Antonio Barros
@antbarros.bsky.social
Professor de Teoria Literária na UFRGS. Editor do site Carbono: www.ufrgs.br/carbono - @carbonoufrgs.bsky.social
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“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.”
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Chegou o v. 15. Artigos de Patrice Maniglier sobre a Venezuela; de @parismarx.com sobre carros elétricos; e de @drtanksley.bsky.social sobre EdTech e desigualdades. Resenha de @jacobbacharach.bsky.social sobre "Enshittification". Ótima entrevista com Dave Beech sobre arte e valor 👇
ufrgs.br/carbono
ufrgs.br/carbono
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Chegou o v. 15. Artigos de Patrice Maniglier sobre a Venezuela; de @parismarx.com sobre carros elétricos; e de @drtanksley.bsky.social sobre EdTech e desigualdades. Resenha de @jacobbacharach.bsky.social sobre "Enshittification". Ótima entrevista com Dave Beech sobre arte e valor 👇
ufrgs.br/carbono
ufrgs.br/carbono
Lincoln Michel is definitely worth reading
I wrote about why I'm skeptical of that AI author earning six figures pumping out 200 books a year story, but also about how authors might need to surf above the waves of slop countercraft.substack.com/p/surfs-up-i...
Surf's Up in Slop City
How should authors navigate a world with disappearing books coverage and a rising flood of AI slop books?
countercraft.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Lincoln Michel is definitely worth reading
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Reading Marx and drinking Guinness
How is David Harvey more lucid at 90 than almost any person I've ever met?
Behind the News: How Capital Works w/ David Harvey
open.spotify.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Reading Marx and drinking Guinness
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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As AI reshapes how governments analyze public input and write laws, questions of transparency and democratic legitimacy loom large, Chris-Stokel Walker reports for Tech Policy Press.
Governments Are Using AI To Draft Legislation. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The power of AI to parse public responses or draft legislation is recognized worldwide. But how should lawmakers and leaders use the tech?
www.techpolicy.press
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
As AI reshapes how governments analyze public input and write laws, questions of transparency and democratic legitimacy loom large, Chris-Stokel Walker reports for Tech Policy Press.
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Forget Abundance. This is Scorched Earth.
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Forget Abundance. This is Scorched Earth.
Pra que usar IA pra ilustrar essa notícia, bróder?
🇧🇷 Câmara aprova projetos que institucionalizam o Carnaval como período cristão.
Um dos projetos cria a Semana Nacional de Retiros Culturais, com atividades gospel entre a sexta e a quarta de Cinzas. Já o outro reconhece Campina Grande (PB) como a cidade que mais reúne cristãos durante o feriado.
Um dos projetos cria a Semana Nacional de Retiros Culturais, com atividades gospel entre a sexta e a quarta de Cinzas. Já o outro reconhece Campina Grande (PB) como a cidade que mais reúne cristãos durante o feriado.
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Pra que usar IA pra ilustrar essa notícia, bróder?
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Deixamos Gaza acontecer, agora todos podemos ser Gaza
Cuba also announced that it is out of aviation fuel after today. Many essential medicines and supplies arrive by plane. The water system in Havana is so dilapidated that most of it leaks into the ground. Water is delivered by trucks for many residents. When that ends, people could start dying.
Mexico Confirms It Won't Ship Any More Oil to Fuel-Starved Cuba
Mexico has halted its oil shipments to Cuba given Donald Trump’s tariff threat, its president acknowledged while pledging to continue sending humanitarian aid to th…
financialpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Deixamos Gaza acontecer, agora todos podemos ser Gaza
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The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
This is the kind of trash that feeds Bezos' pockets. Its pretty much like using literature just like the camera device of your phone in order to make quick money out of viral contents. Mark McGurl's book is more accurate than ever after AI
February 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is the kind of trash that feeds Bezos' pockets. Its pretty much like using literature just like the camera device of your phone in order to make quick money out of viral contents. Mark McGurl's book is more accurate than ever after AI
"A Voz de Hind Rajab" é uma coisa absolutamente devastadora. Um filme que expõe a hipocrisia e o cinismo de Israel, além de escancarar ainda mais o genocídio palestino.
