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International Political Theory / Political Philosophy. Political Disagreement; Democratic Innovations; International Ethics Luiss University, Roma https://x.com/paulsaproza https://linkedin.com/in/boscolebrun/ https://academicsinpolitics.com/ocw/

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My colleague working on political discourse told me that when he copied one politician’s speech into Google Translate with automatic language detection, and it detected β€œDoublespeak.” Each field has their own jokes

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Many people won’t vote but will take to the streetsβ€”what does it tell us about democracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1807s - #democracy #activism

01.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reducing humanities in universities is a strategy to weaken social critique and resistance

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The unspeakable pleasure of teachers: β€œFor next week, read chapter 1”- *waiting a bit to see the students’ reaction* - β€œand also, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and 42”

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After electing populists like Trump and Bolsonaro, people became more pro-democracy β€”how do you interpret it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1557s - #democracy #internationalrelations

24.06.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Occupy Wall Street didn’t change Wall Street, but it changed how we talk about money

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My nephew believes that a PokΓ©ball can catch a Pikachu, but the werewolf that will eat him if he doesn’t finish their plate? Nah

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Is it because many young people have never experienced a dictatorship that they don’t fear losing democracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1501s - #democracy #internationalrelations

17.06.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Linda MartΓ­n Alcoff (City University of New York) argues that AI under corporate power won’t serve peopleβ€”it will serve profit and control

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There’s nothing more annoying than reviewers with conflicting feedback; they’re actually pretty helpful

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Social media now shapes our thinking more than TV or newspapers ever did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1236s - #democracy #internationalrelations

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Investigate your news sourcesβ€”real journalism isn’t always where you expect it

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Why is it that when I see a labyrinth, I just imagine myself flying over it to scan the QR code?

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The West is blamed for promoting LGBT rights, but even there, struggles remain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2195s - #LGBT #internationalrelations

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Individual eco-actions matter, but it should not make us forget that the real climate change solutions require collective power shifts

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Executioners do an abominable job that shouldn't exist. They deserve the death penalty πŸ™ƒ

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Scapegoating LGBT groups helps authoritarian states strengthen their rule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2149s - #LGBT #internationalrelations

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Very productive workshop at ECPR! Got plenty of feedback, met plenty of nice and talented researchers, and I definitely look forward to returning next year

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Higher education is under attack because critical thinking threatens authoritarian power

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Russia's crackdown on LGBT people is part of a broader war on free speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2109s - #LGBT #internationalrelations

21.05.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democracy isn’t obligated to follow scienceβ€”can this survive climate change?

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Life is too short to eat kale when there’s free pizza at the department seminar

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Have you ever thought like me, after looking the screen computer for a too long time, that the world has great resolution?

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If God watches everything we do, the least we can do is be entertaining

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β€œWe need to *feel* climate disaster before acting”—a dangerous truth about human psychology?

01.05.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In North Europe, there are two seasons: the short season of heavy rain and the long season of light rain

30.04.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If AI floods the internet, will we trust anything we read? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1952s - #AI #LLM #society

28.04.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Real change can also happen through social movements, not just elections

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Learning requires effort. The fact that AI makes information very easy to obtain has direct consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1642s - #AI #LLM #society

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We used to search libraries for knowledgeβ€”now we want instant AI responses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1609s - #AI #LLM #society

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