Sara Velez
@saravelezz.bsky.social
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“If American democracy is to prevail, pro-democracy forces must follow the handbook that has enabled oppositions to stop would-be autocrats in other countries,” writes @lgamboa.bsky.social. “The alternative may be to find that democracy has slipped away while they wait.”
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“If American democracy is to prevail, pro-democracy forces must follow the handbook that has enabled oppositions to stop would-be autocrats in other countries,” writes @lgamboa.bsky.social. “The alternative may be to find that democracy has slipped away while they wait.”
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Quando uma "firma" que nem marca tem faz cair um governo cuja primeira medida foi fazer cair uma marca.
Design karma's a bitch.
Design karma's a bitch.
March 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Quando uma "firma" que nem marca tem faz cair um governo cuja primeira medida foi fazer cair uma marca.
Design karma's a bitch.
Design karma's a bitch.
No Watson, this was not an accident, this was done by design.
Egypt's plan for Gaza’s reconstruction (presented on 4 March) includes an architectural master plan that carries forward key elements of Israel’s designed destruction of Gaza, with its proposal for (1) a ‘buffer zone’, (2) security corridors, and (3) raid routes.
March 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
No Watson, this was not an accident, this was done by design.
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‘When Marie-Antoinette went to the guillotine, it was part of her degradation to be dressed only in a chemise. She had kept a clean one for the occasion.’
Rosemary Hill on fashion in the French Revolution: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill on fashion in the French Revolution: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill · No More Corsets: Dressing the Revolution
Joséphine Bonaparte and Térézia Tallien developed a new way of dressing that freed the body and redrew the female...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘When Marie-Antoinette went to the guillotine, it was part of her degradation to be dressed only in a chemise. She had kept a clean one for the occasion.’
Rosemary Hill on fashion in the French Revolution: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill on fashion in the French Revolution: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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LAND OF THE BULLY - after the appalling way in which Volodymyr Zelensky was treated today at the White House by Trump and Vance, we can safely say that the USA is no longer the land of the free.
Directed and animated by André Carrilho; sound by Philippe Lenzini; produced by JP Cotrim for RTP
Directed and animated by André Carrilho; sound by Philippe Lenzini; produced by JP Cotrim for RTP
March 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
LAND OF THE BULLY - after the appalling way in which Volodymyr Zelensky was treated today at the White House by Trump and Vance, we can safely say that the USA is no longer the land of the free.
Directed and animated by André Carrilho; sound by Philippe Lenzini; produced by JP Cotrim for RTP
Directed and animated by André Carrilho; sound by Philippe Lenzini; produced by JP Cotrim for RTP
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Red is often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping out of our grasp?
The Eternal Mysteries of Red
It’s often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping out of our grasp?
www.newyorker.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Red is often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping out of our grasp?
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Manual de instruções.
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Manual de instruções.
“Pois - mas, estamos a descobrir de novo, como se fosse realmente novo, os autocratas podem ser populares. E por mais que devêssemos sabê-lo, e saber como se lida com isso, não sabemos. Vamos de ter de aprender, e depressa.”
www.dn.pt/edicao-impre...
www.dn.pt/edicao-impre...
Ainda estamos aqui?
Já não sei onde li isto: a velocidade a que Donald Trump despachou dezenas de “ordem executivas” (OE) que põem em causa valores básicos da democracia americana
www.dn.pt
February 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Pois - mas, estamos a descobrir de novo, como se fosse realmente novo, os autocratas podem ser populares. E por mais que devêssemos sabê-lo, e saber como se lida com isso, não sabemos. Vamos de ter de aprender, e depressa.”
www.dn.pt/edicao-impre...
www.dn.pt/edicao-impre...
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pessoas que morrem de pé
Maria Teresa Horta 🖤
Maria Teresa Horta 🖤
February 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
pessoas que morrem de pé
Maria Teresa Horta 🖤
Maria Teresa Horta 🖤