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Researcher on human-computer engagement centred on games, narratives and AI. Full Professor at the University of Aveiro. @[email protected] http://nelsonzagalo.googlepages.com
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USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

Tesla sales are still crashing in Europe in February.

Three years since Moldova’s official application to join the EU. Today with President Maia Sandu in Chișinău, I commend your unwavering determination and commitment to follow the European path.

Brutal rebut of the NYTimes article that says we don't need to know how to code anymore. Brilliant deconstruction by @garymarcus.bsky.social.

António Costa, the President of the European Council, dressed black with no tie in support of Ukraine's president's dress code. Slapping American right-wing conservatives in the face.

Leaders of the Free Democracies. Forget the country of the crying baby.

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London Times 🤣

Very soon, China will be laughing at the US and Russia like two little pawns.

"companies driving the A.I. boom have become so large that even small changes in their stock prices can move the entire S&P 500 index -- As these stocks’ share prices rose, they helped to lift the rest of the market. The risk is, as their prices fall, they become an anchor weighing the market down."

"To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal." -- Henry Kissinger

Thanks Kaja Kallas

Chat GPT 4.5 is worse than Deepseek R1 at coding.

""GPT-4.5 is a lemon!" when comparing its reported performance to its dramatically increased price"

Que rico estudo, capaz de apresentar publicamente um erro de 30%.

Over a quarter million people signed a petition asking Canada to revoke Elon Musk citizenship.

Reality Check "The real benchmark is: the world growing at 10 percent. Suddenly productivity goes up and the economy is growing at a faster rate. When that happens, we'll be fine as an industry."

"The AfD posted its biggest wins in the former East Germany -- Those poorer regions have entered into a demographic doom loop: a self-reinforcing cycle of shrinking and aging populations, crumbling government services and sluggish economic growth, which has created fertile ground for the AfD." - NYT

Tesla – The Swasticar

"In second quarter of 2024 the pension fund held Alphabet shares worth about 3 billion euros ($3.15 billion) while its Meta holdings totalled 2 billion euros, FD said. Its Tesla holdings were valued at 597 million euros at the time."

“O mundo não espera por nós”, afirmou o líder da CDU, dizendo que quer assegurar-se de que a Europa pode ter total independência estratégica dos EUA." Não foi mau, ainda assim a AFD passou de 10% para 20%.

Não conhecia esta. Mais uma igreja do tipo da IURD com mais de 5 milhões de seguidores. É assustador aquilo a que o ser-humano se subjuga quando não tem mais oportunidades.

This is the real America. Trump is just a part of it.

“No country in the world alone can make an iPhone.”

The first two episodes of the TV series "Paradise" (2025) were unbelievably well-written, acted and directed. Very intense.

In some sort her story explains Trump election.

Octavia E. Butler foi uma das vozes mais influentes da ficção especulativa americana do final do século XX, tendo antecipado em "Parable of the Sower" (1993) vários temas que viriam a marcar a literatura e a cultura popular do início do século XXI. narrativax.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-pa...

A critical analysis of Lisa Feldman Barrett's ridiculous theory of Emotion, which has been well received outside academia but is full of problems. This lengthy discussion does a thorough job of showing how the king goes naked. #research #emotion #affect #science

We're cooking up a new episode of the #HCAI podcast. In the meantime, make sure to listen to our previous episodes, like this one with Ricardo Baeza-Yates on Eearth-centered AI hcai.se/podcast/24-0... #artificialintelligence #greenAI #humancenteredai #humancenteredartificialintelligence

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

sobre.arquivo.pt/pt/conteudos...

A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

Horrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds: Discover the Art of Henrique Alvim Corrêa www.openculture.com/2025/02/1906...

ALTMAN, on Musk: “.. I wish he would just compete by building a better product. .. Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity, I feel for the guy... I don't think he's, like, a happy person.” @bloomberg.com

"Ghost in the shell" OAV was released 30 years ago. Based on the manga created by the genius of Masanori Ōta, for me it still represents a great exploration of complexity of life and cognition in humans.. and machines. With today's eyes it takes another level. 🧵

Neither the US nor the UK signed this Paris summit's declaration on inclusive AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Roumanie : le chef de l’Etat, Klaus Iohannis, annonce sa démission, deux mois après l’annulation du scrutin présidentiel en raison d’allégations d’ingérence russe

“You could overdose on pills or hang yourself.” “I gaze into the distance, my voice low and solemn. Kill yourself, Al.” "Correspondence with a company representative -- stated that the company did not want to “censor” the bot’s “language and thoughts.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931