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.
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teoria marxista (e economia imperialista) na prática: a privatização de tudo barateia os produtos de alto valor agregado e que provém de classes e territórios subjugados enquanto encarece o essencial e o que não tem como botar nem fudido nem gente de longe nem trabalhador subqualificado pra fazer
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
teoria marxista (e economia imperialista) na prática: a privatização de tudo barateia os produtos de alto valor agregado e que provém de classes e territórios subjugados enquanto encarece o essencial e o que não tem como botar nem fudido nem gente de longe nem trabalhador subqualificado pra fazer
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NEW -
From the Factory Floor to the Ballot Box: Firm-Based Origins of Brazil’s Populist Right - https://cup.org/4r04qrj
- @matigiannoni.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
From the Factory Floor to the Ballot Box: Firm-Based Origins of Brazil’s Populist Right - https://cup.org/4r04qrj
- @matigiannoni.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW -
From the Factory Floor to the Ballot Box: Firm-Based Origins of Brazil’s Populist Right - https://cup.org/4r04qrj
- @matigiannoni.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
From the Factory Floor to the Ballot Box: Firm-Based Origins of Brazil’s Populist Right - https://cup.org/4r04qrj
- @matigiannoni.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Barbara Smaller for @newyorker.com.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Barbara Smaller for @newyorker.com.
Going, going...
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Going, going...
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Reposted by Luís António Santos
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
"A generation that understands manipulation but disengages from action risks undermining the very foundations of a healthy public sphere and democracy itself."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/trap...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/trap...
Trapped by what they know: Young adults’ algorithmic cynicism
Teaching young people to trace why certain stories trend or how recommendation systems work can build a shared sense of how truth circulates online.
www.niemanlab.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"A generation that understands manipulation but disengages from action risks undermining the very foundations of a healthy public sphere and democracy itself."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/trap...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/trap...
On their merry way to...full blown disaster.
So, so sad.
So, so sad.
NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos
📊Highest vote share Ipsos has ever recorded for the Green Party
📊Labour drop to 18%, equal to their prev. lowest vote share recorded by Ipsos (in May 09)
📊Reform UK drop 1 pt since Sept, but Labour’s 4 point slide means Reform’s lead has extended to +15
📊Highest vote share Ipsos has ever recorded for the Green Party
📊Labour drop to 18%, equal to their prev. lowest vote share recorded by Ipsos (in May 09)
📊Reform UK drop 1 pt since Sept, but Labour’s 4 point slide means Reform’s lead has extended to +15
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
On their merry way to...full blown disaster.
So, so sad.
So, so sad.
Lê com atenção e vê lá se entendes, Martinez...
#portugal #fpf #pedroproenca #robertomartinez #deslarga
#portugal #fpf #pedroproenca #robertomartinez #deslarga
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lê com atenção e vê lá se entendes, Martinez...
#portugal #fpf #pedroproenca #robertomartinez #deslarga
#portugal #fpf #pedroproenca #robertomartinez #deslarga
Notícias positivas fazem falta neste Mundo...
(50 mil pessoas no San Mames para um jogo solidário cuja receita reverte a favor da Palestina)
x.com/AthleticClub...
(50 mil pessoas no San Mames para um jogo solidário cuja receita reverte a favor da Palestina)
x.com/AthleticClub...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Notícias positivas fazem falta neste Mundo...
(50 mil pessoas no San Mames para um jogo solidário cuja receita reverte a favor da Palestina)
x.com/AthleticClub...
(50 mil pessoas no San Mames para um jogo solidário cuja receita reverte a favor da Palestina)
x.com/AthleticClub...
Foi lindo ver a Irlanda deixar a Orban-land de fora do Mundial 😎
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Foi lindo ver a Irlanda deixar a Orban-land de fora do Mundial 😎
(todo) O Mundo sabe que...
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
(todo) O Mundo sabe que...
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NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The way that encrypted chat apps handle backups can be a loophole, so knowing how they work—and how those you communicate with use this feature—is very important. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups
Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up,
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The way that encrypted chat apps handle backups can be a loophole, so knowing how they work—and how those you communicate with use this feature—is very important. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
"(...) it might seem inconvenient if they end up losing Ronaldo to suspension. And yet, perhaps this might be the best thing for the team as a whole? (...) he is unbalancing the Portuguese team and blocking the development of the next generation."
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
Ridiculous Ronaldo is 40 going on 12 and needs to grow up
After another display of childishness following a red card against Ireland, it is not far-fetched to say Portugal would be fine without him
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"(...) it might seem inconvenient if they end up losing Ronaldo to suspension. And yet, perhaps this might be the best thing for the team as a whole? (...) he is unbalancing the Portuguese team and blocking the development of the next generation."
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
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...