Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social
I paint. I used to do other things. I might do them again. He/him. Protect trans kids!
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
We need to stop referring to AI as a tool. A tool is something that helps you solve a problem or complete a task. AI creates more problems than it solves. It’s more virus than tool. Every time we call it a tool we’re insulting hammers and guillotines, which actually solve problems.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We need to stop referring to AI as a tool. A tool is something that helps you solve a problem or complete a task. AI creates more problems than it solves. It’s more virus than tool. Every time we call it a tool we’re insulting hammers and guillotines, which actually solve problems.
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
Fuck AI and everyone who’s out there hyping this shit. www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fuck AI and everyone who’s out there hyping this shit. www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
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yeah it's honestly so wild! to me that the new york times circa 2019 is writing articles about how the internet is making kids trans meanwhile their writers are emailing The World's Most Well Known Child Sex Trafficker like "heyyy buddy,,,, how's it goin friend!"
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
yeah it's honestly so wild! to me that the new york times circa 2019 is writing articles about how the internet is making kids trans meanwhile their writers are emailing The World's Most Well Known Child Sex Trafficker like "heyyy buddy,,,, how's it goin friend!"
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Technique #1: eat somewhere else.
Do your holiday plans include sharing a dinner table with a friend or family member that became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight? Here are some tried and trusted techniques that might help you dig them out of their conspiracy theory black hole.
How to help friends and family dig out of a conspiracy theory black hole
Some tried and trusted techniques that might help.
www.technologyreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Technique #1: eat somewhere else.
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Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
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At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
Israel attacks Gaza’s south, north during ‘repeatedly violated’ truce
At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
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Israeli forces shoot child and man in West Bank town - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-storm-west-bank-town-shoot-child-and-man-deploy-snipers
Israeli forces shoot child and man in West Bank town
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<p>The report said that the Israeli forces stormed Qabatiya in military vehicles and opened fire on Palestinians in the Cafes Street. </p>
<p>The forces spread out in the town’s streets, and deployed snipers in the Cafes Street and the municipality roundabout area. </p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Israeli forces shoot child and man in West Bank town - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-storm-west-bank-town-shoot-child-and-man-deploy-snipers
AI is “dumpster juice” now.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
AI is “dumpster juice” now.
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Not trying to widen the political divide but I just think it would be good to have a president who isnt a pedophile
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not trying to widen the political divide but I just think it would be good to have a president who isnt a pedophile
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
Romans conquered a large swath of the world by building roads, but those roads were made of pebbles. Every time we accept the lesser of two evils, every time we let a little thing get through, every time we give an inch, we place another pebble on the road to fascism. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to point at fascists and laugh
The last slide from my new talk. It plays a role below. Contribute to my eventual bail fund at $2 a pop. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How...
buttondown.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Romans conquered a large swath of the world by building roads, but those roads were made of pebbles. Every time we accept the lesser of two evils, every time we let a little thing get through, every time we give an inch, we place another pebble on the road to fascism. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
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BBC: "Israel has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Gaza since ceasefire, in less than a month."
Life is treacherous for civilians. They need us as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to rebuild. And others. ❤️
tinyurl.com/Tasneemo
Life is treacherous for civilians. They need us as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to rebuild. And others. ❤️
tinyurl.com/Tasneemo
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
BBC: "Israel has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Gaza since ceasefire, in less than a month."
Life is treacherous for civilians. They need us as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to rebuild. And others. ❤️
tinyurl.com/Tasneemo
Life is treacherous for civilians. They need us as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to rebuild. And others. ❤️
tinyurl.com/Tasneemo
This place came within minutes of murdering me and everyone I knew as a kid, but sad men without social skills need AI girlfriends who don’t talk back so let’s do this!
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
Pennsylvania ratepayers will foot the bill from Three Mile Island restart, while Microsoft gets the power | Opinion
Restarting a half-century old, disused reactor that has sat idle for eight years is fraught with unknowns and risks.
www.pennlive.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This place came within minutes of murdering me and everyone I knew as a kid, but sad men without social skills need AI girlfriends who don’t talk back so let’s do this!
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
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LEAVE FACEBOOK, because if this is what they're willing to tell us, I always wonder what they're not willing to tell us. It's a little suhpishus.
Reason 735,963 to deactivate and delete your Facebook/Meta accounts.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
LEAVE FACEBOOK, because if this is what they're willing to tell us, I always wonder what they're not willing to tell us. It's a little suhpishus.
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
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I moved to SF in April. Not for work, but because I love this city and I could. I often joke that maybe I fell in love with a version of SF that hasn't existed in 30 years. But then I read folks like @monteiro.bsky.social and I'm comforted to know that, nope, sincere, loving weirdos still live here.
How to point at fascists and laugh
The last slide from my new talk. It plays a role below. Contribute to my eventual bail fund at $2 a pop. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How...
buttondown.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I moved to SF in April. Not for work, but because I love this city and I could. I often joke that maybe I fell in love with a version of SF that hasn't existed in 30 years. But then I read folks like @monteiro.bsky.social and I'm comforted to know that, nope, sincere, loving weirdos still live here.
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This sponge brain is the dragon we can’t beat, huh?
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This sponge brain is the dragon we can’t beat, huh?
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Also many of the so called NO votes were not no votes. They supported the move to reopen and are glad to have those who supported cloture do so. Now they can make their little posts on social media and credulous voters will postback: 'thanks to my Senator for standing up.' Pure WWF.
It's just that they already voted to move this forward in the only vote that mattered. Today's vote only needs 50 so the Dems can now vote no and pretend that they didn't advance it when they already did.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Also many of the so called NO votes were not no votes. They supported the move to reopen and are glad to have those who supported cloture do so. Now they can make their little posts on social media and credulous voters will postback: 'thanks to my Senator for standing up.' Pure WWF.
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Hoping that Chuck Schumer’s post Senate career includes teaching an origami class because he’s so good at folding.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hoping that Chuck Schumer’s post Senate career includes teaching an origami class because he’s so good at folding.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About