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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exatamente, Escobar! a escola apresentou a minha interpretação dos fatos com perfeição.
Escobar fez questão de enfatizar que a escola está apresentando SUA interpretação dos fatos kkkkkk
February 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
exatamente, Escobar! a escola apresentou a minha interpretação dos fatos com perfeição.
- Como vai querer o seu corte?
- Raspado nas laterais e baixo em cima
- Tem certeza?
- Raspado nas laterais e baixo em cima
- Tem certeza?
February 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
- Como vai querer o seu corte?
- Raspado nas laterais e baixo em cima
- Tem certeza?
- Raspado nas laterais e baixo em cima
- Tem certeza?
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More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
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Found a book published last Dec called The New Fascist Body by Dagmar Herzog. In it she explains that far-right movements like the AfD have been successful because of what she calls “sexy racism” combined with an “obsessive hostility to disability.”
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
February 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Found a book published last Dec called The New Fascist Body by Dagmar Herzog. In it she explains that far-right movements like the AfD have been successful because of what she calls “sexy racism” combined with an “obsessive hostility to disability.”
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
publicseminar.org/2025/11/new-...
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Me lembrou a clássica piada do cara na entrevista de emprego:
- Como você é com contas?
- Extremamente rápido.
- Quanto é 238 vezes 582?
O cara responde imediatamente:
- 230552.
O entrevistador usa uma calculadora.
- Você está completamente errado.
- Sim, mas foi rápido.
- Como você é com contas?
- Extremamente rápido.
- Quanto é 238 vezes 582?
O cara responde imediatamente:
- 230552.
O entrevistador usa uma calculadora.
- Você está completamente errado.
- Sim, mas foi rápido.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Me lembrou a clássica piada do cara na entrevista de emprego:
- Como você é com contas?
- Extremamente rápido.
- Quanto é 238 vezes 582?
O cara responde imediatamente:
- 230552.
O entrevistador usa uma calculadora.
- Você está completamente errado.
- Sim, mas foi rápido.
- Como você é com contas?
- Extremamente rápido.
- Quanto é 238 vezes 582?
O cara responde imediatamente:
- 230552.
O entrevistador usa uma calculadora.
- Você está completamente errado.
- Sim, mas foi rápido.
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At least 12 Palestinians killed and more injured in Gaza after Israeli airstrikes
At least 12 Palestinians killed and more injured in Gaza after Israeli airstrikes
Military official says Israel’s attack came in response to violations by Hamas of US-brokered ceasefire agreement
At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several more injured across the Gaza Strip on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes that the military said were carried out in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas.
The Gaza civil defence agency said five people were killed and several others hurt when an airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the northern city of Jabalia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
At least 12 Palestinians killed and more injured in Gaza after Israeli airstrikes
E o que vai ter de jeca que vai
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
E o que vai ter de jeca que vai
Shit that supposed to happen often happen, you know...
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Shit that supposed to happen often happen, you know...
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My humanities division is discussing this MIT study comparing writing w/ (1) AI LLM use, (2) brain + search engine, (3) brain only. Shows deleterious cognitive effects of AI. Higher Ed AI boosters are in an increasing anti-empirical position as the literature grows
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
My humanities division is discussing this MIT study comparing writing w/ (1) AI LLM use, (2) brain + search engine, (3) brain only. Shows deleterious cognitive effects of AI. Higher Ed AI boosters are in an increasing anti-empirical position as the literature grows
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
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If you'd like a brief escape from the global chaos, I recommend reading REEFS OF TIME, my latest book. It will take you to tropical islands to hunt for fossils and underwater to living reefs, which are somehow both fragile and resilient (as are we). #scicomm #nonfiction #coral #fossilfriday
February 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
If you'd like a brief escape from the global chaos, I recommend reading REEFS OF TIME, my latest book. It will take you to tropical islands to hunt for fossils and underwater to living reefs, which are somehow both fragile and resilient (as are we). #scicomm #nonfiction #coral #fossilfriday
380 bilhões e não entrega um ovo numa marmita
Intelligence artificielle : Anthropic vaut désormais 380 milliards de dollars, deux fois plus qu’il y a six mois
Intelligence artificielle : Anthropic vaut désormais 380 milliards de dollars, deux fois plus qu’il y a six mois
L’entreprise américaine d’IA a réalisé une nouvelle levée de fonds auprès de prestigieux investisseurs et poursuit sa course face à son rival OpenAI. Tous deux envisagent une entrée en bourse cette année.
www.liberation.fr
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
380 bilhões e não entrega um ovo numa marmita
Se acontecer em dia de entrega de trabalho acadêmico, poucos sobrevivem ao semestre...
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Se acontecer em dia de entrega de trabalho acadêmico, poucos sobrevivem ao semestre...
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Natália Beauty mandou msg para o diretor avisando que vai atrasar a entrega de sua próxima coluna sobre geopolítica na Folha
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Natália Beauty mandou msg para o diretor avisando que vai atrasar a entrega de sua próxima coluna sobre geopolítica na Folha
Would that be a metsys ralos?
An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to the researchers who discovered it: https://cnn.it/4kze2q7
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Would that be a metsys ralos?
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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
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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.”
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