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Dallas Goedert listed as limited Thursday
Eagles TE Dallas Goedert has a chance to play after limited practice
Brock Bowers logs full practice
Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers upgraded to a full participant
Eagles Get Hit With Another WR Injury Preparing For Jaguars
There are a lot of names on the Philadelphia Eagles‘ injury report, and another weapon for the quarterback, Jalen Hurts, was added on Thursday. Dontayvion Wicks, the first-year Eagle, was downgraded to being a limited participant during Thursday’s practice action. “Dontayvion Wicks was added to the Eagles injury report with a hamstring injury. He was […] The post Eagles Get Hit With Another WR Injury Preparing For Jaguars appeared first on HEAVY.
Ja'Marr Chase back on practice field
Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase has chance to play in Week 5 after limited practice
Drake Maye fully participates in practice Thursday
Patriots QB Drake Maye on track to play after two fully practices this week
Rhamondre Stevenson remains a limited participant
Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson limited for second straight practice
Eagles wide receiver faces injury setback during practice
The Eagles were given some worrying news on Thursday afternoon.
Breece Hall mises another practice
Jets RB Breece Hall seems on track to miss another game after back-to-back DNPs
Patriots reportedly made two signings in Thursday's roster moves
The Patriots have reportedly signed safety Mike Brown to the active roster and edge rusher Jose Ramirez to the practice squad.
Jakobi Meyers a full participant
Jaguars WR Jakobi Meyers on track to play after two full practices
Rashod Bateman fully takes part in practice
Ravens WR Rashod Bateman seems on track to play in Week 5 after full practice
Another Vikings WR Returns to Practice; Darrisaw Still Missing
The Minnesota Vikings brought some good and bad news to the practice fields at TCO Performance Center on Thursday. Here's the latest on Addison and Darrisaw plus more.
Ravens Injury Report: Lamar Jackson Misses Second Straight Practice
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has missed his second straight practice, placing doubt on his ability to play in Week 5.
Cowboys guard Tyler Smith set to make his season debut against the Bucs
The 25-year-old Smith had been listed as questionable after not getting a chance to participate in a full practice during a short week.
Kyle Monangai remains sidelined
Bears RB Kyle Monangai unable to practice Thursday because of injuries
Caleb Williams misses another practice
Bears QB Caleb Williams has missed back-to-back practices because of injury
A strange journey indeed: Rocky Horror takes Garfield stage
CHESTERTOWN — Stage rehearsals for the musical thriller “The Rocky Horror Show” are underway at the Garfield Center for the Arts. After months of practice, Monday night marked the cast’s
Detroit Lions Sign Massive Defensive Lineman Jeffrey M’Ba
The Detroit Lions have signed 6-foot-6 defensive lineman Jeffrey M'Ba to their practice squad. Here's what fans should know.
DeShon Elliott Practices, Rico Dowdle Improves
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety DeShon Elliott had his 21-day practice window opened for him to return from the […]
Just Right Reader Launches 'Science of Reading Take-Everywhere Games' to Engage Students in Fun, Hands-On Literacy Practice
/PRNewswire/ -- Just Right Reader recently launched Science of Reading Take-Everywhere Games, a collection of more than 375 hands-on literacy activities...
Lewis Hamilton: Ferrari driver says team held 'huge discussions' over strategy following Bahrain GP tyre-choice blunder
Lewis Hamilton plummeted from second on the grid after starting last weekends Bahrain GP on slick dry tyres in wet conditions; watch Practice at 9.30am followed by Sprint Qualifying at 1.30pm on Friday live on Sky Sports F1 as the Singapore Grand Prix weekend begins
Raiders Star Tight End Listed As Limited In Practice
Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers recently underwent a knee procedure, and his recovery remains ongoing.
