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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026La ansiedad. La locura de la historia. Lo no verificado de las fuentes. El caso. La política. El Canciller. El extraditable. Sería una novela maravillosa del realismo mágico. 000
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026De las mejores cosas que me ha dado este semestre en la U es el podcast de #AfricaPachanga podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/a...podcasts.apple.comAfronauta 23/Sept/2026 - Omniversal Earkestra - Música Africana AfrobeatPodcast Episode · AfricaPachanga · 23 September · 59min 000
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Usando datos del latinobarometro asi ha sido el apoyo de Costa Rica a la democracia 011
Reposted by Fran RoblesLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/09/2026‘To be silent on an issue, or to appeal to “both sides” (as Sheeran did in his teleprompted apology), is itself to take a political stance – and when the issue is genocide, silence or equivocation is complicity.’ Lorna Finlayson on Macklemore v. Sheeran, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...lrb.co.ukLorna Finlayson | Public PositionsIn much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as... 0186
Reposted by Fran RoblesAdriana S. @tsaitami.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A las puertas de la firma del Acuerdo Transpacífico, le tengo un mensaje al sector gastronómico del país: si decimos que amamos el producto pero abandonamos a quienes lo producen, nuestra propuesta está vacía. Sin agro no hay comida.manosmasa.comDetrás del plato — Manos en la MasaAlgunos números Según datos del informe estadístico anual de CONARROZ , en el periodo comprendido entre 2020 y 2025, la producción local de arroz bajó de 152,721 a 70,234 toneladas métricas. Esos n... 01913
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Que hermosa es la música de Fela Kuti youtu.be/FsY--sUhPHo?...youtu.beFela Kuti / Africa 70 Live in Berlin @ Berliner Jazztage 1978 Full ConcertYouTube video by grin60 000
Reposted by Fran RoblesNick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Everything in the new issue of the relaunched @ippr.org Progressive Review is now FREE TO READ here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... 11910
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Para un mundo lleno de odios y ansiedades: música! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKzO...youtube.comPsychedelic Cumbia DELADY DJ SET | Chicha, Cumbia Amazonica, Downtempo at Cafe Abrecaminos, ColombiaYouTube video by Delady 011
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Así, la nación costarricense está dividida en tres partes un “pueblo mesiánico”, un pueblo indiferente que no va a las urnas y un pueblo a la defensiva que busca cobijo en los símbolos y lugares de memoria de la vieja identidad nacional. www.divergentes.com/faroles-resi...divergentes.comFaroles y resistencia democrática | Por Víctor H. Acuña OrtegaLos faroles, la Independencia y los símbolos nacionales emergen como herramientas de movilización en defensa de la democracia y la institucionalidad de Costa Rica. 011
Reposted by Fran RoblesTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 562772421
Reposted by Fran RoblesDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2026"Reading the World" is a new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic participation. We speak with one of its co-directors and a consulting producer.democracynow.org“Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World”Reading the World is a remarkable new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic p... 1273123
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Crear un en tiempos de IA youtu.be/IIfBaYRySNk?...youtu.beCREANDO EN TIEMPOS DE IA — INNER TALKS #01YouTube video by KNNTH PR13TO 000
Reposted by Fran RoblesJohanna Siebert @johannasiebert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fetter Mittelfinger… 281331303
Reposted by Fran RoblesIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Our constitution allows the socialization of means of production for the common good because a key lessons of the Nazi era was: democracy needs an economic defense. 014224
Reposted by Fran RoblesIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026People struggling financially have voted predominantly for the AfD in recent elections. Not in Berlin. The Left put socializing corporate landlords on the ballot, and won the election and this group. 8478134
Reposted by Fran RoblesShay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My final dissertation paper, "The New Money Myth," is out now in Social Science History!cambridge.orgThe New Money Myth: The Churn of Prototypical Elites and the Persistence of the Upper Class in Oil Boom Dallas, 1925–1942 | Social Science History | Cambridge CoreThe New Money Myth: The Churn of Prototypical Elites and the Persistence of the Upper Class in Oil Boom Dallas, 1925–1942 1205
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026El mejor producto jamás creado . Patente de la señora Caja del Seguro Social 000
Reposted by Fran RoblesElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macklemore has put out an incredible statement about being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour. His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine. 55918306
Reposted by Fran RobleselDiario.es @eldiario.es · 14/09/2026El discurso en defensa de Palestina de Macklemore por el que le han apartado de la gira de Ed Sheeran www.eldiario.es/cultura/mack... 371123607
Reposted by Fran RoblesDiario Público @publico.es · 14/09/2026OPINIÓN | "El Congreso aprobó que los saharauis que tuvieron DNI español o que son hijos de los que lo tuvieron, vuelvan a tenerlo con todo lo que eso implica. La ventana se abrió y la esperanza se coló en un lugar imposible", por @martanebot.bsky.social diario.publico.es/pev…diario.publico.esLos saharauis y las rendijas de la Historia 1020889
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Mirar a Costa Rica no es un ejercicio de fatalismo, sino una advertencia. Muestra cómo un país con sólidas credenciales democráticas y un Estado social fuerte puede perder su excepcionalidad casi sin darse cuenta. ladiaria.com.uy/opinion/arti...ladiaria.com.uy¿Cómo seguir siendo excepcionales? Miremos a Costa RicaNo hay fórmulas infalibles para evitar el avance de las nuevas derechas, también llamadas derechas radicales. Pero sí hay experiencias que conviene mirar con atención. … 042
Reposted by Fran RoblesAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 12/09/2026So close and yet The far right's real weapon is the mainstream elite hyping it to distract from the crisis of democracy. It's not rising because it's popular or because immigration is a "legitimate concern", it's rising because it is being built as the only alternative by those currently in power 5311115
