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Iván Darias Alfonso

@ivandariasa.bsky.social

Journalists and author, still trying to make sense of the world, which might be daunting coming from a particular Caribbean island. Based in Vienna, Austria.

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Benjamín Prado apunta una preocupante razón por la que el 19% de los jóvenes españoles cree que el franquismo fue 'muy bueno' Los datos del último CIS siguen provocando debate.

Benjamín Prado apunta una preocupante razón por la que el 19% de los jóvenes españoles cree que el franquismo fue 'muy bueno' dozz.es/srgt23

19.10.2025 07:04 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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‘The bad guy’: Former Proud Boys leader makes a cameo at Miami’s anti-Trump rally Enrique Tarrio attended Miami’s second “No Kings” protest – like he did in June – livestreaming his interactions with protesters on social media, as organizers repeatedly told the crowd not to engage with him.

Enrique Tarrio attended Miami’s second “No Kings” protest – like he did in June – livestreaming his interactions with protesters on social media, as organizers repeatedly told the crowd not to engage with him.

18.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 5    📌 1
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Trump Selfie Snub Triggered MAGA Civil War That Leaked Racist Young Republican Chat Young GOP leaders are fighting like rats in a sack over the alleged betrayal of one of their own.

I love a rats 🐀 in a bag melee between and among with these heinous chodes. www.thedailybeast.com//trump-selfi...

17.10.2025 18:19 — 👍 264    🔁 58    💬 16    📌 1
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Tommy, der falsche Freund - fm4.ORF.at Der gefährlichste britische Rechstsextremist weilt derzeit auf Quasi-Staatsbesuch in Israel. Die jüdische Diaspora in Großbritannien ist darüber alles andere als glücklich.

Der britische Rechstsextremist Tommy Robinson weilt derzeit auf Quasi-Staatsbesuch in Israel. Die jüdische Diaspora in Großbritannien ist darüber alles andere als glücklich, schreibt @robertrotifer.bsky.social

18.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Cocktails and coups: the view from a luxury hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet chronicles Afghanistan’s history as it was seen from the InterContinental

“The Finest Hotel in Kabul” chronicles Afghanistan’s history as it was seen from the InterContinental. Regimes can outstay their welcome, but not for ever: “Politics, like hotel guests, checked in and out.”

18.10.2025 06:20 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands. Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were found to contain bisphenol A (BPA), according to laboratory testing by dTest, a Czech consumer organisation. Philips said they had carried out subsequent testing and found no BPA, while Sophie la Girafe said the amount found was insignificant. Continue reading...

Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find

18.10.2025 06:21 — 👍 47    🔁 20    💬 8    📌 7
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After 20 years of left-wing rule, Bolivia is about to swing right The question is, how fast?

For two decades Bolivians have voted for the Movement to Socialism. Not any more. We explain why its shifting to the right

18.10.2025 06:40 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Epstein had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2007 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...

House Democrats have unlodged more details www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

18.10.2025 05:01 — 👍 536    🔁 215    💬 7    📌 8
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Brasil lidera produção e exportação de desinformação sobre vacinas na América Latina Pesquisadores apontam que, por causa do negacionismo, país é o principal motor da rede de teorias pseudocientíficas sobre imunização

Brasil lidera produção e exportação de desinformação sobre vacinas na América Latina

17.10.2025 22:28 — 👍 214    🔁 54    💬 6    📌 9
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René Benko: Was sagen Sebastian Kurz und Alfred Gusenbauer nach seiner Verurteilung? Nachdem der Immobilientycoon Benko in Innsbruck schuldig gesprochen wurde, sind die politischen Wegbegleiter des Ex-Milliardärs weiter gut im Geschäft. Und: der dritte Teil unseres Podcasts zu Österreichs Burschenschaften.

René Benko: Was sagen Sebastian Kurz und Alfred Gusenbauer nach seiner Verurteilung?: Nachdem der Immobilientycoon Benko in Innsbruck schuldig gesprochen wurde, sind die politischen Wegbegleiter des Ex-Milliardärs weiter gut im Geschäft. Und: der dritte Teil unseres Podcasts zu Österreichs…

18.10.2025 05:04 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Six great reads: Virginia Giuffre’s story, the truth about chatfishing, and Peter Thiel’s search for the antichrist Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days

Six great reads: Virginia Giuffre’s story, the truth about chatfishing, and Peter Thiel’s search for the antichrist

18.10.2025 05:16 — 👍 116    🔁 43    💬 3    📌 3
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Fox News employees expressed concerns network was intentionally aiding Trump, legal filings reveal Survey responses cited in $2.7bn defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by voting technology company Smartmatic Fox News employees expressed concerns about the network’s editorial standards and the conduct of top hosts in an internal survey conducted in the summer and fall of 2020, with one going as far as to wonder if they had sold their “soul to the devil”, according to legal filings. The employees’ statements were excerpted in a 771-page filing released last week, made public as part of a defamation lawsuit filed against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic. Continue reading...

Fox News employees expressed concerns network was intentionally aiding Trump, legal filings reveal

18.10.2025 05:45 — 👍 217    🔁 86    💬 26    📌 11
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Trump commutes 7-year prison sentence of former Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity th...

There is absolutely no reason for this. Trump is doing this only b/c Santos sucked up to him.

The case against Santos was solid. He was a total fraud and violated assorted campaign finance laws. Noah Lanard and I broke a major piece of the Santos story in 2023:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

17.10.2025 22:31 — 👍 758    🔁 210    💬 114    📌 32
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By MSF / Doctors Without Borders:

"Destruction and displacement in the West Bank: In one community in Masafer Yatta, more than 85 % of homes have been reduced to rubble."

www.threads.com/@doctorswith...

