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  • June 3, 2025 9:01pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Hilarious Jon Stewart on the Mollusk #DOGE 😅

  • Recette maison : đŸ„šâœš "Oeufs du Matin Tardif"

    June 2, 2025 8:47pm
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Longform

    Un plat rĂ©confortant, fondant, Ă  base d’Ɠufs et d’oignons confits — parfait pour les matins paresseux. 🧄 IngrĂ©dients (pour 2 personnes) : 1 oignon moyen, finement Ă©mincĂ© 1 gousse d’ail, finement hachĂ©e 1 bonne cuillĂšre Ă  soupe d’huile d’olive 1 belle noix de beurre 1 cuillĂšre Ă  cafĂ© de mĂ©lange d’épices (type poulet, curry, ou lĂ©gĂšrement pimentĂ©) 1 Ă  2 cuillĂšres Ă  soupe de shoyu, tamari ou sauce teriyaki (selon le goĂ»t) Continue reading →

  • June 1, 2025 12:53pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Tibetan #Buddhism and systemic abuses : Slovenian media report that EBU-member ‘Shenpen Rinpoche’ was arrested in #France

  • Football et fĂ©minisme : anatomie d’un double standard policier #Paris

    June 1, 2025 8:55am
    Reading Time: 5 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Longform

    À Paris, d’une manifestation Ă  l’autre, la prĂ©sence policiĂšre ne signifie pas la mĂȘme chose. D’un cĂŽtĂ©, des mouvements sociaux encerclĂ©s, gazĂ©s, dispersĂ©s. De l’autre, des foules sportives bruyantes, parfois destructrices, mais rarement inquiĂ©tĂ©es. Ce contraste n’est pas accidentel. Il mĂ©rite d’ĂȘtre observĂ© Ă  la loupe, Ă  travers l’histoire, la sociologie, et les logiques profondes du maintien de l’ordre dans une dĂ©mocratie en tension. 1. Traitement diffĂ©renciĂ© des manifestations a. Manifestations fĂ©ministes et sociales Des Ă©vĂ©nements rĂ©cents illustrent une rĂ©ponse policiĂšre particuliĂšrement sĂ©vĂšre envers les mouvements sociaux et fĂ©ministes : Continue reading →

  • Quand un 'oui' ne dit pas tout : penser au-delĂ  du consentement"

    May 31, 2025 9:45pm
    Reading Time: 3 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Voici une sĂ©lection de rĂ©fĂ©rences critiques sur la notion de consentement, dans une perspective fĂ©ministe, sociologique et politique. Elles permettent de comprendre pourquoi le “oui” explicite ne suffit pas toujours, et comment les dynamiques de pouvoir, de socialisation et de vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© affectent le sens rĂ©el du consentement. 📚 Livres & textes “Le consentement” – Vanessa Springora (2020) ➀ RĂ©cit personnel, mais aussi rĂ©flexion sur les rapports de domination dĂ©guisĂ©s en relations consenties. Continue reading →

  • May 29, 2025 5:32pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Videos

    Politics

    Microposts

    An NBC News and Get Real Security [analysis](www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech… /internet-thinks-video-gaza-ai-s-proved-isnt-rcna209617) found no evidence of AI generation or manipulation in the video of people waiting for food in Rafah. #Gaza

  • May 29, 2025 5:18pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Found an odd bug on the Android app for microblog @manton

    If when editing a new post I manually add a Summary, this summary becomes the summary of future posts as well.. And even replace the opengraph description of the links from the future posts I share..

    apparently, deleting this summary is hard

  • Apple in China, comment le dragon a bouffĂ© l'aigle?

    May 29, 2025 5:11pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Photos

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    Longform

    Musk growing up from adolescence and realizing US government cannot be taken like he tookover his business acquisitions Continue reading →

  • May 29, 2025 11:22am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    Absolutely not surprised by Musk exit from US government role.

    The Tax bill is just an excuse

    Musk is just groking how foolish, naive and ignorant his whole approach was and cannot phantom the idea that he failed, so he’s using the Tax bill to exit.

    More interesting take from @emptywheel.bsky.social

    This may be an attempt to preserve the damage Elon did to government, up to and including the data consolidation that DOGE carried out.

    www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/2…

  • May 29, 2025 11:14am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Coding

    Microposts

    Tldr: You can’t automate trust.

    Read “We Used ChatGPT to Write Tests. The QA Team Revolted.“ by Codepinion on Medium

  • May 19, 2025 10:26pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Well well well… The Windows Subsystem for #Linux is now open source

    #WSL

  • Conditions gĂ©nĂ©rales appliquĂ©es Ă  la vĂ©ritĂ©, redĂ©finie par les algorithmes

    May 18, 2025 1:12am
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

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    RĂ©duire au silence par dessein : comment les algorithmes effacent la rĂ©alitĂ© Depuis quelque temps, mais surtout entre 2020 et 2025, nous assistons Ă  une normalisation inquiĂ©tante de l’auto-censure collective. Non pas au nom de la sĂ©curitĂ© ou de la sensibilitĂ©, mais pour apaiser des systĂšmes algorithmiques opaques—des systĂšmes qui suppriment la visibilitĂ© ou des mots, non parce qu’ils font du mal, mais parce qu’ils provoquent de l’inconfort, de la controverse, ou des risques juridiques. Continue reading →

  • Terms and Conditions Apply to Truth redefined by Algorithms

    May 18, 2025 1:04am
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Muted by Design: How Algorithms Erase Outcry Between 2020 and 2025, we witnessed the troubling normalization of self-censorship by design. Not in the name of safety or sensitivity, but to appease opaque algorithmic systems—systems that suppress certain words not because they cause harm, but because they trigger discomfort, controversy, or legal risk. Survivors, activists, educators, and creators were pushed to distort language: rape became “r@pe,” sexual assault became “SA,” trafficking became “tr@ff1cking. Continue reading →

  • May 17, 2025 11:27pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Music

    Microposts

    Chances are, you’re making music on a #DAW or with plugins born in #Germany. How did the country come to dominate the software used in electronic music production?

    #Ableton

  • May 17, 2025 5:43pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Thoughts

    Politique

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    Une dĂ©rive sectaire Ă  l’échelle sociĂ©tale se manifeste lorsque des Ă©vĂ©nements aussi graves qu’un gĂ©nocide peuvent se produire sans rĂ©action collective, du fait d’un climat oĂč toute critique devient risquĂ©e et peut ĂȘtre perçue comme une prise de position antisĂ©mite.

  • May 17, 2025 5:42pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Social

    Politique

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    Quand une sociĂ©tĂ© sombre dans une dĂ©rive sectaire, elle finit par tolĂ©rer l’intolĂ©rable. Un gĂ©nocide peut alors avoir lieu dans l’indiffĂ©rence gĂ©nĂ©rale, car le dĂ©noncer, c’est s’exposer Ă  ĂȘtre clouĂ© au pilori, accusĂ© d’antisĂ©mitisme. VoilĂ  le constat.

  • DĂ©rives Sectaires, sociĂ©tales?

    May 17, 2025 5:41pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Social

    Politique

    Longform

    Il est des dĂ©rives sectaires qui ne s’épanouissent plus dans de petits cercles, mais dans l’entiĂšretĂ© d’une sociĂ©tĂ©. Elles anesthĂ©sient les consciences au point qu’un gĂ©nocide peut se produire dans un silence feutrĂ©, presque consenti — car s’en indigner ouvertement expose aussitĂŽt Ă  l’accusation infamante d’antisĂ©mitisme Continue reading →

  • May 13, 2025 11:18pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    Microposts

    Damn, I gotta try this for judicial material

    Build Real-Time Knowledge Graph For Documents with LLM

    Pain : how to find meaning and key information on GB’s of trial documents.

  • May 13, 2025 10:13pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    Microposts

    “The future belongs not to developers who can be replaced by AI, but to those who master this collaborative dance between human creativity and machine capability.”

    boleary.dev/talks/vib…

  • May 13, 2025 7:48pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    Microposts

    Reading : Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site #Bellingcat

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