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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro to speak today, won’t contest election result • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to make an official statement on his election defeat later on Tuesday, his communications minister said, adding that the far-right leader will not contest the results. Bolsonaro has yet to concede defeat to his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Kaziranga National Park, India – Nacionalni park Kaziranga, Indija

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Bramaputra je jedna od velikih azijskih rijeka. Ona svoj, 3.000 kilometara dug put ka Bengalskom zalivu, započinje na planini Kajlaš u zapadnom Tibetu. Kajlaš je planina koju budisti i Hindusi obožavaju kao inkarnaciju Merua, mistične planine u centru kosmosa. Na početku svog toka, rijeka užurbano teče kroz Himalajsku visoravan stvarajući klisure i dijeleći se u mnoštvo rijeka kojese, opet, susreću u velikoj dolini. Za državu Asam, jednu od najudaljenijih u Indiji, Bramaputra predstavlja i život i smrt. Toliko je moćna da, tokom monsunske sezone (od maja do septembra), može izmijeniti morfologiju predjela rušeći sve pred sobom, a tokom sušnog perioda stvarajući plodno tlo. Njeno korito i široka pješčana područja neprestano se mijenjaju i jedna su od posljednjih utočišta ugroženih vrsta, poput azijskog nosoroga i bengalskog tigra.

Da bi sačuvala ovu faunu, asamska vlada je 1975. godine osnovala Nacionalni park Kaziranga, koji se smatra jednom od posljednjih netaknutih oblasti na potkontinentu…

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Marii Freire

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A vida na sua forma bruta, tem sua beleza. Beleza crua, evidentemente. Talvez por isso, o encanto, o fascínio e a sedução, é o que faz desta, na sua naturalidade brusca, ser vista com olhar de piedade, prazer e bondade. Quanto aos devaneios humanos, eles são necessários para que eu e você, possamos sobreviver a parte massacrante. A vida é uma brevidade, mas é nesse modo de duplicar as coisas boas que encontramos prazer naquilo que fazemos. O êxtase reside não na liberdade, ou paixão bela existência, mas no que reflete esses instantes para cada um de nós.

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Santarém, Pá 1 de novembro de 2022

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Turkish Tuesday Sihirli Annem (s1e4) : #LanguageLearning to Build Empathy even for Evil Ex-Boyfriends?? — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Last week we saw Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e3) & Unfairness Hurts Us ALL, but Magic is Not the Solution, Logic Is… , and   This week we see bölüm/episode 4 from a fellow blogger (Birgid)’s point of view.  The episode sees an old ex of Betüş’s, and a new relationship blooming for Cem… […]

Turkish Tuesday Sihirli Annem (s1e4) : #LanguageLearning to Build Empathy even for Evil Ex-Boyfriends?? — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Poignant Thought: The Wild Cows on the Island of Swona

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In the mid-20th Century, on the remote island of Swona in Scotland, the Rosie family kept animals including a herd of cows. As the decades wore on, their children moved away and the elderly stalwarts of the family stayed on and eventually died there. Moving of the cattle from the island would have been too difficult. So when the final person on Swona died in 1974, the cows were allowed to roam free.

Forty six years have passed and the nature of the cattle has been changing. From unobserved domesticate to something else, something more – feral. Something increasingly wild.

Attempts to make an animal round up were abandoned and the animals were left to live as they wished. Roaming through the grassy sward and finding shelter amongst the increasingly broken down ruins.

There was always the expectation that they would die out over the harsh winter – it never…

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Did Any of Us Notice? — Filosofa’s Word

Originally posted on The World As It Is. Not As It Should Be: Two days ago 100 people died in twin bombings in the capital of Somalia. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63445415 No, I did not notice at the time. I only read this by chance when checking the BBC newsfeed for an update on the latest antics of…

Did Any of Us Notice? — Filosofa’s Word

Anni 2022 e 2022: la libertà di stampa in Europa

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La classifica annuale relativa al 2022 che valuta lo stato delgiornalismo e il suo grado di libertà in 180 paesi del mondo indica che l’Italia occupa attualmente la58esima posizione, perdendo 17 posti rispetto al 2021 e al 2020, quando invece era stabile alla 41esima posizione. È stata superata anche da Gambia e Suriname.

Nell’anno 2016 invece la condizione del giornalismo in Italia aveva fatto un balzo avanti rispetto ai sei anni precedenti quando il paese era 77esimo su 180.

Nel report di questo anno, realizzato grazie a interviste rilasciate dai cronisti in forma anonima, la principale novità rispetto agli anni scorsi è legata all’autocensura, ammessa da diversi giornalisti.

Uno dei fattori che ha particolarmente influenzato la discesa in graduatoria dell’Italia, è l’autocensura poiché i giornalisti a volte cedono alla tentazione di autocensurarsi, o per conformarsi alla linea editoriale della propria testata giornalistica, oper evitare una denuncia per diffamazioneo…

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UN experts condemn ‘stark dehumanisation’ of African migrants to Europe | Africanews

“It is alarming there is still no concrete accountability months after dozens of migrants of African descent, including refugees and asylum seekers, died during violent encounters with border security forces in Melilla, Spain,” the independent experts said in a statement.

The incident on June 24, when around 2,000 mostly Sudanese nationals tried to enter the Spanish enclave, marks one of the deadliest attempted crossings in years.

The United Nations rights office said at the time that at least 23 people had died.

But in Monday’s statement, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia and the working group of experts on people of African descent put the toll at least 37.

“And dozens more were injured because of the excessive and lethal use of force by Moroccan and Spanish law enforcement authorities,” said the experts, who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council but do not speak on behalf of the world body.

Source: UN experts condemn ‘stark dehumanisation’ of African migrants to Europe | Africanews