A really dramatic situation is unfolding in the Amazon and across Brazil, as a historic drought exacerbates record🔥. Amazed it’s not getting more coverage. We spent the last week in Rondônia & Amazonas documenting the crisis 👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...
Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest
Springfield city officials and police said they are working with the Dayton office of the FBI “to thoroughly investigate and trace the origin of these threats.” The origins are Trump & Vance.
A harbinger of what's to come when Trump declares himself winner after losing the election...
Cut by his editor, the fact that Robert Caro's best (in his estimation) lines were scribbled on a napkin, "comparing the (removed) women of East Tremont to the characters in the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof'". Enough to make me want to read his book on Robert Moses: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/b...
Caro’s book on Robert Moses, a city planner who reshaped New York, is also a reflection on “the dangers of unchecked power,” and remains more resonant and relevant than ever.
I'd say that Brazil is breathing life into a world which doesn't need X. Like millions, I left X after it began to feel like a Hieronymus Bosch painting. Hearing that much of Brazil was moving onto Bluesky brought me along too. It is a viable infant with great possibilities for the future.
Tweedledee is the one on the right.
Com certeza Sergio Mendes was the first person to carry music of candomblé to outside of Brazil, in a big way, via Jorge Ben's use of José Prates' use of Ô ária raiô! Obá! Obá! Obá! Ô ária raiô! Obá! Obá! Obá!
Através de Jorge Ben através de José Prates levou música de candomblé (Ô ária raiô! Obá! Obá! Obá! Ô ária raiô! Obá! Obá! Obá!) pro mundo!
Richie Rocket (you know, like Richie Rich?)