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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 18h

It’s another beautiful day here in Cork, #Ireland. Next weekend the city will be busy with the Cork Jazz Festival but I’m not sure if the weather will be as good as today. Wish us luck.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2026

I started my day sharing a picture here, so let me end the day sharing another. Cork, #Ireland

Street-level view facing west down a paved city street in Cork during a low sunset, with sunlight streaming down the center of the thoroughfare. Several pedestrians walk along the sidewalks on both sides, past shop fronts featuring signage for businesses such as The CBD Store, Gino's, and Cherish. A round "No Right Turn" traffic sign stands on a pole in the foreground on the right, and multi-story commercial buildings line both sides of the street under a clear, pale evening sky.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

One of the tallest buildings in construction here in Cork, #Ireland

A calm river reflects a modern city skyline during golden hour in Cork, Ireland. On the right bank, a tall skyscraper under construction features a prominent red crane and exposed wooden framework on its upper levels. Modern glass office buildings stand adjacent to the construction site, and a low bridge carrying vehicular traffic spans the river in the midground beneath a pale yellow sky.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

Torrre de Belém. Lisboa, Portugal.

A wide-angle, low-tide view of the historic Manueline-style Belém Tower (Torre de Belém) resting at the edge of the Tagus River in Lisbon. A wooden pedestrian bridge connects the stone fortress to the paved promenade on the left, set against a vibrant evening sky with golden sunlight breaking across feathery clouds over the water.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

From the port of Cork, Ireland. 🇮🇪 ⚓ A glimpse of Cork’s maritime heritage, where historic harbour infrastructure meets the working port of today. Cranes, vessels and the River Lee tell a story of trade, industry and the city’s enduring connection to the sea. #Cork #Ireland #Maritime #Ports

The Port of Cork waterfront on an overcast day, with a large blue sign reading “PORT OF CORK” above a historic stone building. Cars, construction equipment and a moored yacht are visible along the quay, with houses covering the hillside in the background.

A large, weathered blue mobile harbour crane with a long lattice boom stands on a concrete quay in Cork Harbour. Its cables hang from the raised boom beside an old metal loading hopper, with industrial buildings and vehicles in the background under a grey sky.

A large green industrial material-handling crane with a long articulated arm and two rust-coloured grab buckets stands beside a blue-and-white work vessel moored at the quay. The vessel has an orange enclosed lifeboat, antennas and deck equipment. The scene is set against an overcast sky.

A blue mobile harbour crane marked “DOYLE” stands on a wheeled base on the concrete quay. Its long white lattice boom extends diagonally into the grey sky, with lifting cables hanging from its tip. Part of a moored vessel, waterfront buildings and a hillside with houses are visible in the background

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

Has anyone read Edgar Morin's last book, Lessons of History: Can We Learn from Our Past? Just started it — 16 short lessons from a man who lived through a century of history. Curious to hear your thoughts: did any lesson actually stick with you? 📚

Book cover on a black background: "EDGAR MORIN" in large white uppercase letters at the top, a black-and-white image of a helmet centered below it, and the title "LIÇÕES DA HISTÓRIA" in large bold yellow letters. The subtitle "Podemos aprender com o nosso passado?" appears in smaller white text, with "2.ª edição" and the publisher "Crítica" at the bottom. Portuguese edition.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

🏁 Max Verstappen wins the Singapore GP Sprint! 🥇 Verstappen 🥈 Lewis Hamilton 🥉 Charles Leclerc A chaotic, rain-affected race, George Russell out early, and a late collision between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. All eyes on Sunday’s Grand Prix! 🇸🇬 #F1 #SingaporeGP

Vertical infographic showing the results of the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix Sprint on Saturday, 10 October. Max Verstappen of Red Bull takes first place, followed by Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes finishes fourth, Liam Lawson fifth, Oliver Bearman sixth, Nico Hülkenberg seventh, and Lando Norris eighth. The poster features a celebrating Verstappen, Formula 1 cars, and Singapore’s illuminated Marina Bay skyline at night. A highlights section notes rain-related incidents, George Russell’s opening-lap incident, and a collision between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on the final lap.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Siemens is building in Portugal the digital twin of one of Europe's largest renewable hydrogen plants. The GalpH2Park plant belongs to Galp, the Portuguese energy company. The first phase has 100 megawatts of capacity and should start operating at the end of this year. It lnkd.in/p/edywnHGh

