Patricia Bastos
@patmat.bsky.social
Pro-civilian, curious, multi-versed, and prose-bound too. A teacher of languages and psychology navigating this chaosmos. Writing on control, collapse, and what gets erased when we call it “progress.” Humane, not a bot.
Built rockets out of public funding and legalized corruption
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Built rockets out of public funding and legalized corruption
On social-media platforms in Germany, algorithmic recommendation favours far-right pro-AfD content: e.g., on TikTok 78% of recommended political content to non-partisan users was supportive of the AfD; on X (formerly Twitter) 64%. The media reacts and as a result they get enormous attention.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
On social-media platforms in Germany, algorithmic recommendation favours far-right pro-AfD content: e.g., on TikTok 78% of recommended political content to non-partisan users was supportive of the AfD; on X (formerly Twitter) 64%. The media reacts and as a result they get enormous attention.
2/2 Current “green transitions” follow the same industrial logic as fossil capitalism: resource extraction, centralized control, and short-term profit. Mining for lithium, cobalt, and rare earths, for example, is already creating new ecological and social harms.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
2/2 Current “green transitions” follow the same industrial logic as fossil capitalism: resource extraction, centralized control, and short-term profit. Mining for lithium, cobalt, and rare earths, for example, is already creating new ecological and social harms.
I believe autism’s rise has many causes — environmental, lifestyle, and possibly tech-related. I’m not anti-vax, but the schedule feels intense, and I’m uneasy that pharmaceutical companies largely oversee themselves.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I believe autism’s rise has many causes — environmental, lifestyle, and possibly tech-related. I’m not anti-vax, but the schedule feels intense, and I’m uneasy that pharmaceutical companies largely oversee themselves.
I haven’t found anything. AI denies the link, even if had to admit it had no evidence to deny it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I haven’t found anything. AI denies the link, even if had to admit it had no evidence to deny it.
Exactly. There are far less invasive and far more ethical ways to treat disease — but I fear they’ll make sure those never see the light of day. What stuns me most is how calmly people take this kind of news, as if merging humans with machines were just progress.
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Exactly. There are far less invasive and far more ethical ways to treat disease — but I fear they’ll make sure those never see the light of day. What stuns me most is how calmly people take this kind of news, as if merging humans with machines were just progress.
It deserves more scrutiny. High or chronic exposure to radiation is known to harm developing fetuses and children — especially brain and DNA development.
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It deserves more scrutiny. High or chronic exposure to radiation is known to harm developing fetuses and children — especially brain and DNA development.
Banana radiation comes from potassium-40 — your body flushes it out in hours. Nuclear leaks release cesium, strontium, plutonium — isotopes that accumulate in soil, water, and your body for decades. One’s harmless; the other rewrites your DNA.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Banana radiation comes from potassium-40 — your body flushes it out in hours. Nuclear leaks release cesium, strontium, plutonium — isotopes that accumulate in soil, water, and your body for decades. One’s harmless; the other rewrites your DNA.
The EPA’s “solution” wasn’t to tighten oversight — it was to create a new Protective Action Guide for radionuclides in drinking water, allowing concentrations hundreds or even thousands of times higher than before, as long as it’s called an “emergency. Is this a solution?
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The EPA’s “solution” wasn’t to tighten oversight — it was to create a new Protective Action Guide for radionuclides in drinking water, allowing concentrations hundreds or even thousands of times higher than before, as long as it’s called an “emergency. Is this a solution?
These are the people seeking to implant chips in your brain and make you their interface.
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
These are the people seeking to implant chips in your brain and make you their interface.
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