My across-the-hall neighbor died of a stroke last night. She’d had Covid three times; the third time was two weeks ago.

She was 28.

#Brazil 🇧🇷 | In Brazil's presidential election, Lula defeats Bolsonaro by more than 5,000,000 votes in the first round. The left-leaning former president Lula will now compete against the far-right Bolsonaro in the second round on 30 October.

With 95% counted I think the situation is clear - Lula beat Bolsonaro today, but by less than expected. Regardless of what polling indicated, this is a remarkable turnaround for Brazil compared to the situation in 2021. On to the second round - Oct 30 resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/in…

Among Brazilian communities abroad, Lula 13 was the most voted in:
New Zealand
Australia
China
Palestine
South Korea
Singapore
Estonia
Finland
Egypt
Kenya
Hungary
Poland
Denmark
Czech republic
Belgium

Who is God?! Y’all I’ve cried today😭

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The child is just trans. These sort of posts annoy me because how is that even comparable to the atrocities on this tweet?

You think you’re being supportive but you’re just saying “it’s bad but not that bad”

There is nothing wrong with being trans

Lmao as someone who also benefited from this type of reasoning 😉

This is a banner with names of children who died at residential schools. It is so long, it takes about three dozen people to march it.

I love this picture of her so damn much. You can feel the energy shifting

Well, this is subtle.

After decades of this, everyone understands how PPPs can be used to siphon endless sums out of the public coffers. But there's a more sinister aspect to PPPs that is only just coming to light, exemplified by Palantir's leaked plans to take over the NHS. 14/

When a private sector manager takes over a public service and extracts so much profit from the system that it risks collapse, the public sector is blamed for undersubsidising the service, and the looter can demand *more* money.

Lather, rinse, repeat. 13/

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose proposition. 12/

These #PublicPrivatePartnerships were billed as a #ThirdWay , combining the strengths of both the public and private sectors. In reality, they were a way to transfer a ever-larger sums from the public purse to private investors. 11/