Luís António Santos
@luissantos.bsky.social
Curious. Portuguese. Born in Mozambique. Used to be a journalist. Now a university professor. Into new forms and formats for journalism. And sound production.
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‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
O comunicado de hoje do @slbenfica.bsky.social sai a que horas?
a man in a suit says i don 't think you 're funny
ALT: a man in a suit says i don 't think you 're funny
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
O comunicado de hoje do @slbenfica.bsky.social sai a que horas?
A gem.
"Fred proceeded to tell me there were four stages to life: “Youth until 40. Middle age, from 40 to 60. Older age, from 60 to 80.”
“And then?” I asked.
“Then comes, ‘You look great.’”
"Fred proceeded to tell me there were four stages to life: “Youth until 40. Middle age, from 40 to 60. Older age, from 60 to 80.”
“And then?” I asked.
“Then comes, ‘You look great.’”
From time to time I burden you with some personal stuff, based on my belief that our values begin with who we are and where we came from.
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A gem.
"Fred proceeded to tell me there were four stages to life: “Youth until 40. Middle age, from 40 to 60. Older age, from 60 to 80.”
“And then?” I asked.
“Then comes, ‘You look great.’”
"Fred proceeded to tell me there were four stages to life: “Youth until 40. Middle age, from 40 to 60. Older age, from 60 to 80.”
“And then?” I asked.
“Then comes, ‘You look great.’”
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“Flock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co. “Flock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." www.404media.co/flock-expos...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Flock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co. “Flock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." www.404media.co/flock-expos...
😂
The Redacter's Choice™
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER™
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER™
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
😂
Bring me my glasses!
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bring me my glasses!
Just say NO.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just say NO.
"What I didn’t know was that the role would require me to assume multiple fabricated identities, and use pseudo profiles
created by the company to engage in intimate and explicit conversations with lonely men and women." (via @dairinstitute.bsky.social)
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
created by the company to engage in intimate and explicit conversations with lonely men and women." (via @dairinstitute.bsky.social)
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
data-workers.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"What I didn’t know was that the role would require me to assume multiple fabricated identities, and use pseudo profiles
created by the company to engage in intimate and explicit conversations with lonely men and women." (via @dairinstitute.bsky.social)
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
created by the company to engage in intimate and explicit conversations with lonely men and women." (via @dairinstitute.bsky.social)
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
Sempre houve prendinha de Natal...
Que bem, que bem!
Que bem, que bem!
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sempre houve prendinha de Natal...
Que bem, que bem!
Que bem, que bem!
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🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
"(...) longstanding policy decisions have created a dangerous convergence: weakened newsrooms, concentrated ownership, and mounting pressure at a time when authoritarian impulses are testing democratic norms worldwide—and at home."
Read the full report from @victorpickard.bsky.social, @bilalb.bsky.social and @shahrzadshams.bsky.social of @rooseveltinstitute.org called "The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis."
HERE: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
HERE: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"(...) longstanding policy decisions have created a dangerous convergence: weakened newsrooms, concentrated ownership, and mounting pressure at a time when authoritarian impulses are testing democratic norms worldwide—and at home."
Clear (as) water.
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Clear (as) water.
"He was a political presence, a social commentator and a wicked satirist. But all that still pales for me when I watch Chris Chambers say: “You’re gonna be a great writer someday.” That weeping boy was me. It was Rob Reiner who put it on the screen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"He was a political presence, a social commentator and a wicked satirist. But all that still pales for me when I watch Chris Chambers say: “You’re gonna be a great writer someday.” That weeping boy was me. It was Rob Reiner who put it on the screen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Quando 'metemos' um pobre (de espírito) num serviço público - como um ministério - é óbvio que as coisas se degradam!
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Quando 'metemos' um pobre (de espírito) num serviço público - como um ministério - é óbvio que as coisas se degradam!
A 'brutal honestidade' não é sempre virtuosa. Terá, apesar de tudo, a vantagem marginal de confirmar quem é quem. E o Dr. Fernando está mais do que apresentado. (Via @jornalexpresso.bsky.social )
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A 'brutal honestidade' não é sempre virtuosa. Terá, apesar de tudo, a vantagem marginal de confirmar quem é quem. E o Dr. Fernando está mais do que apresentado. (Via @jornalexpresso.bsky.social )
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Indignity. New record set. Another one coming soon. We just know.
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Indignity. New record set. Another one coming soon. We just know.
Dossiê Especial da revista Comunicação Pública, editado em parceria com o Elton Bruno Pinheiro acaba de ser disponibilizado.
(Acesso livre)
journals.ipl.pt/cpublica/art...
(Acesso livre)
journals.ipl.pt/cpublica/art...
Serviço público de média e inovação
| Comunicação Pública
journals.ipl.pt
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dossiê Especial da revista Comunicação Pública, editado em parceria com o Elton Bruno Pinheiro acaba de ser disponibilizado.
(Acesso livre)
journals.ipl.pt/cpublica/art...
(Acesso livre)
journals.ipl.pt/cpublica/art...
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“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
"On that trajectory, in the next four years the political map of the West faces its most dramatic upheaval since the Cold War. The implications for geopolitics, from trade to defense, could be profound."
Hard-right and far-right politicians now lead the polls in France, the U.K. and even Germany.
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"On that trajectory, in the next four years the political map of the West faces its most dramatic upheaval since the Cold War. The implications for geopolitics, from trade to defense, could be profound."
"We replaced God with Year-Over-Year returns. They offer better feedback loops. It’s a theology of the tangible."
www.joanwestenberg.com/growth-is-a-...
www.joanwestenberg.com/growth-is-a-...
Growth is a Poor Man's God
We've built an entire civilization around a single metric: growth.
GDP must grow. Startups must grow. Your follower count, your revenue, your personal brand, your meditation practice. The theology i...
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"We replaced God with Year-Over-Year returns. They offer better feedback loops. It’s a theology of the tangible."
www.joanwestenberg.com/growth-is-a-...
www.joanwestenberg.com/growth-is-a-...
'We know'.
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
'We know'.
"Uniting elements of journalism, live performance, and museum exhibition, the immersive event offers audiences the opportunity to deeply and personally understand the impact of the state-backed surveillance and oppression that affect millions."
www.everybodyisgone.org
www.everybodyisgone.org
Home
Everybody Is Gone is an innovative live event that provides audiences with a unique perspective on the ongoing crisis in the Uyghur Homeland.
www.everybodyisgone.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Uniting elements of journalism, live performance, and museum exhibition, the immersive event offers audiences the opportunity to deeply and personally understand the impact of the state-backed surveillance and oppression that affect millions."
www.everybodyisgone.org
www.everybodyisgone.org
What the hell happened to the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ?
So, so sad to see the UK being offered to radicals by a spineless party.
So, so sad to see the UK being offered to radicals by a spineless party.
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What the hell happened to the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ?
So, so sad to see the UK being offered to radicals by a spineless party.
So, so sad to see the UK being offered to radicals by a spineless party.
The Dictator American Democracy Speech
YouTube video by inscrutable
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM