Amon Barros
@amonbarros.bsky.social
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Assoc. prof - Org Studies
Critical Management + memory and organizational history; Business+politics.
EiC: MOH
Ass Ed: @ ML
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"Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world” (F. Pessoa)
Assoc. prof - Org Studies
Critical Management + memory and organizational history; Business+politics.
EiC: MOH
Ass Ed: @ ML
PQ2@CNPq
"Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world” (F. Pessoa)
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enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
The debunking is excellent, the movie not so much... It was painful, actually.
I've turned another old threat into an article.
This time my review of the 2023 film Napoleon.
Oh boy...
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/film-revie...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/17/f...
This time my review of the 2023 film Napoleon.
Oh boy...
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/film-revie...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/17/f...
Film review: ‘Napoleon’ (2023)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Well, I’ve seen &#…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The debunking is excellent, the movie not so much... It was painful, actually.
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Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
Bold and innovative decision to apply the principles of Permanent Revolution to a vehicle and create the Permanent Recall
Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off.
The glue-induced recall only affects vehicles with the dealer-installed lightbar option.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
I started reading a book by an economist who, at some point, says they are unapologetically British. I mean, I love the people in the UK; the country has given me many opportunities, and I am grateful. But who asked them to apologize for their nationality?
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I started reading a book by an economist who, at some point, says they are unapologetically British. I mean, I love the people in the UK; the country has given me many opportunities, and I am grateful. But who asked them to apologize for their nationality?
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I’m glad to see William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops get some high-profile appreciation. I came to the record long after 9/11 (via a Radiolav episode about repetition in 2014), so it doesn’t have that association for me. For me, it’s about repetition and change, constancy against time.
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’m glad to see William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops get some high-profile appreciation. I came to the record long after 9/11 (via a Radiolav episode about repetition in 2014), so it doesn’t have that association for me. For me, it’s about repetition and change, constancy against time.
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Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them? boingboing.net/2025/11/12/s...
Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them?
Fear not, beachgoers: scientists at the University of Exeter have finally demonstrated the efficacy of shouting at gulls.
boingboing.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them? boingboing.net/2025/11/12/s...
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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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
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Even the companies can't know or say for sure how many of the layoffs are due to AI.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
From Amazon to Target, the country’s largest employers are retrenching, laying off tens of thousands of office workers.
Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite
Companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending workers into an unwelcoming market.
on.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Even the companies can't know or say for sure how many of the layoffs are due to AI.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
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Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is riding high as the most popular major president in South America
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is riding high as the most popular major president in South America
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#BrazilBusiness:
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/correios-postal-service-crisis
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/correios-postal-service-crisis
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#BrazilBusiness:
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/correios-postal-service-crisis
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/correios-postal-service-crisis
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New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
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The web has a memory — & we’ve saved 1 trillion pages of it! 🌐
Join us in celebrating the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world.
📅 Oct 22
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October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The web has a memory — & we’ve saved 1 trillion pages of it! 🌐
Join us in celebrating the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world.
📅 Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...
#Wayback1T
Join us in celebrating the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world.
📅 Oct 22
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London has been plagued by increasingly brazen thieves, often masked and on e-bikes, who have become adept at snatching phones from residents and tourists.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. Now we know why.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. Now we know why.
London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
London has been plagued by increasingly brazen thieves, often masked and on e-bikes, who have become adept at snatching phones from residents and tourists.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. Now we know why.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. Now we know why.
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Y'days post: Populism and Economic Prosperity mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/popu...
We would expect populist governments to damage the economy. The evidence suggests that they do so in a big way. But we know from Brexit that the media typically nullifies the impact of this evidence on voters.
We would expect populist governments to damage the economy. The evidence suggests that they do so in a big way. But we know from Brexit that the media typically nullifies the impact of this evidence on voters.
Populism and Economic Prosperity
Mainstream political parties normally claim that populist parties, if they ever got to power, would damage the economy. We have clear evid...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Y'days post: Populism and Economic Prosperity mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/popu...
We would expect populist governments to damage the economy. The evidence suggests that they do so in a big way. But we know from Brexit that the media typically nullifies the impact of this evidence on voters.
We would expect populist governments to damage the economy. The evidence suggests that they do so in a big way. But we know from Brexit that the media typically nullifies the impact of this evidence on voters.
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
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Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport www.economist.com/internationa...
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Notícia da @folha.com
"Alimentação escolar do Brasil é exemplo mundial"
Link sem paywall ⬇️
"Alimentação escolar do Brasil é exemplo mundial"
Link sem paywall ⬇️
Alimentação escolar do Brasil é exemplo mundial
Programa brasileiro atende 40 milhões de estudantes de 150 mil escolas, incentivando alimentação saudável
sem-paywall.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Notícia da @folha.com
"Alimentação escolar do Brasil é exemplo mundial"
Link sem paywall ⬇️
"Alimentação escolar do Brasil é exemplo mundial"
Link sem paywall ⬇️
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