Luis Ferreira Moita
@lferreiramoita.bsky.social
MD by training, scientist by passion and design.
Ciência: o pilar da saúde e o compromisso com o futuro www.publico.pt/2025/11/24/c...
Ciência: o pilar da saúde e o compromisso com o futuro
A promoção do diálogo entre a investigação fundamental e aplicada é crítica, e pode ser feita na área da saúde pela aproximação entre o ambiente académico e hospitalar.
www.publico.pt
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ciência: o pilar da saúde e o compromisso com o futuro www.publico.pt/2025/11/24/c...
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This paper won´t be popular for many people...
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging: Cell Metabolism www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging: Cell Metabolism www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not impair tissue integrity and function or
accelerate aging, as shown in a mouse model with an 85% decrease in muscle NAD+ levels.
Muscle structure, metabolism, ...
www.cell.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This paper won´t be popular for many people...
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging: Cell Metabolism www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging: Cell Metabolism www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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this is peak German directness about AI and copyright. beautiful summary
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is peak German directness about AI and copyright. beautiful summary
Critical reading - enough with the #microbiome and #autism nonsense! @wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism: Neuron www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism: Neuron www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Critical reading - enough with the #microbiome and #autism nonsense! @wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism: Neuron www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism: Neuron www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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In his book “Helgoland,” the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli cites the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna as an influence on his work. “By renouncing ‘primary’ entities or any ‘ultimate absolute reality,’ we can better make sense of the world.” www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality | Quanta Magazine
The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In his book “Helgoland,” the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli cites the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna as an influence on his work. “By renouncing ‘primary’ entities or any ‘ultimate absolute reality,’ we can better make sense of the world.” www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
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October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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“The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google—and even the newer AI labs such as OpenAI—have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout.”
Worth a read!
Worth a read!
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google—and even the newer AI labs such as OpenAI—have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout.”
Worth a read!
Worth a read!
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“.. Staying on X when it has become so toxic and ungovernable suggests either weakness or complete naivety. We are living in a world of many malevolent geopolitical actors. Musk’s X is one such actor.”
@drjennings.bsky.social
@lorak.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
@drjennings.bsky.social
@lorak.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“.. Staying on X when it has become so toxic and ungovernable suggests either weakness or complete naivety. We are living in a world of many malevolent geopolitical actors. Musk’s X is one such actor.”
@drjennings.bsky.social
@lorak.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
@drjennings.bsky.social
@lorak.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Just to be super clear, if you’re phoning in your peer review to ai you should quit your job so someone else who actually likes science can have it.
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Just to be super clear, if you’re phoning in your peer review to ai you should quit your job so someone else who actually likes science can have it.
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I told @davekarpf.bsky.social not to read Yudkowsky's awful new book. He didn't listen, but now you can all benefit from our shared misery. 😁
In lieu of turning this thread into a book review, I turned it into a hate-read-book-club conversation with @adambecker.bsky.social.
"Here Lies Humanity, Dead by Fancy Autocomplete"
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
"Here Lies Humanity, Dead by Fancy Autocomplete"
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I told @davekarpf.bsky.social not to read Yudkowsky's awful new book. He didn't listen, but now you can all benefit from our shared misery. 😁
Is it 2007 all over again?
I just posted this graph on bluesky this week: I think it was very illuminating of the bubbly state of AI recently.
For example
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is it 2007 all over again?
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I just posted this graph on bluesky this week: I think it was very illuminating of the bubbly state of AI recently.
For example
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I just posted this graph on bluesky this week: I think it was very illuminating of the bubbly state of AI recently.
He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h...
He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h...
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Renewing my yearly bet on Cooper/Miller for the Nobels.
One might think that I would learn after being wrong so many times, but one would be mistaken.
laskerfoundation.org/winners/b-an...
One might think that I would learn after being wrong so many times, but one would be mistaken.
laskerfoundation.org/winners/b-an...
B and T cells—the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system - Lasker Foundation
For their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells – a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system and launched the course of...
laskerfoundation.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Renewing my yearly bet on Cooper/Miller for the Nobels.
One might think that I would learn after being wrong so many times, but one would be mistaken.
laskerfoundation.org/winners/b-an...
One might think that I would learn after being wrong so many times, but one would be mistaken.
laskerfoundation.org/winners/b-an...
Wonderful session yesterday! @cyrilpedia.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wonderful session yesterday! @cyrilpedia.bsky.social
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RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)
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This captures much of the frustration of today.
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This captures much of the frustration of today.
Dwarkesh gets schooled by Richard Sutton (Father of RL) on LLMs…! Obviouly, LLMs are not the way forward and their capabilities are hiting a wall. There is an AI bubble! @adambecker.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/d...
Dwarkesh Podcast
Technology Podcast · Updated weekly · Deeply researched interviews
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September 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dwarkesh gets schooled by Richard Sutton (Father of RL) on LLMs…! Obviouly, LLMs are not the way forward and their capabilities are hiting a wall. There is an AI bubble! @adambecker.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/d...
The Nobel Prize season is fast approaching. Here are my two top predictions/bets for Physiology or Medicine (what else? 😉) in 2025:
1. Zhijian Chen, Andrea Ablasser & Glen N. Barber for: "cGAS-STING pathway";
2. Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener & @danieljdrucker.bsky.social for: " GLP-1-based drugs".
1. Zhijian Chen, Andrea Ablasser & Glen N. Barber for: "cGAS-STING pathway";
2. Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener & @danieljdrucker.bsky.social for: " GLP-1-based drugs".
September 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Nobel Prize season is fast approaching. Here are my two top predictions/bets for Physiology or Medicine (what else? 😉) in 2025:
1. Zhijian Chen, Andrea Ablasser & Glen N. Barber for: "cGAS-STING pathway";
2. Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener & @danieljdrucker.bsky.social for: " GLP-1-based drugs".
1. Zhijian Chen, Andrea Ablasser & Glen N. Barber for: "cGAS-STING pathway";
2. Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener & @danieljdrucker.bsky.social for: " GLP-1-based drugs".
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
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September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
America is still out there, somewhere...:
Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
America is still out there, somewhere...:
Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...
Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...