Mac Margolis
@macmargolis.bsky.social
Brazil by way of New England, Reporter, writer, opinionator, web flaneur, telling stories about Brazil and beyond for Bloomberg, NPR, Newsweek, Washington Post and others.
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Âncora + visível (e + bem remunerada) do canal de cabo que abriga a centro-esquerda, autora de livros sobre história política, Rhodes Scholar, deu show de imaturidade editorial pegando a pergunta do site Metropolis para sugerir que a Casa Branca poderia se envolver numa fuga de Bolsonaro. Ridículo.
Report on @maddow.bsky.social last night as bad as the “exclusive” on Trump’s taxes in 2017. All adolescent glee, very little substance. If her producers had taken the time to read solid coverage of the actual weekend events, she’d have been spared the embarrassment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBrV...
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
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November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Âncora + visível (e + bem remunerada) do canal de cabo que abriga a centro-esquerda, autora de livros sobre história política, Rhodes Scholar, deu show de imaturidade editorial pegando a pergunta do site Metropolis para sugerir que a Casa Branca poderia se envolver numa fuga de Bolsonaro. Ridículo.
So your quibble is with the headline? Not sure what your point is.
In a piece which @theguardian.com has decided to title "How the world's taste for soya is eating Brazil's Amazon", I genuinely don't see how that sentence sufficiently, or even clearly, reflects the fact that it is, so to speak, primarily livestock's taste for soya which is eating Brazil's Amazon..?
September 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So your quibble is with the headline? Not sure what your point is.
I urge you to read the piece again, emphasis this graph: "This is the case in Mato Grosso, where mechanised farms typically take over spent pasture, displacing ranchers such as Nascimento into pristine areas of neighbouring Pará, in the eastern Amazon basin."
I've unattached my post, since the comments in question are not mine. But I will note that, while your original submitted text perhaps mentioned the link between soy and beef, neither meat, nor livestock, nor beef, nor animals appear to be mentioned at all in the published version.
September 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I urge you to read the piece again, emphasis this graph: "This is the case in Mato Grosso, where mechanised farms typically take over spent pasture, displacing ranchers such as Nascimento into pristine areas of neighbouring Pará, in the eastern Amazon basin."
Thanks for your comments. But, this is not a story about which is the villain, soy or beef, but rather the link between the two. Mechanized farms take over spent pastures, pushing ranchers deeper into the rainforest, driving + felling, higher land prices, and demand for more roads.
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thanks for your comments. But, this is not a story about which is the villain, soy or beef, but rather the link between the two. Mechanized farms take over spent pastures, pushing ranchers deeper into the rainforest, driving + felling, higher land prices, and demand for more roads.
When you lose Joe Rogan...
Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When you lose Joe Rogan...
Pope Francis leaves a formidable legacy which will be pondered & parsed for years. But worth remembering in these stupidly polarized times that he always listened, quarreled & learned with people of faith or without. To wit: his running convo w/ rabbi Abraham Skorka. www.newsweek.com/holy-book-62...
A Holy Book
A pope and a rabbi begin a conversation ...
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April 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Pope Francis leaves a formidable legacy which will be pondered & parsed for years. But worth remembering in these stupidly polarized times that he always listened, quarreled & learned with people of faith or without. To wit: his running convo w/ rabbi Abraham Skorka. www.newsweek.com/holy-book-62...
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In response to President Trump’s executive orders and his all-out assault on government bureaucracy, federal judges across the U.S. have issued rulings at a blistering rate for the past two months. Read the key passages in several noteworthy rulings here.
Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.
Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In response to President Trump’s executive orders and his all-out assault on government bureaucracy, federal judges across the U.S. have issued rulings at a blistering rate for the past two months. Read the key passages in several noteworthy rulings here.
O filho pródigo volta a sua praça de origem, com planos de fazer a Nova York pequena de novo. Ou como @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social escreve: "Vai ficando claro que, neste segundo mandato, a metrópole que tanto rejeita seu filho Donald Trump é também sua refém." www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/luci...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
O filho pródigo volta a sua praça de origem, com planos de fazer a Nova York pequena de novo. Ou como @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social escreve: "Vai ficando claro que, neste segundo mandato, a metrópole que tanto rejeita seu filho Donald Trump é também sua refém." www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/luci...
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Na National Geographic, @macmargolis.bsky.social explica o Brasil que produziu a tragédia retratada em Ainda Estou Aqui. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The harrowing history behind 'I'm Still Here'—the film that's captured the world's heart
The Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of a former Brazilian lawmaker who was abducted under Latin America’s longest lasting military dictatorship.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Na National Geographic, @macmargolis.bsky.social explica o Brasil que produziu a tragédia retratada em Ainda Estou Aqui. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Hollywood, melindrado com o show de Trump, está acanhado, da escolha do Emcee à curadoria dos filmes no páreo. Quem sabe os penetras à festa (alô Fernanda Torres. W. Salles) não consigam levantar os ânimos no tapete? Com a palavra @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/20...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hollywood, melindrado com o show de Trump, está acanhado, da escolha do Emcee à curadoria dos filmes no páreo. Quem sabe os penetras à festa (alô Fernanda Torres. W. Salles) não consigam levantar os ânimos no tapete? Com a palavra @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/20...
Go, DOGE.
BREAKING — USDA says it accidentally fired officials working to combat bird flu and says it’s trying to rehire them
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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February 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Go, DOGE.
