David Mittelman
@dmittelman.bsky.social
Afro-Luso-Brazilian literary/cultural studies (still, somehow).
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David Mittelman
@dmittelman.bsky.social
· Jan 30
This week I finally took down my Portuguese-language CDC wear-a-mask poster from my office door and replaced it with this:
No need to regret being right.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
No need to regret being right.
Wow (derogatory)
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wow (derogatory)
Reposted by David Mittelman
Military generals responsible for the coup attempt have also been imprisoned.
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/malu-g...
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/malu-g...
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Military generals responsible for the coup attempt have also been imprisoned.
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/malu-g...
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/malu-g...
can i print this as a poster that completely covers my office door?
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
can i print this as a poster that completely covers my office door?
Reposted by David Mittelman
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
seriously, so rude
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
seriously, so rude
What did you see?
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What did you see?
With me, it depends on my mood and on the movie.
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
With me, it depends on my mood and on the movie.
Reposted by David Mittelman
Já o antropólogo David Nemer pondera que a pauta moral ainda é a principal “cola identitária” do campo da direita, que reúne grupos dispersos mantidos sob o guarda-chuva de Bolsonaro nas duas últimas eleições.
oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...
oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...
Encruzilhada à direita: prisão amplia dúvidas sobre força do bolsonarismo e sucessão nas urnas em 2026
Cientistas políticos e antropólogos que estudam a evolução do fenômeno desde 2018 afirmaram ao GLOBO que a maior privação de liberdade pode afetar o papel de Bolsonaro como cabo eleitoral e fragmentar...
oglobo.globo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Já o antropólogo David Nemer pondera que a pauta moral ainda é a principal “cola identitária” do campo da direita, que reúne grupos dispersos mantidos sob o guarda-chuva de Bolsonaro nas duas últimas eleições.
oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...
oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...
Next week, I presume, users will be able to pay a little fee to upgrade their accounts and gain the ability to directly control the location they are “based in.”
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Next week, I presume, users will be able to pay a little fee to upgrade their accounts and gain the ability to directly control the location they are “based in.”
Reposted by David Mittelman
I used to get the Sunday scaries but if I read a book and run in the the weather, I am reminded that the worst parts of my job are meaningless. This is my cure.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I used to get the Sunday scaries but if I read a book and run in the the weather, I am reminded that the worst parts of my job are meaningless. This is my cure.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
there’s, like, a lot of pope in my feed, guys
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
there’s, like, a lot of pope in my feed, guys
this is the one
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
this is the one
[Descartes voice] Well, do you *really* know anything at all about the physical world? DO YOU???
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
[Descartes voice] Well, do you *really* know anything at all about the physical world? DO YOU???
precisamos e merecemos
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
precisamos e merecemos
In college, my girlfriend and some friends decided to take Portuguese in the hopes of traveling or studying abroad in Brazil. So I went and “shopped” intensive Portuguese.
Nearly 20 years later @katebbeall.bsky.social and I are still together and I have one of the few jobs in this field in the US.
Nearly 20 years later @katebbeall.bsky.social and I are still together and I have one of the few jobs in this field in the US.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In college, my girlfriend and some friends decided to take Portuguese in the hopes of traveling or studying abroad in Brazil. So I went and “shopped” intensive Portuguese.
Nearly 20 years later @katebbeall.bsky.social and I are still together and I have one of the few jobs in this field in the US.
Nearly 20 years later @katebbeall.bsky.social and I are still together and I have one of the few jobs in this field in the US.
That’s just the magic of being Matty.
This Yglesias quote is so bafflingly wrong that it's hard to believe people voluntarily pay for his thoughts on American politics.
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That’s just the magic of being Matty.
Reposted by David Mittelman
O que eu mais gosto neste vídeo é que ele tá amooaaaaado, parece uma criança de castigo
No momento da troca da tornozeleira eletrônica, Jair Bolsonaro foi questionado sobre pq ela estava tão danificada. Ele responde que, por “curiosidade”, usava o ferro de solda desde a tarde 👇🏾
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
O que eu mais gosto neste vídeo é que ele tá amooaaaaado, parece uma criança de castigo
geente…
No momento da troca da tornozeleira eletrônica, Jair Bolsonaro foi questionado sobre pq ela estava tão danificada. Ele responde que, por “curiosidade”, usava o ferro de solda desde a tarde 👇🏾
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
geente…
like he wanted to get caught
Bolsonaro tells Brazilian Federal Police that he used a soldering iron to tamper with his ankle monitor.
Bolsonaro afirmou a investigadores que utilizou ferro de solda na tornozeleira, diz PF
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
like he wanted to get caught