Ricardo Lafuente
@rlafuente.bsky.social
tecnopolítica, design e temas avulsos
faço basqueiro pela @direitosdigitais.pt
data+viz @ jplusplus.org
design @ manufacturaindependente.org
faço basqueiro pela @direitosdigitais.pt
data+viz @ jplusplus.org
design @ manufacturaindependente.org
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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From local schools to national governance, Simona Levi advocates digital sovereignty as a path to a better democracy theurbanactivist.com/governance/d...
She Took the Web Back at Schools. Can She Do the Same for Democracy? | The Urban Activist
From local schools to national governance, Simona Levi advocates digital sovereignty as a path to a better democracy
theurbanactivist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
From local schools to national governance, Simona Levi advocates digital sovereignty as a path to a better democracy theurbanactivist.com/governance/d...
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EUA: Lançou-se um produto que seria um "amigo" movido a IA. Criou polémica entre a opinião pública. Assim espalharam outdoors provocadores com muito espaço branco para ser fácil insultá-los com grafitti. Transformaram assim o ódio numa campanha de marketing que milhões não pagariam. Lembra alguém?
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
EUA: Lançou-se um produto que seria um "amigo" movido a IA. Criou polémica entre a opinião pública. Assim espalharam outdoors provocadores com muito espaço branco para ser fácil insultá-los com grafitti. Transformaram assim o ódio numa campanha de marketing que milhões não pagariam. Lembra alguém?
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Gallery: Sorry, your art was not accepted for our exhibition, but thanks for applying.
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Gallery: Sorry, your art was not accepted for our exhibition, but thanks for applying.
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
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"Mesmo que a IA consiga impulsionar a produtividade nos próximos anos, é preciso perceber quem ganha com isso."
Neste artigo, Vicente Ferreira ajuda a enquadrar este momento e a perceber melhor a dimensão do fenómeno.
🔗 shifter.pt/2025/11/inte...
Neste artigo, Vicente Ferreira ajuda a enquadrar este momento e a perceber melhor a dimensão do fenómeno.
🔗 shifter.pt/2025/11/inte...
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Mesmo que a IA consiga impulsionar a produtividade nos próximos anos, é preciso perceber quem ganha com isso."
Neste artigo, Vicente Ferreira ajuda a enquadrar este momento e a perceber melhor a dimensão do fenómeno.
🔗 shifter.pt/2025/11/inte...
Neste artigo, Vicente Ferreira ajuda a enquadrar este momento e a perceber melhor a dimensão do fenómeno.
🔗 shifter.pt/2025/11/inte...
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A Summit da Web que interessa.
Uma conversa sobre as redes nos dias atuais: das plataformas das Big Techs aos nossos direitos digitais, até às formas alternativas de conectar em rede.
eventos.coletivos.org/event/abando...
Uma conversa sobre as redes nos dias atuais: das plataformas das Big Techs aos nossos direitos digitais, até às formas alternativas de conectar em rede.
eventos.coletivos.org/event/abando...
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A Summit da Web que interessa.
Uma conversa sobre as redes nos dias atuais: das plataformas das Big Techs aos nossos direitos digitais, até às formas alternativas de conectar em rede.
eventos.coletivos.org/event/abando...
Uma conversa sobre as redes nos dias atuais: das plataformas das Big Techs aos nossos direitos digitais, até às formas alternativas de conectar em rede.
eventos.coletivos.org/event/abando...
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This 2006 #Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable discusses the Venezuelan government's #opensource law during Chavez's time. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables...
Almost twenty years ago, Latin American governments had a clear route and were working towards sovereignty, including digital sovereignty.
Almost twenty years ago, Latin American governments had a clear route and were working towards sovereignty, including digital sovereignty.
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This 2006 #Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable discusses the Venezuelan government's #opensource law during Chavez's time. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables...
Almost twenty years ago, Latin American governments had a clear route and were working towards sovereignty, including digital sovereignty.
