Anda Pleniceanu🌻🍉

Many folks are unhappy about the EU’s weak stance re: Trump. But how many would be raging if the negotiators went gung-ho and put the EU into recession? There is no material basis for this Principled Power some people demand, and there is no popular will to substitute virtues for welfare. So, then?

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Also known as the Chloe Kelly penalty run 🫶

Entre los estudiantes de español, deberíamos organizar una huelga para protestar contra este cruel castigo: "¡Reclamamos nuestro derecho a vivir en un presente eterno!"

Y a mí pero a las cucas les encanta.

Viví en uno de esos edificios en Valencia; luego me mudé a una ciudad pequeña, en una zona de clase media-alta, pero los problemas persisten: calor asfixiante, negacionismo climático y rechazo a la ayuda pública. Comprensible en este clima ideológico, pero desesperante al vivirlo y compartirlo.

Lo mismo en mi edificio (Gandía)-cubierta instalada hace 2 meses. No hubo manera de convencerles de que hicieran una reforma energética, ni siquiera con ayuda del ayuntamiento ("A quién le benefician las obras?") y nos acusaban de tener ideas raras y no entender como van las cosas (por extranjeros).

Dilemma of the week: rooting for La Roja while being in love with Chloe Kelly. Hard times.

But my point is this: it’s not only about Zelensky’s personal approach to corruption; instead, changes in Ukraine president’s approach to corruption & EU integration follow broader geopolitical patterns in building sovereignty and establishing regional power.
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Of course, this shouldn’t be exaggerated—over the next few days/weeks, we'll see whether Ukraine's civil society can impact the decision (as @popovaprof.bsky.social argues), & whether European institutions can still activate the mechanisms to fight a law that's corrosive to democratic resilience
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In general, it's possible that in the current context, issues of corruption, human rights (e.g. new draconic immigration laws in UK & elsewhere), welfare, and rule of law are deprioritized. So, Zelensky’s government’s rollback of anti-corruption institutions may well be a strategic adjustment.
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Joint Ukraine-EU defence is a strategic win for both Maksym Beznosiuk argues that Ukraine’s defence production has grown, yet remains underutilised. With EU support, joint projects could sustain Ukraine’s war effort and advance the EU’s strategic autono...

Also, Ukraine's stalled EU/NATO membership & muted response to the intensifying RU attacks, have forced a shift in strategy. Instead of integration, Europe offers a militarized partnership, as Ukraine’s wartime industry, now the most advanced in the region, is central to the new military posture
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Starmer and Merz find their happy place: War Germany’s leader will use a London visit Thursday to finalize a wide-ranging pact that goes big on security cooperation.

Second, between the Russian threat & economic and ideological pressure from both the US and China, EU has emphasized military buildup (first tentatively, then with clumsy enthusiasm), while marginalizing focus on the welfare state and democratic accountability.
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First, wartime and crisis governments tend towards hard power, backdoor dealing, centralism, etc. ‪Ukraine could be an exception, but amid the global authoritarian drift, when exemplar countries cannot uphold their own democratic integrity, this sets tone and precedents for aspirants. ‬
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As for Ukraine’s new law stripping the independence of two anti-corruption agencies, preceded by a dramatic crackdown on individual corruption investigators, which many of us are trying to make sense of—perhaps this should be understood in a broader geopolitical turn. Some factors: 🧵
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Fără biblioteci, fără povești. Ce pierde un sat când i se închide biblioteca? Am vorbit cu trei bibliotecare, un antropolog și o creatoare de conținut ca să înțelegem ce se întâmplă atunci când statul decide că un bibliotecar cu normă întreagă e „prea mult” pentru un sat și ce ...

If you were wondering how it's going under Romania's new government: as part of the fiscal measures for reducing deficit, rural libraries are downsized & librarian positions cut, while book VAT is up from 5% to 11%. But, gambling is decentralized so local mafias can freely develop their activity.

En este lado de la costa valenciana llevamos ya unos dos meses practicando el becoming-charco, de hecho me parece que estamos entrando en la fase del becoming-moho.

Uau, super logică! 1. Legea e neclară, riscăm să pedepsim nevinovați; 2. Amenințările cu moartea la adresa jurnaliștilor sunt "extrem extrem de concrete"; 3. Schimbăm legea în loc să o aplicăm. Înafară de un exemplu de sofism de-al bun (Euthydemos), legile la care se referă pt. 1 și 2 sunt diferite.

„Legea Vexler” privind combaterea extremismului va fi retrimisă la Parlament pentru reexaminare, anunță președintele Dan - HotNews.ro Preşedintele Nicuşor Dan a declarat vineri că va retrimite în Parlament „Legea Vexler”, după ce Curtea Constituţională va publica motivarea deciziei prin care

🇷🇴 news outlet Hotnews reports that president Nicuşor Dan will use his presidential prerogatives to send the law banning fascist organizations (& the display of fascist symbols etc) back to Parliament for re-examination. Not good.
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A Detailed Report of War Anarchist Front of Iran and Afghanistan A Detailed Report of War and a Few Million Forced to Flee June 24 2025

Detailed account by an anarchist in Iran on protest, survival, repression and escape in the period of last month’s Israel-Iran war. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anar... via @anarchistlibrary.bsky.social

Dilema of the day: enjoying reading scholarship about horror films but not quite capable of watching them while at the same time keeping up with (let's call it politely) geopolitics and dealing with a prolonged heatwave now simply called "summer."

The Socialist Mayors of Madrid and Barcelona Forget the fear-mongering. Madrid and Barcelona tried it. Trash was collected. Housing was built. Power was challenged.

El ruido y el cinismo nos han hecho olvidar que España fue, hace no tanto, un laboratorio político admirado mundialmente. Aquí @waleedshahid.bsky.social toma las experiencias municipalistas de Madrid y Barcelona como modelo para la NYC de Zohran Mamdani.

My appreciation for Junie's existence in grand style between a rock and a hard place.

L'idée de discriminations climatiques va faire son chemin : nous ne sommes pas égaux devant les canicules. Sur un même territoire, les disparités sont flagrantes. L'exposition aux chaleurs extrêmes n'est pas partagée et tout le monde n'a pas un accès égal aux possibilités de s'en abriter.

Venezia ❤️ #ciaobezos

Meanwhile, in Venice... Proud of my colleagues from the Political Epistemology group and elsewhere for participating!

Nino Sarratore has endorsed Andrew Cuomo

This is a poster for the workshop titled the "Hermeneutics of Extinction," which will take place on June 26, 2025, at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

This is the program for the conference Hermeneutics of Extinction.

Looking forward to this workshop, organized by the wonderful Alice Iacobone and Gregorio Tenti. I'll be presenting together with @jpatkaus.bsky.social. Our talk discusses the function of Anthropocene aesthetics in relation to planetary-scale dimensions of extinction and environmental disaster.

"Women, Life, Freedom” against the War Genocidal imperialist projects will never liberate us, nor will patriarchal nationalist regimes protect us. A statement from Iranian, Kurdish, and Afghani feminists.

"We stand against both of the warmongering, patriarchal, colonial powers. But this is not passivity. It is the starting point of our active struggle for life."

No la entienden ni ell@s.

[Petition] Stop the war on Iran! Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...

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