Concern after Europeans endorse US science agenda
Germany’s biggest research funder has said it is “concerned” after Berlin, plus several other European countries, endorsed a controversial US-led science policy statement. On October 4, the White House announced that 16 countries, including Germany, the UK, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Japan and South Korea had backed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science.The document, agreed on the margins of the annual Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto, which gathers science ministers from across the world, appears uncontroversial at first sight. It’s a one-page statement, without any concrete measures, that touches on reducing administrative burden on scientists, experimenting with new funding models and the use of “super intelligence” in science, the Trump administration’s preferred term for artificial intelligence. However, what’s controversial is that much of the language in the Kyoto Vision reflects Science: A New Golden Age, a major policy document released by the White House in July.That document attracted criticism for deriding universities as “legacy institutions” and suggesting money be diverted to new research labs. In a speech in Kyoto on October 4, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office for Science and Technology Policy and the report’s author, said that the US was seeking to “diversify the ways that we support research to meet our best scientists where and when they do their best work.” The worry is that the Trump administration may be using genuine dysfunctions in academia as a pretext to defund and disempower universities, which US vice president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy.” Many in Europe also want more experimentation and reform of how science is organised and funded, and agree with criticisms of academia made by Science: A New Golden Age. But some also fear that if the US pushes for reform partially in bad faith, it could politicise and undermine the whole agenda. Washington is currently trying to change federal funding rules so that political appointees can block and cancel scientific grants. It has cut grants mid-project on topics related to diversity and other politically forbidden areas. And last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create campus “viewpoint diversity.” “Particularly concerned”Because of this wider US political context, the Kyoto Vision’s otherwise innocuous sounding statement that “we encourage experimentation with new institutional models for science that provide varying levels of autonomy, resources and direction” has caused consternation in Europe, particularly from some of Germany’s biggest science organisations. A spokesperson for the German Research Foundation (DFG), the country’s biggest funder, said that it would “closely monitor whether the current US administration uses the Kyoto Vision to restructure research funding to the detriment of research institutions such as universities and their autonomy.” The DFG was “particularly concerned” with the statement’s references to Science: A New Golden Age, they continued. A spokesperson for the German Rectors’ Conference, which represents the country’s universities, said that the reference to “new institutional models” raises “questions on the underlying understanding of academic freedom and autonomy.” Research funding must “guided first and foremost by scientific not political principles,” they went on. Dampen criticismEuropean endorsement of the Kyoto Vision might dampen domestic criticism of the Trump administration’s science policy, some in the US fear, by suggesting international support. “What we saw from Germany, Japan, the UK and other countries, is an impulse that the administration has exploited with our own science reform movement, a belief they can use dialogue to make things better,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science. “In practice, the administration has done the opposite.” Not a binding statementThere’s been so much concern in Germany that the country’s federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space put out a statement defending its endorsement of the Kyoto Vision, which it has posted on its website. Related articlesIs metascience being co-opted?European researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationThe US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The ministry said that it “should be regarded as a basis for discussion and does not constitute a binding statement.” Backing the statement gives Germany the chance to raise “issues and concerns” with the US during upcoming talks on science and technology scheduled for November. “Although these intentions appear, in principle, to be worthy of support, they will be scrutinised and examined more closely as the process continues,” the statement continues. Super intelligence?A ministry spokesperson confirmed to Science|Business that Germany had broadly endorsed the Kyoto Vision.However, they said Berlin had not agreed to final changes in the statement to refer to AI as super intelligence. In September, facing protests against data centres and polling that suggests US citizens are far more concerned than excited by the technology, Trump issued an executive order that attempts to rebrand AI as super intelligence, following polling on social media.The name change is to “reflect the transformative capabilities of these technologies and the limitless opportunities they create for the American people,” the order says. EU askedThe UK and Italian science ministries did not respond to a request for comment on their endorsement of the Kyoto Vision. Although most EU countries did not endorse the statement, it’s not clear which states the US asked. The White House Office for Science and Technology Policy did not return a request for comment. A European Commission official, speaking under condition of anonymity, said that the US had approached the EU, but too late for the EU to quiz all its member states on whether Brussels should endorse the statement.
Law firm hires official who worked for Whitmer, Snyder and Granholm to lead new government practice
Melanie Brown, who most recently was the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s executive ombudsman, will be managing director of Miller Johnson's new government solutions practice.
