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João Fernandes

@joaofern27.bsky.social
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Father. Vegan. Leftist. Sportinguista. Environmental Engineer

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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From the geniouses that brought you "corporations are people" and "money is speech", the new - final - hit "algorithms have dignity"
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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You know the rules folks. One big union win = one Spice8Rack video. See you in a few days 😘
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!
The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...
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Commander Mechanic @cmdrmechanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have two C-suites that are doing nothing but copy-and-pasting AI responses to each other in an email thread. Neither is reading anything, they're having AI summarize and respond to AI summaries and responses. No conclusion will ever be reached. This is oroboros.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evergreen
Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? 

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
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Lady Aranea @ladyaranea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Capitalism seeks to alienate the worker from everything it possibly can, and now that's going to include actual popular culture. Individualized AI media is going to remove the actual purpose of culture, which is established common experiences and interpersonal communication.
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LiamMcIntosh He/Him 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @liammci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One thing that’s interesting in all this is how tech barons and acolytes seem to really embrace the idea of a truly anti-social world.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dizer que concordo não chegaria para suportar a ideia, por isso faço citação e tudo
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If they go through with it, we'll proxy and Cube everything and regret nothing The Hasbro to Hewlett Packard pipeline
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
People were like no, using genAI doesn't deskill you. And then *all* the CEO's started announcing that not only is deskilling the explicit goal, but then they brag that they don't know how to toast a poptart
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
During the big waves of privatisation in the 1980s and 1990s, the debate was framed around who can manage production more efficiently, the state or capital. Everyone bought into this frame and we forgot the more important question, which is who gets to decide what is produced, and for whose benefit.
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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"What’s really existential is AI powering autonomous weapons, killing machines, that are actually being used in warfare. The climate catastrophe is a real thing that could be exacerbated by what these tech companies are building. Bosses are using AI as an excuse to get rid of their pesky workers."
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 08/09/2026
I cannot stress enough that people at the time also thought the East India Company was bad. It's not just our "modern ethical standards." What are you on about
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'll throw my hat in the DIY ring with my Jared Carthalion/LOST list, costumized with appropriate printings over the original for all cards - including basics moxfield.com/decks/FFEqCD... (B4 because of all the time manipulation/extra turns shenanigans)
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LOWCOSTE™ @tonytruante.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026
Para quem não percebe que os refugiados procuram fugir da fome e da guerra, buscando uma vida melhor, fica aqui esta imagem. Não são sub-humanos, são pessoas de carne e osso como nós. O solo que pisamos não nos pertence, só o usamos. E já foi de outros no passado. As fronteiras não fazem sentido.
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Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The most important thing Harry Potter learns is that he's wealthy. It's a book series where learning magic allows the hero gain a deeper understanding of his universe and his responsibilities to it, but it's a Blairite universe where that responsibility is to become a cop. Like, these books suck.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Part of the reason a lot of super rich people are so awful is that when normal people get an absurd amount of money, they immediately start looking around for who they can help.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Politico: "London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has improved lung growth in children, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London — the first evidence that clean air zones may benefit child development."
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This statement from Codeberg maintainers, after their community voted to not use any code for LLM training and banned vibe-coded projects, is really good. blog.codeberg.org/protecting-o...
The development team of none

Using LLMs to work with your code gives you a kick of adrenaline. You can develop at a rapid pace, build things as if you had a large team. Only that you have none. In fact, you are (often) alone, working with a statistical machine that turns energy into code.

It seems like many ‘vibe coders’ don't realize that they don't actually have a community around them. They build projects as if they had, and spend resources accordingly. We see projects having a lot of code activity, heavy CI/CD testing, frequent and large release binaries. Sometimes, it feels like the amount of supported platforms exceeds the amount of actual users.

