🧵 Some personal news:
My new book, ON COURAGE – with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @juliaangwin.com – is available for pre-order NOW (out June 30).
It’s a deeply reported manual with sixteen lessons for how each of us can defy authoritarianism.
Pre-order: www.harpercollins.com/products/on-...
The Ministry of Security appears to abdicate its responsibilities, effectively outsourcing Costa Rica’s protection to the Trump administration.
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09 de marzo, día internacional de las paredes.
Libertad para Ruth.
Presa Política en El Salvador.
#Bukele
“With its contempt for the humanities, Edge offered intellectually insecure reactionaries a pass.”
Great read on the pseudo-intellectual circles of Ivy academics and tech bros fetted by Epstein by @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social
Horrible.
Escribí alguito sobre futbol, desigualdades y concursos mercantiles.
¡Pásenle a leer!
open.substack.com/pub/diemerlz...
In times of political despair, this is worth watching.
youtu.be/oB4UE3Vo6jY?...
Killing, arresting, or targeting unpopular & unsavory leaders (as long as they're not named Putin or Xi, of course!) is easy & popular...building functioning democracies is the hard part.
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack
IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.
🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/pCca3yp
Qué emoción tenerlo en mis manos finalmente 😍🥳
Ya salió nuestro libro coescrito 'Redistribución - cómo entendemos la desigualdad para lograr un nuevo pacto social'
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@elcolmex
¿Cómo sobrellevar el mundo cuando nos supera el sufrimiento y el dolor?
Acá una propuesta desde la #UCR 👏 y la #CCSS 👏
youtu.be/sNrNnjVCBh8?...
Hola
Escucho mucho de política sobre todo. Este de ayer está bueno
Franco es genial
open.spotify.com/episode/7nm9...
Tomate. Pizza. Migraciones.
Podcast hermoso.
open.spotify.com/episode/4eZ7...
New publication!
Fascinating new book by @ascharpf.bsky.social and Christian Glaessel shows how notorious phenomena of authoritarianism are triggered by banal career problems.
Essential reading for anyone interested in how authoritarian organizations and regimes work
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Cosas que nunca cambian.
Out now: our paper on political elites *Governing Inequality* in Mexico, their tax perceptions & redistributive preferences 🤩💥
with brilliant Natalia Torres, Raymundo Campos and Aurora Ramírez
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you can read it here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TUSJ7...
Buen texto sobre la victoria electoral del chavismo en #CostaRica
surcosdigital.com/del-vergel-a...
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This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen
Singer Bad Bunny dons a Brazilian national team jersey with a white headband callback to legendary Corinthians player, Socrates.
Bad Bunny in Brazil- got the legendary Sócrates headband right!
Sadly, I don't... as I have been struggling with this myself for years now and still go through dark periods.
But even if you are a junior scholar, whose career is precarious, you should ALWAYS prioritize your mental health.
Be kind to yourself! You are more important than your work! 🤗
Solo menores de 40 verdad?
Ya los que pasamos estamos salvados es?
Fussball Capture!
