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(Will write in EN 🇬🇧 and PT 🇵🇹)
(Will write in EN 🇬🇧 and PT 🇵🇹)
What’s Portugal really like?
Storm Kristin hit the city of Leiria pretty hard. Hundreds of thousands lost power, fuel and were at risk. The official response? The defense minister gave a press conference surrounded by military teams and as soon as it was done the military packed up and went home.
Storm Kristin hit the city of Leiria pretty hard. Hundreds of thousands lost power, fuel and were at risk. The official response? The defense minister gave a press conference surrounded by military teams and as soon as it was done the military packed up and went home.
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
What’s Portugal really like?
Storm Kristin hit the city of Leiria pretty hard. Hundreds of thousands lost power, fuel and were at risk. The official response? The defense minister gave a press conference surrounded by military teams and as soon as it was done the military packed up and went home.
Storm Kristin hit the city of Leiria pretty hard. Hundreds of thousands lost power, fuel and were at risk. The official response? The defense minister gave a press conference surrounded by military teams and as soon as it was done the military packed up and went home.
Stop trying to sell us stuff. I can not emphasise enough how tired I am of commercialism. Not everything is an opportunity for profit and not every interaction should be reduced to a transaction. We all deserve genuinely human experiences that are not about extracting value from ourselves or others.
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Stop trying to sell us stuff. I can not emphasise enough how tired I am of commercialism. Not everything is an opportunity for profit and not every interaction should be reduced to a transaction. We all deserve genuinely human experiences that are not about extracting value from ourselves or others.
I've always enjoyed Adam Nevill's work and The Reddening was no exception. It is a well paced folk horror novel that tells us the stories of two women whose lives cross the path of a prehistoric cannibal cult. The atmosphere is great and it's somewhat gory (to be expected) but not excessively.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I've always enjoyed Adam Nevill's work and The Reddening was no exception. It is a well paced folk horror novel that tells us the stories of two women whose lives cross the path of a prehistoric cannibal cult. The atmosphere is great and it's somewhat gory (to be expected) but not excessively.
This is what I mean when I say Lisbon is a city for tourists and the rich. The locals have been abandoned and left to fend for themselves as a political class (local and national) with massive personal and family investments in real estate cash in obscene amounts of money.
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is what I mean when I say Lisbon is a city for tourists and the rich. The locals have been abandoned and left to fend for themselves as a political class (local and national) with massive personal and family investments in real estate cash in obscene amounts of money.
Pelos vistos o Portugal Sou Eu achou por bem abandonar a universalidade do Natal e o que celebra e pede ao pai natal que mostre que "é dos nossos". Por oposição a ser dos outros? Será que Jesus, cujo nascimento supostamente se comemora, também deve mostrar ser dos "nossos"?
Natal 2025 - Mostra que és dos nossos
YouTube video by Portugal Sou Eu
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pelos vistos o Portugal Sou Eu achou por bem abandonar a universalidade do Natal e o que celebra e pede ao pai natal que mostre que "é dos nossos". Por oposição a ser dos outros? Será que Jesus, cujo nascimento supostamente se comemora, também deve mostrar ser dos "nossos"?
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a feast for the eyes, the locations, the wardrobe, the props, it all works very well together to create something coherent and pleasing. The dialogue though has not had the same level of care. It is mostly ok with moments where it just becomes descriptive.
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a feast for the eyes, the locations, the wardrobe, the props, it all works very well together to create something coherent and pleasing. The dialogue though has not had the same level of care. It is mostly ok with moments where it just becomes descriptive.
The Three by Sarah Lotz surprised me a bit. The story follows children that survived 4 different plane crashes that took place simultaneously in different spots of the globe. Soon enough people start questioning how the children survived and why. Doomsday cults pop up and things go downhill fast.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Three by Sarah Lotz surprised me a bit. The story follows children that survived 4 different plane crashes that took place simultaneously in different spots of the globe. Soon enough people start questioning how the children survived and why. Doomsday cults pop up and things go downhill fast.
Há pessoas cujas publicações são 90-100% reacções à extrema direita - o que disseram na tv, a mais recente mentira, a última desinformação. Sabendo-se que isto ajuda a espalhar as ideologias totalitárias eu só posso comparar estas pessoas a crianças que todos os dias falham o teste do marshmallow
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Há pessoas cujas publicações são 90-100% reacções à extrema direita - o que disseram na tv, a mais recente mentira, a última desinformação. Sabendo-se que isto ajuda a espalhar as ideologias totalitárias eu só posso comparar estas pessoas a crianças que todos os dias falham o teste do marshmallow
Watched Weapons and frankly it did not live up to the hype. It's a derivation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story where a witch figure captures children and is told using a POV structure that shifts between a few characters. This could have been a good narrative tool but it ends up failing.
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Watched Weapons and frankly it did not live up to the hype. It's a derivation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story where a witch figure captures children and is told using a POV structure that shifts between a few characters. This could have been a good narrative tool but it ends up failing.
Random bluesky account posting photos of their short holidays in Portugal.
My internal dialogue: oh good... more tourists... God knows we need more of those...
My internal dialogue: oh good... more tourists... God knows we need more of those...
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Random bluesky account posting photos of their short holidays in Portugal.
My internal dialogue: oh good... more tourists... God knows we need more of those...
My internal dialogue: oh good... more tourists... God knows we need more of those...
