Patrick De Oliveira
@plso.bsky.social
| Historian of France, technology, and cities | e/ludd | 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇫🇷🇸🇬🇪🇸 | You can find out more about me at http://www.patrickdeoliveira.com | ICE is a terrorist organization |
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Patrick De Oliveira
@plso.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Hi all!
Today @mitpress.bsky.social releases "Ascending Republic: The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France."
Order it from your favorite retailer here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254980...
Or, even better, ask your library to add it to its collections.
Any questions, just let me know!
Today @mitpress.bsky.social releases "Ascending Republic: The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France."
Order it from your favorite retailer here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254980...
Or, even better, ask your library to add it to its collections.
Any questions, just let me know!
This only makes sense if it's some kind of Wile E. Coyote scheme where the march ends at a guillotine scaffold.
marchforbillionaires.org
marchforbillionaires.org
March for Billionaires — San Francisco, Feb 7
Stand up for the entrepreneurs, innovators, and risk-takers who build our economy. February 7, 2026.
marchforbillionaires.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This only makes sense if it's some kind of Wile E. Coyote scheme where the march ends at a guillotine scaffold.
marchforbillionaires.org
marchforbillionaires.org
Can't make this shit up.
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Can't make this shit up.
This is a pretty compelling theory.
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
This is a pretty compelling theory.
The world is in a pretty dark place, so it's all the more important to celebrate initiatives that try to shine some light through the darkness. Today I'm proud to be part of this political community.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The world is in a pretty dark place, so it's all the more important to celebrate initiatives that try to shine some light through the darkness. Today I'm proud to be part of this political community.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Normal.
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Normal.
Every time someone posts an "AI & calculator" post an angel loses its wings, falls on a child, and the 2 decomposing corpses become a hotbed for disease—including one that gets into into the water supply, contaminating even more people who then feel like the world needs another AI & calculator post.
February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Every time someone posts an "AI & calculator" post an angel loses its wings, falls on a child, and the 2 decomposing corpses become a hotbed for disease—including one that gets into into the water supply, contaminating even more people who then feel like the world needs another AI & calculator post.
Reposted by Patrick De Oliveira
every week there's a new problem caused by trump that i thought was definitively solved in the 1880's
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
every week there's a new problem caused by trump that i thought was definitively solved in the 1880's
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My “the NVIDIA-OpenAI deal has zero impact on our financial relationship with OpenAI” shirt has people asking me a lot of questions answered by the shirt
February 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
My “the NVIDIA-OpenAI deal has zero impact on our financial relationship with OpenAI” shirt has people asking me a lot of questions answered by the shirt
There are currently 58 U.S.-based "prompt engineer" jobs on LinkedIn.
Every single higher ed administrator and policy figure who claimed that they were pivoting to LLMs to prepare students for the "jobs of the future" should be forced to stare at that number for the rest of their lives.
Every single higher ed administrator and policy figure who claimed that they were pivoting to LLMs to prepare students for the "jobs of the future" should be forced to stare at that number for the rest of their lives.
February 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
There are currently 58 U.S.-based "prompt engineer" jobs on LinkedIn.
Every single higher ed administrator and policy figure who claimed that they were pivoting to LLMs to prepare students for the "jobs of the future" should be forced to stare at that number for the rest of their lives.
Every single higher ed administrator and policy figure who claimed that they were pivoting to LLMs to prepare students for the "jobs of the future" should be forced to stare at that number for the rest of their lives.
Reposted by Patrick De Oliveira
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
You know shit is bad when you have Emperor Palpatine saying things have gone too far.
(Also, if there's anything that might convince me that physiognomy is real it may just be Sepp Blatter just looking like pure evil).
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
(Also, if there's anything that might convince me that physiognomy is real it may just be Sepp Blatter just looking like pure evil).
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know shit is bad when you have Emperor Palpatine saying things have gone too far.
(Also, if there's anything that might convince me that physiognomy is real it may just be Sepp Blatter just looking like pure evil).
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
(Also, if there's anything that might convince me that physiognomy is real it may just be Sepp Blatter just looking like pure evil).
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
So what's the deal? Can you gun down an unidentified ICE agent who barges into your house without a warrant on the basis of stand your ground legislation? Or is that law applicable only for when racists think a Black person is standing too close to them?
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 PM
So what's the deal? Can you gun down an unidentified ICE agent who barges into your house without a warrant on the basis of stand your ground legislation? Or is that law applicable only for when racists think a Black person is standing too close to them?
I would also like to make the very important announcement that I rescind the invitation is was going to make to Warren Buffet to engage in a joint-wealth management scheme.
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I would also like to make the very important announcement that I rescind the invitation is was going to make to Warren Buffet to engage in a joint-wealth management scheme.
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Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract.
Link below and anyone can sign:
Link below and anyone can sign:
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract.
Link below and anyone can sign:
Link below and anyone can sign:
Honestly, my disavowal of a Whiggish view of history has little to do with historiographical debates.
It does, however, have a lot to do with the fact that for a long time I kind of assumed that many of my views would moderate as I aged, but *gestures toward everything* hasn't really allowed that.
It does, however, have a lot to do with the fact that for a long time I kind of assumed that many of my views would moderate as I aged, but *gestures toward everything* hasn't really allowed that.
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Honestly, my disavowal of a Whiggish view of history has little to do with historiographical debates.
It does, however, have a lot to do with the fact that for a long time I kind of assumed that many of my views would moderate as I aged, but *gestures toward everything* hasn't really allowed that.
It does, however, have a lot to do with the fact that for a long time I kind of assumed that many of my views would moderate as I aged, but *gestures toward everything* hasn't really allowed that.
Love reading juicy gossip about the absolute mess that is UATX.
That being said, the only appropriate reaction for this kind of writing is 🙄
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
That being said, the only appropriate reaction for this kind of writing is 🙄
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Love reading juicy gossip about the absolute mess that is UATX.
That being said, the only appropriate reaction for this kind of writing is 🙄
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
That being said, the only appropriate reaction for this kind of writing is 🙄
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Most heroes don't wear capes.
Lmao someone threw an open bottle of piss into an ICE vehicle that was driving by
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Most heroes don't wear capes.
Hilarious to see a Yale dinosaur argue that nothing has changed in academia in the past 40 years and then pitch the innovative power of... MOOCs?
Dude, we get it, you headed a MOOC initiative a decade ago that faculty were skeptical about and it failed. Move on.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Dude, we get it, you headed a MOOC initiative a decade ago that faculty were skeptical about and it failed. Move on.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Hilarious to see a Yale dinosaur argue that nothing has changed in academia in the past 40 years and then pitch the innovative power of... MOOCs?
Dude, we get it, you headed a MOOC initiative a decade ago that faculty were skeptical about and it failed. Move on.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Dude, we get it, you headed a MOOC initiative a decade ago that faculty were skeptical about and it failed. Move on.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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I support putting QR codes on the prison jumpsuits all the ICE agents convicted of felonies will have to wear in prison so that they don't get lost in America's vast incarceration complex
January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I support putting QR codes on the prison jumpsuits all the ICE agents convicted of felonies will have to wear in prison so that they don't get lost in America's vast incarceration complex
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At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"
Absurd.
But also, not sure why any Brazilian of sound mind would be excited to visit a shithole country like the U.S.A.
But also, not sure why any Brazilian of sound mind would be excited to visit a shithole country like the U.S.A.
wait wut
*US VISA PROCESSING FROZEN FOR RUSSIA, BRAZIL, IRAN: FOX NEWS
*US VISA PROCESSING FROZEN FOR RUSSIA, BRAZIL, IRAN: FOX NEWS
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Absurd.
But also, not sure why any Brazilian of sound mind would be excited to visit a shithole country like the U.S.A.
But also, not sure why any Brazilian of sound mind would be excited to visit a shithole country like the U.S.A.