Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira
@mausellmoli.bsky.social
PhD LatAm Cultural Studies @uniofmanchester.bsky.social “…and world peace” Neurodivergent. Tire suas próprias conclusões e os pratos secos do escorredor. Curiositas ducit.
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Edição 97
Caracas!
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Nesta edição que vou te contar, viu: conquistando e rapando e seguindo a canção com Nicolás e Donald, EUA e Latinoamérica. Um almanaque para ler em pílulas de tempo, com uma jarra refrescante de panela con limón ao lado.
A brilliant title by Reuters.
US pitches 'New Gaza' development plan; Israeli fire kills five Palestinians
The US stated plans for residential towers, data centers and seaside resorts, part of Trump's push to advance a ceasefire shaken by repeated violations. In the Gaza Strip, health officials said Israel...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 AM
A brilliant title by Reuters.
“A new report this morning from the European think tank Ember… shows India—at the same GDP per capita as China in 2011—taking a very different tack in its energy development, with coal use plateauing, and solar power taking off.”
January 22, 2026 at 11:06 PM
“A new report this morning from the European think tank Ember… shows India—at the same GDP per capita as China in 2011—taking a very different tack in its energy development, with coal use plateauing, and solar power taking off.”
Sometimes a cigar is not just a fungus.
Mystery tower fossils may be a whole new kind of life
Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sometimes a cigar is not just a fungus.
Sessenta e dois anos depois da caminhada das tropas de Olímpio Mourão Filho de Minas à capital federal…
Caminhada de Nikolas Ferreira: quem aderiu ao protesto até Brasília
Deputado está desde ontem caminhando na BR 040 e mobiliza aliados em trajeto de 240 km em ato político em defesa de Jair Bolsonaro e condenados do 8 de janeiro
www.correiobraziliense.com.br
January 22, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Sessenta e dois anos depois da caminhada das tropas de Olímpio Mourão Filho de Minas à capital federal…
Sinners (Ryan Coogler, 2025)
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Sinners (Ryan Coogler, 2025)
Oração de Tânia Maria tem poder.
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Oração de Tânia Maria tem poder.
You go, Gladys!
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
You go, Gladys!
Mark Carney got elected because of his tough words. Mark Carney drew praise for his fiery speech at Davos. But rhetoric can only take you so far.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Mark Carney got elected because of his tough words. Mark Carney drew praise for his fiery speech at Davos. But rhetoric can only take you so far.
"As philosopher Emily Sullivan put it, to be successful as scientific tools [like AlphaFold], AI models must retain a strong empirical link to already established knowledge. That is, the predictions a model makes must be grounded in what researchers already know about the natural world."
AI cannot automate science – a philosopher explains the uniquely human aspects of doing research
While AI can streamline certain parts of the scientific process, a philosopher argues that it cannot replace human expertise and collaboration.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"As philosopher Emily Sullivan put it, to be successful as scientific tools [like AlphaFold], AI models must retain a strong empirical link to already established knowledge. That is, the predictions a model makes must be grounded in what researchers already know about the natural world."
"The words said: I make America mighty, you Europeans make yourselves weak... The music said: I’m losing my wits, I’m losing my power, and I sort of know it, but:
If they see that you’re blue
They’ll walk out on you
So why oh why should I
Bother to care."
If they see that you’re blue
They’ll walk out on you
So why oh why should I
Bother to care."
Trump Takes His American Decline Tour to Davos
In a sad and seedy music hall performance, a senile autocrat rages against the dimming of his country’s light, as well as his own.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"The words said: I make America mighty, you Europeans make yourselves weak... The music said: I’m losing my wits, I’m losing my power, and I sort of know it, but:
If they see that you’re blue
They’ll walk out on you
So why oh why should I
Bother to care."
If they see that you’re blue
They’ll walk out on you
So why oh why should I
Bother to care."
"As projeções com os cenários SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) mostram que, até 2050, mesmo em um cenário intermediário de aquecimento, o Nordeste pode perder cerca de 36% dessas áreas adequadas. No cenário mais extremo, projetado para 2070, a redução pode chegar a 58%."