Aerial view of a large hydrogen plant under construction, featuring industrial processing equipment, pipe racks, steel structures, modular buildings, cranes and construction materials. The facility is surrounded by green countryside, distant hills and woodland. In the bottom-right corner, a small circular portrait of Antonio Vieira Santos appears above a black nameplate displaying his name.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

At #RebelCon in Cork this morning. Deirdre O'Shaughnessy opened as MC, then Siobhan Fairman of boots2base followed with the Irish tech revival and a slide that read "Irishness wasn't cool." Looking forward to talks on artificial intelligence governance, agents in production and managing change.

An audience watches a speaker on stage at RebeCon 2026. A large screen introduces Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, Opinion Editor and Podcast Host at the Irish Examiner, as the event’s MC. RebeCon branding is visible around the stage.

A speaker presents the opening keynote at RebeCon 2026. The screen reads “The Irish Tech Revival: Building Our Future” and identifies Siobhan Fairman, Founder and CTO of boots2base. The stage and audience are illuminated in purple and pink lighting

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026

The practical realities of AI governance: Board expectations and the gap between talking about AI and actually making it useful. buff.ly/guwwfhF

Who grants an AI Licence?
Antonio, Luis, and Derek during the podcast recording.
Antonio wearing headphones. Luis and Derek are not.
They all wear glasses, and Derek has a white beard.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

On my podcast. Loneliness hits neurodivergent people hard and mainstream apps often miss the mark. Holly Fowler built Wable to connect dates, friends, and jobs with safety and support baked in. buff.ly/sY4ZFpO

Podcast cover image on a black background. On the left, Antonio Vieira Santos, a man with short grey hair, glasses and light stubble, wears headphones and a blue button-up shirt and smiles. On the right, Holly Fowler, a woman with long blonde hair and a dark grey t-shirt, looks at the camera and speaks. Between them, large white capital letters read "Building Confident Leaders", with the word "Confident" on a purple bar.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

Holly Fowler was a radio host in Melbourne. Then she built Wable, an app for neurodivergent people to find dates, friends and inclusive jobs. Hear her story on AXSChat podcast. #neurodiversity www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

Strolling down Grand Parade and crossed paths with the Big Fella. 🚲 Monument to Michael Collins right here in Cork City—a brilliant tribute captured in bronze at the very spot of his historic 1922 address. #Ireland

standing next to an old-fashioned bicycle on the Grand Parade in Cork. He is dressed in a long coat and hat, facing away from the camera. The pavement in the foreground features embedded stone markers with text, and the background shows historic buildings and a banner reading "PURECORK.IE".

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

3 years as a judge for the Irish Green Transformation Awards, and the 2026 finalists have been announced. It’s fascinating to see how organisations across Ireland are turning ambition into action. Congrats to all the finalists. #Ireland #Sustainability www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni...

Antonio Santos sits at a wooden table working on a laptop, with a coffee cup in front of him. The image includes illustrations of a light bulb, circular arrows with the Irish flag, and a retro computer, symbolising ideas, green transformation, Ireland and technology.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026

A clip from one my podcasts. Most apps hide what they know about you. Lumin shows you the list, lets you change it, and gives you control over your data. What should an app remember about you? #Privacy #DataOwnership #ProductDesign #Disability

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026

A new research revises bat family phylogeny and biogeography using reference genomes and fossils! This study sheds light on bat evolution, adaptations, and their role in ecosystems. Check out the findings in the latest issue of Nature! #Bats #Evolution #NatureScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An infographic titled "BAT 1K Phase 1: 21 Families, 103 Chromosome-level genomes" featuring a central circular diagram surrounded by illustrations of various bat families, with lines connecting them to different segments representing genomic data, echolocation types, and diets

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

Microsoft is on its third Chief Accessibility Officer, and that is the interesting part antoniovieirasantos.substack.com/p/microsoft-...

