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Carlos
@cgmaciel.bsky.social
🇧🇷🇺🇸 | CapyBrava | Economics | Master Gardner | Guy with many hobbies | Love Yourself |
Can’t get lost in a national forest if you don’t make it to one first
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Meet me at the Tumbleweeds Diner parking lot in the next 20 minutes if you want to have a beer or a Bloody Mary
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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According to experts, gardening has been shown to boost mood and reduce stress.
Gardening's hidden benefits: How digging in the dirt could bolster mental wellbeing
According to experts, gardening has been shown to boost mood and reduce stress. There's even a field called horticultural therapy dedicated to using gardening to support mental health.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Whoops, the MAGA hat crowd seems to have lost its voice in Brazil.
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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TURNS OUT GETTING SMACKED IN THE HEAD IN BRAZIL IS FREE Health care is a constitutional right; all citizens and foreign residents are entitled to free treatment in the world’s largest public health system

@terrencemccoy.bsky.social describes his experience (link is free, too!)

wapo.st/4nsexU6
I got an ambulance ride, CT scan and ER care in Brazil. My bill: $0.
As Washington battles over access to health care, a Post journalist’s experience at a public hospital in Brazil shone light on a fundamentally different system.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Even with the off and on rain, there were still some great Festa Junina activities today in Recife.
June 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Flamengo: exists.

Me: Trash team full of plastic fans.

Flamengo: dominates Chelsea.

Me: Vai Mengão, porra!

#ClubWorldCup
June 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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What your favorite migratory wood warbler says about you. An oldie. My current favorite is the black-throated blue but it changes daily.
May 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me: it would be cool to have a team of Darlington Nagbes.

Monkey Paw:
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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How we’re being asked to live now is objectively insane
March 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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As called in Brazil:
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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shoutout to these Day 0 fans, me and @cgmaciel.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I ranked the books I read in 2024:
January 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

1/20
December 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Let’s talk about plants
December 21, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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December 18, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Christmas in Prison by Bright Eyes and John Prine

youtu.be/IemfAtZIEuM?...
December 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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I spent a couple of months in Pennsylvania a few years back, where they had legalized casino gaming on your phone. I played video blackjack for about 20 minutes for real money, then immediately deleted the app and rethought my stance on making gambling that easily accessible.
December 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Ha! I sent a small clip of myself and made it to the music video for one of my favorite bands!

youtu.be/Wh-GNcgIJ-o?...
Bicurious | Gutless [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Bicurious Band
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Saw Amigo The Devil, supported by Rattlesnake Milk and TK & The Holy Know Nothings, last night.

Great show, blown away by how good they all were.
November 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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RFK Jr is about to mainstream diseases only Jair Bolsonaro has had
November 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The best thing about BlueSky is that, from the very beginning, it made a conscious decision to distance itself from the scourge that is the color purple by choosing literally any other color to be in its name.
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM