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10 facts from 6 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2024
Lex Fridman said Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to block accounts and threatened to arrest its local representatives when X refused.
“He ordered X to block certain accounts that are spreading quote unquote misinformation. Elon and X denied the request, then de Marías threatened to arrest X representatives in Brazil”
2026
About 33 million Brazilians did not vote in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, and polls predicted Lula was finished.
“Some 33 million Brazilians had sat out that first round, and polls just predicted he was done.”
2026
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered polls to stay open two more hours on runoff day, after both candidates requested an extension citing transportation problems and bad weather.
“It ordered polls to stay open for two more hours, but both candidates had requested that extension, citing transportation problems and bad weather.”
2026
Lula warned that a Bolsonaro victory would let Donald Trump trample Brazilian sovereignty and pursue Brazil's resources, including rare earth minerals.
“Lula warned that if Bolsonaro won, Trump would trample Brazilian sovereignty and would come for Brazil's resources, including its rare earth mineral reserves.”
2026
DJ said Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term as president of Brazil in a Sunday runoff election.
“He just got elected, uh, president of Brazil for a fourth term. Um, and this was in Sunday's runoff election.”
2026
DJ said a Brazilian Supreme Court justice extended voting by two hours and that the justice had been Lula's personal lawyer.
“they were able to get a Supreme Court justice to extend the voting, um, for two hours, and the Supreme Court justice just so happened to be Lula's personal lawyer.”
Undated
In a Brazilian study, industrial software used real-time sensor data to predict machine failures and optimize maintenance.
“The industrial software I'm speaking about is really uses real-time sensor data to predict machine failures to optimize maintenance, help workers use the machinery.”
Undated
McDermott said only about eleven percent of the Brazilian companies at a meeting he attended had moved past AI experiments.
“only eleven of the companies since that was last night's meeting, have actually gotten past the experiment phase, where they're doing experiments.”
Undated
Peron worked in Brazil's public health sector in the mornings, where healthcare workers and technology were scarce.
“In the morning, I was working in the public sector in Brazil, where scarcity of healthcare workers, technology, information sometimes is very much present.”
Undated
Peron describes Brazil's public healthcare system as universal, meaning everybody has access.
“But it's a universal healthcare, which means everybody has access to.”
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