February 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"A Voz de Hind Rajab" é uma coisa absolutamente devastadora. Um filme que expõe a hipocrisia e o cinismo de Israel, além de escancarar ainda mais o genocídio palestino.
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“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”
As U.S. moves to block oil supply, Cubans wonder how they’ll survive deepening energy crisis
Anxieties simmered in Havana on Friday, a day after Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned that U.S. efforts to block oil supplies would take a heavy toll on the Caribbean nation and asked Cubans to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”
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Terrorizing a county of 10 million people just because Marco Rubio can
“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”
As U.S. moves to block oil supply, Cubans wonder how they’ll survive deepening energy crisis
Anxieties simmered in Havana on Friday, a day after Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned that U.S. efforts to block oil supplies would take a heavy toll on the Caribbean nation and asked Cubans to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Terrorizing a county of 10 million people just because Marco Rubio can
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“Essa eleição vai ser uma guerra, e vamos de nos preparar para para não poder deixar a mentira governar este país. Eu quero que vocês saibam que eu estou motivado para cacete, porque o que está em jogo neste país não são só as eleições“. (Lula, durante encontro nacional do PT na Bahia)
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Essa eleição vai ser uma guerra, e vamos de nos preparar para para não poder deixar a mentira governar este país. Eu quero que vocês saibam que eu estou motivado para cacete, porque o que está em jogo neste país não são só as eleições“. (Lula, durante encontro nacional do PT na Bahia)
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“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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A AWS é a maior provedora desse tipo de serviço no mundo. Se ela falha, ou se o governo dos EUA manda falhar (ver livro Underground Empire), isso repercute na rede mundial. Está na hora de o resto do mundo botar a cabeça pra pensar numa alternativa porque isso é infraestrutura estratégica.
Pix fora do ar? Entenda como a nuvem da Amazon afeta bancos e pagamentos
Falhas em serviços da AWS geram efeito cascata em aplicativos bancários e evidenciam como o sistema de pagamentos depende de infraestrutura global
exame.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A AWS é a maior provedora desse tipo de serviço no mundo. Se ela falha, ou se o governo dos EUA manda falhar (ver livro Underground Empire), isso repercute na rede mundial. Está na hora de o resto do mundo botar a cabeça pra pensar numa alternativa porque isso é infraestrutura estratégica.
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The degree to which both of these people are so completely full of shit, name checking things they have no understanding of, free associating “deep thoughts” & yet so perfectly confident in their half-assed knowledge, helps clarify why the entire elite class is so desperate to get us all on ChatGPT
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The degree to which both of these people are so completely full of shit, name checking things they have no understanding of, free associating “deep thoughts” & yet so perfectly confident in their half-assed knowledge, helps clarify why the entire elite class is so desperate to get us all on ChatGPT
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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Hard to see how AI data center buildout has much to do w/serving the public good. Which, to me, puts into question the true motivations behind Abundance-aligned "permitting reform" where "affordability" is a rhetorical strategy to justify energy/tech developer demands & interests--not the public's.
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Hard to see how AI data center buildout has much to do w/serving the public good. Which, to me, puts into question the true motivations behind Abundance-aligned "permitting reform" where "affordability" is a rhetorical strategy to justify energy/tech developer demands & interests--not the public's.
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AI data centers are increasingly not just leaning on (behind-the-meter) natural gas-fired power (in part to evade regulatory oversight), but particularly dirty forms of natural-gas fired power.
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
AI data centers are increasingly not just leaning on (behind-the-meter) natural gas-fired power (in part to evade regulatory oversight), but particularly dirty forms of natural-gas fired power.
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The AI data center "buildout is overwhelmingly powered by natural gas." Despite claims re: alternative generation, "the equipment actually being installed in 2025 and 2026 is almost entirely gas-fired. Renewable capacity, where committed, is scheduled for 2028 or later. Nuclear is a decade away."
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The AI data center "buildout is overwhelmingly powered by natural gas." Despite claims re: alternative generation, "the equipment actually being installed in 2025 and 2026 is almost entirely gas-fired. Renewable capacity, where committed, is scheduled for 2028 or later. Nuclear is a decade away."
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A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."