João Carvalho
@joaocarvalho21.bsky.social
Integrated researcher at CIES-ISCTE interested on the topics of the politics of international migration and the far right.
biggest concern of the moment, for those who are not fooled by the great substitution... www.independent.co.uk/voices/ai-ar...
We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade
The artificial intelligence tool set the probability of human extinction mercifully lower than the predictions of AI engineers Jacob Coxon and Evan Hubinger, as Jacqui Merrington found out
independent.co.uk
will it really haunt Farage or violence has been rationalized to the degree that is welcomed rather than despised... inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
The image that will haunt Farage
Reform conference attendees attacking protestors could be a defining moment for the party
inews.co.uk
deeply honored! thanks so much to Jan Rovny for pulling this seminar at Science Po. If you around Paris, you are invited! If not, it will be covered on Zoom I also promise to present some fresh new data out of the oven that me, Mariana Duarte and Didier Ruedin have been exploring
a strange 'brave new world' is upon us... Huxley would be puzzled... www.independent.co.uk/politics/jd-...
JD Vance took the White House press briefing to a very strange place
In a surprisingly long briefing, the vice president managed to claim that there is no war in Iran, that sauerkraut from RFK Jr made him rapidly lose weight, and that Americans should build nuclear rea...
independent.co.uk
for those who like British soccer, prospects are bleak... www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
How the Premier League’s greed could soon become its drastic downfall
The Premier League has spent more than £3.5bn this summer and, as Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney details, a lack of financial control and liquidity could provoke a nasty surprise in the not-too-...
independent.co.uk
Very happy to start my three weeks fellowship at Science po Paris. Let me know if you drop by or if you have nice suggestions. Thanks to Jan Rovni, Nonna Mayer and Colin Hay for their support!
my latest publication according to google scholar... regardless of my political science background
always by the book... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Council apologises for parking fines after Bedford railway crash
Bedford Borough Council accused of lacking common sense after issuing fixed penalty tickets to vehicles near Bedford railway station following last Friday’s tragic crash
independent.co.uk
Obama's legacy? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library
Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that’s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument – or a mausoleum?
theguardian.com
another breakdown in a "Special Relationship", this time between "potential" war criminals
most weird academic deceit I received so far via whataspp
free speech! www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Author of tell-all Facebook memoir forced to sit in silence during Hay Festival talk
Sarah Wynn-Williams wrote the bestselling memoir ‘Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism’, detailing her seven years working for the tech giant
independent.co.uk
Notable also that the major Spanish news networks like El País and RTVE *always* describe Reform and Farage as far right/ultraderecha in their headlines.
Eduardo Suárez@eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Guardian uses "far-right" for Spain's Vox but uses "hard-right" for UK's Reform. No idea why
the way to loose elections and throw the world in disarray... anybody heard about trade tariffs lately! what a cornerstone of MAGA... From one corner to other corner, until they definitely cornered
Look who came into town... Starting in ten minutes
Are we witnessing a critical juncture in the future of transatlantic relations?
the sky is shinning, and the USA is loosing... 😱 how can it be... who said so! fake news for sure
