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Isadora Cruxên

@icruxen.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary Univ of London | PhD, MIT | Co-Lead #DataAgainstFeminicide | political economy, development, (green) finance, water, AI infra, data activism | From Brazil www.isadoracruxen.com

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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On 26/10 at 4:30pm London/12:30pm EST, @clasp-qmul.bsky.social is excited to co-host a transatlantic book launch of @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine's Against Tech Oligarchy! Join us! @kanarinka.bsky.social @jasonbjackson.bsky.social www.claspblog.org/events/book-...
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Book Launch: Against Tech Oligarchy — CLaSP Blog
In this transatlantic book launch, JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine will discuss their new book, Against Tech Oligarchy . The book provides a gripping account of the rise of a tech workers' movement and o...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog by the Carbon Working Group 📣 The collective asks: what is carbon? www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ca...
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Carbon as a question — CLaSP Blog
The Carbon Working Group collectively reflects on their first in-person workshop on carbon and biodiversity governance.
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Had barely even looked at my phone this morning and, boom, already there was a Microsoft authentication to do. It feels like one spends most of the time now authenticating that you are who you are and confirming you’re not a robot. What a time to be alive.
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
As the Banco Master scandal in Brazil wraps its tentacles around the Supreme Court and shapes the electoral game, I'm reminded of a CEBRAP seminar on "the crisis of Bolsonarism", about a year ago, where @isabela-kalil.bsky.social made the point that Bolsonarism feeds on crises...
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JS Tan @js-tan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To celebrate the launch of our book about class struggle in Silicon Valley and the fight AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, Clarissa and I are organizing a book club with: @techworkerscoalition.org @organizeworkers.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @education.dsausa.org RSVP at tinyurl.com/ato-914
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Great read!
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today I tried to pay for the bus with my house keys. Who else is looking forward to a vacation?
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog by @ggouzoulis.bsky.social 📣 Giorgos critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/fi...
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The gospel of financial literacy — CLaSP Blog
Giorgos Gouzoulis critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog 📣 Will Monteith (@willmonteith.bsky.social) examines the colonial origins of the green hydrogen frontier. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/green-hydrogen
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Counter-mapping the green hydrogen rush in Africa — CLaSP Blog
Will Monteith examines the colonial origins of the green hydrogen frontier.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP Blog: My Body, Whose Choice? Elena Keighobadi explores the Tradwife and Girlboss hashtags on TikTok through a feminist intersectional lens www.claspblog.org/blogposts/my...
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My Body, Whose Choice? — CLaSP Blog
Elena Keighobadi critically examines the #tradwife and #girlboss movements on TikTok from a feminist intersectional lens.
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We're hosting this great seminar on AI and Water Justice to learn more about ongoing struggles and organising strategies against data centre development. Join us on Feb 20th at 1pm UK!
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Linda Huber @puellaludens.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This book launch of Clara Mattei's "Escape from Capitalism" with the brilliant @cacrisalves.bsky.social as discussant looks 🔥: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book Launch: Escape from Capitalism
Join Clara E. Mattei in conversation for the launch of Escape from Capitalism, a new book that challenges the neutrality of economics.
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just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Imagine this in a trial. Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing Declaration filed in federal court: "I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"If only it were as simple as de-privatization." The unraveling of Britain’s largest water utility is not just a corporate scandal but a case study in how privatized water systems strain under climate pressure and the limits of market governance.
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Nothing to Lose but Our Mains
The unraveling of Britain’s largest water utility is not just a corporate scandal but a case study in how privatized water systems strain under climate pressure, aging infrastructure and the limits…
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Great essay by Valerio Bini and Alessio Iocchi on the failures of the “Great Green Wall” in Africa, a phantom mega-development project: www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ud... @clasp-qmul.bsky.social
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 10/01/2026
The increase in life sentences that followed a wave of so-called tough-on-crime policies in the 1980s and 1990s has resulted in a graying of the U.S. prison population, leading to swelling medical costs that states are now struggling to address.
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Terminally Ill People Languish in North Carolina Prisons, Even After Reforms
State lawmakers expanded the law for people seeking medical release from prison, but eligibility remains limited.
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Sharing my piece reflecting on how the mobilization of green finance for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure figures into Brazil's Ecological Transformation Plan (in Portuguese but everything is translatable nowadays): outraspalavras.net/mercadovsdem...
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A “COP da Verdade” e a ficção das finanças verdes | Outras Palavras
O saneamento brasileiro virou vitrine da financeirização da sustentabilidade. Por trás do marketing “verde” – e de suas debêntures subsidiadas –, há uma escolha política: transformar direitos em ativo...
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mamdani’s win in NYC is a victory for democratic possibility. As he said in his winning speech, politics done by us not to us.
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oceanseariver.bsky.social @oceanseariver.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
justwaterfutures.org @icruxen.bsky.social @rachel-woods.bsky.social @lylamehta.bsky.social 💦 ondasbrasil.org
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Just Water Futures – Global Network of Scholars and Activists
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
We have a great event coming up on Nov. 12 to discuss possibilities for and examples of Feminist AI —join us! bit.ly/DCFNOV2025 #DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
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oceanseariver.bsky.social @oceanseariver.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Join us for our next JustWaterFutures Event on the rapid privatization of water in Brazil. With Léo Heller, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation, and many other speakers. In Portuguese and English. 💦 @icruxen.bsky.social @justwaterfutures.bsky.social
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain. A country remade by privatisation. Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life. 🧵
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Sexta-feira terminando e a gente cantando: "Chegou o fim de semana, todo mundo vai sair. Só não vai Jair, só não vai Jair..."