To us, it seems ridiculous to see projects with a single developer and virtually no users consuming as much or even more resources than some of the largest community projects on Codeberg, which operate frugal with CI/CD and storage resources. We do not believe it is reasonable for Codeberg to invest our precious donation money into hosting of large ghost projects.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/08/2026
smartphones and the internet, man. they might have destroyed journalism, driven people insane by the tens of millions, fueled a rise in global fascism, and literally touched off genocides, but at least they seem to have caused a global collapse in relationship formation too
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Que desperdício de cadeira caída
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Spirit of the Spooptober Revolution @stoatie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
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Lia Ferreira @liaferreira.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Quero lá saber das burcas, meus! Puta q vos pariu e às burcas! A PORRA DOS EXAMES, CARALHO! E o estado geral das escolas. Os professores. A saúde. Os médicos. O SNS. A Habitação. O preço das casas. A inflacção. O preço da comida. Os combustíveis. CARALHO. Incompetentes de merda. Escroques. Escarros.
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Comunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Delegamos muito. Delegamos tudo. Com três batatas no prato, futebol aos domingos, e feriados que calhem em dia de-semana (com ponte, se possível), temos o português feliz." José Saramago
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Quão da tugalidade é que a expressão "terá de haver responsabilidades" seja uma ameaça?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"sim, mas imagina que eras tu a beneficiar" a funcionar há +500 anos
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
when AI companies go bankrupt
5 panel comic

Panel 1: Red Guy with “AI” on his chest is falling backwards off a cliff. A Purple Guy is running to “save him”

Panels 2-4: Close up of Purple Guy’s hands gradually going from outstretched fingers to a closed fist

Panel 5: Red Guy falls backwards off the cliff while Purple Guy does nothing but show him his middle finger.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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Chicko Norris @chickonorris.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Problemas gravíssimos na saúde e na educação, um pacote laboral que faz recuar décadas de avanços prestes a ser aprovado, avizinha-se uma época de incêndios previsivelmente complicada, e há malta a fazer teses de dissertação sobre a prima-dona da Madeira e a “equipa”. Que país !!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/06/2026
there needs to be a coordinated global effort among democracies to destroy this man's financial and social media empires and leave him impoverished and powerless
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026
a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman
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João Fernandes @joaofern27.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Evergreen:
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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Fukuyama: We have reached the end of history. History: It's 2026, and an official branch of the Ukrainian armed forces is tweeting about how drone striking Andrew Tate while he's clout farming with the Russian military would be fun, but is sadly a war crime. Get bent old man.
Ukrainian USF tweet: "Ok, fellas, we see all your tags and we get it.

But.
Being a shitty person doesn't make someone a legitimate military target under international law. Climbing on a tank for internet clout isn't enough to become a combatant.

Do something that actually qualifies — then we can talk. Until then, we'll keep our drones for real military targets 😉"
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O Cão Danado @ocaodanado.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
💪 #GreveGeral
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Manuel Barbosa @manuelbarbosa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hoje é dia de Greve Geral! Por ti. Por mim. Por todos.
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irmaolucia @irmaolucia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
state of the art: tempos modernos
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vargas @volksvargas.pt · 29/05/2026
3 de Junho, Greve Geral
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We’d like to kick off this week with a series debunking some common union myths. These myths are spread to try and scare you away from your right to organize with your fellow workers, and the biggest antidote for those fears? Facts.
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PleasantKenobi @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
please make it stop
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Königvs @konigvs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Quando tiveres um familiar que vai morrer por não ser operado a tempo, pergunta-te em quem votaste, porque o teu voto pode matar quem amas.
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SNS: cirurgias cardíacas e oncológicas diminuíram e as listas de espera dispararam no final de 2025
Actividade cirúrgica teve quebra no segundo semestre de 2025, enquanto as primeiras consultas aumentaram, revela reguladora da saúde. Mais de dois terços dos vales para cirurgia ficaram por usar.
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Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
born to fill in forms forced to post
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Dr. Pedro Amorim @eusouzarolho.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Olá, queria partilhar isto convosco: os poluidores e os seus aliados políticos estão a enfraquecer, pela calada, as leis que protegem a nossa água potável, natureza e saúde. Afeta-nos a todos Se estiveres interessado, só precisas de um minuto para assinar. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.pt/handsoffnatu...
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HandsOffNature - WWF Portugal
Na Europa, temos leis ambientais sólidas que funcionam e nos protegem, a nós e à natureza. Vamos mantê-las assim.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In sum, IMF adjustment tends to increase poverty; it leads to more deaths among neonates, infants and mothers; it leads to more deaths due to infectious diseases; it tends to increase child labour, inequality and unemployment; and it reduces healthcare access and education spending.
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