Rui Silva
@rucas1972.bsky.social
Finance, Tech, Science, Movies, Economics, Politics, Music, Sports in no particular order.
"Gnomon" by Nick Harkaway
January 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"Gnomon" by Nick Harkaway
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TOTALMENTE INDICADA!
Fernanda Torres indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz!
Fernanda Torres indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz!
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
TOTALMENTE INDICADA!
Fernanda Torres indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz!
Fernanda Torres indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz!
Isto
I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.
December 29, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Isto
That explains the Electoral College. 😄😄
spent this afternoon reading some early US history (as one does) and was reminded of the important fact that these people were almost constantly drunk as hell
December 18, 2024 at 9:11 AM
That explains the Electoral College. 😄😄
Apex predator
December 13, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Apex predator
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a) agree with this, also b) did I just have an unusual childhood or was it more normal in the past for kids to be in the office in the summer than it is now?
If you look closely you’ll see my daughter’s hand as I wheeled her through the House of Commons to vote on proportional representation. Let’s normalise dads stepping in too when children need to stay home from nursery or school.
December 4, 2024 at 11:35 PM
a) agree with this, also b) did I just have an unusual childhood or was it more normal in the past for kids to be in the office in the summer than it is now?
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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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It's fascinating to me that Japan's reputation as the paragon of very low birth rates has survived in pop culture - it's had a higher birth rate than almost anywhere else in developed East Asia for two full decades, and a higher one than China for several years!
December 5, 2024 at 10:03 AM
It's fascinating to me that Japan's reputation as the paragon of very low birth rates has survived in pop culture - it's had a higher birth rate than almost anywhere else in developed East Asia for two full decades, and a higher one than China for several years!
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This isn't something I would have expected from anyone in the German policymaking elite.
www.ft.com/content/702d...
www.ft.com/content/702d...
Bundesbank chief calls for softer debt brake to increase investment
German central bank president Joachim Nagel urges Berlin to relax rules to address defence and infrastructure shortfalls
www.ft.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This isn't something I would have expected from anyone in the German policymaking elite.
www.ft.com/content/702d...
www.ft.com/content/702d...
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Triste Beton, A brutalist digital drawing (hugely) inspired by Adolphe Appia r/brutalism
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Triste Beton, A brutalist digital drawing (hugely) inspired by Adolphe Appia r/brutalism
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"A grande preocupação dele era como é que institucionalizava a democracia em Portugal. Era sempre a grande preocupação. Mário Soares tinha a ideia de que o que se estava a passar, com os aplausos da população, era uma coisa emocional e não era cultural. Não era uma coisa de cultura, era de emoção".
“Mário Soares tinha uma intuição brutal e não acreditava na cultura democrática do povo português”
É o militante número um do PS e foi uma das formiguinhas que ajudou a implantar o PS de norte a sul do país. No centenário do nascimento de Mário Soares, lembra a amizade de uma vida.
www.publico.pt
December 1, 2024 at 10:05 AM
"A grande preocupação dele era como é que institucionalizava a democracia em Portugal. Era sempre a grande preocupação. Mário Soares tinha a ideia de que o que se estava a passar, com os aplausos da população, era uma coisa emocional e não era cultural. Não era uma coisa de cultura, era de emoção".
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
@michaelpettis.bsky.social inputs on trade are really awesome!
1/5
According to the FT, "Christine Lagarde has urged Europe’s political leaders to co-operate with Donald Trump over tariffs and buy more products made in the US, warning that an acrimonious trade war risks wiping out global economic growth."
www.ft.com/content/24d5...
According to the FT, "Christine Lagarde has urged Europe’s political leaders to co-operate with Donald Trump over tariffs and buy more products made in the US, warning that an acrimonious trade war risks wiping out global economic growth."
www.ft.com/content/24d5...
Buy American to avoid Trump trade war, says Christine Lagarde
ECB chief takes aim at claim that tariffs will ‘make America great again’ — but calls for negotiation, not retaliation
www.ft.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:28 AM
@michaelpettis.bsky.social inputs on trade are really awesome!
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1/11
If you want to understand the effects of trade intervention, ask economic historians, but never ask economists. That's because their answer will almost certainly reflect little more than their ideological position, and they are likely to be wholly unaware of what happens outside the US.
If you want to understand the effects of trade intervention, ask economic historians, but never ask economists. That's because their answer will almost certainly reflect little more than their ideological position, and they are likely to be wholly unaware of what happens outside the US.
November 29, 2024 at 4:54 AM
1/11
If you want to understand the effects of trade intervention, ask economic historians, but never ask economists. That's because their answer will almost certainly reflect little more than their ideological position, and they are likely to be wholly unaware of what happens outside the US.
If you want to understand the effects of trade intervention, ask economic historians, but never ask economists. That's because their answer will almost certainly reflect little more than their ideological position, and they are likely to be wholly unaware of what happens outside the US.
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He insists that the original thanksgiving tradition had cats and they were given copious amount of sushi, and frankly, I should know this by now.
#cats
#catsofbluesky
#cats
#catsofbluesky
November 28, 2024 at 5:33 PM
He insists that the original thanksgiving tradition had cats and they were given copious amount of sushi, and frankly, I should know this by now.
#cats
#catsofbluesky
#cats
#catsofbluesky
Hey, @belinhadox.bsky.social olha aqui o meu jantar!
November 28, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Hey, @belinhadox.bsky.social olha aqui o meu jantar!
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
November 27, 2024 at 8:19 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Pá, isto esteve em baixo durante um bocado, não esteve?
November 25, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Pá, isto esteve em baixo durante um bocado, não esteve?
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I don’t mind watching television, I just prefer shows where I won’t learn anything new and fucked up that just happened
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 AM
I don’t mind watching television, I just prefer shows where I won’t learn anything new and fucked up that just happened
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Spain said it could give residency and work permits to about 900,000 undocumented migrants in the country over the next three years to help address a growing need for workers, even as other European countries embrace tougher stances on immigration.
Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Spain said it could give residency and work permits to about 900,000 undocumented migrants in the country over the next three years to help address a growing need for workers, even as other European countries embrace tougher stances on immigration.
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There’s a narrative that Gaetz was a deliberate head-fake — a distraction to boost the real candidate — but I am always suspicious of narratives that attribute four-dimensional chess to trump as opposed to knocking over the table and eating the checkers.
November 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM
There’s a narrative that Gaetz was a deliberate head-fake — a distraction to boost the real candidate — but I am always suspicious of narratives that attribute four-dimensional chess to trump as opposed to knocking over the table and eating the checkers.
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I know where my bones are buried
May take me a while, but I'd find my way home
May take me a while, but I'd find my way home
November 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I know where my bones are buried
May take me a while, but I'd find my way home
May take me a while, but I'd find my way home
Normalizing the crazy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, could wield considerable influence over the nation’s food supply. Here’s what is known about his own eating habits.
Omnivore, Intermittent Faster, Reformed Twinkie Lover: the R.F.K. Jr. Diet
Mr. Kennedy, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, could wield considerable influence over the nation’s food supply. Here’s what we know about his own habits.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Normalizing the crazy