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
A joyful day for Brazilian democracy: our Supreme Court has formed a majority to convict Bolsonaro and 7 defendants for criminal organisation and attempted coup!
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ladelentes.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
¿Qué rol podría jugar la inteligencia artificial en la lucha contra la violencia de género? RIAF me invitó a compartir nuevo proyecto de #DatosContraFeminicidio y DISCO Lab, que explora la cobertura periodística de casos de feminicidio y el desarrollo de IA. ¡Sumate! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Feminicidios, narrativas mediáticas e inteligencia artificial. Evento virtual, 10 de setiembre 2025, 12 PM (hora Buenos Aires).
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A new handbook on Comparative Political Economy is out! Ben Schneider and I have a chapter on capitalism in Latin America, tracing lineages of thinking on its development and how they speak to each other. We touch on VofC, GMs, dependency thinking, financialization. tinyurl.com/4arb2wt4
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Handbook of Comparative Political Economy
‘In his splendid Handbook, Marino Regini not only assembles a stellar cast of distinguished practitioners from Europe and America; he also demonstrates how needed such a volume is to the interdiscipli...
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Reading Karen Hao's Empire of AI, so much to unpack in this directive OpenAI crafted to configure how GPT-4o should respond to users: "act like a human", "be warm", be "full of charm". Strong "your outtie is..." Severance vibes
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Rahul Bhargava @rahulbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Amazing to celebrate 5 years of Data Against Feminicide with so many inspirational peers last week👏🏽 Read the amazing report from @icruxen.bsky.social and Alessandra for reflections on the participatory AI work I've been collaborating on. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...
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Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) @divdececon.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Check out the newly launched D-Econ padlet for resources related to these topics. d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/
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The D-Econ Padlet
Welcome to the D-Econ padlet!  This padlet is an effort to make resources related to decolonizing economics available to a wider audience. We have chosen to start with a few select themes, but…
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Fascinating piece in the FT today on the question of financing AI infrastructure at scale — makes clear we can’t think about AI development without thinking about financialization
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oceanseariver.bsky.social @oceanseariver.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
‪ @justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live! @gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc. Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...
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Ben Radley @radleyben.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The brilliant Farwa Sial on the growing role of private equity in the global South, writing for the Developing Economics blog: developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...
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Private Equity in the Global South: Locusts? Vampires? The contagion effect
The effectiveness of private equity has been a subject of ongoing debate in countries of the Global North. There is substantial evidence highlighting the extractive practices associated with privat…
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Replacing regulator without addressing ownership issues — in Brazil we’d call this “tapar o sol com uma peneira” or attempting to block the sun with a sieve: on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”
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Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review
Overhaul prompted by public anger at pollution and high executive pay
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
We're celebrating 5y of the #DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya! Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Utility agreements with data centres should be subject to broader public consultation and debate. The recipe here is an old one: socialize costs while private actors pocket the benefits. www.ft.com/content/c5f2...
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US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms
Customers face higher bills to upgrade infrastructure needed to power AI systems
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Absolutely gutted for Dimitrov, was playing a beautiful match. One of the saddest moments I’ve seen in tennis
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Se pá tá na hora de começar a chamar o Congresso brasileiro de #CongressoTioPatinhas #CongressoInimigodoPovo
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
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Freedom as Autonomy: platform workers’ struggles and the future of work in Argentina — CLaSP Blog
Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection.
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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Please read this article in full. Every aspect of this Palantir, OpenAI & Meta millionaire (self-)appointment to the Army Reserves should raise alarms about escalating tech industry capture of defence. While none of them will risk their lives, they are explicitly tasked with making war more lethal.
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
'The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers.' Maybe the policy of 'turbocharging' AI everywhere & all the time needs thought?
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AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England
Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Incredible Roland Garros final with Sinner and Alcaraz —listening on the radio but on the edge of my seat
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Amazing to see our project, #DataAgainstFeminicide, receive an Honorary Mention for the European Commission's 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize, recognizing innovation in tech + society + arts @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social @kanarinka.bsky.social: starts-prize.aec.at/en/data-agai...
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Data Against Feminicide: AI tools, transnational community, and data activism
Data Against Feminicide is a feminist participatory action research and technology design project. We collaborate with data activists, artists, nonprofits, communities, governments, and journalists wh...
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Using algorithms to deny people healthcare in bulk
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Global Data Barometer @databarometer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🌍 The 2nd edition of the Global Data Barometer is here! Dive into fresh insights on how 43 countries are governing, and managing data for the public good. 📖 Read the launch blog ⬇️ #TheGDB #GDB2025 globaldatabarometer.org/2025/05/the-...
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The Global Data Barometer 2nd edition: A Shared Compass for Navigating the Data Landscape
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Carolina Alves @cacrisalves.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
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