"#openai is at the centre of the tangled web of deals drawing scrutiny. For example - last month, it entered into a $100bn deal with chipmaker #nvidia - with expectations that OpenAI will build data centres powered with Nvidia's advanced chips. Then on Monday, OpenAI announced plans to purchase […]

"What’s a #datacenter made of?? There are 3 main components; the #building and land at roughly a quarter of the cost, all the #powersystems, wiring, cooling, racking, etc. at about 40% of the cost, and then the #gpus themselves at about 35% of the cost. I’m assuming that the building depreciates […]

"The annual conference of the Association of #internetresearchers is fast approaching! Scheduled for mid-October in #brazil, hundreds of Internet scholars (like me!) will convene to do what we do: share cat pictures. This post is a guide for my fellow AoIRistas who want to discuss #aoir2025 and […]

"This will sounds too incredible to be true, yet I spent the past 2 days fact-checking this and it checks out: for the first time ever, researchers from the #chinese Academy of Sciences (now ranked as the world’s top research institution) have managed to systematically #reverseaging in primates […]

#degrowth: "This is an important point. A lot of people get caught up thinking, oh, we are being attacked because the word sounds negative, we need a better framing, etc. No, it is being attacked because it calls for overcoming capitalist control over the means of production." @jasonhickel on […]

El Giro dell'Emilia, previsto para el cuatro de octubre, deja fuera al Israel-Premier Tech tras el anuncio de protestas por parte de distintos colectivos y la petición del ayuntamiento de Bolonia […]

"The influential Chinese landscape #architect #kongjianyu, known for rethinking concrete infrastructure around #waterways, died in a small #planecrash in #brazil: “Instead of pushing stormwater away, or damming against it, what if cities began taking inspiration from the way farmers in villages […]

"We’ve come too far to go back to a time when #autism was a stigmatized condition defined solely in terms of deficits; when mothers were made to feel guilty; when the pressures for conformity so outweighed the desire for diversity that people with autism had few chances to get an education or a […]

Primavera dos Museus: Milhares (2.323!) de Atividades Celebrando a Cultura e o Patrimônio Nacional. Conheça a programação dos eventos que acontecem por todo o país! […]

"Hermoso que #lula sea un hombre que se deja ver abrazando y mimando a otros hombres en público. Mucho más en el mundo #político. Se comporta como un compañero, como alguien que pone el #corazón primero y que se permite la #ternura. Eso lo significa todo en tiempos como los nuestros."

#trump viu o discurso de #lula.

#unspeech #unga2025: Delegação dos EUA não aplaude discurso de #lula, que critica Trump sem mencioná-lo. #trump, por sua vez, elogia Lula e diz que vai encontrá-lo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF0zwxaZCDY

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio #lula da Silva delivered a powerful speech at the #ungeneralassembly2025, directly addressing global #democracy, #multilateralism, #climatechange, and #humanrights. In his remarks, Lula appeared to strongly criticise Donald Trump and far-right movements for […]

"The law prohibits “developing or implementing policies, procedures, trainings, activities, or programs that reference race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation” and prevents school staff from supporting the mental, physical, or emotional health of students without getting […]

"Without the knowledge and without the critical thinking skills instilled by #print, many of the citizens of modern democracies find themselves as helpless and as credulous as medieval peasants — moved by irrational appeals and prone to mob thinking. The world after print increasingly resembles […]

#Brasília #hojepovonarua! #congressosembandidagem #PacificaComPrisão #semanistiapragolpista #brasil #democracia

"Robinson wasn’t a member of some underground cell or disciplined political movement. He was a product of our new normal: isolated, angry, lost, #algorithmicallyradicalized, trained to understand human conflict as performance for an invisible audience. If you raise kids to fear contact and […]

"The frantic rush to categorize #CharlieKirk’s killer into a political pole (L vs. R) lacks an understanding of the nihilism of #genz young men. This is a great @pbsnews Hour interview with @ryanbroderick who is an expert on internet and video game culture." (@jonniefivebikes) […]

"#kirk wasn’t showing up to campuses to “talk with anyone who would talk to him.” He was showing up armed with a string of logical fallacies, nonsense talking points, and gotcha questions specifically designed to enrage inexperienced college students so he could generate viral social media clips […]

Do you want to be presented to the full picture about #incels? Listen to the girl..

"So it’s okay for a pundit to vow #revenge on supposed political enemies. But not okay for one to point out that, in a #polarized environment, #hateful words can lead to hateful actions." https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-gets-you-fired-or-celebrated?utm_medium=ios

#giannetti: "Nos #eua, se você não é financeiramente bem sucedido, você não é ninguém. Na Europa existe segurança econômica, tem previdência, tem saúde pública, são valores que não reduzem uma pessoa a um único mono-valor, que é o sucesso econômico. O #trump é a expressão de uma doença, e a […]

"The Hopkins-Oxford group also raised the historical ethical transgressions around #psychedelics — including the CIA’s #mkultra experiments with #lsd and other drugs on unwitting subjects, abuses of psychiatric patients and prisoners, sexual abuse and boundary violations by session guides, and […]

Saiu no novo número do Anuário Antropológico meu textinho curto sobre algoritmos e radicalização. Link abaixo 👇

Via De Olho Nos Ruralistas O fluxo da relação entre Maribel Golin, a pecuarista investigada por lavagem de dinheiro do PCC, e Tarcísio de Freitas passa por diversas empresas e datas. De Olho nos Ruralistas organizou essas informações em um infográfico. Vamos […] [Original post on ursal.zone]

