José Volta e Pinto
@zevolta97.bsky.social
Here for the hoops 🏀
▸ Journalist at Público
▸ Basketball announcer
▸ Vintage NBA stories at borrachalaranja.pt
▸ Journalist at Público
▸ Basketball announcer
▸ Vintage NBA stories at borrachalaranja.pt
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His lede was a classic example of less can be more for a story of that magnitude: “Men have landed and walked on the moon.”
Sometimes you just need to let the basic facts speak for themselves and let the reader marinate in them.
Sometimes you just need to let the basic facts speak for themselves and let the reader marinate in them.
John Noble Wilford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter who covered America’s first moon landing, has died at 92.
John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
His lede was a classic example of less can be more for a story of that magnitude: “Men have landed and walked on the moon.”
Sometimes you just need to let the basic facts speak for themselves and let the reader marinate in them.
Sometimes you just need to let the basic facts speak for themselves and let the reader marinate in them.
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🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
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Quando Neemias Queta está em campo, os Boston Celtics têm uma identidade. Na mais recente edição do Queta Report, recebo o @zevolta97.bsky.social para analisar a evolução técnica do poste português, as áreas a melhorar e as métricas avançadas que já o colocam entre a elite.
A noite perfeita de Neemias Queta calou os cépticos?
Uma leitura completa do impacto do português em Boston no arranque da época: âncora defensiva, ameaça no ataque, métricas avançadas, e o que ainda trava a equipa no ressalto e na proteção de cesto.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Quando Neemias Queta está em campo, os Boston Celtics têm uma identidade. Na mais recente edição do Queta Report, recebo o @zevolta97.bsky.social para analisar a evolução técnica do poste português, as áreas a melhorar e as métricas avançadas que já o colocam entre a elite.
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just want to correct everyone: this is the WESTCHESTER KNICKS logo, not the NY Knicks. The G League affiliate, which is fitting.
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
just want to correct everyone: this is the WESTCHESTER KNICKS logo, not the NY Knicks. The G League affiliate, which is fitting.
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This is so fun. They should start playing baseball games before October next year
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is so fun. They should start playing baseball games before October next year
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WHAT A SHOT FROM STEPHEN CURRY.
October 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
WHAT A SHOT FROM STEPHEN CURRY.
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victor wembanyama is a nine-foot guard
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
victor wembanyama is a nine-foot guard
I mean
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I mean
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October 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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The NBA - the greatest thing ever established in America - is BACK. And to celebrate this momentous occasion, here is a massive starter pack of NBA accounts you can follow, all of whom are active:
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The NBA - the greatest thing ever established in America - is BACK. And to celebrate this momentous occasion, here is a massive starter pack of NBA accounts you can follow, all of whom are active:
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É só combinações, combinações.
Cá dentro combinações, combinações.
Cá dentro combinações, combinações.
Um quarto dos municípios sem maioria para governar | PÚBLICO
Fragmentação política atinge recorde nas autárquicas. Chega e PS são os que mais podem ser chamados a negociar.
www.publico.pt
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
É só combinações, combinações.
Cá dentro combinações, combinações.
Cá dentro combinações, combinações.
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Pela mão do @zevolta97.bsky.social. #ddj
Sete mapas para analisar os resultados destas autárquicas
Depois das primeiras impressões, é altura de olhar para outros números e outros mapas das eleições autárquicas de 12 de Outubro de 2025.
www.publico.pt
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Pela mão do @zevolta97.bsky.social. #ddj
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BIG NEWS. very pleased to report that @nekiasnba.bsky.social and @stevejones20.bsky.social are bringing The Dunker Spot to Yahoo Sports. been a fan of their show for ages, now I get to work with them. new episodes starting today!
September 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
BIG NEWS. very pleased to report that @nekiasnba.bsky.social and @stevejones20.bsky.social are bringing The Dunker Spot to Yahoo Sports. been a fan of their show for ages, now I get to work with them. new episodes starting today!
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Mondo Duplantis: 6.30m
📸 Hannah Peters
📸 Hannah Peters
September 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mondo Duplantis: 6.30m
📸 Hannah Peters
📸 Hannah Peters
They're all great people! (/s)
NEW @motherjones.com: Pardoned J6ers are using Kirk's killing to call for civil war
Stewart Rhodes will rebuild Oath Keepers; Proud Boys call for "retribution"; & ex-insurrectionists are coming "out of retirement."
