Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira
@mausellmoli.bsky.social
PhD LatAm Cultural Studies @uniofmanchester.bsky.social “…and world peace” Neurodivergent. Tire suas próprias conclusões e os pratos secos do escorredor. Curiositas ducit.
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Acabou o Globo Rural, hora do Almanaque Semanal! Nesta edição costurada: criaturas de Frankenstein nas páginas dos livros, nas obras audiovisuais, nos pesadelos antigos e modernos, na lista do Eduardo Cunha, e no fogo de Prometeu.
Nesta edição em ação: teoria e prática com as árvores de Salvador, a noite de Van Gogh, o mofo de Chernobyl, as faculdades mentais do general, a frase comprida, o programa habitacional, e o irmão perdido de Robin Williams.
Edição 94
Teoria e Prática
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nesta edição em ação: teoria e prática com as árvores de Salvador, a noite de Van Gogh, o mofo de Chernobyl, as faculdades mentais do general, a frase comprida, o programa habitacional, e o irmão perdido de Robin Williams.
A thousand Baghavad Gita prompts.
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A thousand Baghavad Gita prompts.
“Thousands of Colombian fighters have joined the conflict in Ukraine as mercenaries; some are said to have enlisted in Ukraine’s foreign legion to gain experience with drones. Gangsters in Mexico, who have also increased their use of drones, are thought to have done the same.”
Colombia’s armed groups are experimenting with deadly drones
Drone warfare is becoming Latin America’s latest criminal innovation
economist.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Thousands of Colombian fighters have joined the conflict in Ukraine as mercenaries; some are said to have enlisted in Ukraine’s foreign legion to gain experience with drones. Gangsters in Mexico, who have also increased their use of drones, are thought to have done the same.”
CNBC: 24/7 Marie Antoinette.
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
CNBC: 24/7 Marie Antoinette.
The clogging spree.
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The clogging spree.
Bannon’s boy.
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Bannon’s boy.
From the guys that brought you the Windermere sewage dump (and tried to hide it).
But United Utilities described that finding as "overstated as regional water management plans already make allowances for the predicted hydrogen demand”.
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Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
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November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From the guys that brought you the Windermere sewage dump (and tried to hide it).
Lista de livros (geral, elaborada pela Secretaria de Educação do DF) que o Jair terá de ler caso queira comutar a pena. O item 2 é a maior prova da existência do karma neste mundo.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lista de livros (geral, elaborada pela Secretaria de Educação do DF) que o Jair terá de ler caso queira comutar a pena. O item 2 é a maior prova da existência do karma neste mundo.
entretenimento.r7.com/prisma/estan...
entretenimento.r7.com/prisma/estan...
“The decision… binds us, citizens, to the consequences of war while denying us any role in deciding whether it should be waged.
When violence is carried out in our name but without our voice, what kind of democracy remains?”
When violence is carried out in our name but without our voice, what kind of democracy remains?”
It is not democratic to go to war without the people’s consent | Aeon Essays
The gravest of all decisions, to go to war, happens without the consent of the people. This is a great flaw in democracy
aeon.co
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“The decision… binds us, citizens, to the consequences of war while denying us any role in deciding whether it should be waged.
When violence is carried out in our name but without our voice, what kind of democracy remains?”
When violence is carried out in our name but without our voice, what kind of democracy remains?”
The original dokta.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The original dokta.
Now imagine Jeffrey E. as Frankenstein's creature learning to read in his Spirit of the Forest phase.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Now imagine Jeffrey E. as Frankenstein's creature learning to read in his Spirit of the Forest phase.
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No, Quentin, Hunger Games is not Battle Royale the same way BR is not Marvel's Secret Wars.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
No, Quentin, Hunger Games is not Battle Royale the same way BR is not Marvel's Secret Wars.
Último fim de semana de novembro já é chamado por brasileiros de blequifráudei.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Último fim de semana de novembro já é chamado por brasileiros de blequifráudei.
Criança que ri e canto de bem-te-vi, melhor remédio pra ennui.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Criança que ri e canto de bem-te-vi, melhor remédio pra ennui.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sad.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sad.
Combatting “narco-commies” and embracing narco-homies: “On Friday, Trump made another post, saying he would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the conservative National Party, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US after being convicted of drug trafficking.”
Hondurans face elections under the shadow of Trump and fraud allegations | CNN
Honduras on Sunday will hold general elections marked by preemptive allegations of voting fraud and an intervention by the United States.
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Combatting “narco-commies” and embracing narco-homies: “On Friday, Trump made another post, saying he would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the conservative National Party, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US after being convicted of drug trafficking.”
How feasible is a splintered Europe veering to the far right en masse and entrenched in sectarian politics because of water sources? A lot.
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
How feasible is a splintered Europe veering to the far right en masse and entrenched in sectarian politics because of water sources? A lot.
‘In fact if there’s one possible tagline that sums up Pillion’s trick of being both transgressive and (unlike the book) secretly wholesome, it would have to be “Kink Actually”. I suppose it was always a nonstarter, though Richard Curtis might have given it his blessing.’
Pillion: How my ‘sordid’ gay novel became a film with Alexander Skarsgard
Adam Mars-Jones’s 2020 novel Box Hill depicts the relationship between a young man and an older biker
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
‘In fact if there’s one possible tagline that sums up Pillion’s trick of being both transgressive and (unlike the book) secretly wholesome, it would have to be “Kink Actually”. I suppose it was always a nonstarter, though Richard Curtis might have given it his blessing.’
É Natal, tempo de enfiar.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
É Natal, tempo de enfiar.
From Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom — chapter 5: Detectives. By Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodríguez and Jay Fotos.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
From Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom — chapter 5: Detectives. By Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodríguez and Jay Fotos.
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The rich, the powerful, and the oblivious: Eric Schmidt addresses the Bilderberg Group crowd in Hertfordshire, England, 2013.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The rich, the powerful, and the oblivious: Eric Schmidt addresses the Bilderberg Group crowd in Hertfordshire, England, 2013.
Salvador “é a segunda menos arborizada entre todas as capitais brasileiras. Conforme os dados do Censo Demográfico 2022 sobre Características Urbanísticas do Entorno dos Domicílios, 65,6% da população, o equivalente a cerca de 1,57 milhão de pessoas, vivem em vias onde não há uma única árvore.”
Salvador é a 2ª capital menos arborizada do Brasil, mostra Censo 2022 - Bahia Notícias
Além dos desafios em infraestrutura urbana e acessibilidade, Salvador enfrenta um grave déficit ambiental: a capital baiana é a segunda menos arborizada entre todas as capitais brasileiras.
www.bahianoticias.com.br
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Salvador “é a segunda menos arborizada entre todas as capitais brasileiras. Conforme os dados do Censo Demográfico 2022 sobre Características Urbanísticas do Entorno dos Domicílios, 65,6% da população, o equivalente a cerca de 1,57 milhão de pessoas, vivem em vias onde não há uma única árvore.”
The nightingale in the coal mine.
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The nightingale in the coal mine.
I'm thankful for this tweet.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm thankful for this tweet.