Alexandre Mandarino
@alexmandarino.bsky.social
Brazilian writer, author of Guerras do Tarot. Creator of electronic music and sound art, with the projects Chip Totec and Phunk Phreak. Literary translator and, in another life, a cultural/tech journalist. Lover of all things art. GenXer.
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TRUCULÊNCIA
Censura na Câmara: entidades denunciam violência e corte de transmissão na TV pública
Profissionais foram barrados e agredidos enquanto cobriam protesto de Glauber Braga; sinal da TV Câmara foi desligado
Censura na Câmara: entidades denunciam violência e corte de transmissão na TV pública
Profissionais foram barrados e agredidos enquanto cobriam protesto de Glauber Braga; sinal da TV Câmara foi desligado
Censura na Câmara: entidades denunciam violência e corte de transmissão na TV pública
Profissionais foram barrados e agredidos enquanto cobriam protesto de Glauber Braga; sinal da TV Câmara foi desligado
revistaforum.com.br
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
TRUCULÊNCIA
Censura na Câmara: entidades denunciam violência e corte de transmissão na TV pública
Profissionais foram barrados e agredidos enquanto cobriam protesto de Glauber Braga; sinal da TV Câmara foi desligado
Censura na Câmara: entidades denunciam violência e corte de transmissão na TV pública
Profissionais foram barrados e agredidos enquanto cobriam protesto de Glauber Braga; sinal da TV Câmara foi desligado
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(1) Write genre from outside of it in, not the inside of it out.
(2) Try not to model yourself on the best of genre writers, only on the best of writers. Obviously your choices there will be subjective, but the risk with genre is it's a rabbit hole.
(3) Don't try to undo genre using its own tools.
(2) Try not to model yourself on the best of genre writers, only on the best of writers. Obviously your choices there will be subjective, but the risk with genre is it's a rabbit hole.
(3) Don't try to undo genre using its own tools.
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
(1) Write genre from outside of it in, not the inside of it out.
(2) Try not to model yourself on the best of genre writers, only on the best of writers. Obviously your choices there will be subjective, but the risk with genre is it's a rabbit hole.
(3) Don't try to undo genre using its own tools.
(2) Try not to model yourself on the best of genre writers, only on the best of writers. Obviously your choices there will be subjective, but the risk with genre is it's a rabbit hole.
(3) Don't try to undo genre using its own tools.
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OTD 48 years ago Jane Suck and I wrote the post punk electronica manifesto New Musick in Sounds. I’m still very proud of this: we caught something in our fevered queer brains. Note the very early (the first?) use of the term post punk. Articles included Kraftwerk, Eno, Devo, TG, the Residents, Ubu
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
OTD 48 years ago Jane Suck and I wrote the post punk electronica manifesto New Musick in Sounds. I’m still very proud of this: we caught something in our fevered queer brains. Note the very early (the first?) use of the term post punk. Articles included Kraftwerk, Eno, Devo, TG, the Residents, Ubu
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Placing this here for all of the "but you got kicked off Twitter" people. Of course I did. Twitter has been a haven for nazis for a decade now. The question is, why didn't you?
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Placing this here for all of the "but you got kicked off Twitter" people. Of course I did. Twitter has been a haven for nazis for a decade now. The question is, why didn't you?
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We shouldn’t pathologize this. Billionaires using gen ai to design personal aircraft is a great idea.
The Way Billionaires Are Using AI May Cause Concern They Have Actual Brain Damage
financial holdings company JPMorgan asked 111 billionaire clients how they use AI. Their answers range from down-to-earth to absurd.
futurism.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We shouldn’t pathologize this. Billionaires using gen ai to design personal aircraft is a great idea.
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Os Atikamekw são um povo autóctone do Canada. Eles adotaram o calendário gregoriano de 12 meses, mas traduziram seus nomes em atikamekw segundo os ciclos da natureza.
"o mês em que os pássaros aprendem a voar" é IMENSAMENTE superior a "agosto"
"o mês em que os pássaros aprendem a voar" é IMENSAMENTE superior a "agosto"
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Os Atikamekw são um povo autóctone do Canada. Eles adotaram o calendário gregoriano de 12 meses, mas traduziram seus nomes em atikamekw segundo os ciclos da natureza.
"o mês em que os pássaros aprendem a voar" é IMENSAMENTE superior a "agosto"
"o mês em que os pássaros aprendem a voar" é IMENSAMENTE superior a "agosto"
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All the platforms, media, & OS using "AI" are just accelerating my slow (but apparently inevitable) descension into avoiding any & all tech
I remain committed & devoted to my pencil, paints, paper, handwriting, & physical media collections
I will only use my phone for texts, calls, & Bluesky 🤷
I remain committed & devoted to my pencil, paints, paper, handwriting, & physical media collections
I will only use my phone for texts, calls, & Bluesky 🤷
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
All the platforms, media, & OS using "AI" are just accelerating my slow (but apparently inevitable) descension into avoiding any & all tech
I remain committed & devoted to my pencil, paints, paper, handwriting, & physical media collections
I will only use my phone for texts, calls, & Bluesky 🤷
I remain committed & devoted to my pencil, paints, paper, handwriting, & physical media collections
I will only use my phone for texts, calls, & Bluesky 🤷
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Great to chat with Lazlow about @absurdventures.com's new comic American Caper with the first issue out now
#AmericanCaper #AbsurdVentures #Comics
#AmericanCaper #AbsurdVentures #Comics
American Caper: New comic from former GTA and RDR writers is one of the best this year
A lawyer with a huge gambling problem, a mormon hitman, a Wall Street billionaire who's now a cowboy. No, they don't all walk into a bar together (as far as we know at the moment), but they are just a...
