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Nicolás Palacios

@nicolaspalacios.bsky.social
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Platform labour, urban geography and other stuff I care about. PhD researcher at SPUR ETHZ.

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...
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Nicolás Palacios @nicolaspalacios.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
When did it become controversial to oppose a genocide? to protest and be against the mass starvation of a nation? to defy the mutilation of children? Now everyone is trying to save face? don't forget that the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of western leaders enabled this. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Nicolás Palacios @nicolaspalacios.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
ETH Zürich insists that they take no side on politics, while we are aware that science and technology are political matters. What would their beloved Albert Einstein say about this? Well, we can read first hand his position on politics 👇 monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
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Monthly Review | Why Socialism?
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…
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Nicolás Palacios @nicolaspalacios.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
At ETH Zürich they love to talk about Einstein, but no so much about his politics ✊ monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
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Monthly Review | Why Socialism?
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…
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SPUR ETH Zurich @spurethz.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Curious about cities and infrastructure? The Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems master's at @ethzurich.bsky.social brings different disciplines together to tackle real-world challenges. Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jnxk7Gi5FL8 More info: baug.ethz.ch/studium/reis.html
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
By focusing on tech CEOs, “we mislead ourselves into thinking that we have problems with technology only because of problematic people,” Cal Newport writes. The real question is “whether we really want such technologies in our lives at all.” www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I.
The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.
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Nicolás Palacios @nicolaspalacios.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
CfP RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025: Beyond Access and Affordability: Housing, Social Reproduction, and Precarious Livelihoods Together with @josejota.bsky.social we are organising a session for RGS 2025! Submission Deadline: 27.02.2025 Full call in the link! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · 06/02/2025
I'm going to be ending my Twitter presence soon, so this will be my only social media account.
Don't be a clown.
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Nicolás Palacios @nicolaspalacios.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
There are things that shows like Futurama get right, technological advancement does not mean societal advancement. I have always wondered how they would have such advanced gadgets in such a ridiculous future. Now I get it.
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SPUR ETH Zurich @spurethz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Dr. Katrin Hofer joined the #ETH4D Lunch to share insights from her Research to Action grant, which supported her return to South Africa, where she presented her PhD research on public participation in urban development to participants and officials, highlighting the research's role in policy.
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