#FreePalestine #Israel #IsraelNews #MiddleEast #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews

17.10.2025 21:40 — 👍 24    🔁 24    💬 0    📌 2
A tweet from Armand Domalewski reads: “The total USAID budget was $35 billion by the way.” Below it, a retweeted post from More Perfect Union says: “BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.”

A tweet from Armand Domalewski reads: “The total USAID budget was $35 billion by the way.” Below it, a retweeted post from More Perfect Union says: “BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.”

Not a peep from Musk about this government spending. Was the chainsaw from him worth it, Elon?

17.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 2697    🔁 606    💬 91    📌 18
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Chrissie Hynde Duets Special Review: Pretenders leader calls on famous friends

Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Shirley Manson and Brandon Flowers among the ‘pals’ on chief Pretender’s new covers album. Read MOJO's review in full.

17.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Should We Return To The EU? | Mike Galsworthy | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski Should We Return To The EU? | Mike Galsworthy | Zack Polanski

Going live in five! 👇

17.10.2025 17:54 — 👍 85    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 1
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‘No Kings’ Reverend Makes Last-Minute Plea Against ‘Authoritarian’ Trump

Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush tells Newsweek it's important for people to "show unity" at Saturday's protests.

17.10.2025 19:26 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

We live in hell.

17.10.2025 19:30 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Gangsters and Suits: The Most Murderous Mafia of Postwar El Salvador Twenty-seven leaders of MS-13, the most murderous criminal gang in post-war El Salvador, which had more than 40,000 members in El Salvador and a presence in 40 of the 50 states of the United States,…

Nayib Bukele is directly responsible for the systematic practice of torture in Salvadoran prisons, the extension of the state of exception, and the detention of his critics. #efEditorial beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...

17.10.2025 19:30 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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With eyes on Venezuela, Cuba asserts Raúl Castro is its leader and in charge of defense Cuba’s 94-year-old ruler Raúl Castro, who is officially retired, reappeared this week to preside over a rare national defense council meeting and reassert that he is Cuba’s ruler amid Havana’s increasing fears over chances of a U.S.-provoked regime change in Venezuela.

Cuba’s 94-year-old ruler Raúl Castro, who is officially retired, reappeared this week to preside over a rare national defense council meeting and reassert that he is Cuba’s ruler amid Havana’s increasing fears over chances of a U.S.-provoked regime change in Venezuela.

17.10.2025 19:30 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Coca-Cola promete una reducción de azúcar en sus bebidas, en plena discusión sobre el alza de impuestos La empresa de refrescos cede ante las peticiones de México y acepta bajar un 30% las calorías de sus bebidas y lanzará productos con menos endulzantes

La empresa Coca-Cola cede ante las peticiones de México y promete una reducción de azúcar en sus bebidas, en plena discusión sobre el alza de impuestos. El abanico de promesas pasa por la reformulación de sus refrescos
social.elpais.com/tf5sc11

17.10.2025 02:50 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Now that the damage of Brexit has been recognised, Britain must begin restoring our relationship with Europe. Actions speak louder than words: just acknowledging the damage isn’t enough.

17.10.2025 13:55 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump

‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

17.10.2025 13:45 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Honoured to receive the 2025 Brian Barry Prize in Political Science. My essay reconstructs and evaluates state anxiety about civil disobedience, and reflects on how political philosophy can reflect and align with such anxiety.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medal...

#philsky #polisky #polsci 🗺️

17.10.2025 09:43 — 👍 22    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Zack Polanski, nuevo líder de los verdes británicos: “Si la gente no tiene casa, puedo entender por qué no les preocupan los tejones o los castores” Su llegada al partido ecologista ha provocado una ola de ilusión que ha elevado hasta los 100.000 el número de afiliados. Sus formas desafiantes y su plan, el ecopopulismo, han cortocircuitado la polí...

"The darkness we face requires a joyful fighter."

Challenging the right requires us to grow our international movement.

I sat down with El Pais. 👇🏼

elpais.com/eps/2025-10-...

17.10.2025 09:46 — 👍 597    🔁 141    💬 20    📌 4
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Chief Raoni: ‘The Amazon is our biggest chance to keep living on this Earth’ The Indigenous leader on the threats to his Kayapó tribe, why ancestral knowledge matters — and the meaning behind his ‘visions’

It barely gets any attention, but the Amazon rainforest is on the brink.

I was fortunate to meet Chief Raoni, who has helped to protect an area of Brazilian forest the size of Portugal, and who - at the age of approximately 90 - just keeps on fighting. Please read:
www.ft.com/content/58e1...

17.10.2025 12:18 — 👍 55    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 0
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New from Diaper Diplomacy.

17.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 455    🔁 167    💬 53    📌 16
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Jan Marsalek’s grandfather spied for the communist bloc, new evidence shows Hans Marsalek’s grandson is the fugitive Wirecard fraudster who runs spies for Russia in western Europe

Ui. Die Financial Times berichtet von meinen Recherchen www.ft.com/content/9f24...

17.10.2025 08:54 — 👍 41    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0
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Richard David Precht: "Jemanden zu canceln, ist für mich Faschismus" Richard David Precht sieht in seinem neuen Buch "Angststillstand" die Meinungsfreiheit bedroht. Wir haben mit ihm auf der Buchmesse gesprochen. Sehen Sie hier das Video.

Neue Faschismustheorie dropped www.zeit.de/kultur/liter...

17.10.2025 06:36 — 👍 159    🔁 12    💬 21    📌 17

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