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  • Maturity isn’t about who wins an argument—it’s about knowing when an argument isn’t worth having.

    April 24, 2025 10:56am
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Thoughts

    Random

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    Helen Mirren once said: Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, there’s absolutely no point. Not every argument is worth your energy. Sometimes, no matter how clearly you express yourself, the other person isn’t listening to understand—they’re listening to react. They’re stuck in their own perspective, unwilling to consider another viewpoint, and engaging with them only drains you. Continue reading →

  • April 23, 2025 6:05pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Reading Pluralistic : Sarah Wynn-Williams’s ‘Careless People’ #bookreview

  • April 22, 2025 10:16am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Bouli Lanners, vivant (alive and kicking) !

    cinevox.be/fr/bouli-…

    Une des rares voix en Belgique francophone qui rentre dans le tas de la dérive politique et social qui se met en place contre les chômeurs, les artistes, la culture et en fin de compte “les pauvres”

  • April 22, 2025 6:02am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

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    It’s good, that Comedians in the US are still able to write and take down other figures trying to normalize the regime.

    Looking at you Bill Maher.

    Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

    www.nytimes.com/2025/04/2…

  • April 16, 2025 3:53pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Music

    Audio

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    Une pépite de la musique électronique de la scène Bruxelloise : Avelyne

    Interview à écouter ici : www.mixcloud.com/VIBRATION…

  • April 14, 2025 7:13am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    The rise of end times Fascism Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor A businessman’s fist striking the Earth like a meteor, scattering debris.

    The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

  • April 5, 2025 8:13pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Videos

    Politique

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    D’où vient réellement la politique des tarifs du régime élu de Donald #Trump ?

    Vous allez pas en croire vos oreilles et pourtant, si, c’est aussi bête, Ignorant et stupide que ça : youtu.be/MJbZCbBLq…

  • April 5, 2025 7:19pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

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    Interactive Map #handsoff2025

    What to know about Saturday’s nationwide “Hands Off!” anti-Trump protests

  • April 5, 2025 5:24pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Fun read on #ableton #daftpunk

    thoughts-and-things.ghost.io/recreatin…

  • April 4, 2025 9:35pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    The key point is this: Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be unleashing such havoc. In short, Trump’s lawlessness and his economic destruction are the same story: The former doesn’t just enable the latter; the two are inextricably entangled with each other.

  • April 2, 2025 9:04pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Videos

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    Une de mes scènes de Friends préférées 😅 #LeftPhalange

  • April 2, 2025 12:42am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

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    Cory Brooker breaking the #filibuster record and still going strong, while millions of people have been watching. THIS is what Democrats must do more, urgently more. Unite the country on the back of the Trump regime. Win the Midterms Impeach Trump. Abundance

  • Four Roads to Ruin: The Future of American Democracy Under Trump 2.0

    March 31, 2025 9:18pm
    Reading Time: 8 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Politics

    Longform

    In the aftermath of the “Signalgate” scandal and economic freefall, President Donald J. Trump’s administration teeters on the edge of authoritarian ambition. With the Wisconsin Supreme Court election just days away and Project 2025 serving as the ideological and operational blueprint, the regime accelerates its grip on power. This four-part fiction explores four possible futures unfolding between now and 2029, each rooted in real legislative, economic, and political dynamics at play today. Continue reading →

  • Amerika : diving into oblivion while convincing itself otherwise

    March 31, 2025 11:46am
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Longform

    In 2022, one of Peter Thiel’s favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO” who was not Trump and laid out a playbook for how it might work. Elon Musk is following it. Read the article about this here What would be the name of such system? First some definitions : Technocratic Authoritarianism A system where unelected elites or CEOs are placed in charge of government on the grounds of efficiency or managerial competence, often sidelining democratic institutions. Continue reading →

  • March 31, 2025 11:09am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    The Atlantic kicks off opening night at the NOLA Book Festival with a dynamic conversation reflecting on the Signal breach and weighing its national-security implications.

  • March 30, 2025 10:09pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    AI

    Coding

    Microposts

    👀 Transform Your Code into AI-Optimized Prompts in Seconds

    code2prompt.dev

  • March 30, 2025 10:08pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    code2prompt.dev

  • March 30, 2025 10:06pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Holy crap : Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform.

  • March 30, 2025 10:04pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    gist.github.com/hackermon…

  • March 30, 2025 9:58pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Thoughts

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    Fascinating article by NYT on the history of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦.

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