Almost twenty years ago, Latin American governments had a clear route and were working towards sovereignty, including digital sovereignty.
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
É agora que nos passamos a referir ao Cristiano como o Banana da Madeira?
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
É agora que nos passamos a referir ao Cristiano como o Banana da Madeira?
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🚨The EU Commission wants to slash the pillar of our digital rights, all to prop up AI companies 🚨
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨The EU Commission wants to slash the pillar of our digital rights, all to prop up AI companies 🚨
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
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Vêem as consequências de falarem mal da burocracia? Comissão Europeia prepara-se para dar cabo do RGPD, direitos dos consumidores, etc.
(tradução automática) #DigitalOmnibus EU Commission wants to grind out General Data Protection Regulation and AI regulation
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
(tradução automática) #DigitalOmnibus EU Commission wants to grind out General Data Protection Regulation and AI regulation
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
„Digitaler Omnibus“: EU-Kommission will Datenschutzgrundverordnung und KI-Regulierung schleifen
In weniger als zwei Wochen will die EU-Kommission einen umfassenden Gesetzesvorschlag präsentieren. Der
netzpolitik.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Vêem as consequências de falarem mal da burocracia? Comissão Europeia prepara-se para dar cabo do RGPD, direitos dos consumidores, etc.
(tradução automática) #DigitalOmnibus EU Commission wants to grind out General Data Protection Regulation and AI regulation
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
(tradução automática) #DigitalOmnibus EU Commission wants to grind out General Data Protection Regulation and AI regulation
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
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sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Contra esto luchamos:
@corporateeurope.org ha publicado un estudio que revela el poder sin precedentes del lobby de las BigTech en la UE.
-151 millones anuales en influir sobre las instituciones europeas (un 55,6% más en 4 años)
-900 lobistas a tiempo completo (más que eurodiputados)
@corporateeurope.org ha publicado un estudio que revela el poder sin precedentes del lobby de las BigTech en la UE.
-151 millones anuales en influir sobre las instituciones europeas (un 55,6% más en 4 años)
-900 lobistas a tiempo completo (más que eurodiputados)
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Contra esto luchamos:
@corporateeurope.org ha publicado un estudio que revela el poder sin precedentes del lobby de las BigTech en la UE.
-151 millones anuales en influir sobre las instituciones europeas (un 55,6% más en 4 años)
-900 lobistas a tiempo completo (más que eurodiputados)
@corporateeurope.org ha publicado un estudio que revela el poder sin precedentes del lobby de las BigTech en la UE.
-151 millones anuales en influir sobre las instituciones europeas (un 55,6% más en 4 años)
-900 lobistas a tiempo completo (más que eurodiputados)
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From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.
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People are like “the problem with you leftists is you’re annoying” Yes. We know we are annoying. We annoy each other all the time. We are insufferable but we are also correct.
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
People are like “the problem with you leftists is you’re annoying” Yes. We know we are annoying. We annoy each other all the time. We are insufferable but we are also correct.
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O @publico.pt decidiu publicar os dados dos resultados das eleições autárquicas de 2025 num repositório aberto.
Útil para análises, projetos académicos, ou quem simplesmente queira explorar estes dados.
github.com/publico-data...
Útil para análises, projetos académicos, ou quem simplesmente queira explorar estes dados.
github.com/publico-data...
GitHub - publico-data/resultados-autarquicas-2025: Resultados das Eleições Autárquicas 2025 em Portugal
Resultados das Eleições Autárquicas 2025 em Portugal - publico-data/resultados-autarquicas-2025
github.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
O @publico.pt decidiu publicar os dados dos resultados das eleições autárquicas de 2025 num repositório aberto.
Útil para análises, projetos académicos, ou quem simplesmente queira explorar estes dados.
github.com/publico-data...
Útil para análises, projetos académicos, ou quem simplesmente queira explorar estes dados.
github.com/publico-data...