Screenshot of a Substack post from antonievieirasantos.substack.com titled "Microsoft is on its third Chief Accessibility Officer, and that is the interesting part," written by António Vieira Santos and dated September 22, 2026. The subtitle reads, "Why corporate longevity matters in accessibility, what happens when leaders leave, and the hard questions facing enterprise tech in the age of AI." A circular portrait of the author appears above the title and next to the publication details.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

Exciting news! Templo’s new visual identity for DeafCity Hub blends creative coding, British sign language, and motion capture, celebrating Deaf culture. This vibrant design animates their mission, showcasing the beauty of gestural communication. #DesignInnovation www.itsnicethat.com/articles/tem...

Against a solid magenta background, the word "Accessible" is written in a wavy line with each letter inside its own white circle outlined in orange. In the bottom right corner, there is a small photo of a woman with long curly dark hair wearing a black t-shirt and a necklace.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

Meta blocked an ad in Spain promoting a theatre production about Virginia Woolf, classifying it as relating to “social issues.” When algorithms can mistake literature and feminist ideas for something that shouldn’t be advertised, we need to ask: who gets to decide what ideas are acceptable?

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026

One European company owns Evernote, Vimeo, WeTransfer, AOL, Eventbrite, Airtable, Meetup and Komoot, and it's buying Miro. Its name is Bending Spoons. More than 50 acquisitions so far. Did you know these all had the same owner? www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni...

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026

Quem por aqui conhece Luísa Tody? 🎤🇵🇹 Foi uma célebre cantora portuguesa que levou a voz e o talento de Portugal aos maiores palcos da Europa! Apesar do seu enorme sucesso na época, o seu legado é hoje desconhecido por muitos.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

Golden hour over the River Lee. 🌅 Nothing quite beats an evening stroll across the bridges of Cork when the light hits the water just right. #Cork #Ireland #RiverLee #GoldenHour #Photography

low-angle view of a vintage, decorative metal streetlamp mounted on a stone bridge parapet overlooking the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. Below the lamppost, an Irish Gaelic inscription is carved into the stone wall. The calm water reflects soft golden-orange light from the setting sun on the horizon, lined on both banks by multi-story city buildings under a blue sky with streaked, glowing clouds.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

A few steps further down Oliver Plunkett Street and the soundtrack changes from acoustic guitar to traditional pipes. Sun out, streets buzzing, and Cork doing what it does best. 🎶☀️ #Cork #CorkCity #StreetLife #Ireland

A sunny afternoon view down Oliver Plunkett Street at the corner of Princes Street in Cork. Pedestrians walk along the stone-paved pedestrian street while a busker stands near the center playing a wind instrument, with a collection hat and cloth placed on the pavement. Surrounding buildings feature storefronts including an açaí shop, a vape store, Karizma Turkish Barbers beneath a distinctive gold sculpture on the facade, and Cronin's.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 11/09/2026

Soaking up the sunny afternoon on Cork’s streets, backed by the scent of Lush and the sound of live acoustic tunes. The city’s buskers always bring the place to life. 🎸☀️ #CorkCity #StreetMusic #LiveMusic #Cork

A young woman with long blonde hair and sunglasses busks on a sunny paved city street, playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone. She is wearing a white short-sleeved top and a patterned yellow and white skirt. An open guitar case rests on the ground in front of her to collect tips. In the background is the black storefront of a Lush cosmetics shop with large window displays of colorful packaged products and a green Panda recycling bin.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 07/09/2026

Japan has no web accessibility law, yet the challenges sound eerily familiar worldwide: stakeholder buy-in, checklist culture, and burnout. What would you change first in your org to make accessibility real? Listen and reply? www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

A four-panel graphic featuring portraits of Antonio and Makoto alongside the message "Progress Over Perfection" and a step-by-step digital accessibility (A11y) journey.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026

How Japan Is Rethinking Web Accessibility Without Laws. My interview with Makoto Ueki. www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 30/08/2026

This is not for everyone, as it is expensive to buy and adapt for someone who depends on a wheelchair. Also, not everyone in a wheelchair could use it. However the potential is very interesting. #accessibility

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 30/08/2026

New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis. A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/n...

