I hope there are whole majors dedicated to the study of news written in the exonerative case in the future because it's really an art

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

Out today: bti-project.org/en/ #BTI #TransformationIndex #Angola

This coming Thu 26/03 the @bertelsmannst.bsky.social Transformation Index 2026 drops. Stay tuned for updated, comparative country info on democratic and economic status, incl. obvs on #Angola...

Newly-elected Mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social rides toward City Hall on Vélib bike-share, waving to applauding Parisians after his election victory. Important messaging as he succeeds @annehidalgo.bsky.social as leader for the next era of better city-building for people.

Tecnografias #1 | Working the system: Uma etnografia política da ‘Nova Angola' | Jon SCHUBERT YouTube video by Sci-Tech Asia Transnational Research Network

e quem quiser mais informação, confire a conversa aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjk...

O Sistema - Uma Etnografia Política da Nova Angola

ou aqui: www.almedina.net/o-sistema-um...

O Sistema de Jon Schubert - Livro - WOOK Compre o livro O Sistema de Jon Schubert em wook.pt. Livro com 10% de desconto e portes grátis.

Entretanto pode ser adquirido aqui: www.wook.pt/livro/o-sist...

Portuguese/Global Urban Studies – Estudos Urbanos Portugueses/Globais 22-24 April 2026, Lisbon Portuguese/Global Urban Studies – Estudos Urbanos Portugueses/Globais 22-24 April 2026, Lisbon ICS-ULisboa and ISCTE-IUL (building 4) New submission deadline: October 31, 2025 / Novo prazo pa…

Lançamentos em Lisboa (23 de Abril, no quadro da Conferência de Estudos Urbanos urbantransitionshub.org/events/portu...), e em Luanda, Huambo e Benguela na primeira metade de Maio (datas exactas a seguir)

Book cover/capa ‘O sistema’ Schubert/ICS 2026

Modern cargo bikes don't replace bicycles, they replace cars. If you haven't ridden since childhood, the capability will shock you.

Groceries are the perfect gateway errand for daily mobility. The bikes are ready. We just need the infrastructure.

"World's most important mayoral election" might sound like an exaggeration, but it isn't.

The standard Paris has set for public space provision shows what is possible for cities everywhere, and this election will determine whether that positive trend will continue. Good luck @egregoire.bsky.social.

falta pouco... www.ics.ulisboa.pt/livros/o-sis...
O #sistema: etnografia política da nova #Angola
informação sobre os lançamentos a seguir.

surpris ET en colère

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Thinking through material incompletion In an era of accelerated urban development driven by future orientation—what does incompletion do and what are its social effects? Based on ethnographic work in Lobito, Zurich and Delhi, we push ba...

Very happy to see the first output of a particularly productive and joyful co-writing process out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
with @nitin-bathla.bsky.social and @sabrinastallone.bsky.social
First (probably incomplete) thoughts on incomplete projects.

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

People’s electric bills are tripling and quadrupling because of data centers.

We can’t buy RAM or Hard Drives because of data centers.

Black communities are suffocating in generator exhaust because of data centers.

And OpenAI is raising $100 BILLION in venture capital to accelerate it all.

Ethnographies of Joy: A Definitionless Dictionary in the Shadow of Impending Global Fascism Invitation to join a series of (virtual and in-person) gatherings Exhausted by academic writing that mistakes joyless seriousness for rigour? Suffocated by the writing voice you’ve somehow adopted aga...

For those who want joy... deadline approaching with intent
easaonline.org/event/ethnog...

Fight for Full State Funding of CUNY FY 2027 - PSC CUNY

There is a really obvious solution, and that requires TAXING THE RICH. Because, the people who know best where these funds are needed, and how best to spend them, are the people working to teach the students themselves. Those who, genuinely want to be a part of a special place of learning,

Ah FFS, VUB! what’s with the 0.1fte positions? 🙄

What is Critique? EASA LAWNET - Allegra webinar series - Allegra Lab From February 13 to 29 May 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might it still accomplish? This question

What is critique?
Starts tomorrow, 4pm CET: allegralaboratory.net/what-is-crit...

Zu den zahlreichen bevorstehenden 🇨🇭 Kommunalwahlen:
Die SVP ist die Partei, die Kriegsverbrecher Putin unterstützt, dem kriminellen Trump nacheifert, bekennende Neonazis in ihren Reihen hat und mehr verurteile Straftäter beherbergt, als jede andere Partei.
Kein Vertreter dieser Bande ist wählbar!

Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you

Ethnographies of Joy: A Definitionless Dictionary in the Shadow of Impending Global Fascism - Allegra Lab Invitation to join to a series of (virtual/in-place) gatherings Exhausted by academic writing that mistakes joyless seriousness for rigour?Suffocated by

allegralaboratory.net/ethnographie...
We’ve cooked up something…

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Also there are so many cool free learning resources yay. F AI slop forever, learn real shit from real people.

Maybe @juliebillaud.bsky.social might have an idea?

majorly crushing article reviews today... TGIF.

9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.