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Got off a call from openai this wk about their unpaid artist "fellowship" program involving getting access to the sora api so you can explore "what might be possible." Like u gotta be kidding me, this the worlds biggest start up valued at 500 BILLION & they cant even do a paid fellowship program 😱
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Got off a call from openai this wk about their unpaid artist "fellowship" program involving getting access to the sora api so you can explore "what might be possible." Like u gotta be kidding me, this the worlds biggest start up valued at 500 BILLION & they cant even do a paid fellowship program 😱
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The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.
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Both things are probably true:
1. The bird site must really be almost dead for the official fascist government accounts to move here.
2. Modern conservatism knows it cannot exist without an endless supply of leftists and liberals to harass.
1. The bird site must really be almost dead for the official fascist government accounts to move here.
2. Modern conservatism knows it cannot exist without an endless supply of leftists and liberals to harass.
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Both things are probably true:
1. The bird site must really be almost dead for the official fascist government accounts to move here.
2. Modern conservatism knows it cannot exist without an endless supply of leftists and liberals to harass.
1. The bird site must really be almost dead for the official fascist government accounts to move here.
2. Modern conservatism knows it cannot exist without an endless supply of leftists and liberals to harass.
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Para quem está a discutir o projecto de lei a achar que é sobre as burcas, ver as imagens.
Lembram-se das pessoas que usam máscara para não serem identificadas por um governo numa manifestação contra esse governo?
Link para o texto aqui: app.parlamento.pt/webutils/doc...
Lembram-se das pessoas que usam máscara para não serem identificadas por um governo numa manifestação contra esse governo?
Link para o texto aqui: app.parlamento.pt/webutils/doc...
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Para quem está a discutir o projecto de lei a achar que é sobre as burcas, ver as imagens.
Lembram-se das pessoas que usam máscara para não serem identificadas por um governo numa manifestação contra esse governo?
Link para o texto aqui: app.parlamento.pt/webutils/doc...
Lembram-se das pessoas que usam máscara para não serem identificadas por um governo numa manifestação contra esse governo?
Link para o texto aqui: app.parlamento.pt/webutils/doc...
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"Precisamos sequer de quadros e gráficos para nos dizer que os nossos cérebros não foram feitos para ser bombardeados com más notícias várias horas por dia?"
🔗 ‘Cultura da Ansiedade’: como a economia da atenção impulsiona no nosso medo do futuro: buff.ly/JYu0IO1
🔗 ‘Cultura da Ansiedade’: como a economia da atenção impulsiona no nosso medo do futuro: buff.ly/JYu0IO1
September 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Precisamos sequer de quadros e gráficos para nos dizer que os nossos cérebros não foram feitos para ser bombardeados com más notícias várias horas por dia?"
🔗 ‘Cultura da Ansiedade’: como a economia da atenção impulsiona no nosso medo do futuro: buff.ly/JYu0IO1
🔗 ‘Cultura da Ansiedade’: como a economia da atenção impulsiona no nosso medo do futuro: buff.ly/JYu0IO1
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Spoiler Alert: Mário Amorim Lopes sai tosquiado desta crónica.
Mário Amorim Lopes pratica sexo com ovelhas. E isso são muito más notícias para o país. Hoje, no site da SÁBADO.
www.sabado.pt/opiniao/conv...
www.sabado.pt/opiniao/conv...
Uma crise de gente séria
Opinião de João Paulo Batalha
www.sabado.pt
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Spoiler Alert: Mário Amorim Lopes sai tosquiado desta crónica.
Hoje vou estar em representação da @direitosdigitais.pt no Festival MIL, numa conversa dedicada ao tema "Culture and Ethics: Cultural rights in the digital space". Vai ser da pesada, apareçam!
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Hoje vou estar em representação da @direitosdigitais.pt no Festival MIL, numa conversa dedicada ao tema "Culture and Ethics: Cultural rights in the digital space". Vai ser da pesada, apareçam!