Business English for Workplace Communication (2026): EF English Live Recognized for Practical, Speaking-Focused Learning by Better Business Advice
Better Business Advice has named EF English Live a recommended online learning option for business English and workplace communication in 2026. It looks at how the platform uses live classes, realistic workplace scenarios, and self-paced practice to help adults communicate more confidently in professional settings.
Jaya Aysola’s Remarks from UN Panel on Health Care for the Disabled
Speaking on a panel at the SDG Media Zone inside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, LDI Senior Fellow Jaya Aysola, MD, MPH, discussed the ways health care delivery practices currently…
Golden Nuggets: TIL the practice squad has an injured reserve
Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Thursday, October 8th, 2026
The Math Singularity Is Here, and Science May Be Next
OpenAI has released an extraordinary body of mathematical work produced by an unreleased frontier model: 722 manuscripts spanning 372 research families across fields including number theory, complexity theory, and mathematical physics. Each result required, on average, the equivalent of roughly three hours of ChatGPT Pro reasoning. A New Era of Discovery We may be witnessing the beginnings of a “math singularity”: a point at which machine-generated discovery accelerates beyond humanity’s ability to independently reproduce, verify, or fully absorb it. If frontier models can generate hundreds of meaningful results in the time it takes a human researcher to investigate one, the constraint will no longer be producing new mathematics. It will be our capacity to validate, interpret, and integrate it. This does not make mathematicians obsolete. It changes their role. They may increasingly serve as guides, critics, and meaning-makers. Increasingly, they will decide which questions matter, determining which results can be trusted, and explaining why they are important. Mathematical insight may become abundant, while human judgment becomes more valuable than ever. Mathematics May Be Only the Beginning Every scientific discipline could eventually experience a similar acceleration. AI systems could generate and test hypotheses, connect findings across specialized fields, and explore possibilities at a scale no human research community could match. In medicine, imagine models identifying overlooked disease mechanisms, designing drugs and clinical trials, personalizing treatments, or discovering cures in months rather than decades. In materials science, AI could help create better batteries and cleaner industrial processes. In climate science, it could accelerate advances in energy, forecasting, and carbon removal. In biology, it could uncover relationships hidden across enormous genomic and molecular datasets. The result would not simply be faster research. It could expand the frontier of what is scientifically possible. The New Bottleneck Scientific discovery, however, is not the same as scientific progress. A medical breakthrough must still survive laboratory testing, clinical trials, regulatory scrutiny, manufacturing constraints, and real-world deployment. As machine-generated ideas multiply, the bottleneck may shift from producing breakthroughs to validating them safely and translating them into practice. We may soon have more hypotheses than laboratories can test, more drugs than clinical trials can evaluate, and more mathematical results than experts can review. That imbalance will require better systems for automated verification, reproducible research, prioritization, peer review, and collaboration between AI and domain experts. The importance of OpenAI’s work is not merely the number of manuscripts produced. It offers a glimpse of a world in which intelligence can explore thousands of intellectual paths in parallel. If ideas cease to be scarce, humanity’s defining challenge will be deciding which are true, which matter, and how to turn them into progress. The math singularity is not the end of human inquiry. It is the beginning of a new kind—one in which machines expand the frontier of knowledge and humans decide where it should lead. Subscribe Share Leave a comment
Vikings’ Odell Beckham Jr. Reveals Why He Joined Team
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. talked about how he was able to be a part of the organization. He also discussed how Kevin O’Connell played an instrumental role in getting into the organization when he met with the media on Wednesday.Beckham was at practice on Wednesday. He could have a chance to suit […] The post Vikings’ Odell Beckham Jr. Reveals Why He Joined Team appeared first on HEAVY.
Zach Goedert logs limited practice
Philadelphia Eagles TE Dallas Goedert still dealing with knee injury
Zach Charbonnet manages limited practice
Seattle Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet continues recovery from knee surgery
Alvin Kamara misses practice
New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara unable to practice Wednesday
Jonathan Taylor a limited participant
Colts RB Jonathan Taylor skips some drills at practice Wednesday
Lamar Jackson unable to practice
Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson misses Wednesday's practice
Jayden Daniels fully takes part in practice
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels fully practices after missing a few weeks
Terry McLaurin not on practice field
Commanders WR Terry McLaurin remains sidelined because of his injury
LeBron James Quickly Puts Joel Embiid Rumor to Bed
LeBron James reportedly called out Joel Embiid for being late to Philadelphia 76ers practice. That report turned out to be false, as James himself shut down the rumor.
Rico Dowdle back at practice Wednesday
Steelers RB Rico Dowdle a limited participant after missing the last two games
Pat Bryant not on practice field
Broncos WR Pat Bryant unable to practice after Week 4 injury
Florida HC Jon Sumrall Provides Injury Update on Key Receiver
As the Gators aim to rebound against South Carolina, the status of star playmaker Vernell Brown III remains uncertain following a pivotal practice update from Gainesville.
Brian Branch Delivers Encouraging Kerby Joseph Injury Update
Brian Branch returned to Lions practice Wednesday and delivered an encouraging message about Kerby Joseph's lengthy knee injury recovery.
Ravens Injury Report Week 5: Lamar Jackson Misses Practice
The Baltimore Ravens have released their initial injury report for Week 5 and quarterback Lamar Jackson has missed Wednesday practice.
Tony Pollard misses practice Wednesday
Titans RB Tony Pollard unable to practice Wednesday ahead of Week 5 game
Dolphins Injury Report: Caleb Douglas Remains Out
The initial injury report for the Miami Dolphins' Week 5 matchup is out, and wide receiver Caleb Douglas is among those who did not practice.
D'Andre Swift does not practice Wednesday
Bears RB D'Andre Swift sits out Wednesday because of multiple injuries
Caleb Williams does not practice Wednesday
Bears QB Caleb Williams sits out first practice of week
Tim Patrick returning to practice
Jets WR Tim Patrick has been designated to return from the Reserve/Injured list
MN Vikings Get WR1 Back at Practice, Lose WR2
The Minnesota Vikings got superstar WR Justin Jefferson back at practice Wednesday, but his running mate Jordan Addison was not there with him.
Jordan Addison misses practice
Jordan Addison dealing with a hamstring issue ahead of Week 5.
Mamdani wants to let New Yorkers sue over unfair business practices, but some biz groups aren’t sold
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is proposing to give workers, consumers, tenants and small businesses a new right to sue companies over unfair and abusive business
Colts sign veteran pass rusher Carl Lawson to practice squad
The Colts added veteran defensive end Carl Lawson as injuries continue to thin out their pass-rush rotation.
Eagles sign OL James Brockermeyer to practice squad
Philadelphia signed rookie center James Brockermeyer to its practice squad, adding depth to an injury-depleted offensive line
Former Patriots Rookie RB Lands With NFC Foe
New England Patriots 2026 seventh-round pick Jam Miller signed with the Atlanta Falcons practice squad Tuesday. The post Former Patriots Rookie RB Lands With NFC Foe appeared first on HEAVY.
Former Steelers WR Rejoins NFC Foe
Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Scotty Miller re-signed with the Chicago Bears practice squad. The post Former Steelers WR Rejoins NFC Foe appeared first on HEAVY.
Davis Polk Welcomes Prominent Media & Entertainment Partner Glen Mastroberte in Los Angeles
NEW YORK, October 07, 2026--Davis Polk announced that prominent entertainment lawyer Glen Mastroberte joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in LA.
Vikings Part Ways With Four Players, Including Devin Neal
Minnesota made a series of roster moves Wednesday, releasing three players from its practice squad while waiving cornerback Tyreek Chappell from injured reserve.
Greg Newsome II credits practice structure for Giants' secondary success
The New York Giants secondary appears to have turned a corner, which Greg Newsome credits to practice structure, coaching, and front 7 play.
Colts Sign Former Super Bowl Receiver to Practice Squad
The Indianapolis Colts have signed wide receiver Quez Watkins to the practice squad. They also worked out five other free agents.
