Bruno Amaral
@brunoamaral.eu
I want the web to be a better place. Communication Strategist, Creative Tinkerer.
Weirdness and occasional posts in Portuguese.
https://brunoamaral.eu/
Helping Multiple Sclerosis research at @gregory-ms.com
Founder of the Lisbon Collective consulting.
Weirdness and occasional posts in Portuguese.
https://brunoamaral.eu/
Helping Multiple Sclerosis research at @gregory-ms.com
Founder of the Lisbon Collective consulting.
We now offer an RSS Feed for #MultipleSclerosis #ClinicalTrials more info at gregory-ms.com/trials/.
And you can get the feed from this link api.gregory-ms.com/feed/trials/...
And you can get the feed from this link api.gregory-ms.com/feed/trials/...
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We now offer an RSS Feed for #MultipleSclerosis #ClinicalTrials more info at gregory-ms.com/trials/.
And you can get the feed from this link api.gregory-ms.com/feed/trials/...
And you can get the feed from this link api.gregory-ms.com/feed/trials/...
Eu tb só devia entregar os projectos 30 ou 60 dias depois do pagamento. Aposto que as organizações publicas iam adorar. </desabafo>
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Eu tb só devia entregar os projectos 30 ou 60 dias depois do pagamento. Aposto que as organizações publicas iam adorar. </desabafo>
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Dói-me ver quem dá a vida no trabalho continuar preso na pobreza. É um sufoco que não aceito. Enquanto uns acumulam lucros recorde, quem trabalha não paga as contas. Reinventar Portugal exige cobrar a quem lucra com a crise para aliviar a fatura de quem trabalha. É uma questão de sensatez.
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Dói-me ver quem dá a vida no trabalho continuar preso na pobreza. É um sufoco que não aceito. Enquanto uns acumulam lucros recorde, quem trabalha não paga as contas. Reinventar Portugal exige cobrar a quem lucra com a crise para aliviar a fatura de quem trabalha. É uma questão de sensatez.
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
A counterintuitive fix for a weak eye: briefly turn off the strong one so the brain relearns to see. What lab work at MIT and retina science suggest. #Amblyopia #MIT #Neuroscience #Retina #Vision
Turn Off an Eye, Teach the Brain to See
What if the way to help a weak eye is to switch it off, briefly, then let the brain reintroduce it to the world? In a small lab room filled with quiet electronics and blinking LEDs, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute did something that sounds like a prank the nervous system should not fall for. They temporarily silenced the retina…
www.credara.info
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
for the goal of reaching more people, @gregory-ms.com did quite well this year. #MSchat #MultipleSclerosis
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
for the goal of reaching more people, @gregory-ms.com did quite well this year. #MSchat #MultipleSclerosis
As pessoas que dizem "agora mete-se o Natal, por isso só em Janeiro", não me conhecem.
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As pessoas que dizem "agora mete-se o Natal, por isso só em Janeiro", não me conhecem.
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
Benchmarks from historians show that AI transcription from handwriting is now better than human, and a very cheap model is as good as people.
There are now massive troves of documents that could be made available for research that would have been impossible or prohibitive to transcribe before.
There are now massive troves of documents that could be made available for research that would have been impossible or prohibitive to transcribe before.
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Benchmarks from historians show that AI transcription from handwriting is now better than human, and a very cheap model is as good as people.
There are now massive troves of documents that could be made available for research that would have been impossible or prohibitive to transcribe before.
There are now massive troves of documents that could be made available for research that would have been impossible or prohibitive to transcribe before.
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
Have I mentioned that we’re hiring? We’re looking for a mission-driven director of product engineering. Imagine getting to do meaningful work with a newsroom full of talented, smart people who publish genuinely impactful investigative journalism. Remote job, US only.
Director, Product Engineering
New York City, United States; Remote, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Have I mentioned that we’re hiring? We’re looking for a mission-driven director of product engineering. Imagine getting to do meaningful work with a newsroom full of talented, smart people who publish genuinely impactful investigative journalism. Remote job, US only.
Lucide Icons
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
#code #developers #frontend #icons #resources
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
#code #developers #frontend #icons #resources
Lucide Icons
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
lucide.dev
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Lucide Icons
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
#code #developers #frontend #icons #resources
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
#code #developers #frontend #icons #resources
Phosphor Icons
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
#code #design #developers #frontend #icons #resources
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
#code #design #developers #frontend #icons #resources
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Phosphor Icons
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
#code #design #developers #frontend #icons #resources
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
#code #design #developers #frontend #icons #resources
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
Yep, @mariaa.bsky.social is right: It's not really "trustworthy AI", it's do you trust the companies?
We don't actually trust AI.
We trust the companies behind it.
As Maria Antoniak notes, every "private" chat flows through corporate systems with long histories of data misuse. If we care about AI ethics, we need to name power, not anthropomorphize models.