Carlos Nobre: Aquecimento global ameaça mais da metade do cultivo de caju no Nordeste
Estudos sobre mudanças climáticas indicam que, até 2070, o Nordeste pode perder mais da metade das áreas adequadas ao cultivo do caju, símbolo econômico e cultural do semiárido brasileiro, em decorrên...
www.uol.com.br
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"As projeções com os cenários SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) mostram que, até 2050, mesmo em um cenário intermediário de aquecimento, o Nordeste pode perder cerca de 36% dessas áreas adequadas. No cenário mais extremo, projetado para 2070, a redução pode chegar a 58%."
Cai o rei de espadas, cai o rei de ouros...
Banco Central decreta liquidação extrajudicial da Will Financeira, do conglomerado Master
Liquidação foi motivada pelo descumprimento da grade de pagamentos com a Mastercard
www.jota.info
January 21, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Cai o rei de espadas, cai o rei de ouros...
Como você chama uma pessoa –– um líder de estado laranja ––que acredita que o tamanho da Groenlândia no Mercator é pra valer?
The trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on an illusion
Who dares tell the US president the Arctic island he covets is not as big as it seems?
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Como você chama uma pessoa –– um líder de estado laranja ––que acredita que o tamanho da Groenlândia no Mercator é pra valer?
China is leading the way like it or not: "As the oversupply of Chinese panels has spilled into the international market, the bizarre dynamics have spread with them. Just as in Shandong Province, negative prices for electricity have also become common in Germany, thanks to Chinese panels."
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
A global onslaught of cheap Chinese green power is upending everything in its path. No one is ready for its repercussions.
www.wired.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
China is leading the way like it or not: "As the oversupply of Chinese panels has spilled into the international market, the bizarre dynamics have spread with them. Just as in Shandong Province, negative prices for electricity have also become common in Germany, thanks to Chinese panels."
Não deixa de ser mais um round de Filhos x Michelle.
O recuo de Tarcísio da visita que faria a Bolsonaro foi motivado por uma guinada na pauta do encontro. Depois que Flávio declarou que o pai dele trataria de apoio à sua candidatura, o governador desmarcou a ida a Brasília.
Contamos aqui os bastidores 👇
www.estadao.com.br/politica/o-q...
Contamos aqui os bastidores 👇
www.estadao.com.br/politica/o-q...
O que levou Tarcísio a adiar visita a Bolsonaro na prisão; leia bastidor
Governador vem manifestando incômodo com cobranças por apoio à candidatura presidencial de Flávio Bolsonaro; lideranças da direita leem cancelamento de agenda como ‘falta de comprometimento’
www.estadao.com.br
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Não deixa de ser mais um round de Filhos x Michelle.
Temples of doom in Nia Da Costa’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Ted Post’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Temples of doom in Nia Da Costa’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Ted Post’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Let’s say it as it is, shall we?
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Let’s say it as it is, shall we?
Acertei o Girão, não acredito! Morda o chapéu, @npto.bsky.social! #ForodeTeresina
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Acertei o Girão, não acredito! Morda o chapéu, @npto.bsky.social! #ForodeTeresina
The main reason the press cannot cover him (and his staff and pundits) as usual is that he does not operate in reality as everyone else does.
Trump, making stuff up: "We have steel plants being built all over the country. Nobody thought they'd see that."
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The main reason the press cannot cover him (and his staff and pundits) as usual is that he does not operate in reality as everyone else does.
To quote George Lakoff, whose freedom?
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Okay, let's go over the movies DW Griffith made that his supporters have tried to frame as "apologies" for BIRTH OF A NATION.
INTOLERANCE (1916) is usually the first one named, which is absurd because of the film itself and the accompanying tract Griffith wrote making clear *he* was the victim.
INTOLERANCE (1916) is usually the first one named, which is absurd because of the film itself and the accompanying tract Griffith wrote making clear *he* was the victim.
January 21, 2026 at 1:40 PM
To quote George Lakoff, whose freedom?
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O Tarantino tem fetiche por pé mas só o KMF foi capaz de fazer um filme inteiro sobre pernas.
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 AM
O Tarantino tem fetiche por pé mas só o KMF foi capaz de fazer um filme inteiro sobre pernas.
CEOs warn on emotions.
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 PM
CEOs warn on emotions.
“We come from a different region.”
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“We come from a different region.”
Exactly.
Gorka: "Read a little bit of history. What happened when another nation tried to encroach on Greenland and in fact invaded Denmark? The Third Reich"
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Exactly.