Amílcar Tavares
@amilcartavares.bsky.social
Natale Solum: Assomada, #CapeVerde #CaboVerde 🇨🇻 | M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Alma Mater: @uaveiro.bsky.social
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Trans-Atlantic #Slave Trade Database: Explore the dispersal of enslaved africans across the atlantic world https://slavevoyages.org/
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Trans-Atlantic #Slave Trade Database: Explore the dispersal of enslaved africans across the atlantic world https://slavevoyages.org/
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🚨 FIFA Play-offs are Set!
✅ 🇨🇩 DR Congo into the Final
✅ 🇮🇶 Iraq into the Final
💥 Potential Semifinals:
🇧🇴 Bolivia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🇳🇨 New Caledonia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🗓️ Draw on Thursday at 13:00 CET
🏟️ All matches played in 🇲🇽 Mexico!
✅ 🇨🇩 DR Congo into the Final
✅ 🇮🇶 Iraq into the Final
💥 Potential Semifinals:
🇧🇴 Bolivia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🇳🇨 New Caledonia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🗓️ Draw on Thursday at 13:00 CET
🏟️ All matches played in 🇲🇽 Mexico!
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
🚨 FIFA Play-offs are Set!
✅ 🇨🇩 DR Congo into the Final
✅ 🇮🇶 Iraq into the Final
💥 Potential Semifinals:
🇧🇴 Bolivia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🇳🇨 New Caledonia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🗓️ Draw on Thursday at 13:00 CET
🏟️ All matches played in 🇲🇽 Mexico!
✅ 🇨🇩 DR Congo into the Final
✅ 🇮🇶 Iraq into the Final
💥 Potential Semifinals:
🇧🇴 Bolivia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🇳🇨 New Caledonia vs
🇯🇲 Jamaica / 🇸🇷 Suriname
🗓️ Draw on Thursday at 13:00 CET
🏟️ All matches played in 🇲🇽 Mexico!
BRILLIANT!
🚨 🇨🇼 CURAÇAO HAVE QUALIFED FOR THEIR FIRST EVER FIFA WORLD CUP!
🚨 🇭🇹 HAITI HAVE QUALIFED FOR THEIR FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP SINCE 1974!
🚨 🇵🇦 PANAMA HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THEIR SECOND EVER FIFA WORLD CUP!
🚨 🇭🇹 HAITI HAVE QUALIFED FOR THEIR FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP SINCE 1974!
🚨 🇵🇦 PANAMA HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THEIR SECOND EVER FIFA WORLD CUP!
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
BRILLIANT!
MIT engineers design an ultrasonic system to “shake” water out of an atmospheric water harvester. The new design can recover captured water in minutes rather than hours.
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Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air
MIT researchers designed a device that quickly recovers drinking water from an atmospheric water harvesting material. The system uses ultrasonic waves to shake the water out of the material, recoverin...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
MIT engineers design an ultrasonic system to “shake” water out of an atmospheric water harvester. The new design can recover captured water in minutes rather than hours.
news.mit.edu/2025/ultraso...
news.mit.edu/2025/ultraso...
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the free world!
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the free world!
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Sugestão do dia. Vai valer a pena.
Faz uma procura aqui no Bluesky por:
Dining across the divide from:@theguardian.com
Faz uma procura aqui no Bluesky por:
Dining across the divide from:@theguardian.com
Dining across the divide: ‘It actually scares me that potential Reform voters are not all tub-thumping thugs’
Dining across the divide: ‘It actually scares me that potential Reform voters are not all tub-thumping thugs’
Can a retired lecturer and an economics tutor agree on immigration, the NHS or whether the UK should introduce a wealth tax?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sugestão do dia. Vai valer a pena.
Faz uma procura aqui no Bluesky por:
Dining across the divide from:@theguardian.com
Faz uma procura aqui no Bluesky por:
Dining across the divide from:@theguardian.com
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As gold prices skyrocket, Chinese and western companies are working side by side to exploit a region ravaged by civil war
Welcome to the illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia apart
📸 Erberto Zani via Alamy
Welcome to the illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia apart
📸 Erberto Zani via Alamy
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As gold prices skyrocket, Chinese and western companies are working side by side to exploit a region ravaged by civil war
Welcome to the illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia apart
📸 Erberto Zani via Alamy
Welcome to the illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia apart
📸 Erberto Zani via Alamy
Isto custou 32 milhões de euros.
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Isto custou 32 milhões de euros.
Lá estão eles a empurrar com a barriga novamente, novamente e novamente. Eles conhecem perfeitamente o estado de coisas e as ações concretas para combater as desigualdades nos rendimentos de trabalho e capital.
Economistas de topo pedem criação de um painel internacional sobre desigualdade, “uma das preocupações mais urgentes do mundo atual”
Economistas de topo pedem criação de um painel internacional sobre desigualdade, “uma das preocupações mais urgentes do mundo atual”
expresso.pt
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Lá estão eles a empurrar com a barriga novamente, novamente e novamente. Eles conhecem perfeitamente o estado de coisas e as ações concretas para combater as desigualdades nos rendimentos de trabalho e capital.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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#OTD in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to attend an all-white school in the South. Decades later, U.S. schools are resegregating at alarming rates.
#TheMarchContinues #EducationForAll
#TheMarchContinues #EducationForAll
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to attend an all-white school in the South. Decades later, U.S. schools are resegregating at alarming rates.
