By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026I *definitely* have a team in Brazilian politics: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party. Lula's done so many amazing things in his career, and these often intersect with my own special interests. 3/ 1241
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026Like, he made *Gilberto Gil* his minister of culture, and his people built the *telecentros*, free software-based internet dojos for the poorest kids in the country, living in favelas: www.informationweek.com/software-ser... 4/informationweek.comBrazil Turns Away From Microsoft | InformationWeekTo bridge the technology gap in his country, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his chief technology officer are encouraging a move toward open-source computing. 1261
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026Lula was royally ratfucked - framed by a corrupt justice minister who secretly conspired with the country's oligarchs - and imprisoned, and the conspirators installed Jair Bolsonaro, a fascist war criminal whose covid bungling led to mass death: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati... 5/en.wikipedia.orgOperation Car Wash - Wikipedia 1200
