Edward Luce wrote that Hungary and Serbia had recently voted out right-wing populists in elections dominated by corruption, and said the mood in both countries had a striking resemblance to that in the United States. https://t.co/mLsIksPA84 #Politics #Corruption #Elections #HU #RS #US
The post said that Cambridge Analytica had collected data from 87 million Facebook users without consent and used it to create personalised political propaganda supporting Trump and Brexit. It also claimed that Meta had now been fined $25 billion for sharing user data to influence voting. https://t.co/DbnehzOl99 #CambridgeAnalytica #DataPrivacy #Facebook #US #GB
The post described Lula’s return as a victory for Brazil and the world, as well as a rebuke to Trump. It said his fourth presidential victory gave him another opportunity to defend democracy from the far right, protect the Amazon and deliver for working people. https://t.co/AIgYQnycHJ #Lula #Democracia #Brasil #BR #US
The author wrote that Serbia under Vučić, like Hungary under Orbán, had become a soft autocracy in which power was deeply entrenched. They said students’ move from principled protest to power had shown what politics could achieve. https://t.co/z9sV6Ni6Zj #Serbia #Democracy #Protest #RS #HU
Robert Reich called for defunding Elon Musk, describing both Musk and Donald Trump as conmen and megalomaniacs who, he said, admired authoritarian leaders and opposed democracy. Reich also accused them of corrupting governments for personal gain and directing bigoted rhetoric to hundreds of millions of people.
The post said Jair Bolsonaro had abandoned his effort to have Brazil’s presidential election annulled and instead said he would oppose Lula. It added that Bolsonaro had received support from Donald Trump over claims the vote was “rigged”. https://t.co/1kQ6WzFX4Q #Brasil #Política #Eleições #BR #US
The author wrote that Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, a masterpiece by Borromini, had remained open to the public only on special occasions and had reopened after two years of restoration, returning to shine with the architect's typical white. He added that the intervention also involved the altarpiece by Pietro da Cortona. #SantIvo #Borromini #Restauro #IT (translated)
The author reported that a large Roman inscription dating back about 2000 years had emerged from the baths of Fortuna, in Murcia, Spain. According to what he wrote, the letters were 23 centimeters tall, and the original text could extend for at least 4.8 meters, possibly dating back to the reign of Augustus. https://t.co/nmEkxDimEc #Storia #RomaAntica #Archeologia #ES (translated)
Francis Fukuyama wrote that developments in Brazil, Serbia and Venezuela should be celebrated, but said it was too early to know whether the victories would be sustainable. https://t.co/XgpJlWxcng #Democracy #Brazil #Venezuela #BR #RS #VE
The author wrote that for much of human evolutionary history, several kinds of humans existed, naming Neanderthals, Denisovans, Floriensis and Erectus over the last 100,000 years. They described Homo sapiens as one variation among them and asked why it was the only kind left and what had happened to the others.
The post described “zero-energy companionship” as a growing hobby among stressed young adults in China, saying that amid a stagnant jobs market, many were choosing to “raise bricks” instead of having children or pets. https://t.co/dov66bsI0o #创新 #社会 #青年 #CN
The post said Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had been re-elected president of Brazil, defeating a far-right movement led by Flávio Bolsonaro. It described Bolsonaro as the son of Lula’s predecessor and said his father had been convicted of attempting a coup after the 2022 election. https://t.co/0oi5f73k5g #Brasil #Lula #Eleições #BR #US
The post said scientists had rediscovered how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass, adding that the optical engineering behind the 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup, now at the British Museum, had baffled experts for centuries. https://t.co/J3A2yHB7fZ #Ciencia #Historia #Ingeniería #GB
The author described the pivotal Texas race, which they said could determine control of the Senate, as partly a test of whether Democrats could portray Musk as a political bogeyman and whether his cash contribution could boost a Republican candidate who had been lagging behind. https://t.co/19NMTvs4Te #TexasElection #SenateRace #Politics #US
The author described Vučić as a far-right ally of Putin, Netanyahu and Trump, and said he had suffered an outright defeat in the election. https://t.co/kIpXZcEVpc #Serbia #Elections #Politics #RS #RU #IL #US
The author asked whether human-caused warming had prevented the next glacial cycle. They wrote that the Laurentide Ice Sheet had begun growing again 2,000 years ago but started shrinking around 1960, attributing the reversal to greenhouse-gas forcing from human activity and claiming humans had ended the next glaciation.
The author wrote that 69% of registered voters and 50% of people who voted for Trump in 2024 said they were very or somewhat concerned about corruption, self-dealing or conflicts of interest in the Trump administration. https://t.co/6oQflckmHA #Corruption #Politics #Trump #US
The author wrote that Brazil, Israel, Serbia and the United States were holding elections within 10 days, and asked whether the authoritarian right would consolidate its global gains or pro-democracy forces would make a comeback. https://t.co/mZBso8ot1E #Eleições #Democracia #Política #BR #IL #RS #US
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