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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 36m

Hay gente refugiándose en España de su gobierno en galope al fascismo, y hay gente en España que todavía no da mucha importancia a quién gobierne. Por desgracia la percepción del peligro está distribuida de forma bastante desigual.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12h

During a government shutdown, the Trump administration is bailing out Argentina, whose president is fond of saying, “The state isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.”

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 13h

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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Gonzalo Torné @gonzalotorne.bsky.social · 13h

Mi anécdota favorita del Nobel es cuando se lo concedieron a Cela. Marías y Azúa, que lo odiaban, estaban en Venecia. Al enterarse Marías decidió lanzarse al canal para ahogarse, Azúa lo abrazó para salvarle mientras le repetía:
-Marías, no se pierda, son cosas de esquimales, no se pierda.

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Emilio Delgado @emiliodelgado.bsky.social · 13h

Como cantaba Mocedades, hay algo aquí que va mal…

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CxMxFx @chrispps.bsky.social · 13h

this is a good film; one of my favorite trivial parts of it is that there is a shot of a bulkhead on an orbital station that has this 1982 Fall / Flock of Seagulls flyer posted on it, for a gig that had happened approximately 100 years in the past in the film's chronology

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 1d

I won’t consider Discover to be good until it starts serving me Iranian mid-rise brick architecture

Iranian building with a beautiful brick facade

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

To be perfectly honest this is basically just classical marxism though. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

Couldn't resist! bsky.app/profile/xanl...

Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

Tag yourself. I'm a coalition based, green industrial policy ecosocialist, rooting for high integration democracy, green growth everywhere with surgical degrowth, defending international solidarity, a mostly optimistic we-have-the-technology-we-need approach and a dynamic understanding of history.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

Tag yourself. I'm a coalition based, green industrial policy ecosocialist, rooting for high integration democracy, green growth everywhere with surgical degrowth, defending international solidarity, a mostly optimistic we-have-the-technology-we-need approach and a dynamic understanding of history.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

My friends are going to love that massive table.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 14h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

¿Entonces Shelby Oaks bien? Había leído a un par de personas decir que meh. Quizás 3.5 es "meh".

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 1d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 17h

The EU is Israel‘s largest trading partner, accounting for 1/3 of Israel’s imports.

Israel is only 0.8% of our trade.

Euronews @euronews.com · 17h

The EU has been lambasted as "irrelevant" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent interview for Euronews.

#EuropeNews

EU welcomes Israel-Hamas deal and reiterates call for two-state path

The EU has been lambasted as "irrelevant" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent interview for Euronews.

l.euronews.com

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 19h

I imagine this is not seen as a problem because it goes hand in hand with (very) strong economic growth? Does the proximity to the eurozone also help, or is it not really relevant?

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César Rendueles @crendueles.bsky.social · 22h

Buenísima la intervención de hoy en una comisión del Congreso de @esantiago.bsky.social La respuesta a la anormal de Vox da para vídeo viral:
www.youtube.com/live/NTTL3Ry...

Comisión de Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico - 09/10/2025

YouTube video by Congreso - Canal Parlamento

www.youtube.com

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Guillermo @uatwm.bsky.social · 1d

Este disco cumple hoy 25 años. De esos que redefinen un género musical. Casi nada.

godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com/album/lift-y...

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Daniel Carralero @dcarral.bsky.social · 1d

El PP europeo está desmontando la Transición europea a cambio de no irse con los nazis.

Y cuando hayan terminado de desmontarla, se irán con los nazis.

www.politico.eu/article/soci...

Socialists cave to center-right demands to slash EU green rules

The Socialists and liberals folded after the center-right EPP threatened to ditch them and work with the far right instead.

www.politico.eu

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 1d

Jörgen Warborn, lead EPP negotiator on the file, repeated that if the Socialists and liberals don’t play ball, “then there is also another majority to build with.”

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: Europe’s main political parties have agreed to roll back green rules for businesses after a whirlwind day of political negotiations that nearly collapsed the centrist ruling consensus.

Full story: www.politico.eu/article/soci...

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Mikel López Iturriaga @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social · 1d

Esto es un disparate que solo beneficia al sector cárnico, para sorpresa de nadie muy bien conectado con los partidos de derecha y ultraderecha. elpais.com/sociedad/202...

¿'Veggie burger’ o discos vegetarianos? El Parlamento Europeo quiere que solo se llamen hamburguesas y salchichas si son de carne

La Eurocámara aprueba una iniciativa para que las hamburguesas, salchichas, filetes o escalopes solo se denominen así si tienen carne

elpais.com

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 1d

Por he eso he mencionado también las baterías de estado sólido. Dicho eso, las baterías de estado sólido con sodio no son imposibles, están en ello.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 1d

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 1d

Highly highly doubt that panic football industrial policy down the line will be cheaper than putting in place 3 or so billion in EV consumer subsidies today and then coordinating with other EU countries.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 1d

If Germany doesn’t put in place a pro-competitive industrial policy for cars, centred on market building, the country may well end up down the line giving messy bailouts, regulatory rollbacks in response to mounting political and union pressure - only for the sector to wither anyway.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 1d

Germany's justice ministry held firm and killed EU chat control (for now):

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

Admirably concise and direct. German in the best possible way.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 1d

Me guardo esto.

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