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André Brito

@andre-brito.bsky.social
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I teach in UX and storytelling, do the odd video documentary, and am a centrist with an eye to the left and no political allegiance.

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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Look at him go all medieval. It's almost like he wants to show us the opposite of Christian values, or any values, by that matter. "Death penalty in the 21st century is not enough of an aberration, what shall we do?" "Oh,I know, let's put it on TikTok!" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live
Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments
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burnt undertones @burntundertones.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And yet, cue to some guy finding ways to monetise this through some shiny interface and solve absolutely nothing. Heartbreaking. These should be these kids' best years. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?
Learning to be one human among many has always been a little lonely and discombobulating. But young people around the world are lonelier than ever. Why?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The gut wrenching cruelty described here, coming from a government whose president sells bibles (!!!) would be the stuff of a Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel. All this, and the economy is still tanking. How hard is it to see it for what it is?! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is not my main take away from this article, but "Wankpanzer Childkiller SUV" is quite the catchy designation.... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fossil fuel puppets clasping at straws here, leaping from climate denial to "it's too late to reverse climate change". It is so obvious whose interests these guys serve.... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves
Backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zero
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14/08/2026
"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is not even shocking, anymore. I hooked about a "Strait of Trump" a while back, but other options are probably "Strait of America" and "Freedom Strait". With two golden effigies on either side" (no doubt either rusting or turning green!). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Our discussion on why governments fiddle while the world burns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQat...
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Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ancient Greeks proved Earth was round using sticks and shadows. Eratosthenes calculated its circumference to within 2% accuracy over 2,000 years ago. No satellites needed.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/07/2026
we pinky swear we will delete the data we hoovered up in a country too corrupt to pass or enforce privacy laws whose regulators have been disemboweled 😇🥸
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SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
Oops!
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What a lovely place to work at... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An accidental thread here, on an issue of enormous importance, as this paper became fundamental to government climate policy (and non-policy) around the world.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
How about banning "foreign nationals" from funding political parties? There's an idea.... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield
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Rotty Kato @rottykato.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
These are alternatives to subscription based programs. #free #subscription #save
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Bat Terror @mattthr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
To paraphrase Mark Twain, “Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.”
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The People Who Don’t Read Books
Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Mad - and maddening - how rare these voices are.
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Excellent, grounded article. More like this, please!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? | Eduardo Porter
A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned
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TJMasters @tjmasters.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Books and reading #121 Wise words from the great American broadcaster Walter Kronkite. #bookstagram #readersofinstagram
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The abhorrent racism aside, Burnham is right that there is something quite desperate about Reform's recent activity. See also Zia 'white people are the biggest victims of racism' Yusuf's recent posts
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Christian Conundrum
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is what Farage, Reform and Brexit have done. This is where a very ugly obsession with immigration leads. To this. To “appalling levels of racism and unfair treatment.” To ordinary people being made miserable, day in, day out, at work. What a shameful place to be. www.tuc.org.uk/news/shockin...
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“Shocking” increase in explicit racism at work in recent years – new TUC research reveals
Black and ethnic minority workers are facing “appalling levels” of racism, bullying and unfair treatment at work, according to new TUC research published today.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
That plan to create a permanent underclass is covered in that Project #they shared with everyone....
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Wow! It's like there's a correlation between entitlement and wall-building compulsion. A "mine laden floating wall"? Really?! Because what could possibly go wrong.... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Spectator owner’s son calls for mine-laden ‘floating wall’ to stop Channel crossings
Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons, says people crossing are ‘economic migrants’ not refugees
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Did you know that the way researchers chunk data can drastically alter AI performance rankings? A seemingly minor choice in task creation could flip conclusions on which algorithms are truly superior. What’s really at stake in AI evaluations? 🤔
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The invisible trick that skews AI benchmarks continues: why cutting time changes the conclusions - Sinaptica
A team of researchers has just pointed out a silent flaw that has gone unnoticed for years in one of the most active fields of artificial intelligence. The so-c
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's time to take the fight to Palantir. youtube.com/shorts/IPF5b...
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It's time to take the fight to Palantir.
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc @christosargyrop.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#oopsie Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthrop...
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Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!
Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user ha...
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Emms @emms.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310
Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Gambling addicts putting wagers on devastating events. How this is even legal befuddles the mind. No grown-ups in charge! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The only thing that surprises me at this point is the fact that a "Strait of Trump" renaming hasn't been put out there. It's the next logical step, right?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.
James Bembridge on X:
Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.
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André Brito @andre-brito.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
JD Vance did a great job propping Orbán in Hungary. But not as great as his negotiating with Iran. That fella is going from strength to strength!
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
News you can use.
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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
☀️ Solar panels breaking 100% efficiency. One photon generates multiple electrons - captures energy normally lost as heat.
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New solar breakthrough exceeds 100% efficiency by multiplying the energy of each photon - Sinaptica
A team of researchers achieved what seemed impossible in solar energy: surpassing the 100% efficiency barrier in the conversion of light to electricity.How is i
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."
"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores Here’s a 20% discount on your first order refer.bookshop.org/jen52349
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud Dept.-Kinda sounds like he's admitting he interfered in the election with VERY specific statistics. I quit Twitter because he bought it, way before his confession he stole the election for the Orange Atrocity. 🍊💩 Now I'm SURE I made the right decision! 👍
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