homes.
History shows that weakness only emboldens the aggressor & Trump’s strategy with Putin has been a catastrophe.
(📸 Cyrille Amoursky)