Bar chart from The New York Times showing the share of new housing in New York City coming from office conversion projects, 2010 through June 2026. The share hovered between roughly 2% and 16% from 2010 to 2019, dropped near zero around 2020, then climbed steeply — reaching 13% in 2023, 22% in 2025, and 38% through the first half of 2026. The headline reads "New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis." Sources cited are the New York City Department of Buildings, Latent Urban Ventures, and Cushman & Wakefield.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

His boolean algebra gave us true/false, yes/no, 1/0. Every search engine, every processor, every line of code still depends on that binary logic. The whole digital world runs on a framework he wrote in Cork 170 years ago.

Rear view of the George Boole bust showing the full inscription: “George Boole, born in Lincoln on 2 November 1815 and died in Cork on 8 December 1864. Founder of Symbolic Logic and father of the Digital Age, he was the first Professor of Mathematics of this University.” The Boole Library building stands directly behind.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

I passed George Boole’s bust. He was the first professor of mathematics at University College Cork, born in Lincoln in 1815, died here in 1864 at 49.

Bronze bust of George Boole on a stone plinth inscribed “BOOLE,” set on a circular paved area at University College Cork. The Gothic tower and main building of the university are visible behind, under an overcast sky.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

Quiet Saturday morning at University College Cork. Joined the Reading Group at the Glucksman gallery, this month looking at Michael Canning's work in the Panorama Europa exhibition and reading from Erling Kagge's Silence: In the Age of Noise.

Stone facade of the Quadrangle at University College Cork, with Gothic pointed-arch windows on two levels, ivy and Virginia creeper covering much of the ground floor, a wooden arched door at centre, and a gravel path cutting through a manicured lawn. A person sits on a bench to the left. Overcast sky.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026

Inclusion isn’t a tick-box exercise. it’s building real careers, not just jobs. Jamie Cooke Inclusion International challenges us to practice what we preach: accessible communication helps everyone, and true inclusion means leading by example. With Neil Milliken, DebraRuh and me @antonio.wsocial.eu

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2026

How social networks use human fears to drive engagement. The algorithms have one goal: engage humans. And what engages humans? Hate, greed, anger and fear. So what happens when we create an information ecosystem that constantly makes us feel angry and afraid? #YuvalNoahHarari

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026

Está uma tarde maravilhosa de sol aqui em Cork. Nada como celebrar o dia e aproveitar o bom tempo ☕️

Eu de óculos e boné azul-escuro com a inscrição “87”, vestindo uma t-shirt bordeaux e um colete azul-marinho com fecho de correr, de mochila às costas, a tirar uma selfie numa rua inclinada de Cork num dia de sol. Em segundo plano, edifícios da cidade e vegetação desfocados.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026

Guillermo del Toro slams the use of A.I. in movies at San Diego Comic-Con. “Absolutely no goddamn AI. They say, say it's much more expensive. I don't care.”

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026

Saturday morning on the Cork waterfront. The harbour cruise boat waiting at the dock, an old tall ship behind it, a cruise liner further down. The bonded warehouses still holding their ground after all these years. #Ireland

An orange and white Cork Harbour Cruises boat moored at a wooden dock on a calm morning. Behind it, old stone bonded warehouses line the quay, with modern apartments visible above. A tall-masted sailing ship sits further along the pontoon, and a large cruise liner is docked in the distance to the right. Clear sky, still water.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

Anthropic-backed Ode just acquired Casper Studios. The big takeaway? It's no longer just about raw LLM power. The real bottleneck in enterprise AI is UX/UI & the practical application layer. The race to make these models actually usable for everyday employees is on. #EnterpriseAI #TechNews AI Image

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

From our latest podcast. We spoke with disability inclusion consultant Deb Dagit to get specific about what actually helps employees with disabilities thrive at work and what quietly blocks them, even inside well-meaning companies. www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo... #Accessibility #Disability.

