José Marajó Varela
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José Marajó Varela
@josemarajovarela.bsky.social
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A legal resident of New Hampshire was “violently interrogated” for hours, stripped naked, and forced into a cold shower. Given little food or water and prevented from taking medication, he collapsed and was hospitalized.
No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore
Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
newrepublic.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Italians looking to avoid “egg-flation” have been flocking to a farm in northern Italy for classes in how to raise hens.
More Italians are raising chickens - The World from PRX
Italians looking to avoid "egg-flation" have been flocking to a farm in northern Italy for classes in how to raise hens.
theworld.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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#COVID19 joins syphilis, AIDS, and tuberculosis as diseases that persist despite medical breakthroughs. A medical historian explains why social and economic factors are just as crucial as #vaccines in eliminating epidemics. buff.ly/ta6FzA7
By Powel H. Kazanjian, University of Michigan 🗃️ 🩺 #episky
COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
Scientific discoveries are necessary to eliminate epidemic diseases. But addressing socioeconomic factors is just as essential in the fight against diseases such as syphilis, AIDS and TB.
buff.ly
March 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Fools. Pretending climate change doesn’t exist won’t help the farmers who have to deal with it. Every farmer should be demanding the government help them adapt rather than pretend there is no problem
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I hope your students grapple with MLK’s broader prophetic legacy, beyond civil rights, and being a canary in a collapsing constitutional coal mine. The “intersecting evils” he identified conspired to create the climate crisis—but few today give him credit for that. open.substack.com/pub/shahidbu...
MLK rolls in his grave, while Trump’s return to Washington offers a few early surprises
Trump’s inauguration portends escalating crisis, while hope emerges in a few surprising places
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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They weren't doing anything about climate change anyway, and now they're telling us they're not doing anything.

Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from climate action networks as the convicted felon Donald Trump's presidency begins.
Big Banks Quit Climate Change Groups Ahead of Trump’s Term
Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Pretty sure that multiple disparate actors can provide villainous inputs to contribute to the emergence of a single outcome!

(also see: climate change)
Important paper by Dutch scholars brings data to show that the alleged epidemic of disinformation is not widespread or made by tech but is a specific tactic of far-right extremists exploiting the vulnerability of an open society. h/t @amonck.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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January 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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In September 2024 around 100,000 people of all ages turned up on the streets of Vancouver to take a stand on climate change. #Canada www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Climate Strike in Vancouver: SFU CMNS Perspective
Students and faculty members of SFU School of Communication attended the march and share their impressions.
www.sfu.ca
January 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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"ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial."
January 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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"Exxon Mobil misled the public about the state of climate science and its implications. …a systematic, quantifiable discrepancy between what Exxon Mobil’s scientists and executives discussed about climate change in private and in academic circles, and what it presented to the general public."
January 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Came across red-tide bands today on the outer side of Bruny Island. It’s a dinoflagellate called Noctiluca scintillans, & it’s bioluminescent. It first appeared in 1994, probably transported in warm water incursions of the East Australian Current. So it’s a climate change thing. 1/
January 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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so many of the places i love are coastlines and seaside communities facing existential threats from climate change

marylandmatters.org/2024/12/31/a...
As land turns salty, farmers grapple with lost income - Maryland Matters
Across the parts of the Eastern Shore, saltwater intrusion is a growing problem, with 9,700 acres of Maryland farmland and 2,200 acres in Virginia converting to salt patches and salt marshes in 2017, ...
marylandmatters.org
December 31, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Em 1 ano, Força Nacional apreende 1 arma de fogo no RJ
Em 1 ano, Força Nacional no RJ apreende 10 mil maços de cigarros e 1 arma de fogo
Pedida pelo governador Cláudio Castro (PL), atuação federal no estado tem poucas ações
www1.folha.uol.com.br
December 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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The Guardian view on the tenacity of hope: a necessary virtue in troubled times | Editorial
The Guardian view on the tenacity of hope: a necessary virtue in troubled times | Editorial
At a moment of the year associated with renewal and new birth, reflection on inspiring acts of solidarity and courage can point the way to a better future In the introduction to a new, seasonal compilation of his speeches on hope, Pope Francis reflects…
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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➡️ Bombeiros confirmam uma m0rte e 2 desaparecidos em queda de ponte

Estrutura cedeu no início da tarde deste domingo (22/12) e está totalmente interditada. O Dnit divulgou rotas alternativas

Leia: curt.link/vTagC
Bombeiros confirmam 1 morte e 2 desaparecidos em queda de ponte
Ponte cedeu no início da tarde deste domingo (22/12) e está totalmente interditada. O Dnit divulgou rotas alternativas
curt.link
December 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways
How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways
Antimicrobial resistance is hard to monitor because there’s no standard way to detect it. Here’s how it could be better identified in rivers, streams and seas.
dlvr.it
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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Le vice-premier ministre italien, Matteo Salvini, jugé pour avoir bloqué en mer un bateau de migrants, a été relaxé
Le vice-premier ministre italien, Matteo Salvini, jugé pour avoir bloqué en mer un bateau de migrants, a été relaxé
M. Salvini répondait d’abus de pouvoir et de privation de liberté pour avoir empêché, en 2019 et pendant près de trois semaines, 147 migrants secourus par un navire de l’ONG espagnole Open Arms de débarquer en Italie.
www.lemonde.fr
December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Thousands of workers are striking, as picket lines formed outside seven Amazon distribution centers from New York to California Thursday morning.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Across US Strike Ahead of Holiday Rush
Thousands of workers are striking, as picket lines formed outside seven Amazon distribution centers from New York to California Thursday morning.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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📽️ WATCH: The morning that Coast Guard Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C, or dilation and curettage, to remove fetal tissue after having a miscarriage, she learned the surgery had been canceled because Tricare, the military’s health insurance plan, refused to pay for it.
Coast Guard Commander Elizabeth Nakagawa Nearly Died After Tricare Denied Miscarriage Care
The morning that Coast Guard Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C, or dilation and curettage, to remove fetal tissue after having a miscarria...
propub.li
December 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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#OPINIÃO

Ninguém é obrigado a ser feliz no Natal

↪️ Respeitar as emoções do outro pode ser o maior presente de Natal que podemos oferecer

📝 Daniel Guanaes
Opinião - Daniel Guanaes: Ninguém é obrigado a ser feliz no Natal
Respeitar as emoções do outro pode ser o maior presente de Natal que podemos oferecer
mla.bs
December 17, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Emergency workers raced to find survivors and restore services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century reut.rs/3DdRfPk
Rescuers seek cyclone survivors in devastated Mayotte
Emergency workers raced to restore basic services to the French overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in nearly a century.
reut.rs
December 16, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Five people have died after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Gavdos, according to Greece’s coastguard, with 40 others reported missing and 39 rescued ⤵️
Five dead, dozens missing after boat sinks off Greece’s Gavdos
Greek coastguard search to find dozens of missing migrants, assisted by Italian frigate and helicopters.
aje.io
December 14, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future.
UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Buried in the list of nearly 1,500 people whose criminal sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden Thursday is the name of a Pennsylvania judge who took kickbacks for wrongfully sentencing minors to juvenile detention.

https://newrepublic.com/post/189369/biden-commute-sentence-kids-cash-judge
Why the Hell Did Biden Commute Sentence of “Kids for Cash” Judge?
Joe Biden’s decision to commute the sentence of an infamous judge has sparked backlash.
buff.ly
December 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM