Patricia Bastos
@patmat.bsky.social
Pro-civilian, curious, multi-versed, and prose-bound too. A teacher of languages and psychology navigating this chaosmos. Writing on control, collapse, and what gets erased when we call it “progress.” Humane, not a bot.
In Serra da Capivara, Brazil, there’s the only known ancient depiction of affection — a kiss at least 12,000 years old, maybe older. Love has always been here.
Turns out Brazilians have been hot-blooded since forever.
Turns out Brazilians have been hot-blooded since forever.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In Serra da Capivara, Brazil, there’s the only known ancient depiction of affection — a kiss at least 12,000 years old, maybe older. Love has always been here.
Turns out Brazilians have been hot-blooded since forever.
Turns out Brazilians have been hot-blooded since forever.
We don't need Neuralink. There are less invasive treatments.
Several other research lines—some decades old—are producing progress that could match or even surpass what invasive BCIs aim to do, depending on the condition.
Neuralink gets disproportionate attention because of its branding.
Several other research lines—some decades old—are producing progress that could match or even surpass what invasive BCIs aim to do, depending on the condition.
Neuralink gets disproportionate attention because of its branding.
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We don't need Neuralink. There are less invasive treatments.
Several other research lines—some decades old—are producing progress that could match or even surpass what invasive BCIs aim to do, depending on the condition.
Neuralink gets disproportionate attention because of its branding.
Several other research lines—some decades old—are producing progress that could match or even surpass what invasive BCIs aim to do, depending on the condition.
Neuralink gets disproportionate attention because of its branding.
The EU fined Musk €140M — it should be higher. He’s no free-speech beacon.He bought X as a weapon of algorithm manipulation,fake news, and propaganda for his profit at society’s expense.X censored more in a year than Twitter ever did, more than the EU,and sold users’ data to government surveillance.
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The EU fined Musk €140M — it should be higher. He’s no free-speech beacon.He bought X as a weapon of algorithm manipulation,fake news, and propaganda for his profit at society’s expense.X censored more in a year than Twitter ever did, more than the EU,and sold users’ data to government surveillance.
Studies in non-Western contexts show that ‘participation’ often reinforces existing power hierarchies — elites keep control over resources and decisions while public input becomes mostly symbolic.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Studies in non-Western contexts show that ‘participation’ often reinforces existing power hierarchies — elites keep control over resources and decisions while public input becomes mostly symbolic.
Studies in non-Western contexts show that ‘participation’ often reinforces existing power hierarchies — elites keep control over resources and decisions while public input becomes mostly symbolic..
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Studies in non-Western contexts show that ‘participation’ often reinforces existing power hierarchies — elites keep control over resources and decisions while public input becomes mostly symbolic..
So the founder of an anti-AI group disappears after making alarming comments, and instead of asking what happened to him or why there are no updates, the article shifts into a lecture on movement psychology and radicalization
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www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
So the founder of an anti-AI group disappears after making alarming comments, and instead of asking what happened to him or why there are no updates, the article shifts into a lecture on movement psychology and radicalization
🤮🤮🤮
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
🤮🤮🤮
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Life inside a cell isn’t a tidy factory — it’s more like a jazz session.
Proteins fold, shift, improvise. Genes act less like blueprints and more like open texts.
Biology isn’t mechanical; it’s fluid and creatively unpredictable.
#science #biology #molecularbiology #ideas
Proteins fold, shift, improvise. Genes act less like blueprints and more like open texts.
Biology isn’t mechanical; it’s fluid and creatively unpredictable.
#science #biology #molecularbiology #ideas
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Life inside a cell isn’t a tidy factory — it’s more like a jazz session.
Proteins fold, shift, improvise. Genes act less like blueprints and more like open texts.
Biology isn’t mechanical; it’s fluid and creatively unpredictable.
#science #biology #molecularbiology #ideas
Proteins fold, shift, improvise. Genes act less like blueprints and more like open texts.
Biology isn’t mechanical; it’s fluid and creatively unpredictable.
