Paulo Akira
@pauloakira.bsky.social
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Amateur philosopher
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Amateur philosopher
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aperta o botão de ligação, aí vai interromper o áudio, e cê desliga
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
aperta o botão de ligação, aí vai interromper o áudio, e cê desliga
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A tendência mais irritante do X tem nome: vagueposting ⬇️
'Se vocês soubessem o motivo...' 'Pouca gente sabe..." Posts misteriosos e sem contexto inundam a rede
'Se vocês soubessem o motivo...' 'Pouca gente sabe..." Posts misteriosos e sem contexto inundam a rede
A tendência mais irritante do X tem nome: vagueposting
'Se vocês soubessem o motivo...' 'Pouca gente sabe..." Posts misteriosos e sem contexto inundam a rede
nucleo.jor.br
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A tendência mais irritante do X tem nome: vagueposting ⬇️
'Se vocês soubessem o motivo...' 'Pouca gente sabe..." Posts misteriosos e sem contexto inundam a rede
'Se vocês soubessem o motivo...' 'Pouca gente sabe..." Posts misteriosos e sem contexto inundam a rede
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The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners said in a statement that the findings showed an inbuilt bias. It said: “This has meant that in some circumstances it is more likely to incorrectly match black and Asian people than their white counterparts.
The testing went on to find that the number of false positives for black women was particularly high www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects
Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners said in a statement that the findings showed an inbuilt bias. It said: “This has meant that in some circumstances it is more likely to incorrectly match black and Asian people than their white counterparts.
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»When fear takes hold of the system, critical voices disappear. It creates a contagion of silence, where those who thrive in that culture often end up in leadership roles. That’s a democratic problem — not just a workplace problem,« she says.
»It’s a pattern of many small and large pressures that together create a climate you could justifiably be described as psychological violence. And when colleagues see it happening, the fear spreads. You learn that speaking up isn’t worth it.« uniavisen.dk/en/130-resea...
130 researcher testimonies expose a culture of fear and silence at Danish universities
Personal stories of managerial pressure, a culture of silence, and psychological violence in academic workplaces are at the core of a new campaign by the Movement for a Free Academia. Minister for Hig...
uniavisen.dk
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
»When fear takes hold of the system, critical voices disappear. It creates a contagion of silence, where those who thrive in that culture often end up in leadership roles. That’s a democratic problem — not just a workplace problem,« she says.
“[…] virtual communication might unintentionally perpetuate inequality. Because disadvantaged groups often have poorer internet connections, they are likely to encounter more glitches, and, in turn, to experience worse outcomes in […] contexts such as health, careers, justice and social connection.”
Nature research paper: Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes - Nature
Glitches in video calls can have a negative effect on the judgement of the people involved and correspond to worse outcomes in major areas of life such as job interviews and parole hearings.
go.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“[…] virtual communication might unintentionally perpetuate inequality. Because disadvantaged groups often have poorer internet connections, they are likely to encounter more glitches, and, in turn, to experience worse outcomes in […] contexts such as health, careers, justice and social connection.”
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The researchers show that minor audiovisual glitches during video calls harm interpersonal judgements in consequential life domains and reveal that glitches are associated with both reduced social connection and a lower likelihood of being granted criminal parole.
Nature research paper: Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes - Nature
Glitches in video calls can have a negative effect on the judgement of the people involved and correspond to worse outcomes in major areas of life such as job interviews and parole hearings.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The researchers show that minor audiovisual glitches during video calls harm interpersonal judgements in consequential life domains and reveal that glitches are associated with both reduced social connection and a lower likelihood of being granted criminal parole.
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“After a risk assessment of the use of #Palantir software in Switzerland, the US corporation was rejected, despite years of courting the authorities and the army. The Swiss consider the risks too great." #surveillance
"Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von #Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß."
In Deutschland setzen sogar die Grünen in Ba-Wü die Software ein.
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
In Deutschland setzen sogar die Grünen in Ba-Wü die Software ein.
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“After a risk assessment of the use of #Palantir software in Switzerland, the US corporation was rejected, despite years of courting the authorities and the army. The Swiss consider the risks too great." #surveillance
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A decisão do STJ que válida doação de 101 mil reais feita a Igreja Universal sem observância nas normas do Código Civil, sob o frágil argumento de que é um “Ato de Fé” viola gravemente a laicidade do Estado. www.jota.info/justica/stj-...
