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Apple.
Keep that in mind.

Brussels aims to sign Mercosur trade deal on Dec. 5 U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade has pushed the EU toward completing its long-awaited agreement with the South American bloc.

The European Commission is eyeing a possible signature of its long-awaited partnership agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries on Dec. 5 in Brazil, four EU diplomats told @politico.eu

w/ @camgijs.bsky.social @koenverhelst.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/brus...

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Opinion | Lula: Brazilian Democracy and Sovereignty Are Non-Negotiable The president of Brazil calls U.S. tariffs on his country “not only misguided but also illogical” and defends former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The U.S. government is using tariffs and the Magnitsky Act to seek impunity for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who orchestrated a failed coup attempt on Jan. 8, 2023, in an effort to subvert the popular will,” writes President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

"As diretrizes de 2024 mencionavam 'intolerância' e 'racismo sistêmico' como pontos negativos a serem sinalizados. O documento de 2025 remove ambas e marca "Diversidade, Equidade e Inclusão" como um tópico 'controverso'."

Cara, PELO AMOR DE DEUS, não existe lugar melhor no mundo que o Brasil! Hahahahaha

Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled the former president tried to reverse his 2022 election loss with a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Good to see there is still a country that punishes people for trying to overturn democracy www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Israel lobby has luxury antisemitism summit on Gold Coast while Gaza burns - Michael West While hundreds were killed in Gaza the Israel lobby held a luxury summit for local councillors to suppress criticism of Israel.

Israel lobby summit for mayors - push to ban 'antisemitic symbols' such as keffiya, Palestinian flag, watermelon.

Wendy Bacon @sstephanietrann.bsky.social cover the Gold Coast event
#auspol

michaelwest.com.au/israel-lobby...

He barely can articulate a few words, and when he finally does it, it's barely comprehensible. And it's all wrong.
This man will do more harm than we can imagine.

Thrilled that my artist book "Combinations" is being acquired by Artspace Mackay’s prestigious collection! Honoured and grateful. 📚✨ Photos from Libris Awards 2025 (open until Sept 14), thanks to Dylan Mooney, Assistant Curator.

Volkswagen Brazil found liable for ‘slave labor’ after priest’s long struggle In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages.

Volkswagen Brazil was found guilty of subjecting workers to conditions “analogous” to slavery between 1974 and 1986 in the Amazon and ordered to publicly acknowledge the abuses and pay more than $30 million in damages.

A trama do golpe: o julgamento de Bolsonaro Um julgamento inédito na história brasileira

ah se fizessem sempre jornalismo assim, factual g1.globo.com/politica/jul...

Homeless people often have mental health issues, now they can be evicted and banned from help if they are not "good tenants".
It's a cleaning policy that will drive the most vulnerable to the streets, or worse.

Labor accused of trying to ‘sneak through’ law change to strip non-citizens of fair process Greens’ David Shoebridge calls amendment ‘one of the nastiest, meanest attacks’ on multicultural Australia * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Refugee and human rights groups will launch a campaign demanding the federal government scrap a controversial migration amendment to explicitly remove procedural fairness in deportation decisions for foreign-born criminals, a proposal which advocates say is causing alarm among migrants. The Senate on Thursday rejected a Greens push for an inquiry into the legislation, which the senator David Shoebridge slammed as “one of the nastiest, meanest attacks” on multicultural Australia. Continue reading...

Labor accused of trying to ‘sneak through’ law change to strip non-citizens of fair process

Currently reading In Formation magazine, and I’m kinda in love with its whole deal.

E descobri esse ano que Flusser era amigo e interlocutor de Mira Schendel.
Uma das minhas artistas favorita de todos os tempos ♡

Lendo "o mundo codificado" de Vilém Flusser
Comprado há quase 20 anos, não consegui ler na época e estou fascinada como seus textos (fim 80s/início 90s) são atuais, complexos e esclarecedores.
Bônus: edição lindíssima da Cosac Naify, projeto gráfico elegante e eficiente, uma joia.

Opinião - Bianca Santana: O mapa-mundi precisa ser corrigido Representações não são neutras; cartografia que sustentou invasões e escravização, além de colonial, é distorcida

#Opinião
📝 Bianca Santana | O mapa-mundi precisa ser corrigido. Representações não são neutras; cartografia que sustentou invasões e escravização, além de colonial, é distorcida

Very disappointing.

"Alignment"

I witnessed censorship under a dictatorship and USA today is no more a democracy under the rule of law.

Isn't it funny she is complaining about sexism while members and supporters of MAGA are calling for women not be able to vote? While they destroy diversity policies?..

When it slightly catches up with her it seems to be a problem.

98 starved to death children

I suppose I've not seen enough TV lately and now I'm a bit shocked with the terrible (terrible!!) ads.
From cars to insurance, it's *bad*.

Porra, versão em cumbia é muito luxo, na moral... Beijos pra La Cumbia Artificial!

A young woman in a position of power is so threatening...

PQP
curioso que o governador desse estado insiste em tirar as câmeras corporais da PM -- POR QUE SERÁ??!!