Qué posición tan triste y poco imaginativa-un tecnoceno teñido de verde que oculta que la descarbonización gestionada por megamáquinas, finanzas y Estados fuertes prolonga el mismo régimen extractivo y colonial. Nos esperan tiempos difíciles en España y no solo por el auge de la extrema derecha.

The Romanian-Austrian version of "drill, baby, drill" served with a wrapping of the new security-sovereignty-strategy EU discourses. The largest natural gas extraction project in Europe de facto secures a radically insecure century ahead, all financed with EU money. bankwatch.org/blog/amid-a-...

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!

El barro se limpia pero la tristeza y la rabia no.

Los toros también pidiendo Maz-off! #mazóndimisión

Amunt València!

Una de las manifestaciones más multitudinarias de la historia de Valencia. #Mazóncriminal

"We are not heroes".

🗣️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/...

In Romania, we entered the post-election phase when, aside from further limiting access to services & education through ineffective budget cuts, the Beautiful Decent Cultural Gatekeepers gather to insult those they've been gatekeeping from with stale metaphors. Annoying bc I like that Ionescu play.

I've been working on developing a critical ecosemiotic approach for the arts. A preliminary framework is the one I used in my article on Vajont & Michelucci's church. Still work in progress but for now, there are 2 regimes: 1. present-focused, vernacular-knowledge; 2. technocratic, future-projecting

Venezia lo sa da che parte stare! Dal Ponte della Libertà per una Palestina libera

Si hace unos meses todo cuñao era experto en riadas, ahora lo es en incendios forestales. Lo que escucho en las calles de mi pueblo es un verdadero manual de desinformación... Buen diagnóstico (genial la imagen de "avivar las llamas dialécticas que ya devoraban las redes sociales") y fact-check:

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?

Also known as the Chloe Kelly penalty run 🫶

Viví en uno de esos edificios en Valencia; luego me mudé a una ciudad pequeña, en una zona de clase media-alta, pero los problemas persisten: calor asfixiante, negacionismo climático y rechazo a la ayuda pública. Comprensible en este clima ideológico, pero desesperante al vivirlo y compartirlo.

As for Ukraine’s new law stripping the independence of two anti-corruption agencies, preceded by a dramatic crackdown on individual corruption investigators, which many of us are trying to make sense of—perhaps this should be understood in a broader geopolitical turn. Some factors: 🧵 1/7

If you were wondering how it's going under Romania's new government: as part of the fiscal measures for reducing deficit, rural libraries are downsized & librarian positions cut, while book VAT is up from 5% to 11%. But, gambling is decentralized so local mafias can freely develop their activity.

🇷🇴 news outlet Hotnews reports that president Nicuşor Dan will use his presidential prerogatives to send the law banning fascist organizations (& the display of fascist symbols etc) back to Parliament for re-examination. Not good. hotnews.ro/legea-vexler...

Detailed account by an anarchist in Iran on protest, survival, repression and escape in the period of last month’s Israel-Iran war. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anar... via @anarchistlibrary.bsky.social

El ruido y el cinismo nos han hecho olvidar que España fue, hace no tanto, un laboratorio político admirado mundialmente. Aquí @waleedshahid.bsky.social toma las experiencias municipalistas de Madrid y Barcelona como modelo para la NYC de Zohran Mamdani.

L'idée de discriminations climatiques va faire son chemin : nous ne sommes pas égaux devant les canicules. Sur un même territoire, les disparités sont flagrantes. L'exposition aux chaleurs extrêmes n'est pas partagée et tout le monde n'a pas un accès égal aux possibilités de s'en abriter.

Meanwhile, in Venice... Proud of my colleagues from the Political Epistemology group and elsewhere for participating!

Nino Sarratore has endorsed Andrew Cuomo

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.

"We stand against both of the warmongering, patriarchal, colonial powers. But this is not passivity. It is the starting point of our active struggle for life."

We (a group of academics and scholars) are calling for an immediate end to #Israel’s war against #Iran and #Palestine. If you support this call, please add your name to the petition here. Thank you! #solidarity #ceasefirenow #petition docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Yes. But writerly. And spritesexual. Happy midsummer!

Collective fantasy 21.0 and a quarter.