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Amo ver gente poniendo música. 🎧 Me gusta invadir esas intimidades y disfrutar de sus momentos y música 001
Reposted by Fran RoblesNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 6539021326
Reposted by Fran RoblesDavide Zuiga @davidejoz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Asi es, atrasaron la construccion de un hospital por pura politiqueria y apunta de mentiras. Por eso Chaves fue declarado Non Grato en Cartago. Que todas las muertes que provocaron en un hospital colapsado les persigan por siempre crhoy.com/nacionales/p...crhoy.comPresidenta de la CCSS confirma que terreno en Cartago es apto para nuevo hospital | CR HoyMónica Taylor, presidenta ejecutiva de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), confirmó este viernes que el terreno para el hospital de Cartago es apto para su construcción. Durante una visita ... 0102
Reposted by Fran RoblesAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330021272
Reposted by Fran RoblesFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A Guardian-produced documentary at Venice reveals how Israel built AI systems to mass-generate low-ranking Hamas targets in Gaza. Those targets were then bombed at home, at night, with full knowledge their families would die too. 414378
Reposted by Fran RoblesJin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 ‼️ new paper ‼️ 🚨 With political scientist Nathan Chan, we used the latest 2024 and 2020 CMPS to look at why Asians and Latinos (the 2 largest immigrant groups in US) might support deportation policies. Out now in Political Psychology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comWorking hard to belong: Meritocratic ideology and deportation sentiments among Latino and Asian AmericansWhy do some Latino and Asian Americans support conservative policies that may discriminate against them? Elaborating on system justification theory, we argue that ideologies such as meritocracy perpe... 37424
Reposted by Fran RoblesCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My Guardian piece in Spanish 🇪🇸eldiario.esLa victoria de AfD lanza un mensaje a Europa: se acaba el tiempo para detener a la ultraderechaPara proteger nuestras democracias, los partidos liberales deben cambiar de táctica urgentemente 0105
Reposted by Fran RoblesHanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 10/09/202624 israelische Soldaten berichten, wie sie in Gaza ganze Familien ausgelöscht und Tausende Menschen gezielt getötet haben. Yuval Abrahams neuer Film NAZA hat heute Premiere. Bin ja gespannt, wer und wie in D über dieses weitere Zeugnis des Genozids in Gaza berichtet. www.972mag.com/naza-exposin...972mag.com‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in GazaOur new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible. 813869
Reposted by Fran RoblesReuters @reuters.com · 10/09/2026Gaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages bite reut.rs/4yp8Fj1reut.rsGaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages biteAs power cuts cascade through one of Gaza's largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering wards, medics warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk. 0219
Reposted by Fran RoblesJasson @jmuirclarke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Siguen los chavistas con sus cochinadas 031
Reposted by Fran RoblesKohli Foundation for Sociology @kohli-sociology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 2027 Kohli Fellowship at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. 📆 Deadline 20 September 2026 Apply via our online portal: kohlifoundation.eu/programs-gro... @wzb.bsky.social #Postdoc #Fellowship #forSociology 01115
Reposted by Fran RoblesForbes @forbes.com · 08/09/2026The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.forbes.com‘South Park’ Changes Branding To ‘South America’ In Latest Trump TrollingThe show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America. 381700509
Reposted by Fran RoblesAntifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Amazing atmosphere: Boca Juniors, Argentina 0403
Reposted by Fran RoblesJuan Diego García-Castro @juandiego48cr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026La desigualdad se refleja en los resultados de Costa Rica 🇨🇷 en PISA 2025 (47 puntos de diferencia). En Ciencias, el rendimiento aumenta de manera progresiva conforme mejora la posición socioeconómica. #PISA2025 #CostaRica #DesigualdadEducativa #Educación #Desigualdad #Ciencias 042
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026El Salvador is consolidating neoliberalism in its most orthodox form. The balance, already tilted in favour of capital, is being further reinforced in ways that privilege financial capital at the expense of labour www.networkideas.org/2026/09/03/e...networkideas.orgEl Salvador and the consolidation of “primitive neoliberalism” – IDEAsEl Salvador is consolidating neoliberalism in its most orthodox form. The balance, already tilted in favour of capital, is being further reinforced in ways that 010
Reposted by Fran RoblesQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 08/09/2026Reposting the piece @williamcallison.bsky.social and I wrote seven years ago about Sahra Wagenknecht who is in a position now, if she chooses, to put AfD in power in Saxony-Anhalt. Wolfgang Streeck remains among her advisers. dissentmagazine.org/article/pop-...dissentmagazine.orgPop-Up Populism: The Failure of Left-Wing Nationalism in GermanyAufstehen’s leaders insisted that their movement was not defined by its opposition to migrants. But they consistently cast migrants as either pawns in the game of finance capital or as the phony poste... 912045
Reposted by Fran RoblesOrlando J. Pérez @perez1oj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New, w/ Randy Pestana: whoever follows Ortega governs only with the army's consent. warontherocks.com/nicaraguas-army-will-decide-what-comes-after-ortega/warontherocks.comNicaragua’s Army Will Decide What Comes After OrtegaThe first institution Nicaragua’s National Assembly called to testify on the constitutional reform ending competitive elections was the army. On July 29, 011
Reposted by Fran RoblesHaris @afcmhr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Last weekend, Red Star Belgrade paid tribute to Ratko Mladić after he died in prison. Ratko Mladić is also known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia'. A man convicted of being a war criminal for committing genocide at Srebrenica. UEFA should be banning the club from European Competitions. 50963256
Reposted by Fran RoblesWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Alice Weidel, the leader of the neo Nazi AfD party in Germany, is a lesbian woman married to an immigrant woman of color with two adopted kids She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland. Rights for me, none for thee. 2272130778