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Pacheco-Torgal
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Scientist, editor, blogger, civic evolutionist, tea addict, hirundinid admirer, feline philanthropist, Earthlings enlightened, Type 1 civilization apologist
O catedrático Thomas Piketty explica: “a capacidade dos super-ricos para enriquecer tanto tem muito que ver com o facto de conseguirem pagar muito poucos impostos”. oglobo.globo.com/economia/not...
Concentração de renda no mundo é a maior em 30 anos: 10% mais ricos têm 75% da riqueza, e metade mais pobre fica com 2%
Desigualdade de riqueza no mundo atingiu o maior nível em três décadas, aponta relatório de equipe liderada pelo economista francês Thomas Piketty
oglobo.globo.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
CMIP6 climate change and wind environment impacts on cold-region residential energy and thermal comfort: A case study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Disclosure: This recent paper cites a book I edited shop.elsevier.com/books/adapti...
Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change
Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate Emergencies analyzes several scenarios and proposes various adaptatio
shop.elsevier.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Miami will have its first Democratic mayor in 30 years
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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The biggest lie told to American farmers, and who profited from it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The blue tsunami continues!! 🌊🌊🌊
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.

While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
‘I Worry People Are Going to Get Hurt in the Short Term’ www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘I Worry People Are Going to Get Hurt in the Short Term’
Outgoing SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw lets loose in a new interview.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Mais de 12 milhões de euros em bolsas europeias para a ciência portuguesa (ou em Portugal) www.publico.pt/2025/12/09/c...
Mais de 12 milhões de euros em bolsas europeias para a ciência portuguesa (ou em Portugal)
Bolsas de consolidação do Conselho Europeu de Investigação foram atribuídas a dois cientistas afiliados a instituições em Portugal e a quatro investigadores portugueses a trabalhar no estrangeiro.
www.publico.pt
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Greene criticized the president on “60 Minutes,” claiming Trump had been “extremely unkind” when she received death threats, and that other Republicans are “terrified to step out of line.”
Trump Now Slams Paramount-Skydance Deal After Marjorie Taylor Greene Bashes Him On ‘60 Minutes’
Greene criticized the president on “60 Minutes,” claiming Trump had been “extremely unkind” when she received death threats, and that other Republicans are “terrified to step out of line.”
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In the United States, rising healthcare spending correlates with declining life expectancy. Americans are effectively paying more to live less.
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Robert Reich - Even Pope Leo has noted these concerns: “CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what workers receive, the last figure I saw, it’s 600 times more.” Referring to Elon Musk substack.com/app-link/pos...
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
EU predicts the AI web rising and human writing nearing obsolescence by 2026 pachecotorgal.com/2025/12/07/t...
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM