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Yasmin Curzi
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy.
Law professor at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro.
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We are all so screwed because the entire global economy has bet on an industry that can’t make money.

Read about the massive fraud:

open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from the capital
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working. via @motherjones.com
Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news
John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Dear US-based friends: how do you actually clean your salads? I just realized that “ready to eat” meant “washed” (almost like giving a bath in bacteria, which I find a lovely idea but doesn’t make them unsafe), and I decided that I’m not eating anything green here until further notice.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I've been working on this for awhile, and now it's finally out in the world — our new series explores the nuances of detransitioning in America right now.

I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
19thnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"Investimento"??
Espero q o governo não caia nesse gaslighting.
OpenAI diz que só fará investimento bilionário se o Brasil mudar lei
Secretário do governo Lula vê
www.intercept.com.br
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Indígenas Munduruku protestam em frente à COP30 e exigem reunião com Lula
Cerca de 90 indígenas Munduruku, articulados pelo Movimento Ipereg Ayu, realizaram um protesto em frente à Blue Zone da COP30, na manhã desta sexta-feira, em Belém. O ato começou por volta das 5h40 e levou o Exército a reforçar a segurança na entrada do pavilhão principal da conferência, que permanece fechado temporariamente. Entrevista: 'Não sabemos como vamos reverter o estouro da meta de temperatura', diz cientista-chefe da COP30 'Foi resolvido. Não é mais uma questão': Presidente da COP30 minimiza crítica da ONU a estrutura e segurança da conferência Os manifestantes cobram uma reunião emergencial com o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e denunciam que o governo federal estaria avançando com projetos de infraestrutura que ameaçam o território Munduruku e outros povos da bacia dos rios Tapajós e Xingu. Além da pressão pela demarcação das terras indígenas, que segundo o grupo seguem paralisadas em ministérios como a Casa Civil e o da Justiça, os Munduruku também protestam contra os projetos de crédito de carbono e mecanismos de REDD+ jurisdicional em debate na conferência. Segundo o movimento, esses programas representam uma “venda da floresta”, ao permitir que empresas compensem emissões de carbono em territórios tradicionais sem garantir autonomia aos povos originários. Militares do Exército controlam o acesso ao local e, até o momento, não há registro de confronto.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz invest in startup that sells thousands of AI bot influencers to manipulate social media as a service, clearly violating major platform policies
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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We are happy to share with you our new issue "Building Trans Communities" (November–December 2025), where we mobilize collective embodiments and solidarities against transphobia around the world.

Order your copy here: thefunambulist.net/shop/62-buil...
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Matança, que inclui 4 PMs, foi desencadeada para tentar colocar pecha em Lula e fazer lobby para Trump, que busca classificar CV e PCC como "terroristas" para justificar ação armada no Brasil sem aval do governo brasileiro.
Clã Bolsonaro usa 64 mortos para guerra contra Lula e justificar bombardeio da Guanabara por Trump
Matança, que inclui 4 PMs, foi desencadeada para tentar colocar pecha em Lula e fazer lobby para Trump, que busca classificar CV e PCC como
revistaforum.com.br
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Ha poucas pesquisas com dados sobre o impacto econômico de ações de segurança FRACASSADAS como estas, "contra o tráfico". A última, feita em 2024 com os poucos dados disponíveis apontava para mais de 7 bilhões por ano - em apenas 6 estados!
A imprensa cúmplice dessa carnificina alimenta isso também. Não tem matéria ou questionamento sobre efetividade dessas operações. Um levantamento sobre o prejuízo q essas operações causam na economia. Mas para falar que um monte feriados impactam em não sei qts bilhões tirados do cu, eles publicam.
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
join us tomorrow!
Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social.
Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @yasmincurzi.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.
str4d.xyz str4d @str4d.xyz · Sep 14
The eternally-great thing about open source: if something doesn't exist, and the devs don't have time to work on it themselves, you can just implement it for them!

If they decide not to take it as-is, you've still helped explore the design space.

And if they don't accept it, but you need it, fork!
str4d.xyz str4d @str4d.xyz · Sep 14
Figured out enough of the rsky-relay internals to implement this myself (reporting the data that it currently records):
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years
Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years
The SANDBOX Act would let companies request exemptions from regulation for AI products and services — and let the White House override agencies that say no.
buff.ly
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
join us for the 4th session of our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series on Sept. 29th, 11AM, EDT.
we are eager to host two brilliant keynote speakers, Paz Peña (Mozilla Foundation) and Tamara Kneese (Data & Society), who will discuss the social and environmental impacts of technocapitalism.
more info: 👇
Interested in environmental justice & how gender inequalities are embedded in technology infrastructure? Join us for the 4th Gender & Tech webinar, Sept. 29 11am EDT, with Paz Peña Ochoa & @tamigraph.bsky.social.
Free & open. Registration: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Co-org w/ @yasmincurzi.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Respeito à nossa Constituição, à nossa legislação e ao povo brasileiro. É isso que exigimos. Porque democracia e soberania não se negociam 🇧🇷

🎥 Audiovisual/PR
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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“This back-to-school season, the usual first-day jitters have been replaced by paralyzing fear. Kids are missing school, afraid to leave their homes. Parents are having to make plans in case they are disappeared. And teachers are having to be trained in safety protocols should they encounter ICE.”
Across the country, first-day jitters have been replaced with paralyzing fear. Empty desks, parents missing drop-off, and students deported after ICE check-ins.

"The fact is that the Trump administration is damaging an entire generation of American children," writes @tusk81.bsky.social.
Back To School For Some, But Not For Others
There will be empty desks in classrooms after schoolkids as young as six have been swept up and deported by the Trump administration.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Contribuí para essa super matéria da @laismartins.com no @intercept.com.br

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Sim, apesar de o STF ter decidido que plataformas são responsáveis por conteúdos criminosos, o neonazismo ainda corre solto no Telegram. E o problema não está em comunidades escondidas ou nichos: nós encontramos pelo menos 35 mil brasileiros em canais neonazistas abertos na plataforma.
August 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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It’s deeply concerning to see #LinkedIn remove a policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate at a time when trans people are under unprecedented attack, writes GLAAD’s @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social.
LinkedIn Joins Meta and YouTube in Abandoning Policies Designed to Counter Anti-Trans Hate | TechPolicy.Press
GLAAD Social Media Safety Program's Jenni Olson says it is deeply concerning to see LinkedIn remove a policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people.
www.techpolicy.press
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
this is insane
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Come and join us in the third webinar of our Gender and Tech Online Talk Series - this time to discuss platform governance from an intersectional perspective with the amazing Julie Owono and Coleen Carrigan. More details below!

See you there?
Are you interested in learning more about how gender is shaped by digitization and platform governance? Join us on Aug 28 11am EDT for the 3rd event in the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series with Julie Owono & Coleen Carrigan. Free & open to the public. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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This talk will be moderated by @yasmincurzi.com, who is also co-organizing this series with me. The series is sponsored by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab and the UVA School of Data Science.
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM