Marianne Díaz Hernández

SPECIAL: Recent Actions Against NGOs in Venezuela - Venezuela Alert By Luis Carlos Díaz Threats increase while international funding is reduced, diplomatic missions deployed in Caracas support fewer initiatives or prefer more superficial issues, and…

SPECIAL: Recent Actions Against NGOs in Venezuela

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Marianne Díaz Hernández's List - Marianne's 40th on Giftster Shop Marianne Díaz Hernández's public wish list registry, named Marianne's 40th, last updated May 24, 2025 on Giftster

I turn 40 in a few days and @leors.bsky.social said I had to have a gift list. So I made a gift list because whatever @leors.bsky.social says is the law. You may now show your devotion via material objects.

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Taller de escritura en línea Taller de escritura en línea para para personas de América Latina con proyectos de ficción en marcha. Sesiones semanales (Europe friendly). Comienzo: 14 de junio.

Se acaba de encender la taller-señal:

Taller de escritura en línea para para personas de América Latina con proyectos de ficción en marcha.

Sesiones semanales (Europe friendly).

Comienzo: 14 de junio.

Inscripciones:

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Girl, same? I truly appreciate the feedback, but at some point you’re just writing a new document in the comments, maybe go do that 😂

what is the point of existing moment to moment if thought is such a burden that it must be perpetually offloaded to machines

We were created to hold the powerful accountable, and now that the president is weaponizing the power of his office, we are doing just that.

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The Greener Grass: Public Space, Walled Gardens, and the Privatization of Free Expression Online

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Our bodies as data The rapidly growing use of biometric technologies for identification in Latin America poses a series of questions related not only to its impact on freedom of expression and freedom of action in publi...

Just released the English translation of "Our Bodies as Data", a paper I wrote on biometrics, identity, and what it means to digitize the self. It’s an old piece, but it still holds the core of what I’m working on now.

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Hoy a las 13:00 (GMT-6, hora de la CDMX 🇲🇽), estaré con @mariannedh.bsky.social y @tumbolian.bsky.social platicando sobre sistemas de identificación en México y el rol del tecnosolucionismo en la obstrucción del libre desarrollo de la identidad.

Acompáñanos, a través de las redes de @r3d.mx 👁️👇

Register now for RightsCon 2025! Registration is now open for RightsCon 2025 (Taipei and online, Feb 24-27)! Here you can find all the information to get your tickets, discounts, and more!

Registration for #RightsCon 2025 (Taipei and online, February 24-27) closes today at 23:59 PST! I will be attending online, and so can you. Don’t miss the deadline! www.rightscon.org/registration/

Journalists killed in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, and new crackdowns in Venezuela - IFEX January in the Americas: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

January’s toll on press freedom was high: Journalists killed in Mexico, Colombia and Peru. Venezuela escalates repression. A rare win in Guatemala: José Rubén Zamora granted house arrest. Civil society keeps fighting.

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qué grande un país que te sirve champaña en el desayuno

This war is being fought inside your head the-far-away.com/2025/02/06/t...

Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the FBI, sporting curly hair, a kinda rakish jazz dirtbag moustache and beard combo, a faintly amused look in his eyes and a wry "whaddaya gonna do" smirk

I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI

weird way to propose but yes

my hot take is that your last name needs one more hyphen

The logo of Espacio Público a Venezuelan NGO defending Freedom of Speech appears at the top of the image Carlos Correa’s portrait appears on the background of a text in Spanish that reads: Carlos Correa (Director of NGO Espacio Público) The whereabouts of our Executive Director are unknown since January 7, 2024 at 5pm. According to witnesses, he was intercepted in the center of Caracas (Venezuela) by presumed public servants wearing hoods. #DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea #WhereIsCarlosCorrea #LiberenACarlosCorrea #FreeCarlosCorrea www.espaciopublico.ong

🇻🇪 Carlos Correa, Executive Director of NGO Espacio Público, has been missing since hooded (presumed) public officers intercepted him in Caracas on Jan 7.

As Nicolás Maduro takes over a new term, Venezuelan activists warn about increased retaliation.

#LiberenACarlosCorrea
#DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea

listo!

joke is on you, i was already going to do anything sandal asked me to do in the first place

screenshot of googled term "charli xcx real name": below a thumbnail of charlie the AI reply reads "Professor Charles Xavier: Charles Xavier, best known by her stage name Charli X, is a British singer and songwriter"

yes

[not american] one day, i will be super rich too. i will then invite all my neighbors to a dinner party. and i will eat them.

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

Please help me spread the word on my Global Majority focused starter pack for digital rights advocates and academics. Let’s diversify this space! Please let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/AkTwncy

está buenísimo tu pack 😭

Es mi país imaginario.

quién me puso en un starter pack >:(

i don’t think these ones do

Eran unas duras esas coñitas.

As a bonus, here’s some New York pigeons from yesterday.