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Thomas Blum

@thomashnblum

Existentialist, Hedonist and Experimentalist

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Jan 17, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC

What have we actually achieved that is truly useful with AI? // O que de realmente útil alcançamos com a IA?

There is no one who is not tired of those stupid AI videos that flood the “dumb internet”, short videos that are literally a brain‑rot stimulator. But it is hard not to think that this somehow create…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Jan 11, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC

A little piracy to regulate my karma // Um pouco de pirataria pra regular o meu karma

Along with the end of the year came a deep hole in my wallet. As a freelancer, months when everyone goes on vacation turn into a real nightmare for a uniform-printing business. That period made me re…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 20, 2025, 3:31 AM UTC

Revisiting the Sketch Box: Three Pieces and Their Stories - ENG/PT

I keep revisiting my "sketch box." I have so much stuff saved up. I keep drawing whenever I can, but it seems there's something special about letting them age. They become more "cured" or seasoned. H…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 14, 2025, 2:42 AM UTC

The Challenge of Homer's Odyssey - ENG/PT

Right after finishing the reading of Fathers and Sons (which I posted about here recently), I started a joint reading (with my wife: I read aloud for "both of us" and we comment on it) of Homer's Ody…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 11, 2025, 8:45 PM UTC

Am I going through a midlife crisis? - ENG/PT

Little by little, I’ve been coming to the conclusion that I’m experiencing the infamous "midlife crisis". Mind you, that term feels "heavier" than saying a "30s crisis" or "40s crisis." It carries th…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 7, 2025, 6:41 PM UTC

I salute you, oh god of time. - ENG/PT

I sit here thinking as I write. I am thirty-seven years old. And I can see myself as if in a well-crafted scene from a movie, experiencing all my previous ages at the same time. All the bodies I have…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 6, 2025, 3:53 AM UTC

Drawing on MDF boards - ENG/PT

A while ago, I decided to take some MDF boards that I got from a friend and create a series of expressive and surrealistic faces. I ended up photographing part of the process for this one in particul…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Nov 3, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

Restoring Essential Gut Bacteria in SSRI Users - ENG/PT

You learn something new every day, and today, during a brief discussion in an Ergogenics and Supplements group, I discovered through a scientific study that antidepressants harm the gut microbiota, l…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Oct 31, 2025, 2:53 AM UTC

Almost done with Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Eng/Pt

I don't even need to wait for the story to end to come here and strongly praise this incredible novel by an author I hadn't known until now. I'm an incorrigible lover of Russian literature, and I fin…

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Thomas Blum
@thomashnblum Oct 28, 2025, 12:39 AM UTC

Blood, Gold, and This Damned Grind - Eng/Pt

Averse to the standard of what is typically seen as positive or "happy success," I feel that part of the experience of deconstructing modern society is precisely to expose the putrid entrails of this…

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