Cleveland Browns make five roster moves with their practice squad
Cleveland added two and released five on Tuesday
Tennessee Titans swap multiple players on practice squad
The Tennessee Titans shuffled their practice squad roster ahead of Week 5 by adding three new players.
Planning Beyond 2030: What SAP Business Suite 7 and SAP NetWeaver Customers Using Third-Party Databases or Java Need to Know
Understand the coming changes and what they mean in practice.
Tennessee Titans worked out two tight ends on Tuesday
The Tennessee Titans worked out two tight ends as they shuffle their practice squad ahead of the Houston Texans game.
Former Rams Cornerback Signs Deal With Recent Super Bowl Team
The Los Angeles Rams no longer have the option to turn to Al’zillion Hamilton.The New England Patriots announced in a post on X and via their official team website that they signed the rookie cornerback to their practice squad. Patriots release LB Jose Ramirez; Sign CB Al'Zillion Hamilton to the practice squad; Release OL Da'Metrius […] The post Former Rams Cornerback Signs Deal With Recent Super Bowl Team appeared first on HEAVY.
Patriots announce two releases and one new practice squad signing
The Patriots released linebacker Jose Ramirez amid a series of roster moves on Tuesday.
Jam Miller joins Atlanta practice squad
Former Alabama back Jam Miller signs with Atlanta practice squad
Former Cowboys $3 Million LB Joins NFC Contender
Former Dallas Cowboys veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks signed with the Los Angeles Rams practice squad on Tuesday. The post Former Cowboys $3 Million LB Joins NFC Contender appeared first on HEAVY.
New Clinical Guideline Helps Keep Women 'Optimized for the Fight'
The Department of Veterans Affairs and War Department have jointly released a clinical practice guideline to help clinicians provide improved care for women experiencing perimenopause and menopause.
ASU national security expert explains missteps since 9/11 attacks
The war against terror immediately after the 9/11 attacks had clear goals that were quickly accomplished, but has been followed by many missteps in the 25 years since, according to an Arizona State University national security expert.Peter Bergen, a professor of practice at ASU, recently released the book, “All the President’s Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America's War on Terror.”
Prisma Health merges with South Carolina Internal Medicine
An Irmo healthcare practice is joining Prisma Health on Nov. 1.
Report: Panthers adding CB, bringing back OLB to practice squad
Per ESPN, the Panthers are set to make a pair of additions to their practice squad—including a CB with 37 career starts.
South Carolina star Dylan Stewart returns to practice; status TBD
South Carolina Gamecocks star Dylan Stewart returned to practice this week, but his status is still uncertain going forward.
Ukrainian health care teams visit to learn best practices and take their knowledge home
Ten Ukrainian health care professionals visited the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Department of Biomedical Informatics
From Amoral Politics to Immoral Politics: The Influence of the Trump Administration
Azmi Bishara examines the impact of sustained exposure to the rhetoric and practices of US President Donald Trump’s administration on public moral values and ethical norms, in the United States and elsewhere, distinguishing between amoral politics and the justification of immoral political discourse and conduct.
Senate passes bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act
First introduced in the HELP Committee in 2025, the bill would require healthcare organizations to meet some core cyber hygiene best practices while also offering guidance and assistance for providers.
