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Mac Margolis

@macmargolis.bsky.social

Brazil by way of New England, Reporter, writer, opinionator, web flaneur, telling stories about Brazil and beyond for Bloomberg, NPR, Newsweek, Washington Post and others.

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Mac Margolis@macmargolis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Like countless outsiders, I landed in Brazil to the beat of some of the world's most fabulous sounds. Bossa nova, MPB, samba - who could want more? Four decades on, and behold: sertanejo, Brazilian country music, is everywhere. And right behind it -- Gospel. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Forget Samba. Gospel Is the Soundtrack Behind a New Brazil

Latin America’s largest country is looking increasingly evangelical — a shift in faith that’s reshaping culture and power.

bloomberg.com

Lúcia Guimarães@luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Âncora + visível (e + bem remunerada) do canal de cabo que abriga a centro-esquerda, autora de livros sobre história política, Rhodes Scholar, deu show de imaturidade editorial pegando a pergunta do site Metropolis para sugerir que a Casa Branca poderia se envolver numa fuga de Bolsonaro. Ridículo.

Lúcia Guimarães@luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Report on @maddow.bsky.social last night as bad as the “exclusive” on Trump’s taxes in 2017. All adolescent glee, very little substance. If her producers had taken the time to read solid coverage of the actual weekend events, she’d have been spared the embarrassment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBrV...

Mac Margolis@macmargolis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I urge you to read the piece again, emphasis this graph: "This is the case in Mato Grosso, where mechanised farms typically take over spent pasture, displacing ranchers such as Nascimento into pristine areas of neighbouring Pará, in the eastern Amazon basin."

Christopher J Stevens@metaphysiology.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I've unattached my post, since the comments in question are not mine. But I will note that, while your original submitted text perhaps mentioned the link between soy and beef, neither meat, nor livestock, nor beef, nor animals appear to be mentioned at all in the published version.

Mac Margolis@macmargolis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thanks for your comments. But, this is not a story about which is the villain, soy or beef, but rather the link between the two. Mechanized farms take over spent pastures, pushing ranchers deeper into the rainforest, driving + felling, higher land prices, and demand for more roads.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

In response to President Trump’s executive orders and his all-out assault on government bureaucracy, federal judges across the U.S. have issued rulings at a blistering rate for the past two months. Read the key passages in several noteworthy rulings here.

Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.

Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.

nytimes.com

Mac Margolis@macmargolis.bsky.social · last yr.

Closing out my series of articles on rainforest cities for the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, here's the bookend piece from @theguardian.com on ancient garden cities of the Amazon Basin, and what they can teach us. pulitzercenter.org/stories/lost...

Lost Cities of the Amazon: How Science Is Revealing Ancient Garden Towns Hidden in the Rainforest

Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards For decades, archaeologists have...

pulitzercenter.org

Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter.org · 2y ago

Paragominas, in the northern Brazilian #Amazon, was once synonymous with #deforestation, controlled by predatory #loggers and ranchers. Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region. Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...

From the Ashes: How a Mayor Beat the Loggers To Turn the Amazon Green Again

Once known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires It’s 9am and the sun is...

pulitzercenter.org

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2y ago

We finally found something that will shock CNN hosts -- a cop telling a white-supremacist thug "go fuck yourself" Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2y ago

JUST NOW: “Obviously, we didn’t get to beep that.” CNN’s Pamela Brown reacts to Officer Fanone’s choice words for the head of the Oath Keepers Trump just pardoned after his seditious conspiracy conviction, who says he has no regrets.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2y ago

The three richest men in the world are all genuflecting before Trump. All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power. This is what oligarchy looks like.

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Mac Margolis@macmargolis.bsky.social · 2y ago

As wildfires ravaged the Amazon basin last year, the specter of rainforest destruction again became a global headline. But one township, Paragominas, though also singed, escaped the worst. Here's the backstory of one of the Amazon's greenest towns. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

From the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green again

Once known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires

theguardian.com

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 2y ago

⚡️ Russian troops sabotage their boats to avoid Dnipro River crossing, Ukrainian partisans claim. Russian soldiers increasingly sabotage their own boats and equipment to avoid having to storm the Dnipro River islands on the southern front, Ukrainian resistance group Atesh claimed on Dec. 10.

Russian troops sabotage their boats to avoid Dnipro River crossing, Ukrainian partisans claim

Russian soldiers increasingly sabotage their own boats and equipment to avoid having to attack the Dnipro River islands on the southern front, Ukrainian resistance group Atesh claimed on Dec. 10.

kyivindependent.com