Experts fear they could incite others to violence. W/ @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
Stewart Rhodes will rebuild Oath Keepers; Proud Boys call for "retribution"; & ex-insurrectionists are coming "out of retirement."
Experts fear they could incite others to violence. W/ @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
Pardoned insurrectionists are using Charlie Kirk’s death to call for civil war
“Charlie Kirk's assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.”
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They're all great people! (/s)
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Just 30 minutes away from Portugal-Serbia, a matchup of the world's two best centers.
August 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just 30 minutes away from Portugal-Serbia, a matchup of the world's two best centers.
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Portugal volta a vencer num EuroBasket, 18 anos depois. A Seleção Nacional bateu a Chéquia por 62-50, em Riga.
Neemias Queta fez história: primeiro jogador desde 1995 — ano em que a FIBA começou a registar ressaltos — a somar 20+ pontos e 15+ ressaltos na estreia na competição.
Neemias Queta fez história: primeiro jogador desde 1995 — ano em que a FIBA começou a registar ressaltos — a somar 20+ pontos e 15+ ressaltos na estreia na competição.
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Portugal volta a vencer num EuroBasket, 18 anos depois. A Seleção Nacional bateu a Chéquia por 62-50, em Riga.
Neemias Queta fez história: primeiro jogador desde 1995 — ano em que a FIBA começou a registar ressaltos — a somar 20+ pontos e 15+ ressaltos na estreia na competição.
Neemias Queta fez história: primeiro jogador desde 1995 — ano em que a FIBA começou a registar ressaltos — a somar 20+ pontos e 15+ ressaltos na estreia na competição.
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Neemias Queta led Portugal to a win in their EuroBasket opener. Monster game for Queta:
23 points on 11-for-15 shooting
18 rebounds
2 steals
4 blocks
He was easily the best player on the floor.
23 points on 11-for-15 shooting
18 rebounds
2 steals
4 blocks
He was easily the best player on the floor.
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Neemias Queta led Portugal to a win in their EuroBasket opener. Monster game for Queta:
23 points on 11-for-15 shooting
18 rebounds
2 steals
4 blocks
He was easily the best player on the floor.
23 points on 11-for-15 shooting
18 rebounds
2 steals
4 blocks
He was easily the best player on the floor.
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Happy Eurobasket to all who celebrate.
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Eurobasket to all who celebrate.
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À beira da estreia no EuroBasket 2025, Neemias Queta falou em exclusivo ao Borracha Laranja. Do rótulo de “Cinderella story” ao peso da camisola da Seleção, do reconhecimento internacional ao desafio de enfrentar Nikola Jokić, Alperen Şengün e o ex-colega Kristaps Porziņģis.
Entrevista completa:
Entrevista completa:
🏀 “Destino: Riga” – Neemias Queta em discurso direto
Poste português fala do rótulo de “Cinderella story” atribuído pela FIBA, do reconhecimento da ESPN e da importância do torneio como laboratório antes de regressar à NBA.
www.borrachalaranja.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
À beira da estreia no EuroBasket 2025, Neemias Queta falou em exclusivo ao Borracha Laranja. Do rótulo de “Cinderella story” ao peso da camisola da Seleção, do reconhecimento internacional ao desafio de enfrentar Nikola Jokić, Alperen Şengün e o ex-colega Kristaps Porziņģis.
Entrevista completa:
Entrevista completa:
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How @zevolta97.bsky.social and I zero-shot our way through conceptual matching.
Fuzzy matching, but for concepts – Rui Barros
There's a special kind of despair that comes with staring at two datasets that should obviously connect, but refuse to play nice. You know they belong together but no fuzzy matching technique can help...
ruibarros.me
July 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
How @zevolta97.bsky.social and I zero-shot our way through conceptual matching.
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Incredible reporting and storytelling by Dotun Akintoye here. When I grow up I want to write something this good.
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Joel Embiid sees you
In what he's calling his "most important" offseason, Joel Embiid responds to his critics.
www.espn.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Incredible reporting and storytelling by Dotun Akintoye here. When I grow up I want to write something this good.
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