Louis Abelman
@louis-antoine.bsky.social
Twitter quitter by judicial decree in Brasil S.C., former NYT rat, RISC alum, documentary freelancer. Expat with a hankering for a hunk of utopian socialism!! Proud Prudhon compatriot!!
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How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
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TODAY: @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social on a new show from Rousseau and his “deceit and imagination,” fixing his mental image on canvas no matter what—insisting, for example, that an oversized dog he’d painted in an otherwise fairly normal portrait must be that size.” flaminghydra.com/r/c9218dde?m...
The mighty jungle
David Moore visits the new Rousseau exhibit
flaminghydra.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
TODAY: @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social on a new show from Rousseau and his “deceit and imagination,” fixing his mental image on canvas no matter what—insisting, for example, that an oversized dog he’d painted in an otherwise fairly normal portrait must be that size.” flaminghydra.com/r/c9218dde?m...
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i wrote for flaming hydra about my sober-addict relationship to all the drug use in The Last Waltz
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December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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É bem mais fácil falar de "Brasil soberano" até na mineração, dizer no exterior que se quiserem nossos minérios de terras-raras tem que industrializar aqui, enquanto mineradoras gringas já estão cravando seu acesso aos minérios na ausência de uma política nacional e às custas do povo local.+
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
É bem mais fácil falar de "Brasil soberano" até na mineração, dizer no exterior que se quiserem nossos minérios de terras-raras tem que industrializar aqui, enquanto mineradoras gringas já estão cravando seu acesso aos minérios na ausência de uma política nacional e às custas do povo local.+
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Larry Summers' record caught up with him, too much even for CAP, OpenAI, and Harvard; progressives were right.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Schumer Lines up Behind Centrists in Senate Primaries
In Michigan and Minnesota, Schumer’s reported favorites align with AIPAC’s endorsements and the crypto industry's supporters.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Larry Summers' record caught up with him, too much even for CAP, OpenAI, and Harvard; progressives were right.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
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NEW: Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls
Days after the Ellison family expressed interest in buying Warner Bros. Discovery, Trump bought up to $1 million in its debt. He is now reportedly pushing the deal to be approved.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
@macmargolis.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with what will one day be seen as the biggest story of our time: How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
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October 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
@macmargolis.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with what will one day be seen as the biggest story of our time: How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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a SS do Trump prendeu uma mulher trans brasileira em Washington, Alice Correia Barbosa
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
a SS do Trump prendeu uma mulher trans brasileira em Washington, Alice Correia Barbosa
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
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Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's dad's 1996 book Citizen and Subject is formative for understanding colonialism press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Citizen and Subject
press.princeton.edu
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's dad's 1996 book Citizen and Subject is formative for understanding colonialism press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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BOMBA 💣
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Mais da metade dos créditos de carbono da Amazônia está ‘contaminada’ pela mineração
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas análise exclusiva da InfoAmazonia mostra que o selo verde esconde...
infoamazonia.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
BOMBA 💣
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws readsludge.com/2025/06/26/w...
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws
The companies and others are helping powerful lobbying groups fight lawmakers' efforts to address climate change.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws readsludge.com/2025/06/26/w...
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Which companies near you are making money from ICE? Explore our interactive map to find the businesses profiting from U.S. immigration policy. readsludge.com/2025/05/09/w...
Who’s Profiting From ICE?
Use this interactive map to see the companies near you with active U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts.
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May 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Which companies near you are making money from ICE? Explore our interactive map to find the businesses profiting from U.S. immigration policy. readsludge.com/2025/05/09/w...
Re: the children, do they know the Statue of Liberty was intended to commemorate the abolition of slavery before it became a symbol for welcoming immigrants?
April 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Re: the children, do they know the Statue of Liberty was intended to commemorate the abolition of slavery before it became a symbol for welcoming immigrants?
apnews.com/article/amer... members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts
AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts
Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged.
apnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
apnews.com/article/amer... members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts
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Excellent to see the grotesque, provocative, profane, derelict fiction of the great Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst will be published by @pushkinpress.com. Translators Nathanaël & Rachel Gontijo Araujo, and John Keene. Might appeal to readers of Clarice Lispector, Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn.
March 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Excellent to see the grotesque, provocative, profane, derelict fiction of the great Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst will be published by @pushkinpress.com. Translators Nathanaël & Rachel Gontijo Araujo, and John Keene. Might appeal to readers of Clarice Lispector, Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn.
Nobody:
Elon: MORE EVIDENCE USAID CORRUPTION
Elon: MORE EVIDENCE USAID CORRUPTION
March 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nobody:
Elon: MORE EVIDENCE USAID CORRUPTION
Elon: MORE EVIDENCE USAID CORRUPTION
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The attack on civil society and NGOs shows once again that the best lens to see Trumpism is as a form of Putinism
February 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The attack on civil society and NGOs shows once again that the best lens to see Trumpism is as a form of Putinism
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This conversation with my friend @nreville.bsky.social about his quest to find a medical cure for addiciton is one of the most hopeful, best conversations we've had on WITHPod
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Weight Loss Drugs for Curing Addiction? with Nicholas Reville
Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 01/14/2025 · 56m
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January 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This conversation with my friend @nreville.bsky.social about his quest to find a medical cure for addiciton is one of the most hopeful, best conversations we've had on WITHPod
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Show me to the B. Traven fan meet-up pf.
September 3, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Show me to the B. Traven fan meet-up pf.
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Se Novo Código Florestal fosse cumprido, Brasil teria 32 milhões de hectares de vegetação nativa a mais até 2050, de acordo com cálculo feito pela Plataforma Brasileira de Biodiversidade e Serviços Ecossistêmicos (BPBES).
O Agro é foda.
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O Agro é foda.
umsoplaneta.globo.com/sociedade/no...
Se Novo Código Florestal fosse cumprido, Brasil teria 32 milhões de hectares de vegetação nativa a mais até 2050
Cálculo foi feito pela Plataforma Brasileira de Biodiversidade e Serviços Ecossistêmicos (BPBES)
umsoplaneta.globo.com
September 2, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Se Novo Código Florestal fosse cumprido, Brasil teria 32 milhões de hectares de vegetação nativa a mais até 2050, de acordo com cálculo feito pela Plataforma Brasileira de Biodiversidade e Serviços Ecossistêmicos (BPBES).
O Agro é foda.
umsoplaneta.globo.com/sociedade/no...
O Agro é foda.
umsoplaneta.globo.com/sociedade/no...
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We're breaking the news: AIPAC has officially surpassed the $100 million spending mark on 2024 U.S. elections.
AIPAC Officially Surpasses $100 Million in Spending on 2024 Elections
The pro-Israel group passed the $100 million spending mark in July, according to new FEC information.
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August 27, 2024 at 11:22 PM
We're breaking the news: AIPAC has officially surpassed the $100 million spending mark on 2024 U.S. elections.
I was saved from a debilitating X addiction by a vast beef between malevolent billionaire Elon Musk and the whole ass country I am in. THE LORD IS WORKING IN OUR LIVES
September 2, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I was saved from a debilitating X addiction by a vast beef between malevolent billionaire Elon Musk and the whole ass country I am in. THE LORD IS WORKING IN OUR LIVES