Marco Almada
@marcoalmada.com
I have always depended on the kindness of otters. Postdoc in cyber policy @ Uni of Luxembourg. Skeets about work (public & EU law, regulation & AI, academia), hobbies (Warhammer 40k, sci-fi more generally, football), life, and bad puns.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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Three takeaways from the latest
@sipri.org report on arms companies
- China's export restrictions could stifle Europe's rearmament
- Russian arms-makers strive despite sanctions
- US programs (submarines, F-35) plagued with delays, cost overruns
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
@sipri.org report on arms companies
- China's export restrictions could stifle Europe's rearmament
- Russian arms-makers strive despite sanctions
- US programs (submarines, F-35) plagued with delays, cost overruns
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Russia’s arms-makers thrive despite sanctions, new report says
Global revenues of weapons companies soared to a record $679 billion in 2024 driven by wars in Ukraine and Gaza and Europe’s rearmament.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Three takeaways from the latest
@sipri.org report on arms companies
- China's export restrictions could stifle Europe's rearmament
- Russian arms-makers strive despite sanctions
- US programs (submarines, F-35) plagued with delays, cost overruns
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
@sipri.org report on arms companies
- China's export restrictions could stifle Europe's rearmament
- Russian arms-makers strive despite sanctions
- US programs (submarines, F-35) plagued with delays, cost overruns
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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Crônica do fim
Todo professor secretamente trama sua morte simbólica.
le-chouchou.ghost.io
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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the entire idea someone *can* in fact apply the same context cues you use in a physical mixed group setting to an social media platform is so transparently ridiculous that its knee-slappingly funny
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
the entire idea someone *can* in fact apply the same context cues you use in a physical mixed group setting to an social media platform is so transparently ridiculous that its knee-slappingly funny
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Well, after 2024, I think Dick Wolf got it right. The media failed in every possible way to convey the stakes of what was happening. The profession should feel profound shame and disgust—at itself.
"I am a huge fan of the classic TV series 'Law & Order.' And yet I cannot think of a single episode — among hundreds — in which a journalist is depicted as honorable." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Why I’m begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains - Poynter
I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures
www.poynter.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well, after 2024, I think Dick Wolf got it right. The media failed in every possible way to convey the stakes of what was happening. The profession should feel profound shame and disgust—at itself.
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Your typical 4-year old: He's cute but he axolotl questions
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Your typical 4-year old: He's cute but he axolotl questions
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If you think our largest banks & non-bank financial institutions have enough capital in reserve to withstand the coming AI implosion when it inevitably happens, I have some crypto-collateralized debt obligations that I would like to sell you.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If you think our largest banks & non-bank financial institutions have enough capital in reserve to withstand the coming AI implosion when it inevitably happens, I have some crypto-collateralized debt obligations that I would like to sell you.
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The facts of the case in SRB took place in 2018 👀 So about the same time the GDPR became applicable, with its broad personal data definition and swanky global influence, a small grenade was being built to be thrown at it with the first rewriting attempt 🫢
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The facts of the case in SRB took place in 2018 👀 So about the same time the GDPR became applicable, with its broad personal data definition and swanky global influence, a small grenade was being built to be thrown at it with the first rewriting attempt 🫢
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'how many memes does the pope have'
It's pretty funny how the Silicon Valley tech bros have all suddenly decided that the actual Pope is the villain in their little narrative. sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m...
Marc Andreessen v. the pope: VC starts meme-war with Leo XIV
The venture capitalist quickly deleted his social media posts mocking the pontiff’s call to build moral AI.
sfstandard.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
'how many memes does the pope have'
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Não gostei
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Não gostei
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The career goal of every academic should be a Wikipedia page dedicated not to them or any of their major works but a single lecture given on a solitary date wherein they yeet a rival scholar's work into the sun.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The career goal of every academic should be a Wikipedia page dedicated not to them or any of their major works but a single lecture given on a solitary date wherein they yeet a rival scholar's work into the sun.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
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Campeão da Libertadores de Amestris
A declaração do Filipe Luís é abominável. Pergunte para qualquer familiar das vítimas se preferia o flamengo tetra da libertadores ou o filho reunido na ceia de Natal... Na verdade, nem precisa perguntar. A resposta é mais do que óbvia.
Esperava algo assim do Abel Ferreira, não dele...
Esperava algo assim do Abel Ferreira, não dele...
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Campeão da Libertadores de Amestris
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Impossível impedir o tema dos power rangers de tocar na sua mente após ler a última frase desse aviso do youtube
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Impossível impedir o tema dos power rangers de tocar na sua mente após ler a última frase desse aviso do youtube
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Ta parecendo o grupo de mães do zap quando as quiança vão viajar com a escola
Nenhuma notícia é uma boa notícia kirido relaxa
Nenhuma notícia é uma boa notícia kirido relaxa
📰Família Bolsonaro está sem notícias do ex-presidente na prisão
Carlos Bolsonaro relata silêncio de mais de dois dias sobre o estado do pai na Polícia Federal e faz apelo público: "Pelo amor de Deus".
Carlos Bolsonaro relata silêncio de mais de dois dias sobre o estado do pai na Polícia Federal e faz apelo público: "Pelo amor de Deus".
Família Bolsonaro está sem notícias do ex-presidente na prisão
Carlos Bolsonaro relata silêncio de mais de dois dias sobre o estado do pai na Polícia Federal e faz apelo público: 'Pelo amor de Deus'
www.correiobraziliense.com.br
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ta parecendo o grupo de mães do zap quando as quiança vão viajar com a escola
Nenhuma notícia é uma boa notícia kirido relaxa
Nenhuma notícia é uma boa notícia kirido relaxa
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Again, I am soliciting ideas for grave goods to leave in my sarcophagus for archeologists to find in 5000 years.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Again, I am soliciting ideas for grave goods to leave in my sarcophagus for archeologists to find in 5000 years.
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"The verse is too dangerous to be shared with the public" is what I tell my critics when they ask where the next poem is.
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The verse is too dangerous to be shared with the public" is what I tell my critics when they ask where the next poem is.
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yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
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Vai, tinta, ser guache na vida
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Vai, tinta, ser guache na vida
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Algorithms are a scapegoat for a problem that is as old as the internet. Forums were a nut house. Curtis Yarvin was radicalized on *Usenet*
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Algorithms are a scapegoat for a problem that is as old as the internet. Forums were a nut house. Curtis Yarvin was radicalized on *Usenet*