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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco
@masayalb.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor. Researches borders, human mobilities and social reproduction. Parent and southern feminist. Home is #Canada & #Venezuela #Borders #Haiti #DR #Care #DAWNfeminist Also, #cats 🐱 mllavaneras.com
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masayalb.bsky.social
Extreme cold temperatures overnight on Sunday, Dec 7, including a projected -15°C with a windchill of -20 to -24°C, and all available shelter and warming spaces at capacity, the City of London will activate a temporary warming centre at Boyle Memorial Community Centre.

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Temporary warming centre to be activated at Boyle Memorial Community Centre | City of London
With Environment Canada forecasting extreme cold temperatures overnight on Sunday, December 7, including a projected low of -15°C with a wind
london.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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notalegalrecord.net
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
DC Public Library No Library Wrapped from us — we don't track what you read. DCPL protects your privacy.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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lasavenezuela.bsky.social
Article recipient of the Paula Vázquez best essay award for Social Sciences 2025: "Embodying the Cost of a Predatory State: Depletion via Social Reproduction in Venezuela’s Crisis (2013–2021)" is now out in Social Politics.

Congratulations @masayalb.bsky.social & @antuliorosales.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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antuliorosales.bsky.social
We are glad to finally see this piece out, after a long wait. Thanks to excellent reviewers and especially many researchers, non-governmental organizations and international agencies that have helped gather information to not keep the Venezuelan crisis forgotten.

#OpenAccess #Venezuela
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
📣Publication Alert! #OpenAccess

"Embodying the Cost of a Predatory State: Depletion via Social Reproduction in Venezuela’s Crisis (2013–2021)" just came out! Here is a short summary ⬇️

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Embodying the Cost of a Predatory State: Depletion via Social Reproduction in Venezuela’s Crisis (2013–2021)
Abstract. This article brings together the literatures of predation and depletion via social reproduction (DSR) to provide an explanation of the Venezuelan
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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poderlatam.bsky.social
Desde el Sur Global, las voces feministas siguen trazando nuevos caminos para repensar la economía y poner la vida al centro.🙋‍♀️🙋🏿‍♀️

🔗Compartimos la invitación de @dawnfeminist.bsky.social a este diálogo: https://bit.ly/43osPNd
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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dawnfeminist.bsky.social
¡Apunta la fecha y únete a nuestro diálogo público CDMX! ✊🏾✨

#EconomíaFeminista del #SurGlobal: cómo las políticas de deuda, finanzas y austeridad afectan la sostenibilidad de la vida y qué alternativas territoriales existen.

🗓️ Lunes 24 nov 2025
📌 Registro gratuito y obligatorio: bit.ly/3XwB1aB
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
masayalb.bsky.social
Write like a creep but make it classy.
lindaholmes.bsky.social Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 21d
When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.
The cache of emails includes exchanges about going to dinner at Rao's, the uptown Italian restaurant where it was famously hard to get a table, and an invitation for Mr. Epstein to the 25th anniversary party for The New York Observer (it was a weekly paper, printed on salmon-colored newsprint and read by the city's elite) at the Four Seasons restaurant (where the elite once power-lunched; it's now closed) co-hosted by Michael Bloomberg (he was the mayor) and Jared Kushner (who owned The Observer). The guest list included Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein. You've probably heard about what happened with them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Zeteo has made a searchable database of all new 26,000 files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Despite Trump saying this is a scam with "all arrows pointing to the Democrats," these have a whole lot of Trump in there. In fact, he's mentioned in these more than anyone else.

Take a look for yourself:
Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found
You can search and review the emails here. Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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dsmilde.bsky.social
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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dsmilde.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/vene...
US aircraft carrier nears Venezuela in flex of American military power
The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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isaaccallan.bsky.social
NEW: The day before speed cameras across the province will be turned off, the Ford government has announced a $210 million pot for cities to build speed bumps and put up signs. #OnPoli #ToPoli
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Ontario unveils $210M for cities stripped of speed cameras to spend on infrastructure | Globalnews.ca
The fund was promised when Premier Doug Ford announced he would force cities to remove their cameras, saying they don't work and offering to build speed bumps instead.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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parismarx.com
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
"Drake’s works stand out for a stunning act of defiance: ...it was illegal at the time for enslaved people to learn how to read or write. On one jar, Drake reflected...: 'I wonder where is all my relation / Friendship to all—and every nation.'"
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
“Many of us have this habit: making our lives as tight and small as possible, and cutting ourselves off from others. It’s heartbreaking, the isolation we are prone to falling into.”
Showing Up for Life Means Showing Up for Others | Happier meditation
I used to see myself as a rebel. I was into my identity as an outsider, and it was a place of safety for me for a long time. One year, however, my grandmother Mimi got sick. Her kids – my dad and his ...
www.meditatehappier.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
Their rights are protected by no one.

"The residents and relatives interviewed by the AP requested anonymity out of fear of reprisals from drug smugglers, the Venezuelan government or the Trump administration."

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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antuliorosales.bsky.social
"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver."

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
This opinion is as accurate as it might be unpopular in some opposition circles. There's plenty of experience to warn against fictions promoted to incentivize US invasions.

"Maduro is a heinous dictator ...but what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts."
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
"Gen Tomer-Yerushalmi's decision to enable the footage to be released is seen as the one time she lived up to the responsibilities of her post.

The video is regarded ...as concrete evidence backing up multiple reports of abuse of Palestinian detainees since the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attacks..."
Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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dawnfeminist.bsky.social
📚 We’re proud to launch GLOBAL SOUTH FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON MACROECONOMICS!!

It features a Conceptual Framework & DAWN Informs applying systemic, feminist & decolonial analysis to debt, finance & planetary crises.

🔗 Download now: bit.ly/3LF5yAm
#FeministMacroeconomics #GlobalSouth
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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dawnfeminist.bsky.social
This publication unites twelve Southern feminist scholars and practitioners to expose injustices in the global economy and explore pathways for transformation.

This is more than a critique; it’s a blueprint for transformation.
🔗 Download all publications now
bit.ly/3LF5yAm
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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dawnfeminist.bsky.social
The alternatives are already being built ✨.
From the South and feminist.

We're creating the tools for economies that sustain life:
🔧 Better indicators beyond GDP
📊 Valuing unpaid care work
🌍 Updated analysis for today's crises

Our full resource hub launches Monday!
#FeministMacroeconomics
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
masayalb.bsky.social
Ayiti ❤️🇭🇹
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Oct 29
Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
It wasn’t so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it. “We’re going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!” the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary. Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation’s name “AH-ee-tee” — near-perfect Creole elocution. “When I heard him say that, I smiled,” recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani’s former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani’s reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti’s status as the first republic founded by former slaves. “That’s straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies,” said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani’s alma mater. “I will claim that,” he added with a laugh.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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antuliorosales.bsky.social
Check out my new piece -> A New Age of Crypto-Authoritarianism in Current History.

It is now open access!

online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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bordercrim.bsky.social
Ambiguity surrounding borders and their governance is a challenge for migrants on the island of Cyprus – the place with the highest per capita asylum applications in the EU in 2023.

Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM