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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 13h

“Do you know why there are so many gas stations here?” asked my taxi driver in the Colombian Amazon

Half the gas goes to vehicles, he said. The rest goes to make cocaine

Coca leaves soak in gasoline to extract cocaine for sale abroad. Coca cultivation drives deforestation & violence in the Amazon

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 20h

I think the word is “violation” not “test”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21h

BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 20h

“Water is worth more than copper.”

A sign near the site of a proposed new copper mine at the edge of the Amazon Basin in Mocoa, Colombia

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“Asadito de cuy” in Villa Garzón, Colombia, at the Amazonian foot of the great Andean highlands

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Israel has violated ceasefire 47 times and killed 38 Palestinians, says Gaza media office

Authorities urge UN to intervene ‘to protect unarmed civilian populations’ after attack on bus that killed 11 Gaza’s media office has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire with Hamas 47 times since the truce came into effect in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143. “These violations have included crimes of direct gunfire against civilians, deliberate shelling and targeting, and the arrest of a number of civilians, reflecting the occupation’s continued policy of aggression despite the declared end of the war,” reads the statement. Continue reading...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5d

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

Actually I’m totally wrong. These are chontaduras. BUT THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE TREE TOMATOES

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently coca cultivation in the area is currently larger than ever. Good job crop dusters

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know? This tropical fruit is called a “tree tomato” (“tomate de árbol”). Pictured at the plaza de mercado of Macao.

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

The copper discovery is fairly news, about 5 years old. Soon the world will know! I’m fighting the feelings to abandon my life and live here forever

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“We have to decide if we want to be an Andino-Amazonian territory or if we want to be a mining territory.”

“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“No mega-mining”

A mural in Mocoa, Colombia, near the site of a large proposed copper mine

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“Water is worth more than copper”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“They put this word ‘poor’ in us. Whoever smells like mud or sweat is poor. I believed I was poor.”

“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”

“Humanity is about to fall.”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“People from the outside don’t understand the importance this has… for them it is just a mountain.”

“For us, the word ‘development’ means destruction and poverty.”

“We are weak to defend our territory but we continue anyway.”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“They put this word ‘poor’ in us. Whoever smells like mud or sweat is poor. I believed I was poor.”

“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”

“Humanity is about to fall.”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 1d

“We have to decide if we want to be an Andino-Amazonian territory or if we want to be a mining territory.”

“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”

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Dylan Baddour @dylanbaddour.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants this fish

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 6d

From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social in 2024: “Many of the pieces of the puzzle have already been destroyed. This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.”