#TheMarchContinues #EducationForAll
#TheMarchContinues #EducationForAll
Daqui a pouco jogam os #TubaroesAzuis! 🇨🇻🦈
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Daqui a pouco jogam os #TubaroesAzuis! 🇨🇻🦈
Al Ain International Cup Brings Together Four World Cup Teams: #CaboVerde, Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan.
Iran vs. Cabo Verde on Nov. 13
Egypt vs. Uzbekistan on Nov. 14
Third-place match on Nov. 17
Final on Nov. 18
Matches will kick off at 8:00 PM UAE time.
alainclub.ae/en/news/al-a...
Iran vs. Cabo Verde on Nov. 13
Egypt vs. Uzbekistan on Nov. 14
Third-place match on Nov. 17
Final on Nov. 18
Matches will kick off at 8:00 PM UAE time.
alainclub.ae/en/news/al-a...
Al Ain International Cup Brings Together Four World Cup Teams: Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Cape Verde | AL AIN CLUB
alainclub.ae
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Al Ain International Cup Brings Together Four World Cup Teams: #CaboVerde, Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan.
Iran vs. Cabo Verde on Nov. 13
Egypt vs. Uzbekistan on Nov. 14
Third-place match on Nov. 17
Final on Nov. 18
Matches will kick off at 8:00 PM UAE time.
alainclub.ae/en/news/al-a...
Iran vs. Cabo Verde on Nov. 13
Egypt vs. Uzbekistan on Nov. 14
Third-place match on Nov. 17
Final on Nov. 18
Matches will kick off at 8:00 PM UAE time.
alainclub.ae/en/news/al-a...
HISTÓRICO: 35,2°C
Praia iguala dia de novembro mais quente de sempre em Cabo Verde
Praia iguala dia de novembro mais quente de sempre em Cabo Verde
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALLOVER ASIA AND AFRICA
Every single country from Indonesia to Morocco is smashing records. Some more last hours:
37.8C Chabhar IRAN coast
32.0 Safawi ,30.5 Maan JORDAN highlands
HISTORIC
35.2 Praia ties
CAPE VERDE HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN HISTORY
Every single country from Indonesia to Morocco is smashing records. Some more last hours:
37.8C Chabhar IRAN coast
32.0 Safawi ,30.5 Maan JORDAN highlands
HISTORIC
35.2 Praia ties
CAPE VERDE HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN HISTORY
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
HISTÓRICO: 35,2°C
Praia iguala dia de novembro mais quente de sempre em Cabo Verde
Praia iguala dia de novembro mais quente de sempre em Cabo Verde
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From Kenya to Madagascar, the African countries struggling to escape old politics
From Kenya to Madagascar, the African countries struggling to escape old politics
Discontent is brewing on the continent as a younger generation seek to dismantle the status quo
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From Kenya to Madagascar, the African countries struggling to escape old politics
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you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
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How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
bit.ly/4nR04Qq
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🌍 African Play-offs will decide which African nation will enter the FIFA Play-Off Tournament!
🔸 Semifinals on Thursday:
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs 🇬🇦 Gabon
🇨🇲 Cameroon vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo
🔹 Final on Sunday.
🏟️ All three matches played in 🇲🇦 Rabat.
🔸 Semifinals on Thursday:
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs 🇬🇦 Gabon
🇨🇲 Cameroon vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo
🔹 Final on Sunday.
🏟️ All three matches played in 🇲🇦 Rabat.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🌍 African Play-offs will decide which African nation will enter the FIFA Play-Off Tournament!
🔸 Semifinals on Thursday:
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs 🇬🇦 Gabon
🇨🇲 Cameroon vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo
🔹 Final on Sunday.
🏟️ All three matches played in 🇲🇦 Rabat.
🔸 Semifinals on Thursday:
🇳🇬 Nigeria vs 🇬🇦 Gabon
🇨🇲 Cameroon vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo
🔹 Final on Sunday.
🏟️ All three matches played in 🇲🇦 Rabat.
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I wrote an essay for The Guardian Longread about the Super Eagles and the history that brought the Nigerian diaspora to London. 🖤 🇳🇬 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football
For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wrote an essay for The Guardian Longread about the Super Eagles and the history that brought the Nigerian diaspora to London. 🖤 🇳🇬 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Racista.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Racista.
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@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup
In late March 1938, around ten weeks before the World Cup was due to begin, the Austrian soccer federation sent a telegram to FIFA. “Sorry to cancel World Cup enrolment,” it read. “Austrian footbal…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
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How did New Yorkers elect a democratic socialist as their mayor? We have a reading list for that.
Want to understand the Zohran phenomenon? Here’s a mini reading list.
Have you thanked a bodega cat today? Remember, they won’t be getting raises under the new administration. For 51% of New York City bipeds, however, it’s a pretty great week. Zohran Mamd…
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How did New Yorkers elect a democratic socialist as their mayor? We have a reading list for that.
Great listening. This episode of "This American Life" explores the experiences of white South Africans seeking refugee status in the United States following an executive order from President Trump addressing alleged unjust discrimination against Afrikaners.
America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We get up close and follow someone trying to build a big win for herself and thousands of others like her.
Winners
America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We get up close and follow someone trying to build a big win for herself and thousands of others like her. Visit…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Great listening. This episode of "This American Life" explores the experiences of white South Africans seeking refugee status in the United States following an executive order from President Trump addressing alleged unjust discrimination against Afrikaners.