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

(9) Totemic Light Sculptures: Yanomami shamanic chants – Mixed media art installation – YouTube

Totemic Light Sculptures art installation: “Yanomami shamans struggle against xawara – the smoke of epidemics” – art installation with sounds of many Yanomam…

Opinion | Anti-Vax Insanity – The New York Times

Why were Americans turning away a vaccine that many people in other parts of the world were literally dying for? Many did so because of their fidelity to the lie and their fidelity to the liar. They did it because they were — and still are — slavishly devoted to Trump, and because many politicians and conservative commentators helped Trump propagate his lies.

A recent Monmouth University poll found that, “Among those who admit they will not get the vaccine if they can avoid it, 70 percent either identify with or lean toward the Republican Party while just 6 percent align with the Democrats.”

The Week’s Best Cartoons 8/7

Filosofa's Word

As she does every Saturday, our friend TokyoSand has scoured the ‘Net for the best political cartoons of the week.  There are a couple of really great ones this week.  As you might guess, the big topics of the week are the COVID surge and Andrew Cuomo.  Here are a few, but be sure to head over to TokyoSand’s place, Political Charge, to see the rest!  The very last one on TokyoSand’s page is especially touching.  Thank you for all your hard work in finding these, TS!

Be sure to check out the rest of the ‘toons over at Political Charge!

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Spain bans small boats from stretch of water after orca encounters | Spain | The Guardian (Me: Orca defending “their” territory!)

The most recent order was aimed at preventing “further incidents with orcas” the ministry said in a statement. “Since 27 March – the date of the first encounter [this year] – the cetaceans have had 56 interactions with small sailboats, at times causing rudder failure. Up to 25 cases required the services of Spain’s maritime rescue to tow vessels into port.” Source: Spain bans small boats from stretch of water after orca encounters | Spain | The Guardian

Fernando Pessoa

Vivaldi translation: ”Life is what we make of it. Travel is travelers. What we live is not what we see, but what we are. ”

Fernando Pessoa.

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” A vida é o que fazemos dela. As viagens são os viajantes. O que vivemos não é o que vemos, senão o que somos. “

Fernando Pessoa.

https://www.42frases.com.br

Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem: jccabral_color/ Porto, Portugal, Europa/ Instagram

Santarém, Pá 8 de Agosto de 2021

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Barbara Crane Navarro : « L’objectif de mes films, projets d’installation et livres pour enfants est d’attirer l’attention sur la forêt tropicale et les questions autochtones ». — Causes perdues

Barbara Crane Navarro

Femme Yanomami en train de peindre le visage de sa fille avec de l’achiote Dès 1978, Barbara Crane Navarro vit à Paris et exerce ses talents d’artiste-peintre. Depuis plusieurs décennies, elle crée des œuvres « inspirées par le temps passé avec les communautés Yanomami au Venezuela et au Brésil pendant les mois d’hiver ». Voyager[…][…]

Barbara Crane Navarro : « L’objectif de mes films, projets d’installation et livres pour enfants est d’attirer l’attention sur la forêt tropicale et les questions autochtones ». — Causes perdues — Transformations

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Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

The enigmatic blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti – local name “Paujil”), endemic to the tropical humid forests of northern Colombia, is the cracid species most threatened with extinction in the wild from#deforestation

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas — Palm Oil Detectives

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