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  • May 11, 2025 3:51pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Whoops It’s Y2K all over again 😅

    On 2038-01-19 03:14:08 UTC, millions of sensitive embedded and industrial computer systems worldwide will suddenly start behaving in unpredictable ways, unless we take coordinated action now. epochalypse-project.org

  • May 6, 2025 10:57pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    AI

    Microposts

    Systemic Existential Risks from Incremental AI Development

    “no one has a concrete plausible plan for stopping gradual human disempowerment”

    #AI

  • May 5, 2025 2:36pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    News

    Politics

    Microposts

    Reading :

    Tony Schwartz’s Responsive Chord theory predicted the media war we’re in—and how we might still win it

    The Responsive Chord: the belief that the most effective messages don’t implant new ideas—they resonate with the feelings, memories, and beliefs people already carry. Read More

  • May 5, 2025 1:40pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Politics

    Microposts

    Reading Micah Lee : TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with #Trump officials

  • May 5, 2025 12:58pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    Politics

    Microposts

    “Online, they find a community around collective crises and traumatic events, such as fear of migration or the war in Gaza, which they connect to their personal struggle.”

    “AI and the algorithms are partly doing that job of a charismatic recruiter, just a hundred times better.” Read More

  • May 5, 2025 9:12am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Audio

    Microposts

    Ça m’a donnĂ© envie d’aller choper le bouquin

    Répliques: Les jeux du cirque médiatique

    Episode : www.radiofrance.fr/francecul…

  • May 4, 2025 6:52pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Music

    Microposts

    Anukari

    3D Physics Synthesizer Anukari is a software synthesizer and effects processor based on a fully interactive 3D physics simulation. Drag and drop physics components like masses and springs to design your own 3D instrument or effect. See and hear what you’ve built in real time.

    😳😃

  • May 4, 2025 2:57pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Audio

    Microposts

    đŸ‘€đŸŽ™ïžIls vont endoctriner des enfants

    The New Abnormal: Stephen Miller Rolls Out MAGA’s Indoctrination Plan for Kids

    Episode webpage: shows.acast.com/the-new-a…

  • Synchroniser vos podcasts entre plusieurs appareils avec AntennaPod et Nextcloud

    May 4, 2025 2:41pm
    Reading Time: 3 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Audio

    Longform

    Vous Ă©coutez vos podcasts avec Spotify ou autre platforme et vous en avez assez d’ĂȘtre enfermĂ© dans un Ă©cosystĂšme fermĂ© comme Google Podcasts ? Vous voulez pouvoir changer de tĂ©lĂ©phone ou utiliser plusieurs appareils sans perdre vos abonnements ni votre historique d’écoute ? Ce tutoriel est pour vous. GrĂące Ă  Nextcloud et Ă  son application GPodder Sync, vous pouvez synchroniser automatiquement vos abonnements, la progression de lecture, et mĂȘme les Ă©pisodes Ă©coutĂ©s entre plusieurs instances d’AntennaPod — ou avec d’autres applications compatibles avec le protocole gpodder. Continue reading →

  • May 4, 2025 2:28pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Audio

    Microposts

    Podcast đŸŽ™ïž

    What Next: TBD | How Elon Wields Power

    Listen

    Anything getting in the way of “Autonomous cars” envisioned by #Musk is an enemy of “evolution” never a victim of unvetted features, pushed to sell a dream, at any costs, even death.

  • April 30, 2025 10:20pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Politique

    Microposts

    Black-out : que s’est-il passĂ© en Espagne ? 7 points sur les causes de la mĂ©ga-coupure

  • April 29, 2025 7:11pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Contre la destruction des communs numérique :

    Il faut sauver le soldat Wayback Machine, signez!

  • April 28, 2025 7:14pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Interesting… stream.place

    “Streamplace is the video layer for decentralized social networks. We’re building open-source infrastructure to bring high-quality video experiences to the AT Protocol ecosystem, while preserving user sovereignty and content authenticity.”

    #livestream

  • April 28, 2025 5:07pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Ahhh le revival des #blogs (et du Web) blogroll.org 😀

  • April 28, 2025 4:54pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    đŸłïžâ€âš§ïžThey added, “There’s a real cognitive dissonance; most people I know really hate what’s going on, or believe it’s wrong, yet they’re doing it anyway.”

    Feels like a cult, walks like a cult : it’s literally an expression of fascism where unwilling đŸ‡ș🇾 are participating in it, willingly or not.

  • April 28, 2025 12:00pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    It’s crazy, How the đŸ‡ș🇾 Left ©Ÿℹ missed this train And wasn’t able to organize against the corporate-tech-conservative-neoliberal-neofascist alliance nexus leading up to Trump.

    Interesting read :

    The group chats that changed America

    Extract :

    The political journalist Mark Halperin, who now runs 2WAY and has a show on Megyn Kelly’s network, said it was remarkable that “the left seems largely unaware that some of the smartest and most sophisticated Trump supporters in the nation from coast to coast are part of an overlapping set of text chains that allow their members to share links, intel, tactics, strategy, and ad hoc assignments. Also: clever and invigorating jokes. And they do this (not kidding) like 20 hours a day, including on weekends.” He called their influence “substantial.”

  • April 27, 2025 10:40am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    OKCinfo

    Tibetan Buddhism

    Microposts

    Samedi 14 juin : “RiviĂšre de Feu” est une performance artistique et militante nĂ©e du vĂ©cu de Rosa Yeshe et Ricardo Mendes, demi-frĂšre et demi-sƓur, tous deux survivants de la communautĂ© bouddhiste sectaire Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC), fondĂ©e par Robert Spatz. Plus d’info

  • April 26, 2025 6:56pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Bluesky

    Microposts

    Bluesky say it’s not down but it’s down here on mobile.

    Going for web version bsky.app or deer.social works but kinda slow, something is definitely not normal, anyone having the same?

  • The Media Flood Strategy: How the Trump Administration Overwhelms Oversight

    April 24, 2025 8:57pm
    Reading Time: 6 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Longform

    In the second term of the Trump elected regime, a deliberate strategy has emerged: inundate the media landscape with rapid, successive actions to outpace scrutiny and erode institutional checks. This approach not only overwhelms journalistic capacities but also pressures U.S. institutions to compromise their constitutional responsibilities. A Deluge of Deportations Central to this strategy is the imposition of stringent daily arrest quotas on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Each of ICE’s 25 field offices has been directed to execute at least 75 arrests daily, aiming for a nationwide total of 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day. Continue reading →

  • Devoir de mĂ©moire : La vĂ©ritĂ© des faits objectifs n’est jamais une diffamation

    April 24, 2025 5:41pm
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    OKCinfo

    Longform

    Note Ă  moi-mĂȘme : La vĂ©ritĂ© des faits objectifs n’est jamais une diffamation. Aussi dure, dĂ©rangeante, insupportable ou destructrice soit-elle, la vĂ©ritĂ©, dans l’affaire qui nous concerne, n’est rien d’autre que des faits ignorĂ©s — consciemment ou inconsciemment. Une fois l’abcĂšs crevĂ©, commence alors un processus de recalibrage entre ce que l’on croit savoir et la rĂ©alitĂ© de celles et ceux qui l’ont vĂ©cu. Il faut du temps pour que les rĂ©alitĂ©s s’alignent — autant de temps, parfois, qu’il en a fallu pour creuser le fossĂ© entre soi et les autres. Continue reading →

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