João C.
@jcristovao.bsky.social
Left leaning centrist.
Father of 3.
CTO @ lovelystay.com
Father of 3.
CTO @ lovelystay.com
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Só pessoas que nunca tiveram bébés chamam aos seus projectos 'o meu bébé'.
/rant over
/rant over
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Só pessoas que nunca tiveram bébés chamam aos seus projectos 'o meu bébé'.
/rant over
/rant over
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It's crazy how much the answer to a simple question like 'how confident are American consumers feeling about their current situation?' varies depending on how you measure the concept.
Conference Board: "Not as good as a year ago, but still above average."
University of Michigan: "WORST EVER!"
Conference Board: "Not as good as a year ago, but still above average."
University of Michigan: "WORST EVER!"
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's crazy how much the answer to a simple question like 'how confident are American consumers feeling about their current situation?' varies depending on how you measure the concept.
Conference Board: "Not as good as a year ago, but still above average."
University of Michigan: "WORST EVER!"
Conference Board: "Not as good as a year ago, but still above average."
University of Michigan: "WORST EVER!"
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Human laundromats love to fold
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Human laundromats love to fold
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
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This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company.
Utterly despicable.
Utterly despicable.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company.
Utterly despicable.
Utterly despicable.
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easily her least accessible, even most abrasive album but fetch the bolt cutters is such a fucking triumph
Fiona Apple - Heavy Balloon (Official Audio)
YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
easily her least accessible, even most abrasive album but fetch the bolt cutters is such a fucking triumph
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As long as the $$ is good. . .
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/met…
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/met…
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As long as the $$ is good. . .
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/met…
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/met…
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Really good interview about masculinity with @profgalloway.com .
I don't necessarily agree with him on other topics - but on this he leads the way. The fact that we leave the far right 'conquer the attention' of young men to their ranks was not a smart move
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjm...
I don't necessarily agree with him on other topics - but on this he leads the way. The fact that we leave the far right 'conquer the attention' of young men to their ranks was not a smart move
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjm...
Scott Galloway - Empathy for Men Is Not a Zero-Sum Game in "Notes on Being a Man" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Really good interview about masculinity with @profgalloway.com .
I don't necessarily agree with him on other topics - but on this he leads the way. The fact that we leave the far right 'conquer the attention' of young men to their ranks was not a smart move
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjm...
I don't necessarily agree with him on other topics - but on this he leads the way. The fact that we leave the far right 'conquer the attention' of young men to their ranks was not a smart move
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjm...
It's really fun to listen to stock market analysts justifying the high stock valuations of Tesla (before), now Palantir:
'Investors believe on the company, on the *mission*'.
No, they f*cking don't.
There are only 10 stocks growing and holding the market.
It's a herd phenomenon. Winners take all.
'Investors believe on the company, on the *mission*'.
No, they f*cking don't.
There are only 10 stocks growing and holding the market.
It's a herd phenomenon. Winners take all.
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's really fun to listen to stock market analysts justifying the high stock valuations of Tesla (before), now Palantir:
'Investors believe on the company, on the *mission*'.
No, they f*cking don't.
There are only 10 stocks growing and holding the market.
It's a herd phenomenon. Winners take all.
'Investors believe on the company, on the *mission*'.
No, they f*cking don't.
There are only 10 stocks growing and holding the market.
It's a herd phenomenon. Winners take all.
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Sky News’ data and forensics team spent nine months investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies far right and extremist content. Their research has definitively proved that it does. Great work @kaitlintosh.bsky.social @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and other Sky News journalists.
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sky News’ data and forensics team spent nine months investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies far right and extremist content. Their research has definitively proved that it does. Great work @kaitlintosh.bsky.social @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and other Sky News journalists.
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Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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It’s time for Democratic Party leaders and consultants to recognize what is happening and what Mamdani accomplished tonight.
Turn left for the future.
Turn left for the future.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s time for Democratic Party leaders and consultants to recognize what is happening and what Mamdani accomplished tonight.
Turn left for the future.
Turn left for the future.
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Depois do sonso do Leitão Amaro, eis o SE da imigração. Um PM de um partido que tem social democrata no nome e que não demite de imediato um SE com conversas da mais extrema das extremas direitas é um merdas, um ser sem espinha nem princípios
Secretário de Estado sugere que o PS queria mais imigração para ganhar votos, uma tese da extrema-direita americana
Rui Armindo Freitas, secretário de Estado da Imigração, afirmou que está “subjacente” à política de imigração do PS mudar a base social para ganhar votos. Nos EUA, a mesma tese era defendida por Charl...
expresso.pt
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Depois do sonso do Leitão Amaro, eis o SE da imigração. Um PM de um partido que tem social democrata no nome e que não demite de imediato um SE com conversas da mais extrema das extremas direitas é um merdas, um ser sem espinha nem princípios
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Link rot is so endemic and such a critical problem. As far as I'm aware, the vast majority of the Web 1.0 internet is simply gone, uncatalogued even by the Internet Archive, just like the vast bulk of the first decades of television. Overwritten, erased, unrecoverable.
Did you know that, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible?
When Online Content Disappears
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
f.mtr.cool
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Link rot is so endemic and such a critical problem. As far as I'm aware, the vast majority of the Web 1.0 internet is simply gone, uncatalogued even by the Internet Archive, just like the vast bulk of the first decades of television. Overwritten, erased, unrecoverable.
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“Love you all, but there’s a few people in here who have a lot more money than me. And if you’re a billionaire—why are you a billionaire? No hate, but give your money away, shorties.” — Billie Eilish before donating $11.5 Million dollars. Be like Billie.
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Love you all, but there’s a few people in here who have a lot more money than me. And if you’re a billionaire—why are you a billionaire? No hate, but give your money away, shorties.” — Billie Eilish before donating $11.5 Million dollars. Be like Billie.
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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
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Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within
online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be
''objective'', data visualizations ...
dl.acm.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
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If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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OK, this is excellent. Enjoy, American followers! youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...
When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
OK, this is excellent. Enjoy, American followers! youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...
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In the last 72 hours or so Donald Trump has:
• Demolished a large section of the White House
• Posted a video of himself dropping shit on the American people
• Demanded a $230 million payout from his own Department of Justice
Also the federal government is still shut down, but, y’know…
• Demolished a large section of the White House
• Posted a video of himself dropping shit on the American people
• Demanded a $230 million payout from his own Department of Justice
Also the federal government is still shut down, but, y’know…
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the last 72 hours or so Donald Trump has:
• Demolished a large section of the White House
• Posted a video of himself dropping shit on the American people
• Demanded a $230 million payout from his own Department of Justice
Also the federal government is still shut down, but, y’know…
• Demolished a large section of the White House
• Posted a video of himself dropping shit on the American people
• Demanded a $230 million payout from his own Department of Justice
Also the federal government is still shut down, but, y’know…
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New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.