Students Use Forensic Science Skills in Escape Room
Hundreds of students from across the region put their problem-solving skills to the test this week during the Regional Science Consortium’s annual Forensic Science Escape Room. Elementary school students had just a few hours to figure out how someone died as part of a forensic science escape room activity. The Regional Science Consortium partnered with Mercyhurst University for the 10th year of the event, which is taking place at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. It began Monday and runs through Thursday.Throughout the week, more than 250 students are working to solve murder mysteries using real forensic science techniques. Students must analyze the evidence, piece together clues and solve the crime before time runs out.Organizers said the event gives students interested in pursuing forensic science in college a firsthand look at what a career in the field could entail.Sarah Skelton, Special Gifts Coordinator at Iroquois, said the activity provides students with an opportunity to develop skills that can sometimes be difficult to practice in a traditional classroom. "It really helps them to work in teams and on critical thinking skills. Which, not that they don't get these opportunities, but it's hard sometimes in the classroom to develop those higher-level thinking skills”, said Skelton.Students also get a chance to learn how forensic science is used in real-life investigations. As Skelton explained, "What are the real-life applications? What would you actually see in a crime scene? How would you handle these types of forensic investigations? So it's really cool our kids get to see what opportunities are out there and possibly a career field one day."The popular event has grown over the years, with some students returning year after year. Organizers said watching those students grow and develop their interests is one of the highlights of the program.Jeanette Schnars, the Executive Director of the Regional Science Consortium said it's rewarding to see how students' interests evolve as they get older. According to Schnars, "How they have grown and matured and where their interests are going and maybe they aren't going into forensics, but if they are going into sciences or different disciplines, so it's really fulfilling to see how they have matured."One student who continues to enjoy the event is sixth-grader Mia Harvey of Iroquois. Harvey hopes to pursue a career in medicine and says the forensic science activities are helping her explore her interests, "One day I want to become a neurologist, and learning about the bones is probably going to help me."Harvey said her favorite part of the event is the real-life application of what she's learning. "While you are trying to find the clues, they teach real stuff that you would need to know”, said Harvey.Event organizers said if students are learning while having fun, then the program is accomplishing its goal. "Not only are they learning the science, but they are having fun with it too”, said Schnars.Adults will also have a chance to take part in the experience this Saturday during an adult version of the escape room, which will feature food, drinks and entertainment. For more information, click here.The Forensic Science Escape Room has become one of the Regional Science Consortium’s most popular events, with teachers signing up their students as soon as registration opens in August.
Brazil: Lessons from a Disaster
By Antonio Martins (Outras Palavras) Defeats become deeper and more prolonged when we misunderstand what caused them, avoid correcting course, and embrace “solutions” that only compound our mistakes. Lula’s government and the Brazilian left suffered a disaster in Sunday’s election. Contrary to every poll, the president finished the first round 2.2 million votes behind Flávio Bolsonaro—and, more significantly, 3.4 million votes below his total four years ago, when the machinery of the state was working against him and in favor of his opponent. His vote share declined in 98 percent of Brazil’s municipalities. The PL, the main party of the far right, elected 121 deputies and 28 senators, becoming the largest caucus in both houses of Congress. The parties aligned with the Centrão—Brazil’s bloc of transactional center-right parties—were somewhat diminished, but will still hold roughly 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 35 in the Senate. That will make it easier to assemble the majorities needed to amend the Constitution or impeach Supreme Federal Court justices. If elected, Flávio Bolsonaro could appoint four members of the Court, substantially altering its internal balance of power. What produced these results? How can the far right be prevented from consolidating them into a prolonged political hegemony? And what is the essential change of direction the left now needs? Explaining the Disaster Across the commercial media and the exuberant chaos of digital platforms, interpretations are multiplying. Some focus on specific episodes: Lula’s absence from the Globo debate, his very close relationship with Alexandre de Moraes, or his emphasis on issues supposedly remote from most people’s everyday concerns, such as rare earth minerals. Among the more systemic interpretations, three seem especially questionable. One argues that the principal defeat was not the left’s, since its congressional representation declined only slightly. The decisive movement captured at the ballot box, according to this view, was a shift within the right itself—from the more moderate and transactional forces of the Centrão toward the more ideological and radicalized forces of the PL and Novo. A second interpretation holds that the nature of electoral and political processes has changed. The material interests and aspirations