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Summer Samba
Originally posted on Daria:
“Summer Samba” (also known as “So Nice” or its original Portuguese title, “Samba de Verão”) is a 1964 bossa nova song by Brazilian composer Marcos Valle, with Russian-language lyrics by Alexei Ivashhenko; the original Portuguese lyrics…
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Lula, Brazil, and the World
Originally posted on The Net Projection:
Lula has led the most successful democratic economic redistribution project the world has seen in the modern world, yet he has been sentenced by the Brazilian Supreme Court in complete disregard of the Constitution…
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“We’re in a struggle for our equal humanity”: Black women maintain Marielle Franco’s struggle one month after the Rio councilwoman’s assassination
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Facing up to reality, at least
Originally posted on RioReal:
Just what is Rio’s post-intervention reality? Panelists chat before the March 26 public hearing on the Federal Intervention, at the Federal Public Defenders’ Rio office Tough to say. But one thing is certain: there’s more information…
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Tom Lehrer: Mathematician-musician
Originally posted on Knowledge in Civil Society:
In 1959, the mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer — who turns 90 this month — performed what he characteristically called a “completely pointless” scientific song at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (He was…
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Port Urbanism, Blackness, and the Shipping Crate in ‘Collapse: Works by Dewey Crumpler’ — a conversation with curator Sampada Aranke
Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
Dewey Crumpler, Untitled 3 (2017). Photo by Yosef Chaim Kalinko, Seattle University. “He would do these walks along the port, and see these shipping containers come in and out, and became particularly interested in the way…
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Have a Cheat Day Treat… with Manchester’s Yes! Doughnuts
Originally posted on Jess' Random World:
The first thing that pops into my head when I think about doughnuts is American cops stuffing their face while on a stakeout (not that I don’t want to do that at least once…
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Frank’s Photo Challenge – History (Manchester)
Originally posted on Nature Knows Best :
This week’s Photo Challenge set by Frank (author of fab blog “Dutch Goes The Photo”) has set HISTORY. See https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2017/07/04/tuesday-photo-challenge-history/ I’ve just spent a couple of weeks in my beloved Manchester (UK) which is brimming with…
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Delicious Fancy Food with Edible Flowers
Dra. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD Flowers are so beautiful, they look gorgeous in their nature habitat, in our homes. Flowers are given to show love, passion, compassion, celebration, happiness. But flowers are much more than that. Lots of flowers … Continue reading
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