Matilde Alves

81 Palestinians died in Israeli custody in the last two years, due to torture and neglect.
Since 7th October 2023, Israeli prisons have become an instrument of mass torture on unprecedented level.
There are currently over 11 thousands Palestinians in those prisons, most of them held without charge.

Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’ Goli Kouhkan, 25, on death row for seven years for killing her abusive husband, has until December to settle with the victim’s family

Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’

YouTube video by Renascença Maria João Pires admite: “Já não sou pianista”

Se tiverem de ver apenas uma coisa hoje, que seja isto: a Maria João Pires relembra-nos o que é — ou deveria ser — a música.
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Eu nunca ponho nas batatas fritas, por isso são saudáveis.
(Estou só a aplicar os teus critérios)

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies. “I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida. “I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. “So I just gave him my opinion.”

I’m crying

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Javier Marías, The Art of Fiction No. 190 “To think of posterity nowadays is ludicrous because things do not last. Books seem to last more than films or records but even they do not last very long.”

“After I won the Pulitzer … My parents were stunned, and extremely proud, but I remember my father said, ‘You should always have a backup plan. You’re like a politician now, and you will go in and out of favor.’” —Jhumpa Lahiri buff.ly/r8ozSPh

Que tempos…

That’s what I call a “paytriot”

Give the photographer who got this shot an award and a raise

Está em lista de espera. Lá chegarei.

Representa bem a essência daquele partido.

E demorou quantos anos a perceber isto? Teve que ficar fora da palhaçada do governo sombra, para chegar a esta conclusão.

This was my favorite sign from #Portland #NoKings. #putabirdonit

YouTube video by Tom Waits Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)

this is quite something - a rare public outing by Tom Waits with a moving performance of Tom Traubert's Blues, with its Waltzing Matilda refrain. Made for an Italian documentary, he uses the song to make a call for compassion for the homeless. He is now 75 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2sV...

E grande.

Iam 50 a pegar nele?

Não me lembres de coisas tristes. 😅

Tenho tempo até à meia noite. Tu não me apresses.

Qualquer dia temos de encomendar uma estante só para os troféus

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#laszlokrasznahorkai

Carta a Oren Rozenblat, embaixador de Israel É, acredite, com muita tristeza que me dirijo a si neste segundo aniversário do massacre de 7 de Outubro. Suponho que às primeiras linhas deste texto — se seque

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Claro. É pouco espertos, porque estamos a defender gente que nos odeia e que nos quer cortar a cabeça. Disseram-me no outro dia.

E não veem incoerência nisso. São sempre melhores que os outros.

Que nojo de gente. Não têm um pingo de decência.

O ódio, nas suas mais variadas expressões, domina a nossa vida coletiva.

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Que bonita. Depois de ir ao forno deve ficar uma maravilha

Vi isto sem reparar nas horas e pensei: mas ela vai comer sopa ao pequeno-almoço?

Women in Gaza say they were promised food, money or work in exchange for sexual interactions As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, some women say they're being exploited by local men promising food, money, or other aid in exchange for sexual interactions.

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, women say they have been exploited by local men — some associated with aid groups — promising food, money, water, supplies or work in exchange for sexual interactions

Também andas aqui?

Entretanto acabei por ver a notícia. Não consigo deixar de pensar naquela provocação, ainda estudante, a B Russell, em que lhe perguntava o que é que diria se morresse e se deparasse com Deus.

O John Searle morreu?