of society, it argues, no longer play the central role they once did; they have given way to forms of subjective self-identification that the left has yet to understand. And a third concludes that, because of these two developments, we should expect a political winter: a prolonged period in which the far right and the broader right dominate Brazilian political life. There are important elements in all three interpretations. The problem lies in what they deny or leave out: Lula’s third government was a small-bore government. It offered the majorities that elected it neither a clearly better life nor reasons to believe again in politics and its power to transform society. These failures flowed from two fatal accommodations, which I will examine below. As a result, the government suffered a slow but steady erosion of support. And, as has happened in so many Western countries, it gave the far right the opportunity to present itself as anti-system and to benefit from popular frustration and distress. The interpretation that emphasizes the migration of votes from the center-right and traditional right toward the far right has been advanced, among others, by the courageous journalist Leonardo Sakamoto. In his UOL column on Monday, October 5, he highlights the miserable behavior of the traditional conservative parties. Over the past four years, they repeatedly joined forces with the “neo”-fascists, helping to “normalize” them—a criticism that could equally be directed at almost the entire corporate media. Believing they could use the far right as a stepping stone, they instead ended up partly devoured by it. This was especially true in the Senate, where the PL’s gain of 13 senators and Novo’s gain of two came at the expense of the PSD, which lost nine; the MDB, which lost two; the PSDB, which lost two; and the PP, which lost one. Sakamoto’s observation is accurate and necessary, but it leaves uncomfortable questions unanswered. Why did the erosion of the Centrão benefit the far right rather than, for example, producing growth for the left—as has happened so many times before, both in Brazil and elsewhere? The answer is not difficult. Throughout its four years in office, Lula’s third government was almost invariably associated with the Centrão. Here lies its first accommodation: accepting the limits imposed by conservative institutions; avoiding, as much as possible, any attempt to strain those limits through popular pressure; and believing only in the modest changes that could be squeezed through openings in Congress. The failure of the campaign to end the six-day workweek is emblematic. Lula could have electrified the presidential race by pairing it with a popular campaign for passage of the measure. Instead, he chose to place his hopes in the hands of Senate president Rodrigo Alcolumbre. He generated no mass mobilization, did not force his opponents onto an uncomfortable defensive, and won no victory. In September 2025, the government squandered the greatest of its many opportunities to shake up conservative power in Congress. Popular opposition to the so-called Shielding Amendment—which, if approved, would have restricted criminal proceedings against members of Congress—brought crowds into the streets, mobilized primarily by artists and social movements. This opened the possibility for a broader political education: a campaign that could begin exposing the limits and dysfunctions of Brazil’s political system while putting Bolsonaro’s movement on the defensive for its predictable support of political privilege. The amendment was defeated. But the executive branch then backed away from the fight. It remained associated with an institutional world widely seen as corrupt, elitist, and indifferent to ordinary people’s struggles. In doing so, it forfeited its credibility as a vehicle for the protest vote. On Sunday, it reaped the bitter fruits. Are We Doomed? Taking a different approach from Sakamoto, the philosopher Moysés Pinto Neto and other writers have drawn attention, in their first analyses of October 4, to the fragmentation of the public sphere produced by Big Tech platforms. Through their algorithms, these platforms present each person with a different view of social reality. As a consequence, it becomes much harder to identify common material problems and demands—for example, the fight for labor rights or for a properly funded public health system. Voters no longer embrace such demands, these authors argue, because they no longer see themselves as part of a collective. Instead, they tend to value the identities assigned to them by neoliberal subjectivity—the role of the entrepreneur, for example. On this interpretation, the left’s possible error lies in clinging to outdated illusions. Moysés’s warning is highly relevant and resonates with arguments such as Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s “Apocalyptic Fascism and the Billionaires’ Bet.” Unlike a century ago, the far right no longer promises a radiant future. It concentrates instead on resentment—especially that of young men. “They belong to a generation that fears it may never own a home, but compensates with the pleasure it gets from constantly provoking progressives online. Convinced their future has been stolen, they share memes romanticizing historical authoritarian regimes,” the authors write. But Moysés seems to confuse this danger with inevitability. He fails to see that the left’s answer cannot be adaptation. On the contrary, it must strengthen the possibility of politics as collective action. Nor does he recognize that precisely such a reversal is already becoming possible in some of the most promising mobilizations of the twenty-first century: the election, at the end of 2025, of the young Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, on a platform centered on the intensely material fight for an affordable city; the Left Party’s victory in Berlin two weeks ago, built around the demand to expropriate private real-estate corporations; and the very recent wave of demonstrations in Spain—including an occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol—in which tens of thousands of young people mobilized by the Tenants’ Union have demanded limits on rents. By putting itself in the straitjacket of the “fiscal framework” in the first months of 2022, Lula’s third government adopted the second fatal accommodation of its term. Faced with conservative institutions and a country devastated by four years of Bolsonaro, increased public investment was the government’s remaining weapon for offering a more dignified life to the majority and forging an anti-conservative pact with them. The same state that disburses 1 trillion reais a year to enrich a small class of rentiers could instead spend money to extend the Family Health Strategy to every Brazilian, at a cost of 30 billion reais; provide full-day public schooling and childcare to all adolescents and children—and, especially, relief to their mothers; achieve universal sanitation while cleaning up polluted urban rivers; multiply metro systems; begin transforming the urban peripheries; and undertake many other urgently needed projects. In April 2023, an article in Outras Palavras warned that the fiscal framework could “shrink the Lula government and preserve the forces that condemn the country to inequality and regression.” A year later, another article showed that restraints on public spending were strangling policies vital to ordinary people and undermining the president’s popularity. In November 2024 came a reality check, in the form of the government’s humiliating defeat in the municipal elections. Even then, the fiscal lock was neither removed nor loosened. On the contrary: throughout the government’s four years, fiscal restraint remained central to its political narrative. The administration proudly proclaimed that it had “put the state’s accounts in order,” without grasping either how misleading that phrase was—given the payment of 1 trillion reais in interest—or how badly the message was hurting it politically. Lula finally woke up in September 2026. The increase in Bolsa Família benefits, after four years of being frozen; the announcement that anti-obesity drugs would be offered through Brazil’s public health system; and the ban on online betting showed that the state has the power to act decisively on behalf of the majority when those in government are willing to confront obstacles. The huge marches that closed the campaign in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo on the eve of October 4 showed how such initiatives can mobilize activists and the broader public. But it was too late—and too little to change the outcome of the first round. History has not ended The possibility of a turnaround in the three weeks leading up to November 25 cannot be ruled out. It will not be simple or easy. Lula must not only make up a deficit of 2.2 million votes; he must also offset the movement of voters who backed other right-wing candidates in the first round, most of whom are likely to move toward Flávio Bolsonaro. Pulling that off will require a broad, grassroots effort to win over voters, potentially reinforced by new initiatives from Lula. The coming hours and days will be decisive. If Bolsonaro’s movement also wins the presidency, the result will create a high-risk situation for Brazilian sovereignty and democracy. The enormous challenges posed by such an outcome would require the left to reexamine, in depth and with a genuine willingness to engage in self-criticism, its political projects—or its lack of them—and its practices. But would that mean we are condemned to the long winter of far-right hegemony that some analyses are beginning to forecast? It is far too early to say, suggests a recent text by Álvaro García Linera, the thinker who served as vice president of Bolivia under Evo Morales. His central hypothesis is that this political current will prove short-lived. At a moment when the entire world is once again talking about sovereignty and protecting national economies, the far right offers a stale, recolonizing neoliberalism. Its submission to the United States is as blatant and pathetic as Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s overtures to Donald Trump. Its project amounts to something like every man for himself: greater inequality, capitalism without limits, devastation, and supremacism. Will it work? In the United States, just two years into his second term, Trump himself is reaching record levels of unpopularity and may be on the verge of losing Republican control of both the House and Senate in November. Every new beginning is difficult. Whatever the outcome of the second round, the defeats of October 4 show how profoundly the Brazilian left will have to rethink and rebuild. But just as it would be foolish to underestimate the seriousness of its mistakes, it would be equally foolish to conclude that rebuilding a political project is no longer possible. History has not ended. The times are moving faster than ever. Originally published in Portuguese by Outras Palavras. English translation by Eric Blanc; I’ve added the subtitles. More We can’t stop the far right at home or abroad without a revitalized labor movement, which is yet another reason why you should become a sustaining supporter of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) — one of US labor’s pivotal bright spots. Relatedly, Jacobin published a short piece of mine reflecting on a decade of Bernie Sanders inspiring a whole new generation of young worker organizers.
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