We trust the companies behind it.
As Maria Antoniak notes, every "private" chat flows through corporate systems with long histories of data misuse. If we care about AI ethics, we need to name power, not anthropomorphize models.
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yep, @mariaa.bsky.social is right: It's not really "trustworthy AI", it's do you trust the companies?
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
OpenAI aren't talking about it yet, but it turns out they've adopted Anthropic's brilliant "skills" mechanism in a big way
Skills are now live in both ChatGPT and their Codex CLI tool, I wrote up some detailed notes on how they work so far here: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/...
Skills are now live in both ChatGPT and their Codex CLI tool, I wrote up some detailed notes on how they work so far here: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/...
OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
One of the things that most excited me about Anthropic’s new Skills mechanism back in October is how easy it looked for other platforms to implement. A skill is just …
simonwillison.net
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
OpenAI aren't talking about it yet, but it turns out they've adopted Anthropic's brilliant "skills" mechanism in a big way
Skills are now live in both ChatGPT and their Codex CLI tool, I wrote up some detailed notes on how they work so far here: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/...
Skills are now live in both ChatGPT and their Codex CLI tool, I wrote up some detailed notes on how they work so far here: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/...
I could really use some tips from experienced #Django developers. @gregory-ms.com is being plagued by spam subscriptions. #Python
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I could really use some tips from experienced #Django developers. @gregory-ms.com is being plagued by spam subscriptions. #Python
If you struggle with @notion.com , this friday I am giving a small free workshop with practical examples. #Productivity #ProjectManagement
luma.com/drzzwdz9
luma.com/drzzwdz9
Notion Workshop by Bruno · Luma
Curious about how to use Notion more effectively for your work or personal projects?
One of our PocketPro members, Bruno Amaral, is offering a short, practical…
luma.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you struggle with @notion.com , this friday I am giving a small free workshop with practical examples. #Productivity #ProjectManagement
luma.com/drzzwdz9
luma.com/drzzwdz9
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We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
I'd love it if there was a music subscription service where anyone who wanted to could make a radio show with them talking to introduce the music, and then the actual copyrighted music. Not just a playlist. Not just a podcast with no music. Have I missed this, and it actually exists?
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'd love it if there was a music subscription service where anyone who wanted to could make a radio show with them talking to introduce the music, and then the actual copyrighted music. Not just a playlist. Not just a podcast with no music. Have I missed this, and it actually exists?
A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
SciSciNet-v2: A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
#academic #dataset #funding #research
SciSciNet-v2: A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
#academic #dataset #funding #research
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
SciSciNet-v2: A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
#academic #dataset #funding #research
SciSciNet-v2: A Linked Dataset for Science of Science Research
#academic #dataset #funding #research
We need something halfway between an Email and a DM. Something that signals "this 💩 ain't urgent, but it's too small for an email, take your time"
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We need something halfway between an Email and a DM. Something that signals "this 💩 ain't urgent, but it's too small for an email, take your time"
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Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Introducing AI to an Online Petition Platform Changed Outputs but not Outcomes
The rapid integration of AI writing tools into online platforms raises critical questions about their impact on content production and outcomes. We leverage a unique natural experiment on Change$.$org...
arxiv.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Hoje celebramos a independência e o verbo defenestrar.
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hoje celebramos a independência e o verbo defenestrar.
Reposted by Bruno Amaral
When people saw more divisive posts on X they spent more time there but liked and shared less, and felt colder towards their political opponents. Fewer divisive comments and they spent less time on X but liked and shared most posts. So platforms COULD CHOOSE TO reduce/stop increasing polarisation.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When people saw more divisive posts on X they spent more time there but liked and shared less, and felt colder towards their political opponents. Fewer divisive comments and they spent less time on X but liked and shared most posts. So platforms COULD CHOOSE TO reduce/stop increasing polarisation.
the emoji for receipt is funny.🧾
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
the emoji for receipt is funny.🧾
Malta, já sei! Em vez de investir em mais alojamento local, transformamos os apartamentos de Lisboa em pequenos data centers. No verão é chato, mas no outono e inverno ninguém vai ter problemas de aquecimento e o aluguer do espaço paga a conta da luz!
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Malta, já sei! Em vez de investir em mais alojamento local, transformamos os apartamentos de Lisboa em pequenos data centers. No verão é chato, mas no outono e inverno ninguém vai ter problemas de aquecimento e o aluguer do espaço paga a conta da luz!
What ChatGPT says about me “You blend engineer, designer, writer, sysadmin, professor, and art director into one continuous stream — and expect the AI to keep up without blinking.”
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What ChatGPT says about me “You blend engineer, designer, writer, sysadmin, professor, and art director into one continuous stream — and expect the AI to keep up without blinking.”