Melissa Lima
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Melissa Lima
@melissa-lima.bsky.social
Trans girl 20 yo

From Portugal 🇵🇹
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I was already skeptical about transatlantic relations before it was cool. 😊
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.

Wherever in the world it happens.

You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Y2K frog girl 🌐🐸
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Descalça vai para a fonte
Lianor pela verdura;
Vai fermosa, e não segura.
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Whatever the reasons of the Republicans who stood up against Trump-Vance, this is GOOD news for U.S. democracy. Hopefully, it will bring a little bit of courage to Republicans in other states to push back to the administration’s anti-democratic initiatives.
BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.

Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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This is a pretty depressing read. Very few empowering suggestions, let alone solutions. And add to that how passive and (self-)isolated progressive U.S. civil society is, we could be in for a long dark period.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely

As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#economics
An upcoming new #book “Keynes for Our Times” - Prof Robert Skidelsky @yalebooks.bsky.social 26 May 2026
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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"Dez minutos em qualquer rede social permite perceber como o algoritmo está permanentemente enviesado para o discurso odioso, em particular da extrema-direita. Só uma mente muito ingénua poderá acreditar que tudo isto se passa sem consequências."👉 expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Love switching on my cable news to see Zeteo all over it.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Tough (pt. 1/6) #webcomics
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽
(PDF) Soccer as Civil Society
PDF | On Aug 28, 2025, Cas Mudde published Soccer as Civil Society | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in VA is effectively calling the Democratic mayoral nominee in NYC a liar on the eve of close, contentious, and crucial elections for both of them. What a joke this party often is. No wonder Republicans win so much.
Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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⚠️ ATENÇÃO: Não alimentem a propaganda do Chega
Evitem partilhar, republicar ou comentar vídeos e publicações provenientes de páginas ligadas ao Chega — mesmo que seja para criticar.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Não está a ser um dia fácil para o Messias de Massamá
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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“While she has made history by defying all odds to become Japan’s first-ever female prime minister, her rule threatens to set the country back by decades.”

Read seven essential facts about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s new hard-right prime minister:

zeteo.com/p/japan-firs...
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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By contemporary far-right standards, this is rare good news for democracy.
Far right fizzles in Portugal’s local elections
Chega failed to conquer any major cities but is set to receive three times as many votes as in 2021.
www.politico.eu
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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A quick comic bout my insta followers
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Primeiro parem de inventar, segundo o que é uma bola de berlim de espetáculos? A bola canta, dança, recita poesia?
August 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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problematic amount of senrio plushies gap
August 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Outro dado preocupante é a ausência quase total de pluralidade política: entre os 37 vídeos políticos identificados, 34 eram pró-CHEGA, dois eram críticos a este partido e apenas um era neutro (de apelo ao voto).
O algoritmo que não faz pausa: TikTok, propaganda política e o vazio das instituições
A democracia portuguesa não pode ficar refém de algoritmos opacos que acabam por interferir diretamente na formação da vontade popular.
observador.pt
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Why are they fighting on a cool transgender flag redesign?
July 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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"The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action..and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom.. It tries to provide guidance to scholars navigating the..global trend of democratic backsliding and autocratization, in particular in the U.S."
#AcademicSky
zenodo.org/records/1569...
July 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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O juiz do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil Alexandre de Moraes afirmou hoje que o tribunal mostrou que a”internet não é terra sem lei” após a decisão de que plataformas de redes sociais serão responsáveis pelo conteúdo partilhado.

Sabe mais: comunidadeculturaearte.com/internet-nao...
July 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM