Gabriela Arguedas
@gabyarguedas.bsky.social
Professor. University of Costa Rica. #Bioethics #STS #Feminism #Decolonial
"Either way, the concentration of wealth at the very top is much higher now than it ever was during the Gilded Age. And these are numbers from last year, before the SpaceX IPO. The robber barons were pikers compared with today’s oligarchs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-n...
Meet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old Bosses
The second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first
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Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.
Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.
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When octopuses are stressed, they retreat into hiding to avoid attention, showcasing their unique coping mechanisms in the ocean's depths.
@desarias.bsky.social Thank you for your powerful intervention at the presidential session #LASA2026 Here's the link to the YouTube streaming www.youtube.com/live/NlSOvXx...
Democracias violentas
YouTube video by Latin American Studies Association
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Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were targets of a “weaponized” legal system. https://wapo.st/3Ree3Wd
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Writing for the IJFAB Blog
The IJFAB Blog editors are always seeking new submissions for the blog. Here is an update of who the editors are, how to contact us, some general guidelines for blog posts, and an open call for creati...
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I don’t think Peter Thiel’s network has received enough attention for having elevated Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson. Exhibit A is Tucker’s weird softball interview of Wilson in May 2024 at a time when Tucker’s media company was still backed by 1789 Capital. 1/
The latest episode of FAB Gab is out with @gabyarguedas.bsky.social about her paper "Dead Food, the Political Economy of Disease and Climate Injustice: Cynical Reason and Decolonial Feminist Bioethics" in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics special issue on Climate Change.
FAB Gab Episode 3
The latest episode of FAB Gab is out. In it we talk to Gabriela Arguedas-Ramírez about her paper "Dead Food, the Political Economy of Disease and Climate Injustice: Cynical Reason and Decolonial Femin...
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The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
Israel killed an average of at least 47 girls and women per day in Gaza. A new analysis published by the United Nations shows that more than 38,000 girls and women were killed in between October 2023 and December 2025.
More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women | UN Women – Headquarters
Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.
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many americans demonstrated repeatedly that the thing that would get them to participate in politics was to be told by a television celebrity that they could be rich and it was good to abuse the weak
“To reduce the number of people stymied by paperwork and red tape, New York State has been working to automatically certify residents who are already fulfilling the requirements, by accessing information not only from state databases but from payroll providers.”
Trump and New York Are in a Tug of War Over Medicaid Coverage
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue. Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter’s message of hope as a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after being crucified.
Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
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I have no proofs, but I have zero doubts
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 6mo ago“The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed…that Elon Musk had deliberately encouraged outrage over X's Grok AI chatbot, which was generating images of naked women & girls without their consent, in order to 'artificially' boost the company's value.” 3/21/26
We have known what causes TB since 1882, and yet it remains the world's deadliest infectious disease. In a new piece for Project Syndicate, our Co-Director Sharonann Lynch and ASLM's Anafi Mataka argue the missing pieces are political. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...
Solving the Tuberculosis Puzzle
Anafi Mataka & Sharonann Lynch foresee near-point-of-care tests narrowing the diagnostic gap – so long as there is sufficient political will.
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Has anyone asked Utah Senate Mike Lee about this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
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New WHO nPOC TB test recommendations are out — what do they mean for #GlobalFund GC8 proposals? Join the DEC & Stop TB for Session 2 of the DEC Study Club on 18 March to find out. 🌐 English & French interpretation available. Register: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qCMA1JulSamJ77yj-lcSbw
What happens when the next pandemic hits? Yesterday we put that question to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jason Gale, Dr. Nina Schwalbe, Dr. Stephanie Psaki, and Prof. Rebecca Katz — chaired by our Director Prof. Matthew Kavanagh. Watch the full recording 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_OU...
What Happens When The Next Pandemic Hits?
YouTube video by Georgetown Ctr for Global Health Policy & Politics
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The “Save America Act” says that all states “shall” submit their voter registration lists to the DHS’s “SAVE” voter purge program, which has error rates as high as 14% & relies on data from SSA whose databases were mishandled by DOGE. I include this & other parts of the Act in my 8-point summary. 1/
“Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis” 2/17/26 www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/w...
Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNN
Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do...
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BREAKING: Per WaPo, a new whistleblower report alleges a former DOGE member said he kept his SSA computer & credentials, giving him “God-level” access to Social Security systems. Meanwhile, Trump wants to force every state to rely on SSA data for voter roll purges under the SAVE America Act. 1/
Per the latest whistleblower report, an “ex-DOGE bro…may have the ability to EDIT & MANIPULATE data at the [SSA]….,’ said Rep. Robert Garcia…” The article omits that DOGE also helped build the DHS’s voter purge system—which relies on SSA data—& that Trump is trying to force all states to use it. 1/
DOGE Goon Took Social Security Data With Him, Whistleblower Says
The Social Security data of millions of Americans could be at risk.
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NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed. Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)
Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say
About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
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