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WIRED @wired.com · 1h

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 33m

"A defesa do comércio tradicional e a revitalização dos centros urbanos estão na boca de todos os candidatos autárquicos, que aliás contam com esses comerciantes para receber panfletos e compor o 'boneco' televisivo nas arruadas. Mas quantas câmaras têm uma política activa de urbanismo comercial?"

Notícia: fechou um supermercado

A defesa do comércio tradicional e de proximidade está na boca de todos os candidatos autárquicos, mas quantas câmaras têm políticas de urbanismo comercial?

www.publico.pt

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1h

Norway probably has less of a reaction to "brace for," as they awarded someone who is close to Rubio and says nice things about Trump on the regular.

Norway also worked hard to promote Venezuela's July 2024 elections, which the Maduro regime then stole, so this was a deft move from Oslo.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 2h

Se estivesse em Lisboa não perderia "O Julgamento Pelicot" no Panteão. De resto, gostei muito de falar com os autores, no que deu origem a este texto

Entre mortos do Panteão 'O Julgamento Pelicot' ergue palavras de Gisèle

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

A ter em mente ao ler alarmismos sobre este assunto:

ao Expresso fonte policial explicou que nada os impede de circular em território nacional, enquanto aguardam a decisão ao pedido de asilo que suspendeu o afastamento.

Migrantes marroquinos abandonaram centro de acolhimento e estão "em parte incerta"

Na quarta-feira à noite, 19 dos 22 cidadãos marroquinos que estavam na Pousada da Juventude de São Pedro do Sul, à guarda da Segurança Social, abandonaram o local. Tinham sido libertados há apenas doi...

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

“As projeções para o início de 2026 antecipam até 900 mil tentativas de chamada mensais, potencialmente deixando quase 300 mil chamadas sem atendimento num único mês. Estes números somam mais de um milhão de chamadas não atendidas durante todo o inverno e são uma estimativa conservadora"

SNS24 em sobrecarga: se nada mudar, 1 milhão de chamadas podem ficar por atender no inverno

Estudo prevê 300 mil contactos perdidos por mês. Operador afirma que não existem profissionais disponíveis no mercado

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

"I am really very proud and very happy to use this little language. I thank, first of all, the readers. I wish for everybody to get back the ability to use their fantasy, because without fantasy it’s an absolute different life."

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

Of the president’s 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the administration’s most senior leadership roles in its first 200 days, ending on Aug. 7, only two, or 2 percent are Black.

www.nytimes.com

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

They spoke slowly, almost whispering, as if the pain could drown us even here. Reflections after a week of meditation

What happens when an Israeli meets two Gazans on a French Buddhist retreat

They Spoke Slowly, Almost Whispering, as if the Pain Could Drown Us Even Here. Reflections After a Week of Meditation

www.haaretz.com

Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

Milei encabezó en su adolescencia una fugaz banda de rock llamada Everest y es posible que este lunes cumpliese un sueño pendiente.

“Dame fuego, dame el fuego de tu amor”: Milei celebra un recital de rock ante 15.000 personas

El presidente ultraderechista pone la voz a un pegadizo cancionero argentino con la excusa de presentar ‘La construcción del milagro’, su último libro

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

The United States directly purchased Argentine pesos on Thursday and finalized a $20 billion currency swap line with Argentina’s central bank, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, a rare move aimed at stabilizing turbulent financial markets in the cash-strapped Latin American ally.

US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap

The U.S. Treasury has purchased Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank.

apnews.com

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4h

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in a mortgage fraud case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after vowing retribution against some of his biggest political enemies.

New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration.

apnews.com

Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4h

"At the scene of every strike, there were lots of children. They got there before us. They would tell us, 'There’s still someone trapped inside.' One kid told me he saw a leg sticking out of the rubble. Children, describing things difficult for the brain to even conceive."

An AP photographer shares the stories behind some of her most poignant Gaza images

AP photographer Fatima Shbair tells the stories behind some of her most poignant images from covering the war in her homeland, Gaza.

apnews.com

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4h

O candidato do Chega à Câmara Municipal de Peniche, Thiago Soares Felgueiras, está na lista dos devedores ao Fisco – no escalão entre os 7.500 e os 25.000 euros. O CM apurou que a Autoridade Tributária (AT) exige-lhe um valor superior a 10 mil erros.

Candidato do Chega na lista dos devedores do Fisco

Thiago Felgueiras diz que valor surge “pelo não pagamento do IRC' por uma empresa a que já não estaria ligado.

www.cmjornal.pt

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4h

Björk is calling for the safe return of her childhood friend and musician, Magga Stína, who was detained by Israeli forces during a humanitarian mission to Gaza on Tuesday (October 7).

Björk calls for release of childhood friend, musician Magga Stína, detained by Israeli forces

mixmag.net

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4h

Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming

Turning Point USA is calling its Super Bowl halftime show a celebration of "faith, family and freedom."

www.nytimes.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 17h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Ravishing Rick Ruud van Nistelroy @astroscounty.bsky.social · 14h

Drake:

Hi, grandma? can u come pick me up from my rap battle? it’s over. no, i lost. he saw u drop me off & did a pretty devastating rhyme about it

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 14h

"Now, the war over how Brown is perceived has long since ended, no matter how much he plays the pariah. His voice spirits a lot of people away to happier, less haunted times."

The Uncanceling of Chris Brown

The singer claims he’s been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise.

www.vulture.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 17h

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16h

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

www.science.org

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 22h

His tireless, tiring sentences—a single one can fill an entire chapter—feel potentially endless, and are presented without paragraph breaks. Krasznahorkai’s brilliant translator, the poet George Szirtes, refers to his prose as “a slow lava-flow of narrative, a vast black river of type.”

Madness And Civilization

The very strange fictions of László Krasznahorkai.

www.newyorker.com

Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 22h

The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud. They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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