Closing out my series of articles on rainforest cities for the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, here's the bookend piece from @theguardian.com on ancient garden cities of the Amazon Basin, and what they can teach us. pulitzercenter.org/stories/lost...
Lost Cities of the Amazon: How Science Is Revealing Ancient Garden Towns Hidden in the Rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards For decades, archaeologists have...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Closing out my series of articles on rainforest cities for the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, here's the bookend piece from @theguardian.com on ancient garden cities of the Amazon Basin, and what they can teach us. pulitzercenter.org/stories/lost...
The Amazon basin: home to large, bustling, populous, and sustainably managed cities -- thousands of years ago.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Amazon basin: home to large, bustling, populous, and sustainably managed cities -- thousands of years ago.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Paragominas, in the northern Brazilian #Amazon, was once synonymous with #deforestation, controlled by predatory #loggers and ranchers.
Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region.
Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...
Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region.
Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...
From the Ashes: How a Mayor Beat the Loggers To Turn the Amazon Green Again
Once known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires It’s 9am and the sun is...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Paragominas, in the northern Brazilian #Amazon, was once synonymous with #deforestation, controlled by predatory #loggers and ranchers.
Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region.
Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...
Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region.
Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...
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We finally found something that will shock CNN hosts -- a cop telling a white-supremacist thug "go fuck yourself"
Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing.
Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing.
JUST NOW: “Obviously, we didn’t get to beep that.”
CNN’s Pamela Brown reacts to Officer Fanone’s choice words for the head of the Oath Keepers Trump just pardoned after his seditious conspiracy conviction, who says he has no regrets.
CNN’s Pamela Brown reacts to Officer Fanone’s choice words for the head of the Oath Keepers Trump just pardoned after his seditious conspiracy conviction, who says he has no regrets.
January 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We finally found something that will shock CNN hosts -- a cop telling a white-supremacist thug "go fuck yourself"
Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing.
Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing.
Maybe there is a God, after all.
...The day after he was pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida was re-arrested on new gun charges... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
...The day after he was pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida was re-arrested on new gun charges... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Immigration Policies, D.E.I. Office Closure and More
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January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Maybe there is a God, after all.
...The day after he was pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida was re-arrested on new gun charges... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
...The day after he was pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida was re-arrested on new gun charges... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Com acenos a um Hollywood requentado, odes a virilidade plagiada e um mapa-mundi que só existe na cabeça dele, o novo presidente dos EUA converte posse em coroação. Nem Dwight Eisenhower, RIP, imaginava. @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social no 🎯. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2025/0...
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January 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Com acenos a um Hollywood requentado, odes a virilidade plagiada e um mapa-mundi que só existe na cabeça dele, o novo presidente dos EUA converte posse em coroação. Nem Dwight Eisenhower, RIP, imaginava. @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social no 🎯. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2025/0...
Watching the inauguration speech, we know now that Ipecac comes in orange.
January 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Watching the inauguration speech, we know now that Ipecac comes in orange.
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Great piece on how an Amazonian town mayor beat the loggers, by @macmargolis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
From the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green again
Once known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great piece on how an Amazonian town mayor beat the loggers, by @macmargolis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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The three richest men in the world are all genuflecting before Trump.
All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The three richest men in the world are all genuflecting before Trump.
All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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“We’re seeing this impulse to surrender across American society right now. Where the forces of authoritarianism never give up and never apologize, big chunks of liberal society are bargaining and capitulating without even trying to try to stay independent first.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-zucke...
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Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey
Capitulation is contagious.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“We’re seeing this impulse to surrender across American society right now. Where the forces of authoritarianism never give up and never apologize, big chunks of liberal society are bargaining and capitulating without even trying to try to stay independent first.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-zucke...
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As wildfires ravaged the Amazon basin last year, the specter of rainforest destruction again became a global headline. But one township, Paragominas, though also singed, escaped the worst. Here's the backstory of one of the Amazon's greenest towns. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
From the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green again
Once known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As wildfires ravaged the Amazon basin last year, the specter of rainforest destruction again became a global headline. But one township, Paragominas, though also singed, escaped the worst. Here's the backstory of one of the Amazon's greenest towns. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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In case you missed this last night, principled @anntelnaes.bsky.social quit the #BrokenPost because its Murdochian editors killed this cartoon. The Post and democracy are dying in front of us.
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In case you missed this last night, principled @anntelnaes.bsky.social quit the #BrokenPost because its Murdochian editors killed this cartoon. The Post and democracy are dying in front of us.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Guerrilla prophylaxis: Federal health officials mobilize to boost childhood vaccines even as wannabe anti-vaxer-in-chief RFK lobbies for MAHA and other lullablies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
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Federal health authorities promote childhood vaccines in the shadow of Kennedy’s bid for health secretary.
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December 20, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Guerrilla prophylaxis: Federal health officials mobilize to boost childhood vaccines even as wannabe anti-vaxer-in-chief RFK lobbies for MAHA and other lullablies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
Call it the caramel complex. Or how Brazilians learned to love the mongrel in everyone. Leave it to @davidbiller.bsky.social to tell the story of the mutt for all seasons. apnews.com/video/this-s...
This street dog is Brazil's new national icon
For decades, they have scrounged for food on streets across the country — undesired, abandoned and overlooked.
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December 19, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Call it the caramel complex. Or how Brazilians learned to love the mongrel in everyone. Leave it to @davidbiller.bsky.social to tell the story of the mutt for all seasons. apnews.com/video/this-s...