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Luís António Santos

@luissantos.bsky.social
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Curious. Portuguese. Born in Mozambique. Used to be a journalist. Now a university professor. Into new forms and formats for journalism. And sound production.

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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 13h
Bem, @irmaolucia.bsky.social .
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If you are a scientist, we invite you to join the Alliance of World Scientists by signing our Viewpoint article “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency”". scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/join_AWS
scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu
Join the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) | Alliance of World Scientists
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
(...the Gulf / the lake / the Internets) "It is therefore the policy of my Administration that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI”". www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
whitehouse.gov
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Huang’s point, after some pushback from Klein, is that “we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers,” because AI will take care of those mundane details — like remembering your own home address — for you."
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Anthropic is telling investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity”, according to reports, as it prepares for a potential $2tn (£1.5tn) flotation." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Anthropic ‘warns of existential AI risks to humanity’ in IPO document
Reported admission to investors of AI’s ‘self-preserving behaviours’ comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mainstream...now means something completely different in European Politics. www.gzeromedia.com/graphic-trut...
gzeromedia.com
Is the European far-right now mainstream?
Twenty years ago, far-right parties won less than 7% of the vote across Europe. Today? Close to a quarter.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google maps updated images of Rafah. Go check it.
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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'NAZA' Directors Tell Haaretz: Netanyahu's Attacks on Us Are 'Incitement to Murder'
haaretz.com
NAZA directors to Haaretz: Netanyahu's attacks on us are 'incitement to murder'
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor discuss the IDF officers' testimony in their film 'NAZA' and why they didn't shy away from drawing parallels to World War II. Of the backlash that awaits them in Israel, ...
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Patrícia AF @pfreixo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Há 60 dias que o país está à espera de saber quem assaltou o gabinete do deputado André Ventura.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Estão de volta as noites ‘azaradas’ dos árbitros em jogos de uma só equipa. Cheira a fruta podre…
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump a fazer escola... "Apelamos a uma posição de força das redações e direções de informação: se não permitem colocar questões, não devem estar jornalistas presentes." jornalistas.eu/se-montenegr...
jornalistas.eu
Se Montenegro não aceita perguntas, boicotem as declarações – Sindicato dos Jornalistas
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incredible how we get used to the indescribable when it appears before our eyes every single day.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Epstein’s was an exclusive club that counted among its members people who harbor dreams of re-engineering human minds and bodies, seizing control of our collective future, and building technology that, they hope, will one day merge with — or even replace — all of us."
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Associação para a Resiliência da Região de Lisboa @ars-rlx.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
É com enorme prazer que anunciamos o lançamento oficial da Agência Cívica de Rating, uma iniciativa inovadora de monitorização do impacto da banca na sociedade e da integridade nas finanças públicas! Comunicado: tinyurl.com/4harfbvw Estudo Inaugural: agenciacivicaderat.wixsite.com/mysite/relat...
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Convém não esquecer este momento grave e importa que as autoridades investiguem muito bem o que se passou. O @ruitavares.bsky.social, depois, escreve o enquadramento histórico da tragicomédia.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Priceless.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"When the president invades a country like Venezuela, abducts its leader, chooses his successor and then grabs a huge share of their oil reserves, that’s not an 'oil deal' – it’s armed robbery. But the news media call it an oil deal because they think that’s objective. It’s not."
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"I am concerned about the data theft, the exploitative labor practices, the haphazard creation of and failure to document datasets, the complete disregard for environmental impact, and the astonishing willingness of so many to surrender their own power" medium.com/@emilymenonb...
medium.com
Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions
It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Vertigo...
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@ivan-ehlers.bsky.social
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet
Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: This summer’s extremes show that governments must spend more on beefing up defenses against global warming or face an even steeper bill in the years to come, the EU’s climate chief told POLITICO. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
politico.eu
Europe must spend billions now or face mounting climate disaster costs, EU warns
A nightmare summer of fires, droughts and heatwaves should force governments to invest in climate proofing, says EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The 'Brave New World' they keep selling us as blissful. "Our employers take advantage of vague laws, weak enforcement of protections, and the helplessness of their employees to maximize their own profits." data-workers.org/luciana/?mc_...
data-workers.org
“This is Capitalism”: Apple’s Hidden Data Workers at the Shadows of the AI Boom, by Luciana
The working conditions and resistance of Apple's outsourced data workers in Spain.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What a surprise...