"A Polícia Federal fez uma operação envolvendo o #PCC e a #FariaLima. Em seguida, uma testemunha afirmou que o #CiroNogueira, líder do #centrão, estaria envolvido. Alguns dias depois, o centrão, que recebe ordens da Faria Lima, deixa o governo. O […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

"The message, stripped down, is the same one #plutocrats have always used to justify their privilege: if you’re rich, powerful, and healthy, it’s because you’re “#fit.” If you’re poor, struggling, sick, or broken, well, that’s just nature’s way of weeding out the weak. It’s a twenty-first […]

This story, about a successful Wall Street trader who quit in middle age to become an FDNY paramedic, spoke to me in so many ways. It inverts the usual EMS career arc - eager kid becomes a paramedic, burns out after a few years, leaves to get a "real" career - and reflects on what it means to […]

"At 9:23 a.m. on Nov. 9.2022], 10 days after Mr. [#Bolsonaro’s defeat, a document, later found on a cellphone seized by investigators, was created at the presidential offices. It sketched out an extreme plan calling for the “extinction of the winning ticket.” Mr. #lula and his running mate […]

"Num esporte de contagem baixa como o #futebol, em que basta um gol para definir uma partida, jogos se decidem em acidentes provocados por movimentos, hoje chamados de antinaturais, embora sejam naturais de um atleta que está correndo. O jogo atual premia, muitas vezes, o simples fato de se […]

"O PL[#ecadigital]deixa em aberto uma possível modulação das obrigações do provedor/fornecedor do produto ou serviço no art 39°: "As obrigações previstas nos arts. 6º, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 e 40 desta Lei aplicar-se-ão conforme as características e funcionalidades do produto/serviço […]

"Todas as outras #paixões infantis ou ficam sérias ou desaparecem, mas não há uma maneira adulta de ser apaixonado por #futebol." Luis Fernando Veríssimo.

"#Bolsonaro’s allies are now set on next year’s election, when they hope to win enough senate seats to impeach #moraes and neuter the courts. If they succeed, then Bolsonaro will have achieved his aim—without his name even appearing on the ballot." Termina assim esta histórica matéria. Vale […]

Brazilian Supreme Minister #gilmarmendes provokes: “It would be inappropriate for us to demand in the negotiations (with the US) that the people who are in the #epsteinfiles be revealed…”

Brazilian Supreme Minister #gilmarmendes provokes: “It would be inappropriate for us to demand in the negotiations (with the US) that the people who are in the #epsteinfiles be revealed…”

#crackerbarrel #epsteinfiles #peterkuper#epsteinfiles#crackerbarrelPeter Kuper, who currently draws Spy vs Spy for Mad Magazine, is over at Instagram. If you are, you should follow him for kickass political cartoons and more.

"#nickclegg became Britain’s deputy prime minister in 2010 when he led the center-left Liberal Democrats, before eventually falling from power 5 years later and landing in California in 2018. He was an outsider, brought in to lead Meta owner’s policy efforts; until his departure this January, he […]

Esse gol do #iago para o #flamengo, no último segundo da final #intercontinentalsub20, lembra muito o gol mítico do #rondinelli no Vasco, na final do Carioca de 1978. A velha guarda lembra.. No momento crucial, "baixou o caboclo Rondinelli!!"

"Juntamente com #dickprice, #fritzperls considerou #claudionaranjo um de seus sucessores mais talentosos. #naranjo é um psiquiatra nascido no #chile que fez sua primeira viagem aos Estados Unidos no início dos anos 1960. Claudio Naranjo ficou conhecido por sua síntese criativa da #meditação […]

Saudações para a #NaçãoRubroNegra! #mastofut #futebol #flamengo

Exposure to "AI Assistance" lowers doctors' ability to diagnose cancer just after a few weeks. "AI"s main effect on people is skill decay. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(25)00133-5/abstract

sad news from the extended merry prankster family: sue kesey has departed, organic food pioneer & founder of the springfield creamery with ken's brother chuck (& co-organizer of the 1972 "sunshine daydream" benefit in veneta) […] [Original post on heads.social]

the road Herr Trump is traveling down is well known, and catastrophic for any national economy to travel https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/labor-statistics-data-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.FiK-.q38upvSoh0ZY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Krystal and Saagar are joined by #jeffsachs to discuss the #trump #ukraine summit. "This war started with the US pushing NATO to the Ukraine border. Russia wants Ukraine to be a buffer zone, and maybe they'll get it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0IgICec6RE

“Drawing on the sociologist Robert #putnam, @ethanz argues that alternative #socialmedia can bolster the practices of #democracy. “We should make this shift because participating in social networks we ourselves govern could turn online spaces into Putnam’s ‘schools for democracy.’” 10 Instead of […]

Trump is losing everything. "The US government has tried for years to recruit India for its new cold war on #China, but Donald #trump's aggressive tariffs have backfired, encouraging New Delhi to improve its relations with Beijing, strengthening unity in #brics. Political economist Ben Norton […]

Trump is losing everything. "The US government has tried for years to recruit India for its new cold war on #China, but Donald #trump's aggressive tariffs have backfired, encouraging New Delhi to improve its relations with Beijing, strengthening unity in #brics. Political economist Ben Norton […]

Governor Gavin #newsom and California leaders will make a major announcement in response to #Trump’s #gerrymandering attempts in Texas. Newsom indicated that he plans to redistrict in California, a plan he says will “end the Trump presidency.” https://www.youtube.com/live/SYyDsJdEk7E

"Contrasting Brazil’s prosecution of #bolsonaro with the dropping of election interference charges against #trump in the US, Ricupero says that while #brazil “has many faults, in this specific case, Brazil has been able to defend #democracy better than the American institutions”. Pressure from […]

"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor #brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the […]