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Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o

Barbara Crane Navarro

O escritor Ailton Krenak em foto de O Globo O líder indígena e escritor Ailton Krenak foi o vencedor do 62o Troféu Juca Pato, da União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE). A premiação, segundo o noticiário, destacou a publicação de “Ideias para Adiar o Fim do Mundo”. Escolhido pelos associados à entidade, Ailton concorreu com nomes[…]

Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o

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Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

Barbara Crane Navarro

Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic https://ift.tt/3A0nfPL Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the AmazonThe London Economic Superforest via “deforestation” – Google Newshttps://ift.tt/2tI2HiE

Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

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‘Abortion reversal’, the latest attack on women’s sexual health, is delusional | openDemocracy

Abortion pill reversal’ (APR) treatment was invented by an anti-abortion doctor in California. It involves taking high doses of progesterone, a hormone, following the first of two pills used for a medical abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol).

Progesterone isn’t dangerous, but this delusional ‘treatment’ could be. The only high-quality clinical trial into this method, in the US, was halted in 2019 after some participants hospitalised with severe haemorrhaging.

Along with other openDemocracy reporters across four continents, I contacted a 24-hour APR hotline – run out of the US by the Christian Right group Heartbeat International – while posing as a pregnant woman living in Uruguay.

A US hotline operator emailed me a copy of a ‘consent form’ stating that I understood APR was an “off-label use of progesterone” and that I should “seek emergency medical care immediately” if I experienced pain or heavy bleeding.

Then I was connected to local activists and a doctor in Uruguay. This doctor gave me a progesterone prescription over the phone, and the local activists insisted that they could bring the pills to my home and for free.

No national medical authorities in Uruguay have approved or recommended APR. Despite this, the Uruguayan doctor assured me there was “no reason for fear”. Shesaid that this treatment works, although it is not “standard practice”.

But my pregnancy was fake – as fake as the world in which APR is a ‘treatment’.

Source: ‘Abortion reversal’, the latest attack on women’s sexual health, is delusional | openDemocracy

Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation:
“Silence is the prayer of the wise”. Every form of silence humanizes us. When you have nothing to say, be proud of it; not to shut up, but to conscience before reacting.

Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” O silêncio é a oração dos sábios “. Toda forma de silêncio nos humaniza. Quando não tiver nada a dizer, orgulhe-se disso; não do calar, mas da consciência antes de reagir.

Marii Freire Pereira

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Imagem: pinterest. Steve A.

Santarém, Pá 18 de Agosto de 2021

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Wat Pho

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Bangkok, 2017

Mergând mult pe jos prin Bangkok, am intrat în zeci de temple budiste.

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Unele sunt gratuite, la altele se plătește bilet de intrare, al cărui preț variază în raport cu importanța lor istorică. În unele intram doar ca să mă așez la umbră, să mănânc, să mă răcoresc. Toate dispun de toalete curate, fapt deloc de neglijat într-o țară cu riscuri alimentare.

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Fiecare templu are câte un element distinctiv special, care îi conferă un plus de sacralitate.

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Oamenii merg acolo să se roage, să aștepte un miracol, să găsească putere, să reflecteze. Ritualul este identic, te descalți, intri discret, te așezi pe jos. Ce se întâmplă după aceea veți vedea, e păcat să vă spun chiar totul.

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Printre acestea, Wat Pho, cel mai vechi și mai mare templu din Thailanda, în care funcționează o universitate religioasă, o școală medicală și un institut de masaje tradiționale, este azi cea…

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Human rights office to probe ‘disturbing surge of hate’ in B.C. | Globalnews.ca

The first public inquiry from British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner will examine white supremacy and the “disturbing surge of hate” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The commissioner’s office said in a news release there has been a significant rise in reported hate-related incidents in B.C. since 2020, which highlights an urgent need for a “trauma-informed” investigation.

Source: Human rights office to probe ‘disturbing surge of hate’ in B.C. | Globalnews.ca