STJ valida doação de R$ 101 mil feita por dona de casa à Igreja Universal
Por 4 a 1, ministros afastaram exigência de escritura pública e fixaram que contribuições religiosas não se submetem às formalidades da doação civil
www.jota.info
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A decisão do STJ que válida doação de 101 mil reais feita a Igreja Universal sem observância nas normas do Código Civil, sob o frágil argumento de que é um “Ato de Fé” viola gravemente a laicidade do Estado. www.jota.info/justica/stj-...
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Massive mountains of waste near the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England, and in suburbs around Bucharest, Romania, reveal a hidden crisis: illegal waste dumps and the criminal gangs that profit from them. amp-dw-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.dw.c...
How criminals are trafficking illegal waste in Europe – DW – 11/20/2025
Massive mountains of waste near the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England, and in suburbs around Bucharest, Romania, reveal a hidden crisis: illegal waste dumps and the criminal gangs that profit from ...
amp-dw-com.cdn.ampproject.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Massive mountains of waste near the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England, and in suburbs around Bucharest, Romania, reveal a hidden crisis: illegal waste dumps and the criminal gangs that profit from them. amp-dw-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.dw.c...
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Our book giveaway is being extended through the weekend! Donate any amount to CIFS, now through Sunday December 21st, and you’ll be entered to win two signed books by Amanda Knox! The winner will receive both of Amanda’s books, “Waiting to be Heard” and “Free”.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Our book giveaway is being extended through the weekend! Donate any amount to CIFS, now through Sunday December 21st, and you’ll be entered to win two signed books by Amanda Knox! The winner will receive both of Amanda’s books, “Waiting to be Heard” and “Free”.
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square.link/u/0CrIWHnh
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Using easily accessible advertising data, Le Monde was able to pinpoint the identities, home addresses and daily routines of several dozen people working for sensitive official entities. www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
How French spies, police and military personnel are betrayed by advertising data
Using easily accessible advertising data, Le Monde was able to pinpoint the identities, home addresses and daily routines of several dozen people working for sensitive official entities.
www.lemonde.fr
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Using easily accessible advertising data, Le Monde was able to pinpoint the identities, home addresses and daily routines of several dozen people working for sensitive official entities. www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
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From A for algebra to T for tariffs: Arabic words used in English speech https://aje.io/kw1deh
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
From A for algebra to T for tariffs: Arabic words used in English speech https://aje.io/kw1deh
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"The psychologist and cognitive scientist Iris van Rooij has argued that the emergence of AI “slop” across scholarly resources portends nothing less than “the destruction of knowledge”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The psychologist and cognitive scientist Iris van Rooij has argued that the emergence of AI “slop” across scholarly resources portends nothing less than “the destruction of knowledge”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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It’s not just the RSF. The CNN report shows the Sudanese army has carried out mass killings - mass graves, canals overflowing with bloodied bodies. The army chief was aware of the killings.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/world/... Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canalsrh
www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/world/... Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canalsrh
Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canals | CNN
In an exclusive report in collaboration with investigative newsroom Lighthouse Reports, CNN uncovers a chilling campaign of ethnically motivated violence carried out by Sudan’s army and its allied militias.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It’s not just the RSF. The CNN report shows the Sudanese army has carried out mass killings - mass graves, canals overflowing with bloodied bodies. The army chief was aware of the killings.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/world/... Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canalsrh
www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/world/... Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canalsrh
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I´m Portuguese and received sad news: professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline home😔
Nuno Loureiro was a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics at MIT. He was appointed director of the PSFC in May 2024.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Nuno Loureiro was a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics at MIT. He was appointed director of the PSFC in May 2024.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
MIT professor killed in shooting at his Brookline home
A man has died after being shot Monday night in Brookline, Massachusetts, according to local police.
www.nbcboston.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I´m Portuguese and received sad news: professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline home😔
Nuno Loureiro was a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics at MIT. He was appointed director of the PSFC in May 2024.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Nuno Loureiro was a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics at MIT. He was appointed director of the PSFC in May 2024.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
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Scientists have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at MIT, who was shot at his home on Monday
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
MIT fusion-lab head shot dead: a horror 'impossible to believe'
Plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was helping to develop clean-energy fusion devices.
go.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Scientists have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at MIT, who was shot at his home on Monday
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
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MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed.