Why not regime change in both countries? Or is the plan to carpet-bomb a nation of 90 mil, install Pahlavi or another puppet, and back to g̶e̶n̶o̶c̶i̶d̶e̶ business as usual? Yes, the mullahs' regime must fall but through support for civil resistance, not via war that provides justification for said regime.

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.

Commentators keep portraying Trump as a strategist in a geopolitical chess game (or board game variant-the card metaphor kinda died you know when). It's been clear for a while now that what seems to be the case IS the case. He's out of depth & being eaten for lunch repeatedly by actual strategists.

Pero vamos a ver: sí, lo de enchufar a colegas, repartir comisiones y manipular obras publicas es corrupción grave y fea, sin paliativos. Pero lo otro es seguir con la necropolítica con vistas al mar tras una larga historia de corrupción y con la sangre de 228 personas aún sin secar en sus manos.

Super productive session in Barcelona and my first one as a discussant. Ideas will keep unfolding for the next few weeks. www.hermex6.eu/w1/

Nuevo récord de CO2 atmosférico superado, el marcador más importante de la crisis climática. Y así seguirá mientras no dejemos de quemar combustibles fósiles. Nunca un ser humano había vivido en una atmósfera igual en 300.000 años. Las consecuencias ya las sufrimos. Un clima inestable y amenazante

It’s astonishing how limited climate consciousness remains in Canadian public discourse. CA's progressive image hides deep conservatism, especially around extractive policies. To illustrate: wildfires are raging but national debate is stuck on how the conditions for a new pipeline can be created.

Climate change is fueling devastating wildfires burning across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta through intensified heat, drought and atmospheric conditions. 🧵⬇️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Fantástico documental; recomiendo.

«L'attivismo è l'arma per fermare #Israele»: intervista alla relatrice #ONU #Francesca.Albanese. A #Gaza siamo messi di fronte al valore che diamo alla parola #umanità. #IsraeliCrimes #CeaseFireNow

El silencio se paga con premios 👇 * Los escoltas que siguieron a Mazón en sus ausencias el 29 de octubre * La agente que vigilaba las cámaras del Palau * Salomé Pradas, obtiene trabajo en una universidad privada que tiene el 30% de capital de la Generalitat www.eldiario.es/129_bbfc8a?u...

Esto debería ser el verdadero eje de crítica frente al rearme: el aumento de las emisiones que conlleva. Claro, sería necesario hacerlo desde una visión actualizada de las relaciones internacionales, no solo desde el pacifismo de consigna y "lo que se gasta en tanques no se gasta en hospitales".

This presentation explores two regimes of signs in the Anthropocene: technocratic control and informalist perception. It draws on examples from the Veneto area, such as the Vajont dam and the works of Vedova, Santomaso, Tancredi, Afro, and Michelucci.

Healing after bibliography morning 🥲

La infraestructura digital esencial no puede depender de empresas estadounidenses. Y la lista es larga: email, chat, sistemas de pago, web, redes sociales, creación de contenido, almacenamiento en la red, sistemas operativos y app stores, … vamos tarde. www.techzine.eu/news/privacy...

Few thoughts on Ro's longest & most dramatic elections in 25 years: 1. ND must form a majority parliament asap, navigating through a polycrisis situation. He's a technocrat: in the past (ie, under USR's Cioloș, also a technocrat) the results were catastrophic due to inability to maneuver politically

Alright Romania, that was a stressful lead-up to the best-case scenario. The Constitutional Court's decision of anulling elections & disqualifying Georgescu actually brought forth a stronger candidate than Lasconi in the November round. Tomorrow-back to the critical station but tonight we celebrate.

Romania, forever looking into the abyss, which by now has become some kind of fetish. I agree with Bortun's socioeconomic diagnosis but it overlooks the cultural dimension. For years, Romania's intellectual "elites" have waged symbolic wars against "wokeism," paving the way for the far right surge.

250 asesinados por Israel en Gaza en dos días. Muchas imágenes de niños descuartizados. Muchas imágenes de niños esqueléticos. Mucha gente muriendo de hambre y enfermedad. 75 días de bloqueo total israelí a la ayuda humanitaria. El genocidio como algo normal.

Aprovechando que hoy es San Isidro, os cuento una de las mejores metáforas para pensar una economía justa dentro de los límites del planeta: la economía de la rosquilla de @kateraworth.bsky.social ky.social 🧵👇 Y lo hago con esta preciosa ilustración de @stherho.bsky.social