Luís António Santos
@luissantos.bsky.social
Curious. Portuguese. Born in Mozambique. Used to be a journalist. Now a university professor. Into new forms and formats for journalism. And sound production.
Já ninguém quer saber de cordões sanitários…
Welcome to the new European Parliament.
This week, by relying on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules, the center-right EPP signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
This week, by relying on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules, the center-right EPP signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Já ninguém quer saber de cordões sanitários…
Calma! Não é um Ministério da Propaganda.
Ainda é só uma Direção de Serviços 🤯
www.publico.pt/2025/11/14/p...
Ainda é só uma Direção de Serviços 🤯
www.publico.pt/2025/11/14/p...
Governo quer profissionalizar conteúdos institucionais, mas refuta ideia de “central de comunicação”
Executivo pretende que nova estrutura de comunicação se inpire nas “boas práticas” das instituições europeias e refuta ideia de “central de comunicação” e de definição de narrativas políticas.
www.publico.pt
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Calma! Não é um Ministério da Propaganda.
Ainda é só uma Direção de Serviços 🤯
www.publico.pt/2025/11/14/p...
Ainda é só uma Direção de Serviços 🤯
www.publico.pt/2025/11/14/p...
"São já conhecidos os trabalhos finalistas da 18.ª edição dos Prémios de Ciberjornalismo, que entram agora na fase de votação do público, até 16 de novembro."
obciber.com/2025/11/14/v...
obciber.com/2025/11/14/v...
Votação para os Prémios de Ciberjornalismo 2025
São já conhecidos os trabalhos finalistas da 18.ª edição dos Prémios de Ciberjornalismo, que entram agora na fase de votação do público, até 16 de novembro. Depois das escolhas do júri, é agora a v…
obciber.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"São já conhecidos os trabalhos finalistas da 18.ª edição dos Prémios de Ciberjornalismo, que entram agora na fase de votação do público, até 16 de novembro."
obciber.com/2025/11/14/v...
obciber.com/2025/11/14/v...
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the second-most cited factor, leading to 31,039 job cuts as companies continue to restructure and automate. AI has been cited for 48,414 job cuts this year."
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the second-most cited factor, leading to 31,039 job cuts as companies continue to restructure and automate. AI has been cited for 48,414 job cuts this year."
"The BBC suffered a thirty-per-cent cut, in real terms, to its budget between 2010 and 2024, under the Conservative government, and it is frequently undermined by politicians of all sides."
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Mess at the BBC Will Never End
The public broadcaster desperately needs the public to believe in it. Between its own stumbles and ceaseless right-wing hostility, it is in danger of losing its way.
www.newyorker.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"The BBC suffered a thirty-per-cent cut, in real terms, to its budget between 2010 and 2024, under the Conservative government, and it is frequently undermined by politicians of all sides."
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
"The European Democracy Shield will present actions across three main pillars: 1) safeguarding the integrity of the information space; 2) strengthening our institutions, fair and free elections, and free and independent media; and 3) boosting societal resilience and citizens' engagement."
EU Commission "democracy shield" plans
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
European Democracy Shield and EU Strategy for Civil Society pave the way for stronger and more resilient democracies
The Commission has presented today the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU. An open civ...
ec.europa.eu
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"The European Democracy Shield will present actions across three main pillars: 1) safeguarding the integrity of the information space; 2) strengthening our institutions, fair and free elections, and free and independent media; and 3) boosting societal resilience and citizens' engagement."
Brave New World!
"The song, “Walk My Walk,” by an artist known as Breaking Rust, is now No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. But the brooding, gravel-voiced cowboy behind the hit doesn’t exist. At least, not in the traditional sense."
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
"The song, “Walk My Walk,” by an artist known as Breaking Rust, is now No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. But the brooding, gravel-voiced cowboy behind the hit doesn’t exist. At least, not in the traditional sense."
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
AI country singer Breaking Rust tops Billboard with ‘Walk My Walk’
A country hit made by artificial intelligence has climbed to the top of a Billboard chart — a first for the genre.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Brave New World!
"The song, “Walk My Walk,” by an artist known as Breaking Rust, is now No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. But the brooding, gravel-voiced cowboy behind the hit doesn’t exist. At least, not in the traditional sense."
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
"The song, “Walk My Walk,” by an artist known as Breaking Rust, is now No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. But the brooding, gravel-voiced cowboy behind the hit doesn’t exist. At least, not in the traditional sense."
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Quem sabe, saberá.
Tó Madeira...o 'cromo' mítico que existiu e deixou de existir.
(Excelente a ideia do Luís Franco Bastos; primeiro episódio aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbY...)
Tó Madeira...o 'cromo' mítico que existiu e deixou de existir.
(Excelente a ideia do Luís Franco Bastos; primeiro episódio aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbY...)
TÓ MADEIRA | EP1 - “European Striker of the Year”
YouTube video by Betclic Portugal 🔞
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Quem sabe, saberá.
Tó Madeira...o 'cromo' mítico que existiu e deixou de existir.
(Excelente a ideia do Luís Franco Bastos; primeiro episódio aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbY...)
Tó Madeira...o 'cromo' mítico que existiu e deixou de existir.
(Excelente a ideia do Luís Franco Bastos; primeiro episódio aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbY...)
