Vitor D.P.Laranjeira

Trying to change the world, before the world change me.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The oldest hotel in the world is The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Japan and has been in business since 705 AD.

The crazy thing is that it’s still a family business. For 52 generations.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies.

We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.

We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

🚨: In a historic environmental turnaround, Costa Rica has doubled its rainforest canopy over the last few decades, making it the very first tropical nation to fully reverse deforestation.

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

This is how Sun’s gravity holds the planets in the same orbit!

[Tesla @Tesla]

23 years ago, we set out to prove that electric cars could be great – not just great electric cars, but the best cars overall.

We’ve gone from one electric sports car to 
– Over 9 million vehicles on the road

– Model Y becoming the world’s best-selling car of any kind only 3 years after first deliveries  

– 5 Gigafactories & other manufacturing sites across 3 continents

– The largest & most reliable fast charging network w/ over 80,000 Superchargers globally 

– Energy generation & storage systems helping power homes & grids (over 1 million Powerwalls installed, 70+ GWh of industrial energy storage operating globally across 2,200+ projects)

Today, we’re bringing AI into the real world with autonomy @Tesla_AI and robotics @Tesla_Optimus. 

Tesla is only getting started – a world of amazing abundance awaits

[Alex Veremeyenko @alex_verem]

i'm obsessed with what's happening in AI reforestation right now

this Franco-Brazilian startup called MORFO took a patch of land in Brazil that was rock-hard and compacted from years of cattle farming. they replanted it using a single drone. months later the ground was covered in grass, bushes, and small trees. the land came back to life.

here's how the whole thing works.

1. drones scan the terrain with high-resolution cameras and sensors
2. AI analyzes the imagery alongside soil samples, moisture levels, slope, and surrounding vegetation
3. the system picks from a catalog of 300+ native species, deciding exactly which plants will thrive in which specific spot
4. the drone fires biodegradable seed pods packed with seeds, nutrients, and moisture at 180 capsules per minute
5. satellite and drone imagery monitors regrowth over time, with AI tracking vegetation cover and biodiversity
6. two people and one drone cover 50 hectares a day. a person planting by hand manages about one hectare.

and MORFO isn't alone. AirSeed in Australia drops 250,000 seed pods per day into bushfire-scarred koala habitat, replanting swamp mahogany that koalas depend on to survive. Flash Forest in Canada fires 50,000 pods daily into wildfire-destroyed boreal forest, planning the replanting alongside Cree Indigenous communities. re-green won Prince William's Earthshot Prize after planting 6 million seedlings across 30,000 hectares of Amazon and Atlantic Forest.

five companies across four continents built this same approach independently. nobody coordinated. the physics of the problem demanded it.

knowing which seeds belong in which soil used to require years of ecological fieldwork, manual planting crews, and budgets that made large-scale restoration nearly impossible. now two people with a drone and an AI model trained on local soil data can replant 50 hectares before lunch.

this is the AI work that'll still matter in 50 years.

[SpecScout @SpecScout_]

Unpopular opinion: Nokia built the greatest mobile phone empire in history.

Before the iPhone changed everything, Nokia sold phones at a scale we'll probably never see again.

10 of the 20 best-selling phones ever were made by Nokia.

The legendary Nokia 1100 alone sold over 250 million units.

Do you think any future smartphone will ever break that record? 👀

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

Japan and Germany eliminated on the same day

Last time this happened was 1945

[Figure @Figure_robot]

F.03 has arrived at BMW

[Dakas ‡ @Dakasr2]

Balts vibes 🇱🇹🇱🇻🌿
A resilient legacy lives on through the guardians of one of Europe’s most ancient cultures - deeply rooted in language, land, and memory.

[Unamuno 📜 @UnamunoAgain]

La Iglesia de Valega

🇵🇹 Ovar, Distrito de Aveiro, Portugal

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

A young Ukrainian man, saying last goodbye to his father, who was killed defending Ukraine from the Russian invaders

[Rivian @Rivian]

You can travel 3.5 million miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada with Universal Hands-Free.

[The Timeless Traveler 🇺🇸 @TimelessTrvlr]

Aveiro is the Portugal people miss when they only talk about Lisbon and Porto.

Canals cut through the city, painted boats drift past Art Nouveau buildings, and the striped houses of Costa Nova sit just minutes away.

[David P. Samson @DavidPSamson]

Yesterday, my daughter, Kyra, passed away peacefully after a 9 month and 11 day fight against one of the cruelest diseases I’ve ever seen up close. She was diagnosed with Brain Cancer, specifically Glioblastoma. I have felt all of your concern and love for these months and wasn’t ready to be anymore specific than I was.
Kyra was a 28-year-old young woman who loved deeply and who is impossible to describe in 280 characters. While her life got stolen from her, she handled these months with courage, poise, and resolve. And all I want is for no family to feel what we feel today. For no young person to suffer the way she did.

In lieu of flowers, if you are moved to make a memorial gift, please consider “The Kyra Fund” (https://t.co/4bl8cxV1Dt)

This fund will be used solely to research treatments for Glioblastomas.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A new MIT study provides fresh evidence in the ongoing debate over whether electric vehicles (EVs) are truly better for the environment than gasoline-powered cars.

Critics often highlight the environmental costs of battery production (mining lithium, nickel, cobalt, etc.) and the carbon intensity of electricity generation. However, researchers at MIT conducted a comprehensive lifecycle analysis comparing gasoline cars, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) across different U.S. regions, climates, driving patterns, and electricity grids.

Key finding: In most locations, fully electric vehicles produce 40% to 60% fewer greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetime compared to similar gasoline-powered cars.

The biggest driver of these savings is the cleanliness of the local electricity grid. EVs deliver the largest benefits in areas with high renewable or low-carbon power, but even in regions still heavily reliant on fossil fuels, they generally outperform gasoline vehicles. The advantage is expected to grow as power grids continue decarbonizing.

Plug-in hybrids also provide substantial benefits, often achieving 80–90% of a BEV’s emissions reductions in urban areas with regular charging.

Miotti, M., & Trancik, J. E. (2026). Determinants of electric vehicle emissions savings and costs across locations and individuals. Environmental Research Letters.

[Miotti, M., & Trancik, J. E. (2026). Determinants of electric vehicle emissions savings and costs across locations and individuals. Environmental Research Letters, 21(9), 094021. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae0c23]

[Joaquim Sá Couto, MD MBA @joaquimsacouto]

Os portugueses que emigram não é pela concorrência dos imigrantes. Procuram ordem (U) e oportunidades (E) que não encontram em Portugal.

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

"A good man without strength is only hoping evil has mercy."

— Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Maryna Viazovska, a mathematician from Kyiv, was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022—one of the most prestigious honors in mathematics—for solving the problem of sphere packing in eight-dimensional space.

Notably, before her breakthrough, the problem had only been solved in three dimensions, and that solution spanned 300 pages. Viazovska’s proof, in contrast, was just 23 pages long and stood out for its remarkable elegance.

She also holds the distinction of being only the second woman ever to receive the Fields Medal.

[PermRep of Lithuania to the EU @LithuaniaInEU]

Happy Midsummer🌿! Lithuanians have been celebrating the summer solstice, known as St John's Day or Rasos, since pre-Christian times. It blends Christian and pagan traditions, with bonfires, spells and legends. Lithuanians in Belgium and globally celebrate this magical tradition