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Luís António Santos
@luissantos.bsky.social
Curious. Portuguese. Born in Mozambique. Used to be a journalist. Now a university professor. Into new forms and formats for journalism. And sound production.
Trump a fazer escola... "Apelamos a uma posição de força das redações e direções de informação: se não permitem colocar questões, não devem estar jornalistas presentes." jornalistas.eu/se-montenegr...
Se Montenegro não aceita perguntas, boicotem as declarações – Sindicato dos Jornalistas
jornalistas.eu
Incredible how we get used to the indescribable when it appears before our eyes every single day.
"Epstein’s was an exclusive club that counted among its members people who harbor dreams of re-engineering human minds and bodies, seizing control of our collective future, and building technology that, they hope, will one day merge with — or even replace — all of us."
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk.Have we discussed "AI" doomsday cults + Epstein? “parachuting humanity into a different evolutionary era...even obsoleting the human race as we know it...is a running theme in the Epstein files, and...tech evangelists...“It’s eugenics all the way down” www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
É com enorme prazer que anunciamos o lançamento oficial da Agência Cívica de Rating, uma iniciativa inovadora de monitorização do impacto da banca na sociedade e da integridade nas finanças públicas! Comunicado: tinyurl.com/4harfbvw Estudo Inaugural: agenciacivicaderat.wixsite.com/mysite/relat...
Convém não esquecer este momento grave e importa que as autoridades investiguem muito bem o que se passou. O @ruitavares.bsky.social, depois, escreve o enquadramento histórico da tragicomédia.
Hélder Verdade Fontes@heldervfontes.bsky.social · 2w agoFoi o Rui Tavares. Disseram-lhe que estava lá um livreto de um socialista obscuro do século XVIII e ele não resistiu à tentação.
"When the president invades a country like Venezuela, abducts its leader, chooses his successor and then grabs a huge share of their oil reserves, that’s not an 'oil deal' – it’s armed robbery. But the news media call it an oil deal because they think that’s objective. It’s not."
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 2w agoI told John Stoehr of @editorialboard.bsky.social that reporters "know Trump’s brain is broken. But their bosses would punish them if they said it loudly and clearly, because the bosses know Trump would punish their news organizations for reporting that. So they try to stay out of his crosshairs."
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
"I am concerned about the data theft, the exploitative labor practices, the haphazard creation of and failure to document datasets, the complete disregard for environmental impact, and the astonishing willingness of so many to surrender their own power" medium.com/@emilymenonb...
Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions
It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…
medium.com
"Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet
Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children.
newyorker.com
EXCLUSIVE: This summer’s extremes show that governments must spend more on beefing up defenses against global warming or face an even steeper bill in the years to come, the EU’s climate chief told POLITICO. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
Europe must spend billions now or face mounting climate disaster costs, EU warns
A nightmare summer of fires, droughts and heatwaves should force governments to invest in climate proofing, says EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra.
politico.eu
The 'Brave New World' they keep selling us as blissful. "Our employers take advantage of vague laws, weak enforcement of protections, and the helplessness of their employees to maximize their own profits." data-workers.org/luciana/?mc_...
“This is Capitalism”: Apple’s Hidden Data Workers at the Shadows of the AI Boom, by Luciana
The working conditions and resistance of Apple's outsourced data workers in Spain.
data-workers.org
"In some ways, what psychology teaches is something we all have heard before, but maybe forgotten. It’s better to show, not tell." thegoodconflict.substack.com/p/dont-call-...
Don’t Call a Lie a Lie
What Psychology Can Teach Journalism About Correcting Falsehoods
thegoodconflict.substack.com
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Governmental fact-checking or ‘fact-washing’? Assessing the (un)biasedness and (im)partiality of the Centre for Countering Disinformation in #Turkey Read the article by O. Güden & @lindabos.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Many parents would likely object if, say, Exxon Mobil wrote their children’s environmental science curriculum. Yet, over the last decade, schools have often embraced the technology industry in similar ways with few questions asked." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
nytimes.com
"The bottom line is artificial intelligence is viewed by the tech elite as a means to cement their position at the summit of humanity, no matter how much harm it does to humanity." thebaffler.com/latest/reven...
Revenge of the Nerds | Ali Winston
In his new book, Gil Durán examines the origins and ambitions of Silicon Valley’s war on democracy.
thebaffler.com
"Harsh migratory policies do not just harm migrants and their families – they have also been widely proven to actively harm national economies and productivity, as well as nutrition and health." theconversation.com/ceuta-crisis...
Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
theconversation.com
"Judge Ofir Tishler said that although Schrieber had attacked the nun, he was ordering his acquittal due to his mental health." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who attacked nun on CCTV in Jerusalem acquitted on grounds of mental health
A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.
bbc.com
The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...
Opinion | A Scholarly Association’s Secret Washington Playbook
Did the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?
chronicle.com
We will tell younger generations this happened on our watch. What an achievement.
💻 DATA CENTER UNE RIVAIS 💻 Os planos de governo dos cinco principais candidatos à Presidência têm um raro ponto em comum: o incentivo à instalação de data centers voltados para a inteligência artificial no Brasil. Saiba o que eles prometem: 👇 www.aosfatos.org/noticias/inc...
"f the states win, they’ll have a rare chance to force sweeping design changes to Instagram and Facebook that could decrease kids’ time spent on social media — and, by extension, eat into Meta’s lucrative advertising revenue."
Politico@politico.com · last mo.Meta faces pivotal kids’ safety trial
"(...) this weird moment in history does have a past. It comes from somewhere. It wasn’t inevitable. Things could have turned out differently. (...) And if you look back, one thing you’ll see is that a lot of people saw this all coming. They foresaw our present when it was still the future."
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · last mo."Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?" www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...
"(..) if you want students to be passionately engaged, not worried about the future, grasping, careerist or disengaged, you must transmit the spark of passion in your deeds, your mien — let’s face it, in your own soul." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...
Opinion | To Save Higher Ed, Professors Need to Get a Little Weird (Gift Article)
Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.
nytimes.com