#science #biology #molecularbiology #ideas
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.”
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.”
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
This is the facility where former president Bolsonaro is serving his sentence for leading a coup attempt. While Lula’s imprisonment drew large, sustained demonstrations, Bolsonaro gets nothing — no crowds, no vigils. The contrast speaks volumes about the real strength of his “movement.”
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is the facility where former president Bolsonaro is serving his sentence for leading a coup attempt. While Lula’s imprisonment drew large, sustained demonstrations, Bolsonaro gets nothing — no crowds, no vigils. The contrast speaks volumes about the real strength of his “movement.”
The German school system enables structural racism because 50% to 70% of assessment is based on classroom participation, an entirely subjective measure that research has shown to be unreliable and impossible to grade fairly, giving teachers enormous power over who moves up and who gets left behind.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The German school system enables structural racism because 50% to 70% of assessment is based on classroom participation, an entirely subjective measure that research has shown to be unreliable and impossible to grade fairly, giving teachers enormous power over who moves up and who gets left behind.
The Nazi regime made grand promises of progress:industry, technology,”national renewal.”They took massive public funds upfront, wrapped it all in propaganda,and like Musk, rarely delivered.
History’s warning:hype plus public money without accountability always ends the same way.
#Fascism #TechScam
History’s warning:hype plus public money without accountability always ends the same way.
#Fascism #TechScam
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Zuckerberg and Chan are pouring billions into AI-powered biology — building “virtual cells” to merge human biology with their tech. They call it philanthropy, but since it’s tax-deductible, you’re covering up to 70% of the bill.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Zuckerberg and Chan are pouring billions into AI-powered biology — building “virtual cells” to merge human biology with their tech. They call it philanthropy, but since it’s tax-deductible, you’re covering up to 70% of the bill.
Remember the guy whose own research showed his platform was harming teenage girls —but he hid it and did nothing?Now he wants to be the future of health.The same clique that mocked the Pope for calling for moral discernment in AI now wants to fuse you with their machines —all under “philanthropy.”
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Remember the guy whose own research showed his platform was harming teenage girls —but he hid it and did nothing?Now he wants to be the future of health.The same clique that mocked the Pope for calling for moral discernment in AI now wants to fuse you with their machines —all under “philanthropy.”
The EPA’s “solution” wasn’t to tighten oversight — it was to create a new Protective Action Guide for radionuclides in drinking water, allowing concentrations hundreds or even thousands of times higher than before, as long as it’s called an “emergency. Is this a solution?
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The EPA’s “solution” wasn’t to tighten oversight — it was to create a new Protective Action Guide for radionuclides in drinking water, allowing concentrations hundreds or even thousands of times higher than before, as long as it’s called an “emergency. Is this a solution?
These are the people seeking to implant chips in your brain and make you their interface.
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
These are the people seeking to implant chips in your brain and make you their interface.
Marc Andreessen mocking the Pope—the spiritual leader of over1B people—for saying AI should have moral discernment says everything about Silicon Valley,the machines you’re using,and why you shouldn’t trust them. They mock morality yet expect you to hand them your data, health, government, and mind.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Marc Andreessen mocking the Pope—the spiritual leader of over1B people—for saying AI should have moral discernment says everything about Silicon Valley,the machines you’re using,and why you shouldn’t trust them. They mock morality yet expect you to hand them your data, health, government, and mind.
Incredible. The billionaires are emailing each other trying to understand why Millennials don’t love capitalism — like it’s a mystery that can be solved with a spreadsheet. When the guy ranting about the Antichrist is the reasonable one in the room, you know the system’s cooked.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Incredible. The billionaires are emailing each other trying to understand why Millennials don’t love capitalism — like it’s a mystery that can be solved with a spreadsheet. When the guy ranting about the Antichrist is the reasonable one in the room, you know the system’s cooked.
Impossible to disagree with @bennorton.com on this one. Tesla handed Musk a $1 trillion stock award on $7 billion profit.
