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Paula Simoes
@paulasimoes.bsky.social
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My blog: https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/ Mastodon: @paulasimoes.ciberlandia.pt Digital Humanities; Public Domain; Open Access; History, Heritage, Creativity & New Media, Free & Open Source Software. Books 📚
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Pepperpot Herbs 🌱 @pepperpotherbs.bsky.social · 6h
More gorgeous Rosemary in Spain. Just as lovely as ours 🌱🇬🇧 at Pepperpot #herbs #flowers #plants
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João G. Ribeiro @joaogsr.bsky.social · 6h
Tive a honra de ser host numa entrevista ao vivo com a @mckenziewark.bsky.social ao vivo no MIL. E só posso agradecer a oportunidade e a partilha generosa de conhecimento.
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 5h
Enshittification:
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It by Cory Doctorow

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Enshittification
*** Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 ***Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the mo...
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 5h
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

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A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 5h
Age verification

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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
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Zettlr @zettlr.com · 1d
The beta phase for the next major Zettlr release has started! It offers quite the bunch of new features. You can get the beta via GitHub, or via the app,. Over the next weeks, we will slowly introduce the new features the update provides, so stay tuned!

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Zettlr @zettlr.com · 12h
The first new feature of Zettlr 4.0 is a brand-new onboarding experience for new users, which allows changing some basic settings for first-time use. It also introduces new users to some of the core features of the app.
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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 12h
What happens when overlooked voices take center stage? The Africa Wiki Women Voices Podcast amplifies African women's experiences on Wikipedia. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
Portrait of a woman wearing glasses and a turquoise dress, posed confidently against a brown textured background. Text says: How can Wikimedia’s campaign tools be better for everyone? Listen to this podcast conversation about accessibility and the future of collaborative campaigns.
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 12h
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian

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László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The Hungarian novelist whose books ‘reaffirm the power of art’ was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 18h
A ler ⏬
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Xnet - Instituto para Digitalización Democrática @xnet-x.net · 18h
🔴 Entra en vigor el Reglamento Europeo sobre Publicidad Política #TTPA.
O como los partidos siguen sin erradicar la desinformación que generan.

🗞️ Hoy nuestra Simona Levi lo cuenta en @ctxt.es: ctxt.es/es/20251001/...

Y además te lo desgranamos en este hilo 1/👇
TTPA
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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 18h
The surprise was #Acanthus ! I forgot I took seeds to see if I could maintain them in a vase.

Beware if you plant them on the ground, it'll be difficult to take them out, any bit of root you leave will germinate again🌱

I do love the #WilliamMorris wallpaper:
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78222/...
Some Acanthus green leaves popping out of a vase almost ready to be transplanted
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d
📜 1996: He envisioned a digital library collecting all public materials on the Web, Gopher, Usenet, and FTP.

🌐 2025: The Internet Archive holds petabytes of data—from websites to books, TV news, music, and even software.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d
Nearly 30 years ago, Brewster wrote: “Our goal is to help people answer hard questions.”

That vision still drives the Internet Archive in 2025: building a reliable memory for a digital age that forgets too quickly.

#Wayback1T
Internet Archive Wayback Machine logo
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d
📜 1996: He imagined that analyzing the web could reveal new trends, just like studying citations in academia.

🌐 2025: Researchers mine archived data to study elections, misinformation, cultural shifts, and more.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d
In 1996, Brewster Kahle wrote Preserving the Internet. Nearly 30 years later, it’s striking how many of his predictions about digital preservation came true—and how some challenges remain. Let’s compare 1996 vs 2025 🧵
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d
In 1996, Brewster Kahle wrote "Preserving the Internet" for Scientific American. Nearly 30 years later, it’s striking how many of his predictions about digital preservation came true—and how many challenges remain.

Let’s compare 1996 vs 2025 🧵
Page from March 1997 Scientific American featuring Brewster Kahle’s article 'Preserving the Internet.' Text describes the Internet Archive’s mission to save digital information. Includes a photo of a Smithsonian exhibit with 1996 U.S. election web memorabilia.
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D3 – Defesa dos Direitos Digitais @direitosdigitais.pt · 1d
Breaking: Votação #ChatControl de dia 13/14 de outubro foi retirada 💪

Protestar funciona! Obrigada a todos os cidadãos europeus que o fizeram! 👏

(pode ser apenas um adiamento para talvez dezembro)
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d
doomscroll break
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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 1d
Estes arquivos têm graça. O Vitorino Nemésio indicou Jorge Amado e Ferreira de Castro para o Nobel da Literatura.
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Khaleesi (Elina Eickstädt) @khaleesicodes.bsky.social · 1d
Bundesjustizministerin spricht sich gegen die #Chatkontrolle aus.
Es bleibt weiter spannend wie sich das BMI positioniert und welche Position letztendlich dabei raus kommt.

www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Z...
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Anlasslose Chatkontrolle muss in einem Rechtsstaat tabu sein. Private Kommunikation darf nie unter Generalverdacht stehen.“
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D3 – Defesa dos Direitos Digitais @direitosdigitais.pt · 2d
#ChatControl: Associações portuguesas apelam ao Governo para travar "spyware" da UE @tugate.ch

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Chat Control: Associações portuguesas apelam ao Governo para travar
Duas das principais associações de defesa dos direitos digitais em Portugal, a D3 - Defesa dos Direitos Digitais e a Associação Nacional para o Software Livre
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Shifter.pt @shifter.pt · 3d
No site podes encontrar um artigo onde traçamos a cronologia dos primeiros anos do debate e esmiuçamos as questões técnicas. (3/3)

Podes ler mais aqui: shifter.pt/2023/10/chat...
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Shifter.pt @shifter.pt · 3d
Desde que a Dinamarca assumiu a presidência rotativa do Conselho Europeu, o ChatControl voltou a agenda política e dia 14 de Outubro os países voltam a reunir-se para dar a conhecer as suas posições sobre o diploma. (2/3)
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Shifter.pt @shifter.pt · 3d
Há muito que se fala do ChatControl mas só agora chegou o momento das decisões 🚨

Neste vídeo fazemos um resumo dos principais pontos contra esta regualção (1/3)
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