Against oversimplifications that see Partido Digital Bolsonarista (PDB) as a mere "digital militia," our Portuguese pick of the week sees a party-form rooted in the affordances of digital networks, one that thrives outside formal regulation.
By Marcos Nobre et al.
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Tracing soccer in Egypt from British colonial rule to the present, this presentation examines how clubs and stadiums become arenas for nationalism, class mobility, state control, and dissent. The guest links football to the 1919 and 2011 uprisings.
Feat. @anhistorian.bsky.social
Mathematicians have long framed their work as joyous play—a rare enclave of unalienated labor. But as our essay of the week warns, Silicon Valley's pursuit of artificial general intelligence risks warping this playful "gift economy."
By Michael Harris in @bostonreview.bsky.social
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Pinochet told Kissinger that Chile was undergoing “a further stage of the same conflict which erupted into the Spanish Civil War.” As our video of the week shows, the war's legacy cast a long shadow over Latin America.
Ft. @kirstenweld.bsky.social at @diagrammes.bsky.social
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In this bookstore talk, the speakers recount the campaign in San Isidro against OceanaGold, arguing that local organizing and transnational solidarity helped secure a national mining ban to protect drinking water.
Featuring Robin Broad & John Cavanagh at @politicsprose.bsky.social
Private equity firms (PE) have become architects of crisis across everyday life. Our book of the week demonstrates how PE's model of “creative destruction” is tearing down public goods and selling our social fabric.
By @hettieobrien.bsky.social on @grandcentralpub.bsky.social
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Framing AI as the next "Manhattan Project" functions more as PR than an analysis of technical change. As our podcast of the week argues, this rhetoric elides the issue of how material processes shape our lives.
With @davidedgerton.bsky.social on @generativefutures.bsky.social
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Since its 1955 opening, Disneyland adapted postwar industrial and military technologies into entertainment attractions. This dialogue contextualizes these innovations within broader technological trends.
With Roland Betancourt on @amprestigepod.bsky.social
As AI-driven automation threatens to disrupt the labor market and deepen inequalities, rebuilding worker power must become a priority. Our hidden gem of the week outlines a worker-centered recalibration of power in the age of AI.
By @josephevans.bsky.social et al. at @ippr.org
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Authors Robin Broad & John Cavanagh discuss their book "The Water Defenders" at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.
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Egypt Comes to Seattle is a discussion with Abdullah Al-Arian, Associate Professor of History and Chair of International History at Georgetown University in Qatar. Ron Krabill, Professor and…
