Leandro Cardoso

Hahahaha That's how Data would behave if "animated" by a current AI typical service/environment.

A new report shows that 30% of Berkeley Calculus students are severely underprepared. These students have “non-passing rates as high as 46%.” From 2021-2023, “over 800 students (or 24% of the total population) did not pass their Calculus I classes.” Of the 500 among them who were tested for proficiency, “-63.6% came from the proficiency tier with severe preparation deficiency (0-2); -30.2% came from the proficiency tier of underprepared students (3-6); -6.2% came from the proficiency tier of prepared students (7-8).” “Obscuring these preparation gaps does not provide access; it provides a near-guaranteed introduction to failure for our most vulnerable students.”

It is a think Brazilian top universities used to do right: selecting their students by somewhat rigorous tests.

A lot of people tried to get GLP-1s banned when they first started making waves They claimed all sorts of insane side effects we now know to be unreal, from cancer to bone shredding But we had more than a decade of data when they took off, so the good news can outpace the lies

@FelipeCraccoGom @WeiseFranklin @reztirps Dilma

@WeiseFranklin @reztirps Em 2015 estava caindo m.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2015…

1. É o IDHM, não o IDH. 2. É esperado que IDH (renda/capita, anos de escolaridade, expectativa de vida ao nascer) suba continuamente, todo ano normal será o maior da série - só cai em caso de pandemias/recessões brutais - o que é facilmente corroborável pela série histórica.

@alinefortuna2 Já sabemos onde o Batman está morando, hahahaha

é O QUE

People are people, after all.

The death of literary culture began when professors stopped treating novels as works of art and started treating them as ideological evidence.

Really remarkable work. The historian John D. Grainger examined every ruling dynasty in the ancient world (196 dynasties!) to see how long each one lasted. Half ruled for less than a century; only a quarter made it past 150 years. Maintaining political power in the ancient world was a hard-fought battle, with violent turmoil often wiping out ruling families.

@mongreloutsider @Legauche @CogitaTuti Minha mãe comprou a casa depois de vender 2 linhas telefônicas que ela tinha adquirido dos tempos de modelo. Era um treco absurdo de caro!

@Legauche @CogitaTuti Telefone a gente nem pensa mais como luxo mas vc tem toda razão. Eu só tive o primeiro em casa com 12 anoa

Não é que eu percebi, é que o Brasil/mundo mudou o suficiente entre a infância e a idade adulta, na maioria dos casos: - telefone - computador - telefone celular - cartão de crédito - comida a domicílio - pedir carro para me pegar na porta de casa.

You're much more of a slave to the 1% that commit 50% of crimes than you are to the 1% that create 40% of the wealth.

I’m happy to share an interview with David Pompeani that we recorded last week. We chatted about all things #Göbeklitepe and #Taştepeler. Thanks again for the invitation, Dave! m.youtube.com/watch?v=M2C7RO…

Economists estimate that if Europeans used AC as much as Americans do, it would save up to 100,000 European lives EVERY YEAR. But I guess saving face on Elon Musk's social media app is more important than 100,000 lives.

@mongreloutsider Uma vez, numa destas vans na Dutra, o motorista loucão costurando a 130km/h, a porta que corria na lateral foi arrancada pelo parachoque de um caminhão pelo qual tínhamos passado perto demais.

Meu sonho era ter carro pra não pegar ônibus. Tinha uma época de vans clandestinas que só não morri pq Deus protegeu.

@paulajes E habeas corpus

Você piscou e o Gilmar Mendes voltou a conceder entrevista.

