Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira

This Tech Company Turned Into a Resistance Icon Overnight. The Reality Is Much Darker. The A.I. firm behind Claude is far from an ethical company.

Anthropic's defiance of the Pentagon's A.I. orders was undeniably brave, a welcome contrast with Big Tech's general approach to the Trump admin. but the resistance folks shooting Claude to the top of the app charts need to understand that Anthropic is not very principled, and is not your friend:

E não estamos nem falando no tamanho da onda migratória até uma facção da Guarda Revolucionária fincar pé no poder. Guerra civil na Síria (21 milhões): 6,5 milhões de refugiados. Irã de 2026 (85 milhões estimados): ?

Um turista com um celular na mão perde toda a noção do espaço pessoal alheio.

This is not English language.

Darling, the problem is you.

Funny how Europe’s response to the strikes was so muted with some repressed giggling (“It was a repressive regime anyway”) when every single BlueSky armchair analyst could see the coming shitstorm.

Good morning to everyone who’s supporting these two fellas. And guess who’s the biggest beneficiary of Qatari gas disruption?

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NBC can’t even claim it was Bari Weiss.

“O caso de Mãe Bernadete está diretamente ligado” ao assassinato de Binho do Quilombo em 2017 “após denunciar os impactos de um empreendimento considerado prejudicial à comunidade. O crime permanece sem responsabilização definitiva.”

Before the Iraq War, majorities in both parties believed the falsehood that Saddam Hussein had aided the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States

Speaking of the Iraq War, the graph below is an indictment of the mainstream press two decades ago.

If Dems pegged the ongoing economic deterioration to the strikes, voters wouldn’t bat an eyelash.

Not the invasion of Iraq, and the Trump administration didn’t succeed in selling its pretenses, which means that the national mood might sour more quickly.

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Iran Strike Poll: No Rally Effect and Deep Partisan Divide A new Morning Consult survey of 1,618 registered voters reveals a nation split on Trump's Iran strikes — 41% call them necessary, 42% want diplomacy, and 63% are worried about gas prices.

The latest polls show more disapproval than the heat-of-the-moment Morning Consult poll (Feb 28): “41% of registered voters say strikes necessary vs. 42% who prefer diplomacy.”

We texted 1,000 Americans about U.S. strikes in Iran. Here’s what they said. Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose the strikes, and two-thirds say the Trump administration hasn’t clearly explained the goals of the military action.

The Washington Post flash poll: “Americans oppose Trump ordering airstrikes on Iran by 52 percent to 39 percent; 9 percent say they are unsure. Opponents are more passionate, with about 4 in 10 strongly opposing the strikes, whereas just over 2 in 10 strongly support them.”

More Americans disapprove than approve of U.S. strikes against Iran Public split on whether President Trump’s willingness to use military force strengthens U.S. standing in the world

Ipsos: “43% of Americans disapprove of U.S. military strikes against Iran, while 27% approve; about three-in-ten say they are unsure.”

The Iran strike polls are in.

CNN: “Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.”

The Iran strike polls are in.

CNN: “Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.”

They know their priorities.

Aos 82 anos, Alice Vieira garante que bebe 20 calés por dia: "continuo a bebê-los. Eo último é mesmo antes de dormir, que é para sossegar" ESCRITORA É CONVIDADA DE JÚLIO ISIDRO NO "GERAÇÃO

Dentro de um armário, Alice guarda um retrato seu. Na pintura, a escritora está em decomposição, tendo morrido de infarto há 30 anos.

“The election of the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer in Gorton and Denton has overturned one of the just-so stories of British politics: that if a General Election were held tomorrow Nigel Farage would become prime minister.”

“Flávio Bolsonaro não está tão parado quanto parece. Cinquenta e cinco apoiadores de sua candidatura pagaram para impulsionar críticas ao PT pelo desfile da Acadêmicos de Niterói. Receberam entre R$ 100 e R$ 300.

Essa técnica foi uma das marcas da campanha de seu pai, que gerou o Gabinete do Ódio.”

O prefixo do programa do Pondé na Cultura é o tema de Seinfeld sem tirar nem por.

Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.

“I think [the approach by Democratic leadership is] both political and ideological. And in both cases it’s completely detached from the expressed views of the majority of Democratic voters, who are pretty overwhelmingly antiwar with regard to Iran.”

I know there were attempts during the Biden Administration to rejoin the Iran deal, and there were some talks with the Iranian government, but they didn’t go anywhere. Do you think that the Biden Administration made some errors in how it pursued that? I think they made an enormous error. Biden himself promised pretty unequivocally that he was going to rejoin the nuclear agreement. He published a piece in October of 2020, laying out exactly what he was going to do. Then he came into office and his Administration decided to slow-walk negotiations with Iran in this fantasy that, “Oh, we’re going to play it slow and get a longer and stronger deal.” This suggests that Biden was never really invested in Obama’s achievement, and certain members of his team were certainly hawkish about Iran. And then you had a number of Democrats on the Hill who were more hawkish. So, yeah, I think there were efforts later on in the Biden Administration to negotiate, but that was after a much more hawkish, hard-line government came to power. So I feel like an opportunity to re-start dialogue with Iran was lost at the beginning of Biden’s Administration.

Interesting bit about the Biden legacy from Isaac Chotiner’s interview with Matt Duss:

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‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story? The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...

‘For 25 years, she said, “I’ve hidden my story, I’ve hidden my face. I don’t want people pointing at me.” But, Arbane said, she had confided in her psychiatrist. “I had no filter, no taboos. I told her everything.” Her psychiatrist was Kamel Daoud’s wife.’

Oh.

Per the news: Khamenei has died and resurrected at least three times in the last thirty minutes.

Trump! Hegseth! Netanyahu! What could go wrong?

Most Americans see Iran as an enemy but doubt Trump's judgment on military force, AP-NORC poll finds A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat

A few days ago: American’s ‘confidence in the president's judgment when it comes to relationships with adversaries and the use of military force abroad is low, the new poll shows, with only about 3 in 10 Americans saying they have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” trust in Trump.’

Axios: Feb 27, 2026 - Technology Sam Altman says OpenAl shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight

Sam Altman on X @sama Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome. Al safety and wide distribution of benefits are the core of our mission. Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems. The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement. We also will build technical safeguards to ensure our models behave as they should, which the DoW also wanted. We will deploy FEsto help with our models and to ensure their safety, we will deploy on cloud networks only. We are asking the DoW to offer these same terms to all Al companies, which in our opinion we think everyone should be willing to accept. We have expressed our strong desire to see things de-escalate away from legal and governmental actions and towards reasonable agreements. We remain committed to serve all of humanity as best we can. The world is a complicated, messy, and sometimes dangerous place. 6:56 PM • Feb 27, 2026

A world record even by Altman standards.

“During Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, many Democrats (even uber-progressive, anti-war Sen. Elizabeth Warren) stood to applaud the president’s threatening remarks against Iran.”