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Roy Cobby
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Currently at the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda in Spain

PhD, Digital Economy, @kingsdh.bsky.social

Every generation must fight the same battles again and again. Views own.
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Nuevo post de "Contra la Marea": sobre el papel de la izquierda ante el asalto a las instituciones del (neo)liberalismo. Aunque rompa dogmas que la izquierda ha criticado, Trump no las estaría desmantelando para democratizarlas. Está dinamitando las instituciones que aún limitan el poder arbitrario.
Contra la Marea 2 - ¿Un banco central antifa?
La izquierda ante el asalto a las instituciones del (neo)liberalismo
roycobby.substack.com
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EU standing army of ~100k to replace US troops in Europe should become a consensus opinion. www.reuters.com/business/dav...
Spain urges EU to create joint army amid Greenland dispute
Spain is urging the EU to move towards creating a joint army for the bloc as a deterrence measure, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in comments to Reuters on Wednesday ahead of a day ...
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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The Board of Peace is to other international institutions as Truth Social is to other social media.
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Justo hoy hablaba de que el fascismo tiene mucho más que ver con dar permiso para la crueldad y la dominación que con un Estado omnipresente y ultraintervencionista. Leo ahora esto de @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social.

www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Jacobin republished my article on Greenland:
The Trump administration says it wants Greenland for its natural resources.

But that’s largely fantasy: while the island has critical minerals and fossil fuels, there’s almost no infrastructure to extract them. The real motives are likely geopolitical.
Trump’s Greenland Push Is About Global Power, Not Resources
The Trump administration says it wants Greenland for its natural resources. But that’s largely fantasy: while the island has critical minerals and fossil fuels, there’s almost no infrastructure to extract them. The real motives are likely geopolitical.
jacobin.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Sobre Mercosur y los agricultores y Sumar, varias ideas (cuñadeces) así en rápido.
- Los agricultores son empresarios y miran por el bien de su empresa y por su propio beneficio. Lo que es normal y legítimo, pero es siempre una opinión de parte
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Austerity and Populism
A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...
www.annualreviews.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Menudo lío en Estados Unidos con el asunto de las metakeys, esos gagdets de bolsillo que pueden abrir cualquier cerrojo, tenga componentes electrónicos o no. Vamos, un acceso inmediato a todos los recintos, vehículos y cofres misteriosos de todo el planeta.
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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En la aldea de mi padre, a la que yo iba habitualmente, no hubo calentador de agua hasta los años 90. Se calentaba en la cocina con una olla gigantesca y lo normal era lavarse "por parroquias".
Acabo de enterarme de que la gente se ha echado encima de Jesús Cintora porque ha dicho que creció sin agua caliente en su casa de un pueblo de Soria, porque decían que era mentira.
¿Qué conocimiento tiene la gente de la España rural de los 80? ¿Acaso creen que porque en su casa de ciudad hubiera +
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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El otro día en una cena un abogado contó que usaba IA para ahorrar tiempo resumiendo sentencias a sus clientes. Y aclaró que revisaba personalmente las sentencias antes de enviar el resumen, por si acaso.

Su pareja le interrumpió y dijo: "Sí, es lo que estáis pensando. Trabaja más ahora que antes".
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Todos los días hay incidentes ferroviarios. Todos los días, repito. Suelen ser incidentes menores que se saldan con consecuencias leves.
El foco informativo por una tragedia hace que todos los que venga después tenga mas relevancia, pero cuando se apague lo de Adamuz volverán a pasar inadvertidos.
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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La Comisión Europea abrió un expediente a España por defender la gratuidad de la maleta de mano, algo avalado por la ley española, una sentencia del TJUE y, desde hoy, por 632 eurodiputados (15 en contra, 9 abstenciones).
La Eurocámara rechaza relajar el derecho a compensación por retraso y exige equipaje de mano sin sobrecoste
El pleno del Parlamento Europeo ha adoptado este miércoles sus líneas rojas en la negociación de la...
www.europapress.es
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Recupero la reflexión sobre Mercosur a raíz del sentido de voto de la izquierda en Bruselas y su debilidad en un momento de cambio geopolítico. Frente al decisionismo de Trump, en 2026 podría plantearse un apoyo crítico a acuerdos e instituciones liberales para tender alianzas con otros actores.
Contra la Marea 2 - ¿Un banco central antifa?
La izquierda ante el asalto a las instituciones del (neo)liberalismo
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Governments are turning to private finance for the investment needed to halt ecological destruction. We unpack the challenges and controversies of funding solutions with private capital, and explore alternatives: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/why-private-finance-alone-cant-restore-nature
January 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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We talk defence, the economy and the failures of Keir Starmer - and why Britain needs bold leadership now.

Watch 👇🏼

youtu.be/aHr3LuxiLr0
UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Guardian News
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January 22, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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El Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, que lidera Pablo Bustinduy, ha retomado la tarea y trabaja en la que quiere llamar “Ley Jane Goodall” con el objetivo de “proteger la dignidad, el derecho a la vida, a la libertad y a la no tortura de estos animales”

www.eldiario.es/sociedad/hay...
¿Hay que esterilizar a los grandes simios en los zoos? La futura ‘Ley Jane Goodall’ arranca con un debate encendido
El Gobierno estudia la posibilidad de “restringir la tenencia y cría en cautividad” de grandes simios en parques zoológicos en la futura ley, lo que preocupa a los profesionales del sector y suscita d...
www.eldiario.es
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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¿Qué me duele? ¿Qué nos duele? Esto 👇😉
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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El Ayuntamiento de Madrid plantea extender el horario de los parquímetros toda la noche para proteger el aparcamiento en los barrios “tensionados”. Es decir, el PP entiende la saturación de aparcamientos pero no de la vivienda, que expulsa cada día a miles de vecinos. Coches antes que personas
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Para contextualizar: el bipartidismo permitió que CEPSA y otras empresas estratégicas acabasen en manos extranjeras. Es Emiratos en este caso, pero es evidente que las elites de este país hicieron mucho daño a su tejido empresarial cuando compraron la mercancía averiada de los felices noventa.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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NEW: I tracked all Chinese lithium battery factories announced or built in the past decade 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 China's borders. The truth is, companies like CATL & BYD are so technologically advanced that there's little international competition. European and Asian countries are welcoming them with open arms.
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Desde luego. "La nostalgia no es una estrategia" debería ser el lema de la izquierda para intentar pintar algo. Junto con el "ya somos mayorinos" que diría @lordolordor.bsky.social
Igual lo más importante que hemos escuchado a nivel internacional en las últimas dos semanas.
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.

Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Okay.
Liam Ramos is five.
Taken from his father after school.
His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours.
He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas.
At least one other student is there too.
Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM