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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦

@abvasconcelos.bsky.social
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#elbowsup #noAI Why are all those people following me?! 🙄 To whom it may concern, my interests are (more or less) in this order: Science (physics first, everything else too), Computers, Canada (and now, because, you know... politics 😒 )

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 19h
New game created by 19 🇨🇦 teenagers❕ Players can land in “Ice Detention” and pay $60 pardon fee to get out. They can even “buy” a Supreme Court Justice to overrule an opponent’s move. A portion of all sales go to their local food bank and they’ve created a “Build Canada Scholarship”
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pStabs @pstabs.ca · 21h
I have a draft for this...
Draft skeet from 7 months ago reading "There was a time when I believed the bad guys in this world were Russia, Israel and China. Now I think it's Russia, Israel and the USA. This concerns me."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
"Brazil is about to elect the son of its convicted former would-be dictator." What happens in Brazil...can happen here.
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The Doomsday Scenario
Even if Democrats crush the midterms, we’re in a world of trouble.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 21h
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 21h
December 26, 2024 ---> September 26, 2026
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quesera2u.bsky.social @quesera2u.bsky.social · 22h
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 22h
Autumn Sarah Robertson n.d.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 22h
Supreme Court opens with chief justice’s call to protect democracy as polarization deepens www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Supreme Court opens with chief justice's call to protect democracy as polarization deepens - The Hill Times
‘We need to find new ways to protect our democratic institutions because the pressures facing our institutions are unrelenting,’ says Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner at a ceremony marking the…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is very true. A huge theme in a lot of recent coverage that AI is a bit like Saving Private Ryan. Everybody's gotta step up and adopt AI to get it across the goal line.
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🧠 PeopleDied2Vote @peopledied2vote.bsky.social · 22h
Welp, it’s Monday. Back to the grind.
turns on my computer
> disables a new Al feature that was turned on by default
> opens my email
> disables a new Al feature that was turned on by default
> launches a software
> disables a new Al fea…
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 22h
Because $250,00 was not enough!!!! Why $30,000 would stop him now?!
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The Verge @theverge.com · 22h
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...
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Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
More instances of unexpected AI bot behavior.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey Brazil, those people telling you not to vote in the next round because "what's the point" "it's over" and other defeatist comments, that's a manipulation campaign orchestrated by foreign agents. Be smarter.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews performed Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater cover) at the Power to the People concert in Columbia, Maryland (October 3, 2026).
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Separatists want to live in the past. Why would anyone trust them to build a future?
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Follow the money.
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once you read the first paragraph, you won't want to stop. Excellent story by @richardastone.bsky.social for @science.org
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Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal
Experimental reactor needed much more uranium and heavy water than the country could muster
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Ken Wood part owner of 🇨🇦 @madhat59kenwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Loved this show maybe proud to be a BCer #cdnpoli #vanpoli #bcpoli
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 01/10/2026
"I think Anthropic and OpenAI benefit a lot from claims that their [...products] are so powerful that they might end humanity," says David Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social. That fear can be capitalized on to garner investment. ⬇️
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How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business
There is no clear path showing that today’s AI systems will lead to superintelligence, much less a basis for calculating the probability of doom.
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Richmond News @richmondnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'A bit of a gift': Metro Vancouver temperatures could break 20 C this weekend
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'A bit of a gift': Metro Vancouver temperatures could break 20 C this weekend
In Abbotsford, it's forecasted to reach up to 23 C, just under the record of 25 C.
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is true, even here in Canada. Our society prizes women staying-at-home... this is unbelievable in 2026! 😔
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly!!!! Trump is not the root of the problem. Who enabled him are the problem!
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎃 #Gothtober #31daysofhalloween
Vintage Halloween postcard, two green elfish, devil-like creatures carrying a witch with a broom in a pumpkin carriage against a night sky. Underneath it says, ‘Halloween Greeting’
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/09/2026
One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 30/09/2026
In today's editorial cartoon, Theo Moudakis depicts how Canada is a winner in the eye’s of Donald Trump 🏆
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SHRED @tshred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Handmaid's Tale: Under His Eye Scene
ALT: Handmaid's Tale: Under His Eye Scene
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another tidbit of info, we know that this is a US based company in Canada and Trump was basically applauding the failure of this company thinking it was Canadian, due to the tariffs, he is a fucking idiot.
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The point of no return is long past.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To the few Republicans now trying to put some daylight between themselves and Trump's policies. No. You were with him 100% when it mattered and we're going to remember.
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Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫 @laura-leez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perfect.
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Star Wars Emperor's 'Gooood' Moment
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Ryan Voutilainen @yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A bit late as the photos are from yesterday but cheers from the worst country in the world! 🇨🇦
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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 28/09/2026
From breaching whales to a playful dolphin pod, ONC staff encountered a amazing wildlife during the West Coast Distributed Biological Observatory expedition along the Inside Passage between Victoria & Prince Rupert, and the #ONCabyss Summer Expedition offshore of Vancouver Island. #WildWestCoast
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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/09/2026
"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4rsIztb
An illustration of a man taking off a mask that looks like his own face. The headline reads: I thought ‘I don’t know’ signaled scientific incompetence. Now, I know different
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Canadian Hammer 🇨🇦 🔨 @canadianhammer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Only facts here 😂 It's funny (and true)!
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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤑Singapore will pay its citizens to read for five years in a pilot scheme. 📚The earned amounts are small, but officials are hoping that the gamification encourages people to turn away from short-form video and toward long-form reading. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/15/a...
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This country is paying its people to read. Can it stop brain rot? | CNN
Whether it’s while waiting for the train or chilling solo at a cafe, a tiny nation in Southeast Asia is nudging its people toward an increasingly elusive habit: reading.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
The power and responsibility to protect this free press is in the hands of the people it serves: you. In a precarious time for press freedom, the existence of public media isn’t something we can quietly take for granted. Power a free press that is only accountable to the public: n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right?! 🤷
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe the tariffs are overdue.... (remember the CanadArm was made here at the True North, Strong and Free) 😆
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150
Sepia tone photo of factory workers standing around a rolling book cart at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1915. Text over photo reads "Libraries During the Great Depression". American Library Association logo
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As a scout, this is so disturbing 😕 Not the cartoon, of course; it's genius... but the whole situation 😒
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Atila Vasconcelos🇧🇷🇨🇦 @abvasconcelos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A brain?!
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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Uni and Yoru
Two black-and-white cats sit side by side looking at the camera. The smaller cat on the right is wearing a pink polka-dot collar
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
U of W marks 10 years of Indigenous education requirement www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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U of W marks 10 years of Indigenous education requirement
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