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"In some ways, what psychology teaches is something we all have heard before, but maybe forgotten. It’s better to show, not tell." thegoodconflict.substack.com/p/dont-call-...
thegoodconflict.substack.com
Don’t Call a Lie a Lie
What Psychology Can Teach Journalism About Correcting Falsehoods
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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Governmental fact-checking or ‘fact-washing’? Assessing the (un)biasedness and (im)partiality of the Centre for Countering Disinformation in #Turkey Read the article by O. Güden & @lindabos.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Many parents would likely object if, say, Exxon Mobil wrote their children’s environmental science curriculum. Yet, over the last decade, schools have often embraced the technology industry in similar ways with few questions asked." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
nytimes.com
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The bottom line is artificial intelligence is viewed by the tech elite as a means to cement their position at the summit of humanity, no matter how much harm it does to humanity." thebaffler.com/latest/reven...
thebaffler.com
Revenge of the Nerds | Ali Winston
In his new book, Gil Durán examines the origins and ambitions of Silicon Valley’s war on democracy.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Harsh migratory policies do not just harm migrants and their families – they have also been widely proven to actively harm national economies and productivity, as well as nutrition and health." theconversation.com/ceuta-crisis...
theconversation.com
Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Judge Ofir Tishler said that although Schrieber had attacked the nun, he was ordering his acquittal due to his mental health." www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Man who attacked nun on CCTV in Jerusalem acquitted on grounds of mental health
A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...
chronicle.com
Opinion | A Scholarly Association’s Secret Washington Playbook
Did the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We will tell younger generations this happened on our watch. What an achievement.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Mágico, João Almeida (na @lavuelta.bsky.social ).
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Aos Fatos @aosfatos.org · 18/08/2026
💻 DATA CENTER UNE RIVAIS 💻 Os planos de governo dos cinco principais candidatos à Presidência têm um raro ponto em comum: o incentivo à instalação de data centers voltados para a inteligência artificial no Brasil. Saiba o que eles prometem: 👇 www.aosfatos.org/noticias/inc...
Card do Aos Fatos: com divisão horizontal, a metade superior exibe um fundo estilizado em tons de amarelo, azul e verde com textura gráfica e três pastas de arquivo brancas estampando o brasão da República. A metade inferior, de fundo bege claro com cantos arredondados, traz a manchete "Como os data centers uniram os presidenciáveis", acompanhada pelo subtítulo em itálico: "Incentivos para novos centros de dados no Brasil aparecem nos planos de governo de Lula, Flávio, Caiado, Zema e Renan". No canto inferior esquerdo, encontra-se a logomarca do Aos Fatos ("af:").
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"f the states win, they’ll have a rare chance to force sweeping design changes to Instagram and Facebook that could decrease kids’ time spent on social media — and, by extension, eat into Meta’s lucrative advertising revenue."
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"(...) this weird moment in history does have a past. It comes from somewhere. It wasn’t inevitable. Things could have turned out differently. (...) And if you look back, one thing you’ll see is that a lot of people saw this all coming. They foresaw our present when it was still the future."
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If only count Binface was an exception...
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"(..) if you want students to be passionately engaged, not worried about the future, grasping, careerist or disengaged, you must transmit the spark of passion in your deeds, your mien — let’s face it, in your own soul." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | To Save Higher Ed, Professors Need to Get a Little Weird (Gift Article)
Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So why is it that people on the left and right both see bias (often opposite ones) while journalists contend they are just doing what they are supposed to? I think the reason is that journalists do operate by an ideology; a professional one, not a partisan one." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
latimes.com
Contributor: Bias is hindering journalism, but maybe not how the right and left assume
The ideology starts with who is attracted to journalism in the first place. Their values are not shared by most Americans on the left or the right.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
😂
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Meta & Newsmax announce partnership, under which Zuck's moribund AI product will be trained using Newsmax's fringe, far-right propaganda.  Meta has struck similar deals with Fox News, The Daily Caller, & the Washington Examiner. Gives new meaning to the term "artificial intelligence."
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Invest in Newsmax: America’s fastest growing News Network
Newsmax is a top U.S. news outlet offering independent coverage via TV, streaming, and print. The 4th highest-rated cable news channel reaching 40M+ viewers.
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Que há um padrão de coisas 'inexplicáveis' a acontecerem ao Sr. precisamente quando ele não encontra forma alternativa de marcar a agenda pública (à semelhança do que também 'aconteceu' ao pobre Jair e ao desgraçado Donald)...lá isso há. 😜
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Brutal.
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Interactive Journalism @interactives.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New on The New York Times : “‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War”
nytimes.com
‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 27/07/2026
“AI will make everyone more efficient and reduce labor”
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Starbucks made a national bet on an AI tool; 9 months later, it pulled the plug
The exclusive inside story of how a promising AI system flamed out, as told by dozens of Starbucks employees and the tech startup behind it. Plus, what leaders everywhere should learn from the experie...
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Meta’s new data center in Louisiana is big. How big? Well, it’s Parisian in scale. Source: buff.ly/KPk219f
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
openculture.com
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
Though it's traditionally meant 'last in a progression or series,' as Merriam-Webster puts it, the word ultimate has been more often used in recent decades to mean 'the best or most extreme of its kin...
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is so-so...nice. "The name was Tony’s idea. He felt that since anarchy was the basis of punk, we should go back to that idea. But he decided not to explain that to people, which was great for me”. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
theguardian.com
​’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey
As they release their first album in 16 years, the Vini Reilly-fronted band answer your questions on sandpaper record sleeves, having Harry Styles as a fan and inventing a new style of guitar music
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Luís António Santos @luissantos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No people faces, please... (Future Euro banknotes survey) surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...
surveys.ecb.europa.eu
Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu
I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!
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