Exhausted sociologist
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Sociologist working with data science and statistics • Surviving capitalist realism • MSc Sociology @UFRGS • BSc Statistics @UFRGS • Fellow @mozilla.org • In 🇧🇷 • pt/en • #rstats 🚩• 🏳️🌈 • 🇵🇸 • AuDHD+HA/G • R-Ladies Porto Alegre Founder
@mozilla.org launched a campaign against the tech billionaire class during the UNGA — and my face is in NY. 🧵 The ad places me next to Zuckerberg: he manufactures surveillance eyewear; I build local AI to expose political violence in Brazil, with Instituto Fogo Cruzado.
A @mozilla.org lançou uma campanha contra a classe bilionária da tecnologia durante a UNGA — e a minha cara está em NY. 🧵 A peça publicitária me coloca ao lado de Zuckerberg: ele fabrica óculos que vigiam, eu construo IA local para expor violência política no Brasil, com o Instituto Fogo Cruzado.
Something good is in the making. More to come September 24 👀 In the meantime, drop your guess in the thread🧵
It's here! 🌱 The #MozFest 2026 schedule is live, so if you've been waiting for a sign to grab your ticket to Barcelona, this is it. Take a peek at the schedule and grab your ticket while they last ⚡ https://bit.ly/4pJWgmE
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
Why #MozFest? Because unlike a traditional tech conference, art and culture shape the conversations about technology. Grab your ticket and join us in October✨ mzl.la/4hVLQ1F
Technology carries a legacy, and every generation gets to decide what to do with the one it inherits. Your first look at the #MozFest Main Stage 👀 Ilene Lang, Issam Hijazi @upscrolled.bsky.social and Gitanjali Rao, moderated by @anildash.com Grab your ticket and join us⚡ https://mzl.la/4xa2orb
“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.
The news is out ⚡ officially a @mozilla.org Fellow! We're building alternative futures and if there's one thing we know for sure the future won’t be built by billionaires. Watch this space for more about my fellowship project soon.
You heard it here first ⚡The future of tech won’t be built by billionaires. More to come soon 👀
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has dedicated his team’s World Cup knockout win over Australia to the people of Palestine. Here he is holding up the Palestinian flag after the event.
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."
Milton Santos 100 anos: Nina Santos fala sobre a atualidade da obra de seu avô em nosso EP de 2021 sobre o mestre. Áudio completo aqui open.spotify.com/episode/0IpE.... Edição de @igornrj.bsky.social
NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
propublica.org
Operação policial não é a melhor política de segurança e está longe de ser a que dá bons resultados. Segurança de verdade é ver a cidade funcionando: criança brincando sem medo, trabalhador circulando em paz e morador sem precisar se jogar no chão por causa de tiro. 👇
Tentando começar algo por aqui também: open.substack.com/pub/absurdoe...
Diretamente do fim do mundo
Início da Cápsula #0001
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Irony: a delegation of Brazilian mayors goes to Israel for a security technology fair. After Israel's attacks on Iran and retaliations, they are "caught" in the crossfire: a great way to see Israel's security technologies empirically.
Das ironias: comitiva de prefeitos do Brasil vai à Israel para feira de tecnologia em segurança. Após ataques de Israel ao Irã e retaliações, ficam “presos” no fogo cruzado: uma ótima forma de ver empriricamente as tecnologias de segurança de Israel.
New paper out in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics! What happens when probability of correct response depends on item position? Is this a function of items or respondents? We put forward a continuous mixture IRT model to investigate just this! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
A Position-Sensitive Mixture Item Response Model - Klint Kanopka, Benjamin W. Domingue, 2024
Standard item response theory (IRT) models are ill-equipped for when the probability of a correct response depends on the location in the test where an item is ...
journals.sagepub.com
“Facebook launched its fact-checking program after Donald Trump was first elected. Now that resistance appears out of fashion, the company has decided to end it.” The head of our fact-checking department writes about Meta’s decision to stop checking facts.
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Abandon Fact-Checking
From the daily newsletter: Facebook and Instagram’s new approach to the facts. Plus: Jimmy Carter rests; why Justin Trudeau had to step down; and the view from the limo driver.
newyorker.com