Two people on a video call, shown side by side. On the left, Neil Milliken, a man with dark hair and a short beard, wearing a patterned shirt, with small colourful paintings on the wall behind him. On the right, Deb Dagit, a woman with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a teal patterned top over a white shirt, seated on a grey sofa. Bold text across the bottom reads "Managers Drive Change," with "Change" highlighted in yellow.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

First #TechEurope chat on WSocial, next Wednesday August 26th, 18h00 Dublin time. 6 questions in 60 minutes on European technology, digital sovereignty, and why it's still hard to buy European. Reply with A1, A2... Join in. #TechEurope See you there 😉

Promotional graphic with a bright blue background and gold text announcing "#TechEurope, August 26th, A 60 minutes chat on WSocial." Six questions are listed covering topics like European technology adoption, scaling tech across the European Union, barriers to buying European technology, go-to-market challenges for European tech companies, and digital sovereignty. Instructions note that questions will be shared through the account @antonio.wsocial.eu, one every ten minutes, using the hashtag #TechEurope. The chat takes place Wednesdays at 18h00, Dublin time. Two small white dove illustrations appear in the top-right and bottom-right corners.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026

Local Cork street edits at their absolute finest. 🤌 The City Council put up this brilliant student artwork outside Bunscoil Chríost Rí to tackle dog fouling. But someone scratched out the word "no" and... well, I guess the Poop Fairy is real now. 🧚‍♀️💩🪄

A public notice sign zip-tied to a black metal fence by the Cork City Council. The sign features colorful student artwork credited to Uliana Kolisnyk of Bunscoil Chríost Rí. The main text reads, "There is [scratched-out word] such thing as a... POOP FAIRY," with "POOP FAIRY" written in large, red letters. In the center is a drawing of a brown dog wearing a pink fairy dress and a gold crown, waving a magic wand that shoots blue and pink sparkles at a smiling pile of poop. At the bottom, red text reminds people to "Clean up after your DOG!"

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026

I've never seen people behave so selfishly in the public space like I see today: transports, supermarkets, restaurants, shopping centers, and streets. Some seem to believe they are alone and only they matter. The only exception seem to be bookshops.

daytime street view along O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland. Centered in the midground is the bronze statue of labour leader Jim Larkin standing atop a tall, light-grey stone plinth with his arms raised wide in an impassioned speaking gesture. Pedestrians walk along the wide paved promenade beneath a row of neatly manicured green trees. Overhead tram power lines stretch across the frame above the asphalt road and Luas tracks in the foreground. In the background, stately neoclassical stone buildings line the street under a sunny blue sky, with Irish tricolour flags flying from the rooftops.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 13/08/2026

The "Rogue Husband" Protocol Activated 🤖✨ System Override: Just like an AI going rogue, I decided to bypass my usual programming today. I initiated a completely unauthorized protocol: cooking a full hot meal and deep-cleaning the house without my wife's knowledge.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 11/08/2026

How The European Parliament Can Make Accessibility Real? On my most recent podcast, we spoke with Katrin Langensiepen, a Greens Member of the European Parliament, to discuss candidly what disability representation looks like in EU policymaking. www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

Neil, Debra and Antonio smiling in side-by-side video windows, with the headline "DISABILITY NEEDS REPRESENTATION" in white and yellow at the bottom, highlighting the importance of representation for people with disabilities.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 06/08/2026

Three marketing genies are out of the lamp. The scenarios were built by the companies reporting them. Anthropic, OpenAI, and now Meta all say their AI went rogue and started hacking. Each report lands while two of the companies are looking at a higher IPO valuation. Smart people repeat it as news.

A brass genie lamp sits on desert sand under a night sky. Smoke rises from the spout and opens into a large glowing cloud. Floating inside it are the faces of Dario Amodei on the left, Sam Altman in the centre, and Mark Zuckerberg on the right, each looking in a different direction. A label in the top left corner reads “Created with AI

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 04/08/2026

My latest podcast: A Blind Founder Builds An AI Assistant www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

A laptop screen shows a video call with three people: Antonio with glasses and headphones, a Neil with short dark hair, and Debra with gray curly hair, each in separate frames.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 30/07/2026

If you go to the Reina Sofía in Madrid, walk out into the garden before you leave. Hedges, a fountain, benches under the trees. Sit for 20 minutes. Nobody else does.

Antonio with grey hair and glasses sits on a dark green slatted bench on a gravel path in a shaded garden. He wears shorts, a white polo shirt, a navy vest and grey trainers, legs crossed, hands in his lap, looking to his right towards a round stone fountain. Behind him a tall clipped hedge, trees overhead, and a stone building in the distance.

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