@ParraV

🇨🇺🇺🇸 Strategic communications + media relations. Policy nerd + sci-fi geek. Signal: parrav.43 / [email protected]

 Washington, DC
Joined December 2008
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Lula victory speech: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results."
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This, from the rooftops.
Michael Paarlberg
@MPaarlberg14h
Democrats should realize that what Meta did in Brazil, they and other social media companies will do in the US in 2028 unless they are made to understand they will face criminal penalties for it
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every time harrison butker misses a field goal a woman becomes an astro physicist
NFL
@NFL14h
FG attempt is short and the Seahawks maintain their 10-point lead. KCvsSEA on NBC/Peacock Stream on @NFLPlus
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What a night for these 35 guys n gals
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I find Pix fascinating and wish there was more good long form about it
Alonso Gurmendi@Alonso_GD5h
One of Lula’s most important and least well-known achievements is US capacity to sanction it into compliance is limited, because unlike Europe, Brazilians don’t need Visa or Mastercard to make payments.
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unmatched aura man
Antifa_Ultras
@ultras_antifaaOct 24
Lula was only 33 when he led the strike alongside the metalworkers’ union that challenged Brazil’s military dictatorship. He secured wage increases and was imprisoned. His rival, the far-right Flávio Bolsonaro, on the other hand, has had only one occupation since the age of 21: spending his wealthy family’s money and engaging in far-right thuggery.
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Every time I live through yet another Brazilian election I can’t but marvel at an electoral system that can count 120 million votes in a single evening. Take a bow, Brazil
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Mhhhm
Micky 😃🍉@mickyteasind15h
brazil counting 120 million votes in 4 hours meanwhile it's gonna take 3 weeks to count all 50 votes in alaska
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This is very dark
Keith Edwards
@keithedwards16h
this is so bleak
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Brazilian President Lula: It is not possible that we are not aware that a crime in the digital world must be treated just like a crime in real life. We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country, and trying to steer this country's election results.
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NEW: Anthropic informed the GA SOSs office 3 weeks ago it had accessed publicly available voter info. The WH urged GA to disclose the info, but GA ignored them GA disclosed the incident today -- 9 days before the midterms -- following an @Axios inquiry axios.com/2026/10/25/anthrop…

Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization

Anthropic says Claude pulled Georgia data on its own.

axios.com
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A Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him. Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution. cbsn.ws/3Ude66r
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As of May, Cubans were the largest group of deportees to third countries
Kimberly Leonard@leonardkl20h
Cubans facing deportation are being sent to third countries despite legal challenges, uncertainty floridatrib.org/2026/10/23/c… via @TheFloridaTrib

Cubans facing deportation are being sent to third countries despite legal challenges, uncertainty

The Trib found that ICE still tried to take people to the border without notice while a judicial block was in effect.

floridatrib.org
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A real shame because it has had some fantastic reporting.
Ben Mullin@BenMullin18h
News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.
Hello donors, We wanted to reach out and share an update about Rest of World’s future. After more than six years of award-winning reporting, our leadership team has begun the search for a new institutional home for the Rest of World brand and catalogue: an organization that has the reach and scale required to continue to drive impact in 2027. Negotiations are ongoing, and we’ll have news to share with you soon. As a part of that transition, Rest of World will cease publishing as a standalone entity at the end of January. Many of you know our origin story: we set out to chronicle how tech innovation affects people and communities beyond the usual Silicon Valley lens. Our writers documented major shifts driven by artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and gig work in places like Manila, New Delhi, and Lagos. In doing so, we have reported on more than 100 countries and proudly worked with over 400 in-region freelance writers, editors, and photographers.