MIT professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline, Massachusetts home
MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
cbsn.ws
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed.
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MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed in his Brookline home. He was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics.
boston.com/news/crime/2...
boston.com/news/crime/2...
MIT professor shot and killed in his Brookline home
An MIT professor was shot and killed in his Brookline home on Monday night.
boston.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed in his Brookline home. He was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics.
boston.com/news/crime/2...
boston.com/news/crime/2...
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MIT Professor Nuno F. Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Mass home last night. He passed away this morning. Professor Loureiro was one of the world's leading experts in Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion. There is no suspect in custody.
MIT professor shot and killed in Massachusetts home
YouTube video by CBS Boston
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December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
MIT Professor Nuno F. Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Mass home last night. He passed away this morning. Professor Loureiro was one of the world's leading experts in Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion. There is no suspect in custody.
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people who think they’re oh so smart are probably even more likely to succumb to the eliza effect
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
people who think they’re oh so smart are probably even more likely to succumb to the eliza effect
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No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
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It's disability history month in the UK. Here's my favourite sketch and something to think about.
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's disability history month in the UK. Here's my favourite sketch and something to think about.
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Rapaiz que bomba do Jamil Chade no @iclnoticias.com.br
Nada do que a gente já não desconfiasse mas agora com documentos comprovando.
Sonho o dia em que essa corja que escolheu deliberadamente pela morte de tantos brasileiros seja condenada.
iclnoticias.com.br/abin-alertou...
Nada do que a gente já não desconfiasse mas agora com documentos comprovando.
Sonho o dia em que essa corja que escolheu deliberadamente pela morte de tantos brasileiros seja condenada.
iclnoticias.com.br/abin-alertou...
EXCLUSIVO: Abin alertou Bolsonaro sobre risco da covid nos primeiros dias do surto na China
Desde os primeiros dias da descoberta de um vírus na China, a Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin) alertou ao Palácio do Planalto sobre o risco da crise
iclnoticias.com.br
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Rapaiz que bomba do Jamil Chade no @iclnoticias.com.br
Nada do que a gente já não desconfiasse mas agora com documentos comprovando.
Sonho o dia em que essa corja que escolheu deliberadamente pela morte de tantos brasileiros seja condenada.
iclnoticias.com.br/abin-alertou...
Nada do que a gente já não desconfiasse mas agora com documentos comprovando.
Sonho o dia em que essa corja que escolheu deliberadamente pela morte de tantos brasileiros seja condenada.
iclnoticias.com.br/abin-alertou...
Tech bros vs. Democracia
Se a superioridade biológica (raça) não tem fundamento na ciência, então será baseada em tecnologia (capital). Em qualquer caso, a hierarquia entre viventes será estabelecida, e a democracia é um dos empecilhos para isso.
Leitura perturbadora: doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Se a superioridade biológica (raça) não tem fundamento na ciência, então será baseada em tecnologia (capital). Em qualquer caso, a hierarquia entre viventes será estabelecida, e a democracia é um dos empecilhos para isso.
Leitura perturbadora: doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Welcome to the age of longevity capitalism | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Welcome to the age of longevity capitalism
doi.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tech bros vs. Democracia
Se a superioridade biológica (raça) não tem fundamento na ciência, então será baseada em tecnologia (capital). Em qualquer caso, a hierarquia entre viventes será estabelecida, e a democracia é um dos empecilhos para isso.
Leitura perturbadora: doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Se a superioridade biológica (raça) não tem fundamento na ciência, então será baseada em tecnologia (capital). Em qualquer caso, a hierarquia entre viventes será estabelecida, e a democracia é um dos empecilhos para isso.
Leitura perturbadora: doi.org/10.1017/fas....
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O mais legal foi descobrir que eu trabalhava com 4 CACs sem saber e que eu tive a chance de denunciar os 4 por porte ilegal de armas, mas não fiz isso pq sou uma cagona
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
O mais legal foi descobrir que eu trabalhava com 4 CACs sem saber e que eu tive a chance de denunciar os 4 por porte ilegal de armas, mas não fiz isso pq sou uma cagona