"we conduct a systematic review of 445 LLM benchmarks from leading conferences in natural language processing and machine learning. Across the reviewed articles, we find patterns related to the measured phenomena, tasks, and scoring metrics which undermine the validity of the resulting claims."
I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"we conduct a systematic review of 445 LLM benchmarks from leading conferences in natural language processing and machine learning. Across the reviewed articles, we find patterns related to the measured phenomena, tasks, and scoring metrics which undermine the validity of the resulting claims."
(Rooting for you, my friends...)
"Americans are becoming aware of what we’re losing. And we are starting to demand it back. That’s Tuesday’s real victory."
(via @rbreich.bsky.social)
robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
"Americans are becoming aware of what we’re losing. And we are starting to demand it back. That’s Tuesday’s real victory."
(via @rbreich.bsky.social)
robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
Sunday thought: A beginning
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
(Rooting for you, my friends...)
"Americans are becoming aware of what we’re losing. And we are starting to demand it back. That’s Tuesday’s real victory."
(via @rbreich.bsky.social)
robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
"Americans are becoming aware of what we’re losing. And we are starting to demand it back. That’s Tuesday’s real victory."
(via @rbreich.bsky.social)
robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
"Cable outlets’ incentives to center cultural conflict influence politics: constituencies exogenously more exposed to cable news assign greater importance to cultural issues, and politicians respond by supplying more cultural ads."
sites.harvard.edu/aakaash-rao/...
sites.harvard.edu/aakaash-rao/...
Job Market Paper
The Business of the Culture War
We link the contemporary American “culture war” to changes in media technologies in the 1980s and to the cable news networks which responded to the new incentives of...
sites.harvard.edu
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Cable outlets’ incentives to center cultural conflict influence politics: constituencies exogenously more exposed to cable news assign greater importance to cultural issues, and politicians respond by supplying more cultural ads."
sites.harvard.edu/aakaash-rao/...
sites.harvard.edu/aakaash-rao/...
American Politics. In One photo.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
American Politics. In One photo.
Repeat a lie. It will still be a lie. Eventually most people will see it.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Repeat a lie. It will still be a lie. Eventually most people will see it.
"These figures indicate a clear imbalance of content promoted on the platform, with right-wing voices dominating and the algorithm pushing posts to new users that don't align with their interests."
For nine months, the formidable @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and I have been investigating if X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Our findings suggest it does: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"These figures indicate a clear imbalance of content promoted on the platform, with right-wing voices dominating and the algorithm pushing posts to new users that don't align with their interests."
"Conditioning funding on commitments to public service values would help to ensure decentralized social networks safeguard democracy, fundamental rights, and other public interests over the long term."
“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press
Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.
www.techpolicy.press
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Conditioning funding on commitments to public service values would help to ensure decentralized social networks safeguard democracy, fundamental rights, and other public interests over the long term."
'Olha, que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça...'
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
'Olha, que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça...'
"(...) we have public man-made death. And the cruelty and lethality will only grow as the Administration expands its rollback of public-health advances to the homeland."
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 12:17 PM
"(...) we have public man-made death. And the cruelty and lethality will only grow as the Administration expands its rollback of public-health advances to the homeland."
"Quanto ao colégio, revela o site, diz-se empenhado “numa educação integral e humanista” e inspirado “pelos valores do Evangelho e pelo testemunho de Francisco de Assis”."
expresso.pt/sociedade/se...
expresso.pt/sociedade/se...
Grupo investigado por discurso de ódio organiza congresso em auditório de colégio católico do Porto. Instituição demarca-se do evento
Reconquista alugou o auditório Francisco de Assis, do Colégio Luso-Francês, para o próximo sábado. E tem convidados da extrema-direita dos EUA, Alemanha e França. Coordenador do auditório diz que não ...
expresso.pt
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Quanto ao colégio, revela o site, diz-se empenhado “numa educação integral e humanista” e inspirado “pelos valores do Evangelho e pelo testemunho de Francisco de Assis”."
expresso.pt/sociedade/se...
expresso.pt/sociedade/se...
Momento 'karma is a bitch' da semana 😆
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Momento 'karma is a bitch' da semana 😆
"What does this tell us? Perhaps that Donald Trump is easily distracted; if he was still slamming news outlets daily for using “Gulf of Mexico,” it’s entirely possible newsroom execs would consider the path of least resistance."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...
Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets
Since the start of summer, "Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms.
www.niemanlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"What does this tell us? Perhaps that Donald Trump is easily distracted; if he was still slamming news outlets daily for using “Gulf of Mexico,” it’s entirely possible newsroom execs would consider the path of least resistance."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...
"The majority of teens (80%) said that professional journalists do not produce information that is “more impartial” than other kinds of content creators online."
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci
“Biased,” “Boring,” “Chaotic,” and “Bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"The majority of teens (80%) said that professional journalists do not produce information that is “more impartial” than other kinds of content creators online."
Estou curioso para perceber 1) se se fala disto nos média nacionais e, sobretudo, 2) como se fala…
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Estou curioso para perceber 1) se se fala disto nos média nacionais e, sobretudo, 2) como se fala…
Please do not betray all this faith in change for the common good…
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Please do not betray all this faith in change for the common good…