Roberto Rocha
robroc.bsky.social
Roberto Rocha
@robroc.bsky.social
Data analyst at Ubisoft. Former journalist. Social media avoider, mostly. 🇧🇷🇨🇦
The cognitive dissonance when the third-world country you come from does justice better than the first-world country you grew up admiring.

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Brazil's Supreme Court votes to put Bolsonaro on trial for alleged coup attempt | CBC News
A panel of justices on Brazil's Supreme Court has accepted charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, and they have order...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A border tale in two charts

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March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is it, I guess.

No way in hell I'm going back to Twitter, not now not ever.
I've been waiting to see which birdsite alternative "wins" but this might not happen for a while.

Did I pick a good one here? Why should I *not* invest time and attention on Bluesky?
February 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Love seeing some GIS in the middle of a rainforest.

Pictured: a map of the Brazilian Amazon, protected indigenous zones, and deforested areas since 2008 (yellow).

Manaus botanical garden (MUSA)
February 26, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Mounted police patrol the beach on the Amazon River at sunset in Manaus, Brazil.
February 22, 2024 at 12:28 AM
The finalists of the Sigma awards for data journalism are being announced now. Join us!

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February 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I'm in Manaus, the gateway to the Brazilian Amazon. They have a version of the bodega cat. But at 35°C in the shade, they're a tad less interactive.
February 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I've been waiting to see which birdsite alternative "wins" but this might not happen for a while.

Did I pick a good one here? Why should I *not* invest time and attention on Bluesky?
February 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM