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Urias: A Cuntelectual Meta-Anthropophagic Queen

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January 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's text is about Urias and her meta-anthropophagic practices in her last year's album. Truly, a meta-anthropophagic queen

thebrazilianmutt.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/u...

Meta-anthropophagy, a concept rooted in Brazil’s modernist tradition, goes beyond the original idea of cultural cannibalism proposed by Oswald de Andrade. It is the process of devouring and transfo…

Enemy Mine: A Forgotten Masterpiece of Science Fiction

January 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's video is about a movie that blew my mind. Watch it for free here:
youtu.be/v6CvD9FPWhU

to be is to math,to sta is to language. to be is to mountain,to sta is to river.

January 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

In Brazilian Portuguese, "ser" is permanent and "estar" is temporary. English lacks this distinction, and to be is all that you guys have. In today's poem, I created a neologism to express this distinction it in english. Read for free below:
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To Be and To Sta (Poem)

Wake Up, Carlo! is a Deep A Reflection on Memory, Art, and Brazilian Society

January 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Yesterday I talked about one of my favorite tv shows from last year. Wake Up, Carlo, is another amazing brazilian show, with deep reflections hidden behind a children's cartoon.

Go wach it (both the video and the show) and tell me your thoughts on it.

youtu.be/YBFNXnrjU-U?...

Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M

January 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

The cumbucagate is real

Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · Jan 3

So it appears Apple has "agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then shared with third parties and used for targeted ads."

But it was "unintentional," so don't worry about it...

Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.

arstechnica.com

January 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Life imitates memes

December 26, 2024 at 2:52 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's text:
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The Agency of Things: Interpreting The Lord of the Rings through Object-Oriented Ontology

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is often celebrated for its epic scope, rich world-building, and profound exploration of themes like friendship, power, and sacrifice. Yet, beneath these huma…

In Defense of Useless Knowledge

December 11, 2024 at 11:48 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's video:
youtu.be/QhRCE3s5UwU

Adventure Time and the Philosophy of Objects: How the Land of Ooo Embodies Object-Oriented Ontology

December 11, 2024 at 11:47 AM

Reposted by Victor Alfons Steuck

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Another thing I made this year. Pigeon history!

A comic called "What City Pigeons Talk About". Two city pigeons are standing on the sidewalk. One says "Hey, do you ever think about the past?" The other says "The past?"

A closeup of the first pigeon. They say "Yeah - do you ever think about where we came from? Sometimes I forget that city pigeons are domestic animals."

A hand reaches out to three wild pigeons. The narrator pigeon says "Humans domesticated us many millennia ago in the Middle East. We provided meat, feces used for fertilizer, and much more." There are two very fancy pigeon breeds. "Over time, people split us into hundreds of pure breeds - some quite elaborate! Kings and queens proudly kept pigeons, and colonists spread us worldwide."

A closeup again of the first pigeon, who says, "But we fell out of fashion. Now we peck at the dusty concrete, our past glory all but forgotten. Do you ever think about that?"

December 10, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's text:

thebrazilianmutt.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/a...

Adventure Time is much more than a whimsical tale of a boy and his magical dog exploring a surreal landscape. Beneath its quirky exterior, the show presents rich philosophical themes, many of which…

Massacration and Meta-Anthropophagy: How English Was Devoured and Transformed by Brazilian Humor

December 10, 2024 at 11:35 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Today's video:
youtu.be/wjGbAgu_GcQ

Buzz Lightyear and the Philosophy of Objects: How Toy Story Explains Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO)

December 10, 2024 at 11:34 AM

Victor Alfons Steuck

@victorsteuck.bsky.social

Just posted a new piece on the blog!

It's a mix of philosophy and Toy Story. I explain what Buzz Lightyear's journey can teach us about Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO).

Check it out for free at the link below, and let me know your thoughts!

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Buzz Lightyear’s journey in Toy Story is a delightful tale of a space ranger discovering the joys of being a toy. It is a narrative rich with philosophical undertones that align seamlessly with the…