ALT Hello donors, We wanted to reach out and share an update about Rest of World’s future. After more than six years of award-winning reporting, our leadership team has begun the search for a new institutional home for the Rest of World brand and catalogue: an organization that has the reach and scale required to continue to drive impact in 2027. Negotiations are ongoing, and we’ll have news to share with you soon. As a part of that transition, Rest of World will cease publishing as a standalone entity at the end of January. Many of you know our origin story: we set out to chronicle how tech innovation affects people and communities beyond the usual Silicon Valley lens. Our writers documented major shifts driven by artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and gig work in places like Manila, New Delhi, and Lagos. In doing so, we have reported on more than 100 countries and proudly worked with over 400 in-region freelance writers, editors, and photographers.

Despite our successes, the media landscape has experienced profound challenges in recent years ranging from significant shifts in how audiences engage with news to how journalism is funded. Rest of World experienced these headwinds, too. What does this mean for you? First and foremost, we want to thank you for reading and supporting our work along the way. Whether you gave once or made a monthly commitment to us because you valued our brand of journalism, we’re so grateful! For those of you who are recurring donors, we’ll continue publishing stories over the next three months. Your contributions are still welcome and will help support our writers, editors, and product team members through January. If you’d like to discontinue your donations, you can cancel them in our donation portal, or simply reply to this email and we’ll take care of it for you.

ALT Despite our successes, the media landscape has experienced profound challenges in recent years ranging from significant shifts in how audiences engage with news to how journalism is funded. Rest of World experienced these headwinds, too. What does this mean for you? First and foremost, we want to thank you for reading and supporting our work along the way. Whether you gave once or made a monthly commitment to us because you valued our brand of journalism, we’re so grateful! For those of you who are recurring donors, we’ll continue publishing stories over the next three months. Your contributions are still welcome and will help support our writers, editors, and product team members through January. If you’d like to discontinue your donations, you can cancel them in our donation portal, or simply reply to this email and we’ll take care of it for you.

After January, the site and all stories published on it will continue to be available. Your support makes it possible to preserve our work and keep it accessible. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The Rest of World team

ALT After January, the site and all stories published on it will continue to be available. Your support makes it possible to preserve our work and keep it accessible. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The Rest of World team

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The super wealthy, at present, represent a greater threat to democratic society than does artificial general intelligence. My column. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/23…

The Real Danger of Big Tech

The biggest risks of AI and other advanced technologies have less to do with their growing power than the men behind them.

foreignpolicy.com
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Musk's claim that Ukraine violated Starlink's "terms of service" is what last week I wrote was likely behind the slow-down. This ambiguity is part of the problem: it leaves to Musk to decide what is/isn't proper use for a country at war. bostonglobe.com/2026/10/23/o…
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Some very sad news out of Stimson this week. I feel so lucky to have gotten to know Mat and learn from him, even if only for a little while. A true patriot, and a genuinely thoughtful and humane man, in all senses of the word. stimson.org/2026/stimson-cen…

Stimson Center Mourns the Passing of Mathew Burrows, Pioneering Voice in Strategic Foresight •...

Distinguished public servant, visionary thinker, and beloved colleague leaves behind an extraordinary intellectual legacy.

stimson.org
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You're right that this is a nice meal for some. In 2024, a rib-eye steak at the Wichita, Kansas location cost $38.95 (5 hours and 22 mins of work on min wage). After Trump's trade wars and Iran war, that same meal now costs $43.95, adding nearly an extra hour of work on that wage
Ryan James Girdusky
@RyanGirduskyOct 25
For a love of working-class people in Michigan, Cheesecake Factory is a really nice meal that they have to save up to afford. Just so how disconnected he is…. world apart from when he was on fire 20 years ago
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This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
Evan Barker
@evanwchOct 24
Does Obama not understand that to most Americans the Cheesecake Factory is a very nice and fancy restaurant?
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Starshield/Starlink speed restrictions remain in place. Every day matters for Ukraine, because every Ukrainian life matters. Our people are waiting for positive news, hoping that the restrictions will be lifted and our defenders will have the capabilities they need to protect lives. Unfortunately, as of today, nothing has changed. We continue to wait.
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