The unfolding disaster of the Trump administration in regards to Iran, is a self-inflicted wound on so many levels. It showed that military might alone is not a silver bullet. What went wrong? 1.) Atrocious planning and slow reaction It was known for 47 years that if Iran gets attacked that the Strait of Hormuz will be a target. When Iranian civilians were rising up in January 2026 and then were left alone, it was claimed that the military built up had to be concluded before an military engagement can happen. This cost valuable time. A military intervention so early and in conjunction with uprisings on the ground would have caught much more momentum. Worse, even after that delayed attack, the US strategy still didn't account for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So it was a double-loss. 2.) No coherent strategy and missed military developments Once the operation started, again, Iran was reacting in a predictive way, launching thousands of drones and missiles which they had refined in the war in Ukraine. It was clear that the low-cost but numerous weapon systems will eventually cause a lot of damage. Ukraine has been experiencing this for 4 years and developed effective countermeasures. The Trump administration, however, repeatedly refused to heed the help and advice from Kyiv, and even belittled it. The US military, on the other hand, and even more the Arab countries in the Gulf quickly learned the hard way that this rebuff was stupid. Eventually, they invited Ukrainian drone experts. The USA lacked any kind of strategy when the Iranian regime refused to collapse and were absolutely ill-prepared for this kind of war. 3.) Lacking support by allies You might argue that Bush's Iraq war was ill-planned and when it comes to long term planning this was certainly the case, but it was far more successful in bringing in allies. More than 30 countries participated as the "coalition of the willing" back in 2003. Trump's Iran war, on the other hand, was widely an "one-man-show". Aside from Israel, the USA were practically alone. This resulted directly from Trump's repeated attacks against allies, including those who supported the USA in Afghanistan and even Iraq. It was clear that after that nobody wanted to risk his or her neck for somebody who repeatedly insulted them and their countries. The fact that Trump didn't bother to consult them beforehand only reaffirmed their stance. 4.) Decline of US soft power thanks to "DOGE" The destruction DOGE left in its wake is immeasurable. Gutting crucial elements of American soft power such as USAID, Voice of America and dozens of other programs destroyed a lot of goodwill the US had in the region and across the globe. The perception of the USA moved from a powerful benefactor to an aggressive and transactional bully. In its relentless obsession to fight "wokeness" - or what was perceived as such - the foundation of soft power, which was built in almost a century, was trampled on in a matter of months. From the carrot-and-stick approach only the stick remained, and that one turned to be flaccid. 5.) Overall downfall of the USA Let's not mince words here. Trump is a wrecking ball for US' democracy. Insider trading, corruption, mass lying, cozying up to dictators and an absolute disdain for the rule of law had a direct impact on America's standing in more than just political or morale questions. No matter how loud you scream in certain parts of the USA, it is fact that the USA under Trump have lost huge respect in the world. The enemies of the USA hate you just as must they hated you before, maybe even more, but your friends are absolutely shocked and aghast about what is happening. Far more devastating, however, is US' unreliability. What was agreed upon before, can change on a whim. "Good relations" are defined by one man and one man alone. This is not how you conduct policy, neither domestic nor foreign. The USA are in full decline and the big bang will certainly come if the trajectory is not immediately corrected. The strategic defeat in Iran is even worse than Vietnam, because Vietnam gave Washington the lesson from which they learned and eventually won the Cold War. What Trump is doing, however, is just doubling down on stupid and denying reality, which didn't work before and won't work even less now.

if you live in one of the regions in deep blue, you may radically underestimate global patriarchy. and to be clear, the light blue areas have far larger populations...

O mais irritante é que mulheres estão na TV (e na política) há muito tempo. Uma mulher foi eleita e reeleita à presidência. Idem as pessoas negras. Estão na mídia e na política faz tempo. No caso da mulher negra, ela já ouviu falar da Glória Maria (que entrevistava celebridades, presidentes, etc)?

Não lutar explícita e ativamente para haver mais pessoas negras em posição de poder ajuda a manter pessoas negras em posições subalternas, e portanto equivale a querê-las na cozinha. Calma, só fiz o steelman do argumento. É um raciocínio reducionista porque só vê os fins, o outcome, e não o processo pelo qual se chegou a isso. Para eles, se há mais pessoas não brancas na televisão e em espaços de poder, isso é o que basta. Danem-se os CRITÉRIOS pelos quais chegaram lá.

Esse fetiche com a cor e o sexo das pessoas é esquisitíssimo e suspeito que não ajuda a combater racismo ou sexismo nenhum. Suspeito que PIORE as coisas, pois os seres humanos não gostam de ver tratamento desigual entre si e ressentem os paparicados pelos condescendentes.

Recap of the last 24 hours... Leftists: "Marxists are in decline in academia. I bet you can't even name 10 of them." Me: "Okay, here's 20." Leftists: "Well one of those is Canadian, so your list is invalid . Also, I'm moving the goalposts. You can't even name 100 of them!" Me: "Okay, here's a longer list with over 100. All of them are American." Leftists: "Nuh uh! That list includes emeritus faculty. And 3-4 of are dead. Plus, there are 1.5 million faculty and all you have is 100! Your list is invalid!" Me: "The emeritus faculty include some of the leading Marxist theorists alive today. The list was scraped from self-identified Marxists on Wikipedia, which skews toward older and better known faculty. That also explains why there are a couple of names who died in the last year & haven't had their bios updated. There are still over 100 living Marxist faculty on the list though." Leftists: "Bah! 100 faculty out of 1.5 million? That's nothing!" Me: "I never said the list was comprehensive, nor did you ask for a comprehensive list. You just asked for 100 names, which I exceeded. But if you want to discuss percentages here's a survey showing about 8% of faculty identify as Marxists. The percentage is much higher in certain disciplines that tend to be more political." Leftists: "Nuh uh! That's not accurate " Round and round we go...

@pedrosonics @mongreloutsider @Legauche Pelo jeito, dorme.

@mongreloutsider @Legauche Aí o cara não pode ter nenhum hobby? Quando não tá batendo laje, ele faz o quê?

Qual a diferença de videogame para jogar baralho, sinuca, dominó, como a geração do meu pai? O problema é ser digital?