www.indy100.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Great to chat with Lazlow about @absurdventures.com's new comic American Caper with the first issue out now
#AmericanCaper #AbsurdVentures #Comics
#AmericanCaper #AbsurdVentures #Comics
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Art by great American illustrator Mead Schaffer
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Art by great American illustrator Mead Schaffer
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this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
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I remain wildly enthusiastic and optimistic about Sweet Shop finding a place in the digital comics marketplace, so I highly recommend signing up here.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I remain wildly enthusiastic and optimistic about Sweet Shop finding a place in the digital comics marketplace, so I highly recommend signing up here.
Nothing represents better the total decline of our civilization as OpenAI.
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nothing represents better the total decline of our civilization as OpenAI.
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50 years ago today
“The Sex Pistols made their live debut at St Martin’s School Of Art in central London on November 6, 1975, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard / Adam Ant, John Ellis of The Vibrators, Danny Kleinman.
#punklegends #sexpistols #punkrockhistory 1/2
“The Sex Pistols made their live debut at St Martin’s School Of Art in central London on November 6, 1975, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard / Adam Ant, John Ellis of The Vibrators, Danny Kleinman.
#punklegends #sexpistols #punkrockhistory 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
50 years ago today
“The Sex Pistols made their live debut at St Martin’s School Of Art in central London on November 6, 1975, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard / Adam Ant, John Ellis of The Vibrators, Danny Kleinman.
#punklegends #sexpistols #punkrockhistory 1/2
“The Sex Pistols made their live debut at St Martin’s School Of Art in central London on November 6, 1975, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard / Adam Ant, John Ellis of The Vibrators, Danny Kleinman.
#punklegends #sexpistols #punkrockhistory 1/2
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“It’s a major vote of no confidence in the AI industry, highlighting growing concerns that the sector is growing into an enormous bubble that could take the US economy with it if it were to lead to a crash.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“It’s a major vote of no confidence in the AI industry, highlighting growing concerns that the sector is growing into an enormous bubble that could take the US economy with it if it were to lead to a crash.”
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
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Re-reads, with a couple of decades between them, are as interesting as new reads.
We can measure ourselves, the way we have changed, or what we most value, through experiencing a book again.
We can measure ourselves, the way we have changed, or what we most value, through experiencing a book again.
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Re-reads, with a couple of decades between them, are as interesting as new reads.
We can measure ourselves, the way we have changed, or what we most value, through experiencing a book again.
We can measure ourselves, the way we have changed, or what we most value, through experiencing a book again.
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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Em 134 anos de história, 172 pessoas ocuparam uma cadeira do STF. Foram 169 homens e 3 mulheres. Nenhuma delas negra.
Não é normal que mulheres, 51% da população, sejam 1,8% da história do STF.
Não é normal que mulheres negras, 28% da população, sejam 0% da história do STF. +👇🏽
Não é normal que mulheres, 51% da população, sejam 1,8% da história do STF.
Não é normal que mulheres negras, 28% da população, sejam 0% da história do STF. +👇🏽
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Em 134 anos de história, 172 pessoas ocuparam uma cadeira do STF. Foram 169 homens e 3 mulheres. Nenhuma delas negra.
Não é normal que mulheres, 51% da população, sejam 1,8% da história do STF.
Não é normal que mulheres negras, 28% da população, sejam 0% da história do STF. +👇🏽
Não é normal que mulheres, 51% da população, sejam 1,8% da história do STF.
Não é normal que mulheres negras, 28% da população, sejam 0% da história do STF. +👇🏽
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“I can still chase the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.”
Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“I can still chase the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.”
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Soil in need of some love? Sow green manure in your garden and you’ll reap the benefits
Soil in need of some love? Sow green manure in your garden and you’ll reap the benefits
Plants like lupins, ryegrass and field beans can help fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds and increase biodiversity
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Soil in need of some love? Sow green manure in your garden and you’ll reap the benefits
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Sabotagem
Haddad manda novo recado a Tarcísio: "Não se ganha eleição sabotando o país"
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Haddad manda novo recado a Tarcísio: "Não se ganha eleição sabotando o país"
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VÍDEO – Haddad manda novo recado a Tarcísio:
Ministro da Fazenda volta a rebater o governador, que fez lobby para proteger bilionários e derrubar MP do governo Lula
revistaforum.com.br
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sabotagem
Haddad manda novo recado a Tarcísio: "Não se ganha eleição sabotando o país"
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Haddad manda novo recado a Tarcísio: "Não se ganha eleição sabotando o país"
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