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

Álvaro de Campos

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” Multipliquei-me para me sentir, para me sentir, precisei ser tudo.”

Álvaro de Campos ( heterônimo) de Fernando Pessoa

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Marii Freire Pereira

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Imagem: pinterest/ Emmlien/ Porto/ Portugal

Santarém, Pá 16 de julho de 2022

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Castro Alves

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” Quebraram- se as cadeias, é livre a terra inteira,

A humanidade marcha com a Bíblia por bandeira;

São livres os escravos, quero empunhar a lira,

Quero que est’alma ardente um canto audaz desfira,

Quero enlaçar meu hino aos murmúrios dos ventos,

Às harpas das estrelas, no mar sós elementos!

Castro Alves ( O navio Negreiro e outros poemas. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2007. p. 69)

Literatura brasileira em diálogo com outras literaturas e outras linguagens. William Cereja e Thereza Cochar. Editora Atual. 5 ed.reform. São Paulo, 2013

Marii Freire Pereira

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Imagem: ( crédito: Arquivo Pessoal/ Castro Alves, o poeta dos escrevos. / S. R Ferreira/ Academia Brasileira de Letras

Santarém, Pá 16 de julho de 2022

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Saturday Surprise — Beauty, Humour and Furry Critters (Redux)

Filosofa's Word

As I find myself sorely lacking in humour tonight, I am reposting a Saturday Surprise from June 2018, but it is, I think, one well worth repeating! I hope you find a smile or two here to start your weekend!


Well, well, well … we have all survived yet another week and here it is, the first official weekend of summer! So, does everyone have happy plans for the weekend? Me? No, no … Chris is at yet another band competition this weekend, this one in Dublin (Ohio, not Ireland), so Goose and I are just chillin’. I don’t know about you all, but I think my U.S. friends will know what I mean when I say it’s been a tough week, and personally, I’m in the mood for some beauty, some humour, and some cute furry critters. But first, a funny-sad story about a member of the Sig-7 (short…

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Life of the Soil

Kaushal Kishore

When the wind kisses her
she starts blowing hot and cold
like a young maiden,
in company with wind and sun
when she feels dry and thirsty,
she waits avidly for the moistness
to fill the cracks on her dryness,
and when rain comes
she gets drenched with joy
to prepare herself
for her green youth and fertility
changing colours and shapes
from time to time
and from place to place
just to serve humanity…

She gets molded
into any shape we need
by laying as a clay
on the potter’s wheel,
she purifies whatever she receives
so pious that a home gets purified
when coated with her,
she keeps open her chest to share
her bounty of crops, ores and minerals…

We err when we take
her fragility, humility and diversity
to shower her love and blessings
as her meek surrender
to the might of human rights,
but we…

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Biden says US insists on ‘full and transparent accounting’ of death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – CNNPolitics

Biden on Friday called Abu Akleh’s death an “enormous loss” as he stood alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
“I hope that her legacy … will inspire more young people to carry on her work of reporting the truth and telling stories that are too often overlooked. The United States will continue to insist on a full and transparent accounting of her death and will continue to stand up for media freedom everywhere in the world,” Biden said.
He added, “She was an American, an American citizen and a proud Palestinian and she was performing very vital work in an independent media, a vital work of democracy.”

Source: Biden says US insists on ‘full and transparent accounting’ of death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – CNNPolitics

Milwaukee mask advisory in effect, not a mandate, as COVID-19 spreads

The city of Milwaukee Health Department is advising residents to wear masks at public settings indoors amid rising cases and the circulation of the BA.5 variant of COVID-19.

The advisory is in effect for all individuals older than 2 regardless of vaccination status or prior infection. Early research indicates that BA.5, now the country’s dominant variant, is “seemingly more transmissible and more immune-evading” than other variants, the advisory states.

The CDC’s finding of “high” COVID-19 spread in Milwaukee County was based on 294.91 new cases per 100,000 people in the last week, 12.8 new hospital admissions with COVID-19 per 100,000 people in that time period and 3.4% of inpatient beds occupied by patients with confirmed COVID-19.

Source: Milwaukee mask advisory in effect, not a mandate, as COVID-19 spreads