Caio
@fbcaio.bsky.social
Historian (the Cold War, Latin America, and Brazil)
Former Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) and University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
Former Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) and University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
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The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
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What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Roman military helped bring cats to Europe
Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago.
www.popsci.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Love seeing decolonial frameworks applied to Punic & Roman antiquity. In this new OA article by Mauro Puddu & Peter van Dommelen, they examine Sardinia from the 5thC BCE- 5thC CE, applying Antonio Gramsci’s subalternity theories. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & pleiades.stoa.org/places/981548
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Love seeing decolonial frameworks applied to Punic & Roman antiquity. In this new OA article by Mauro Puddu & Peter van Dommelen, they examine Sardinia from the 5thC BCE- 5thC CE, applying Antonio Gramsci’s subalternity theories. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & pleiades.stoa.org/places/981548
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What is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? New study findings strengthen the case for holding off.
Having a Cellphone at Younger Than 12 Could Carry Health Risks, Study Says
Researchers found higher rates of depression, poor sleep and obesity among tweens who had early access to a cellphone.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? New study findings strengthen the case for holding off.
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🪦🗺 #20N INTERACTIVO | Un cento de fosas comúns: o mapa do terror franquista en Galicia
🔗 praza.gal/acontece/un-...
🔗 praza.gal/acontece/un-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🪦🗺 #20N INTERACTIVO | Un cento de fosas comúns: o mapa do terror franquista en Galicia
🔗 praza.gal/acontece/un-...
🔗 praza.gal/acontece/un-...
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Twenty-six states have implemented law or policies in place to limit cellphone use in K–12 classrooms. While many of these changes are still new and long-term outcomes will take time to measure, early signs point to more focused classrooms and stronger learning environments for students.
Do School Cellphone Bans Work? This Teacher Says Yes. | NEA
“Was it this easy the whole time?” Teacher Jonathan Buchwalter goes viral on TikTok talking about the positive impact of a cellphone-free classroom.
www.nea.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Twenty-six states have implemented law or policies in place to limit cellphone use in K–12 classrooms. While many of these changes are still new and long-term outcomes will take time to measure, early signs point to more focused classrooms and stronger learning environments for students.
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The fact that Jimmy Carter was so often framed as a human rights hero is pretty wild given how much blood of tortured Salvadorean activists he was directly responsible for. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador
Carter’s administration rejected Saint Óscar Romero’s pleas not to provide military aid to the Salvadoran junta before he was assassinated.
www.rollingstone.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The fact that Jimmy Carter was so often framed as a human rights hero is pretty wild given how much blood of tortured Salvadorean activists he was directly responsible for. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Artista jamaicano foi um dos principais responsáveis pela difusão do reggae no mundo
almapreta.com.br/sessao/cultu...
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Morre Jimmy Cliff, pioneiro do reggae; artista teve relação de afeto com o Brasil
Jimmy Cliff, ícone do reggae e vencedor de dois Grammys, morreu aos 81 anos nesta segunda-feira (24).
almapreta.com.br
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Artista jamaicano foi um dos principais responsáveis pela difusão do reggae no mundo
almapreta.com.br/sessao/cultu...
almapreta.com.br/sessao/cultu...
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Great stuff by @versobooks.bsky.social: Harvey at 90, a series if posts honouring David Harvey's oeuvre in celebration of his 90th birthday.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...
www.versobooks.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great stuff by @versobooks.bsky.social: Harvey at 90, a series if posts honouring David Harvey's oeuvre in celebration of his 90th birthday.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
Mamdani - Trump meeting: Trump managed to expose how weak the Democratic leadership is. Trump helped highlight the divergence within the mainstream Democrats (and reformers). Trump reaffirmed his supposed "outsider to the system" position to his supporters. He personalized the political interaction
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Mamdani - Trump meeting: Trump managed to expose how weak the Democratic leadership is. Trump helped highlight the divergence within the mainstream Democrats (and reformers). Trump reaffirmed his supposed "outsider to the system" position to his supporters. He personalized the political interaction
Vai para cadeia vagabundo!
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Vai para cadeia vagabundo!
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A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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O longo período autoritário do capitalismo liberal
O longo período autoritário do capitalismo liberal
Não existe uma oposição simples a ser traçada entre a ordem de mercado liberal do início do século XIX e o supostamente mais violento Estado neoliberal do final do século XX e início do século XXI. Pr...
jacobin.com.br
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
O longo período autoritário do capitalismo liberal
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Around two-thirds of voters in Ecuador opposed a measure to allow the return foreign military bases, a result that was widely seen as a surprise. Voters also rejected a separate effort to rewrite the country’s progressive 2008 constitution, which enshrined strong labor and environmental rights.
Ecuador’s Trump-Allied President Loses Bid to Allow Return of US Military Bases
About two-thirds of voters in Ecuador on Sunday opposed the measure pushed by right-wing President Daniel Noboa.
truthout.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Around two-thirds of voters in Ecuador opposed a measure to allow the return foreign military bases, a result that was widely seen as a surprise. Voters also rejected a separate effort to rewrite the country’s progressive 2008 constitution, which enshrined strong labor and environmental rights.
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Maybe you've heard about the Downtown Area Plan Carrboro is considering tomorrow night. I wrote some longish thoughts on why I think it's so important and some communityconversation behind it: dannynowell.substack.com/p/why-im-sto...
Why I'm Stoked on Carrboro's Downtown Area Plan
plus a few longish notes on the process and philosophy behind it
dannynowell.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Maybe you've heard about the Downtown Area Plan Carrboro is considering tomorrow night. I wrote some longish thoughts on why I think it's so important and some communityconversation behind it: dannynowell.substack.com/p/why-im-sto...
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What’s behind Silicon Valley’s psychotic break with reality?
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley Apocalypse Capitalism
“Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What’s behind Silicon Valley’s psychotic break with reality?
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
Opinion | Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way
Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