I no longer see it as capitalism; it’s legalized corruption. Where does the money come from?
From us — tax breaks, subsidies, public infrastructure and specu
I no longer see it as capitalism; it’s legalized corruption. Where does the money come from?
From us — tax breaks, subsidies, public infrastructure and specu
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Impossible to disagree with @bennorton.com on this one. Tesla handed Musk a $1 trillion stock award on $7 billion profit.
I no longer see it as capitalism; it’s legalized corruption. Where does the money come from?
From us — tax breaks, subsidies, public infrastructure and specu
I no longer see it as capitalism; it’s legalized corruption. Where does the money come from?
From us — tax breaks, subsidies, public infrastructure and specu
4/5
They say AI will bring Earth back to homeostasis — the same fantasy once pushed in elite “science-for-humanity” circles linked to Epstein’s network. Do you really think Epstein cared about humanity? If the technosphere caused the imbalance, can its expansion be the cure?
#PlanetarySapience
They say AI will bring Earth back to homeostasis — the same fantasy once pushed in elite “science-for-humanity” circles linked to Epstein’s network. Do you really think Epstein cared about humanity? If the technosphere caused the imbalance, can its expansion be the cure?
#PlanetarySapience
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
4/5
They say AI will bring Earth back to homeostasis — the same fantasy once pushed in elite “science-for-humanity” circles linked to Epstein’s network. Do you really think Epstein cared about humanity? If the technosphere caused the imbalance, can its expansion be the cure?
#PlanetarySapience
They say AI will bring Earth back to homeostasis — the same fantasy once pushed in elite “science-for-humanity” circles linked to Epstein’s network. Do you really think Epstein cared about humanity? If the technosphere caused the imbalance, can its expansion be the cure?
#PlanetarySapience
3/5
It’s nothing new,billionaires funding academics to sell corporate capture as “planetary ethics.” The twist this time?They want to capture the Earth itself. And yes, many in this same elite network once moved in the circles exposed by the Epstein files.
#PlanetarySapience #Philanthrocapitalism
It’s nothing new,billionaires funding academics to sell corporate capture as “planetary ethics.” The twist this time?They want to capture the Earth itself. And yes, many in this same elite network once moved in the circles exposed by the Epstein files.
#PlanetarySapience #Philanthrocapitalism
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
3/5
It’s nothing new,billionaires funding academics to sell corporate capture as “planetary ethics.” The twist this time?They want to capture the Earth itself. And yes, many in this same elite network once moved in the circles exposed by the Epstein files.
#PlanetarySapience #Philanthrocapitalism
It’s nothing new,billionaires funding academics to sell corporate capture as “planetary ethics.” The twist this time?They want to capture the Earth itself. And yes, many in this same elite network once moved in the circles exposed by the Epstein files.
#PlanetarySapience #Philanthrocapitalism
2/5
Sounds visionary — until you check who’s behind it. Noema is run by Nicolas Berggruen’s institute, advised by Eric Schmidt and other tech elites. Its editor, Nathan Gardels, has been a WEF Media Fellow for decades.
#Philanthrocapitalism #TechnoUtopia #AIethics
Sounds visionary — until you check who’s behind it. Noema is run by Nicolas Berggruen’s institute, advised by Eric Schmidt and other tech elites. Its editor, Nathan Gardels, has been a WEF Media Fellow for decades.
#Philanthrocapitalism #TechnoUtopia #AIethics
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
2/5
Sounds visionary — until you check who’s behind it. Noema is run by Nicolas Berggruen’s institute, advised by Eric Schmidt and other tech elites. Its editor, Nathan Gardels, has been a WEF Media Fellow for decades.
#Philanthrocapitalism #TechnoUtopia #AIethics
Sounds visionary — until you check who’s behind it. Noema is run by Nicolas Berggruen’s institute, advised by Eric Schmidt and other tech elites. Its editor, Nathan Gardels, has been a WEF Media Fellow for decades.
#Philanthrocapitalism #TechnoUtopia #AIethics