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The news is out ⚡ officially a @mozilla.org Fellow! We're building alternative futures and if there's one thing we know for sure the future won’t be built by billionaires. Watch this space for more about my fellowship project soon.

A RED STAR SHINES OVER BRAZIL! Lula is reelected! Brazilians managed to mobilize and beat Bolsonaro, Trump, Meta, Google, Netanyahu, media oligarchs, corrupt judges, fascism, imperialism, apathy and hatred! May this victory bring hope to all our comrades fighting across the world! We can beat them

Já que VOCÊS TODOS estão no Exército do Janones, que tel ser mandado também por mulher bonita? Bora ajudar a Tropa da Érika a chegar a 1M whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

To my followers who aren't from Brazil: this video is for you to understand what is happening and to help us.

Mozilla Foundation is betting-big on small. Applications for Mozilla Foundation's new Incubator cohort are now open with up to $500,000 available per project over three years. Human-Scale AI, built for the people and problems it's meant to serve⚡ https://mzl.la/47sNcKO

Just my face on a billboard in New York. 💅💅💅

Something good is in the making. More to come September 24 👀 In the meantime, drop your guess in the thread🧵

It's here! 🌱 The #MozFest 2026 schedule is live, so if you've been waiting for a sign to grab your ticket to Barcelona, this is it. Take a peek at the schedule and grab your ticket while they last ⚡ https://bit.ly/4pJWgmE

Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.

Why #MozFest? Because unlike a traditional tech conference, art and culture shape the conversations about technology. Grab your ticket and join us in October✨ mzl.la/4hVLQ1F

Technology carries a legacy, and every generation gets to decide what to do with the one it inherits. Your first look at the #MozFest Main Stage 👀 Ilene Lang, Issam Hijazi @upscrolled.bsky.social and Gitanjali Rao, moderated by @anildash.com Grab your ticket and join us⚡ https://mzl.la/4xa2orb

“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.

It's official!

You heard it here first ⚡The future of tech won’t be built by billionaires. More to come soon 👀

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Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has dedicated his team’s World Cup knockout win over Australia to the people of Palestine. Here he is holding up the Palestinian flag after the event.

Kylian Mbappé #WorldCup

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)

-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."

Milton Santos 100 anos: Nina Santos fala sobre a atualidade da obra de seu avô em nosso EP de 2021 sobre o mestre. Áudio completo aqui open.spotify.com/episode/0IpE.... Edição de @igornrj.bsky.social

NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

Operação policial não é a melhor política de segurança e está longe de ser a que dá bons resultados. Segurança de verdade é ver a cidade funcionando: criança brincando sem medo, trabalhador circulando em paz e morador sem precisar se jogar no chão por causa de tiro. 👇

Tentando começar algo por aqui também: open.substack.com/pub/absurdoe...

Irony: a delegation of Brazilian mayors goes to Israel for a security technology fair. After Israel's attacks on Iran and retaliations, they are "caught" in the crossfire: a great way to see Israel's security technologies empirically.

Das ironias: comitiva de prefeitos do Brasil vai à Israel para feira de tecnologia em segurança. Após ataques de Israel ao Irã e retaliações, ficam “presos” no fogo cruzado: uma ótima forma de ver empriricamente as tecnologias de segurança de Israel.

New paper out in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics! What happens when probability of correct response depends on item position? Is this a function of items or respondents? We put forward a continuous mixture IRT model to investigate just this! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

“Facebook launched its fact-checking program after Donald Trump was first elected. Now that resistance appears out of fashion, the company has decided to end it.” The head of our fact-checking department writes about Meta’s decision to stop checking facts.

Well, the first one! Hello! 🤗