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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 8d

"Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire... The deepfakes proliferating across far-right social media... are fascistic dream machines." via @lrb.co.uk .

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12d

“According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot continue indefinitely” said George Saravelos, Global Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank

www.techspot.com/news/109626-...

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns

According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

www.techspot.com

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 12d

Now available for purchase at a discount

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 15d

www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-villag... Blueskyism and Sewerism as alternatives.

The Village and the Sewer

Behind the "Blueskyism" debate

www.programmablemutter.com

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 14d

The anxieties that fuel the far-right obsession with IQ metrics and autism gesture to eugenic tropes. These are not good-faith contentions on public health science, but a fixation with narrow and reified versions of what intelligence and normality are.

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 21d

Ah, aquella época en la que había ministros medianamente decentes que renunciaban por no aguantar compartir gabinete con delincuentes.

Claro, qué honor vas a querer preservar, si no tienes uno.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22d

In London, hate will never win.

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 22d

"Our genocide" via @theguardian.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyy...

'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25d

“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”

www.adl.org/resources/re...

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 25d

3/ This isn’t a new diagnosis. But it’s gaining frightening currency. I’m not nostalgic for old public spheres—but what has replaced them is fostering a dangerous inability to find healthy ways to live and deal with problems together.

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 25d

2/ For false narratives of “ethnic replacement,” IQ taxonomies, or gender inequality to shape thousands of people’s worldviews, you need a medium that enables obfuscation. A medium that corrodes even partially shared practices of factuality and reasoning.

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 25d

1/ Seeing the far-right march in London this Saturday, I’m increasingly convinced that social media, in its current forms, is built to amplify reactionary sensibilities. Yes, other social and economic forces are at play—but they’re now inescapably digitally mediated.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26d

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”

The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.

Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism

As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.

jpaladino.substack.com

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · 27d

Sobre la violencia política comparativa. No, US no se está "colombianizando" o "ecuatorizando". Hay una larga historia en US de magnicidios, tiroteos, intentos de asesinato y violencia terrorista (como la del KKK).

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 4

‘One veteran shaman, returning from his first experience performing at a top-dollar eco-lodge, asked the ayahuasca researcher Stephan Beyer why these people had come halfway round the world to see him when they weren’t sick.’

@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Mike Jay · Priest of the Devil: On Shamanism

‘Shamanism’, as a concept, is of course a Western invention, and from the earliest cross-cultural encounters it was...

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Aug 30

I just wanted to share that the Peru Support Group page and newsletter are a great source in english of in-depth analysis of news about Peru.

Take a look:

perusupportgroup.org.uk/news-analysis/

News & Analysis | Peru Support Group

perusupportgroup.org.uk

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Aug 29

Via @carbonbrief.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 28

NEW – Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power

✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson

Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ

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Daniel Clery @danclery.bsky.social · Aug 12

New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🔭🧪

New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted

Big brute 5 billion light-years from Earth is 36 billion times as massive as the Sun

www.science.org

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Aug 9

"[En] la historia de la isla Santa Rosa... se manifiesta la latente tensión amazónica entre el dinámico registro hidrogeológico hecho de rocas y sedimentos, y el precario registro administrativo compuesto de documentos y mapas".

Por @sunqasapa.bsky.social

caviarism.substack.com/p/como-leer-...

Cómo leer un río

Cómo las danzas del agua y el sedimento pueden terminar creando controversias diplomáticas.

caviarism.substack.com

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Jul 29

Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.

For many months, it has been beyond reasonable doubt that the Israeli government, the Israeli military, sections of Israeli politics and society as well as their aiders and abetters abroad, have been ...

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · Jul 23

We have responded to the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change.

Joana Setzer said “For the first time, the world’s highest court has made clear that states have a legal duty not only to prevent climate harm — but to fully repair it."

Institute responds to ICJ advisory opinion - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School...

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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 HUGE NEWS FROM THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURT 🔥

Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirmed that, under international law, countries MUST act now to avoid climate catastrophe. 🧵

@wy4cj.bsky.social

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Jul 17

López Aliaga es todo sobre propaganda, y nada sobre política pública. Lo que busca su aparato de publicistas es espectacularizar la finta de eficiencia, no la eficiencia, y movilizar ello para antagonizar con el caviar. Al final quedará una ciudad endeudada y peor que hace cuatro años.

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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Jul 15

Si lo piensan, los trenes de López Aliaga encapsulan bien los proyectos públicos de la derecha limeña más elemental: importar tecnología decadente para empeorar un problema colectivo, todo bajo un esquema mercantil e improvisado, potencialmente doloso, y presentarlo como un token de "desarrollo".

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