Outpost by Adam Baker is a good zombie apocalypse novel. As the world ends the staff of an Arctic refinery are stuck on their platform. Tensions rise, plans are made and everyone wants a way out. But is there a world to go back to? The horror is well balanced and keeps the reader engaged. A fun read
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Outpost by Adam Baker is a good zombie apocalypse novel. As the world ends the staff of an Arctic refinery are stuck on their platform. Tensions rise, plans are made and everyone wants a way out. But is there a world to go back to? The horror is well balanced and keeps the reader engaged. A fun read
Lisbon's mayor just got himself reelected, continuing the country's right-wing shift. His first term was pretty bad and his second one is shaping up to be even worse. We can expect overtourism to keep ravaging the city and real estate speculation to remain rampant. A city for tourists and the rich.
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Lisbon's mayor just got himself reelected, continuing the country's right-wing shift. His first term was pretty bad and his second one is shaping up to be even worse. We can expect overtourism to keep ravaging the city and real estate speculation to remain rampant. A city for tourists and the rich.
We all know Venezuela is not a democracy but Liberal and Progressive media should really do its homework and check who the Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado is. Maybe ask why she was invited as a speaker by the European far right group "patriots.eu"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...
María Corina Machado - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We all know Venezuela is not a democracy but Liberal and Progressive media should really do its homework and check who the Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado is. Maybe ask why she was invited as a speaker by the European far right group "patriots.eu"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...
What's a critically panned movie that you just can't help loving? 🎥
I'll Start.... Deep Blue Sea 🖤
I'll Start.... Deep Blue Sea 🖤
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What's a critically panned movie that you just can't help loving? 🎥
I'll Start.... Deep Blue Sea 🖤
I'll Start.... Deep Blue Sea 🖤
For people wishing to visit Portugal: please don't. Nothing against you personally (I'm sure you're great) but tourism in Portugal has become the engine of social inequality, inflation and corruption. Please stop feeding this vampiric industry that is sucking the country dry and making us all suffer
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For people wishing to visit Portugal: please don't. Nothing against you personally (I'm sure you're great) but tourism in Portugal has become the engine of social inequality, inflation and corruption. Please stop feeding this vampiric industry that is sucking the country dry and making us all suffer
Por Dentro do Chega de Miguel Carvalho é um livro que fazia falta. É o primeiro tratamento longo do fenómeno da extrema direita em Portugal que tem abrangência temporal e de profundidade. A investigação segue o chega e o seu líder desde o início até ao presente. Inquietante e necessário.
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Por Dentro do Chega de Miguel Carvalho é um livro que fazia falta. É o primeiro tratamento longo do fenómeno da extrema direita em Portugal que tem abrangência temporal e de profundidade. A investigação segue o chega e o seu líder desde o início até ao presente. Inquietante e necessário.
O Problema Final de Arturo Pérez-Reverte é um livro que se apresenta como um simples "murder mystery" de Verão mas é na realidade uma carta de amor ao género policial. O investigador emula intencionalmente Sherlock Holmes e o diálogo tem uma dimensão de crítica literária e social que vale por si.
July 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
O Problema Final de Arturo Pérez-Reverte é um livro que se apresenta como um simples "murder mystery" de Verão mas é na realidade uma carta de amor ao género policial. O investigador emula intencionalmente Sherlock Holmes e o diálogo tem uma dimensão de crítica literária e social que vale por si.
Rereading Demon the Fallen RPG (great memories from when White Wolf published great stuff). Will I run a Demon game? No idea. At the moment I'm just reading for the lore and I'm really enjoying it!
June 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Rereading Demon the Fallen RPG (great memories from when White Wolf published great stuff). Will I run a Demon game? No idea. At the moment I'm just reading for the lore and I'm really enjoying it!
Watched Abigail and I liked it more than I thought I would. It has a good initial premise, little girl turns around and hunts jaded mercenary team. In spite of being a horror movie there's some elements of humour that make it lighter. All in all it was a good time.
June 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Watched Abigail and I liked it more than I thought I would. It has a good initial premise, little girl turns around and hunts jaded mercenary team. In spite of being a horror movie there's some elements of humour that make it lighter. All in all it was a good time.
Thinking about playing Baldur's Gate 3. Only thing stopping me is my unwillingness to research builds for all the characters 😂I love CRPGs but increasingly I resent the learning curves of the more complex ones. Wish me luck
June 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thinking about playing Baldur's Gate 3. Only thing stopping me is my unwillingness to research builds for all the characters 😂I love CRPGs but increasingly I resent the learning curves of the more complex ones. Wish me luck
The police has arrested 6 people that belonged to a far right militia group. They had access to weapons made using 3D printing technology and explosives. One the people arrested was a high ranking member of the police force. The media says the group was highly trained and was preparing an attack.
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The police has arrested 6 people that belonged to a far right militia group. They had access to weapons made using 3D printing technology and explosives. One the people arrested was a high ranking member of the police force. The media says the group was highly trained and was preparing an attack.
I've always had a fascination with maps. Historical, present day, fantasy, whatever. They were always springboards for the imagination. These days I still draw maps to create campaign settings (or adventures) for ttrpgs. I still haven't tried any map creation software but maybe one day I will.
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I've always had a fascination with maps. Historical, present day, fantasy, whatever. They were always springboards for the imagination. These days I still draw maps to create campaign settings (or adventures) for ttrpgs. I still haven't tried any map creation software but maybe one day I will.
Right wing terror continues in Portugal. This time in Porto. Volunteers that help to feed the homeless were attacked by neo nazis. The police has only made one arrest in this case. Again the government remains silent about the growing right wing violence that is spreading through the country.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Right wing terror continues in Portugal. This time in Porto. Volunteers that help to feed the homeless were attacked by neo nazis. The police has only made one arrest in this case. Again the government remains silent about the growing right wing violence that is spreading through the country.