Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Francis, hello from Rio de Janeiro, my longtime base as a journalist and columnist. Just following up to see if you received my recent email with a couple pitches for Noema. Thanks! Mac 000
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Like countless outsiders, I landed in Brazil to the beat of some of the world's most fabulous sounds. Bossa nova, MPB, samba - who could want more? Four decades on, and behold: sertanejo, Brazilian country music, is everywhere. And right behind it -- Gospel. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comForget Samba. Gospel Is the Soundtrack Behind a New BrazilLatin America’s largest country is looking increasingly evangelical — a shift in faith that’s reshaping culture and power. 003
Reposted by Mac MargolisLúcia Guimarães @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Âncora + visível (e + bem remunerada) do canal de cabo que abriga a centro-esquerda, autora de livros sobre história política, Rhodes Scholar, deu show de imaturidade editorial pegando a pergunta do site Metropolis para sugerir que a Casa Branca poderia se envolver numa fuga de Bolsonaro. Ridículo. 061
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025So your quibble is with the headline? Not sure what your point is. 400
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I urge you to read the piece again, emphasis this graph: "This is the case in Mato Grosso, where mechanised farms typically take over spent pasture, displacing ranchers such as Nascimento into pristine areas of neighbouring Pará, in the eastern Amazon basin." 100
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Thanks for your comments. But, this is not a story about which is the villain, soy or beef, but rather the link between the two. Mechanized farms take over spent pastures, pushing ranchers deeper into the rainforest, driving + felling, higher land prices, and demand for more roads. 200
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Pope Francis leaves a formidable legacy which will be pondered & parsed for years. But worth remembering in these stupidly polarized times that he always listened, quarreled & learned with people of faith or without. To wit: his running convo w/ rabbi Abraham Skorka. www.newsweek.com/holy-book-62...newsweek.comA Holy BookA pope and a rabbi begin a conversation ... 020
Reposted by Mac MargolisThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/03/2025In response to President Trump’s executive orders and his all-out assault on government bureaucracy, federal judges across the U.S. have issued rulings at a blistering rate for the past two months. Read the key passages in several noteworthy rulings here.nytimes.comJudges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government. 2236095
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025O filho pródigo volta a sua praça de origem, com planos de fazer a Nova York pequena de novo. Ou como @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social escreve: "Vai ficando claro que, neste segundo mandato, a metrópole que tanto rejeita seu filho Donald Trump é também sua refém." www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/luci...www1.folha.uol.com.br 010
Reposted by Mac MargolisLúcia Guimarães @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025 Na National Geographic, @macmargolis.bsky.social explica o Brasil que produziu a tragédia retratada em Ainda Estou Aqui. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...nationalgeographic.comThe harrowing history behind 'I'm Still Here'—the film that's captured the world's heartThe Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of a former Brazilian lawmaker who was abducted under Latin America’s longest lasting military dictatorship. 12510
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Hollywood, melindrado com o show de Trump, está acanhado, da escolha do Emcee à curadoria dos filmes no páreo. Quem sabe os penetras à festa (alô Fernanda Torres. W. Salles) não consigam levantar os ânimos no tapete? Com a palavra @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/20...www1.folha.uol.com.br 010
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Closing out my series of articles on rainforest cities for the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, here's the bookend piece from @theguardian.com on ancient garden cities of the Amazon Basin, and what they can teach us. pulitzercenter.org/stories/lost...pulitzercenter.orgLost Cities of the Amazon: How Science Is Revealing Ancient Garden Towns Hidden in the RainforestArchaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards For decades, archaeologists have... 062
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The Amazon basin: home to large, bustling, populous, and sustainably managed cities -- thousands of years ago. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comLost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforestArchaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards 000
Reposted by Mac MargolisPulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 28/01/2025Paragominas, in the northern Brazilian #Amazon, was once synonymous with #deforestation, controlled by predatory #loggers and ranchers. Now, it stands as a model for sustainable growth in the region. Grantee @macmargolis.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com. pulitzercenter.org/stories/ashe...pulitzercenter.orgFrom the Ashes: How a Mayor Beat the Loggers To Turn the Amazon Green AgainOnce known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires It’s 9am and the sun is... 063
Reposted by Mac MargolisKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/01/2025We finally found something that will shock CNN hosts -- a cop telling a white-supremacist thug "go fuck yourself" Don't worry, they'll get Scott Jennings back on really soon to tell shameless lies to your face without any swearing. 281217163
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Maybe there is a God, after all. ...The day after he was pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida was re-arrested on new gun charges... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Immigration Policies, D.E.I. Office Closure and More 000
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Com acenos a um Hollywood requentado, odes a virilidade plagiada e um mapa-mundi que só existe na cabeça dele, o novo presidente dos EUA converte posse em coroação. Nem Dwight Eisenhower, RIP, imaginava. @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social no 🎯. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2025/0...www1.folha.uol.com.br 020
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Watching the inauguration speech, we know now that Ipecac comes in orange. 000
Reposted by Mac MargolisLúcia Guimarães @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Great piece on how an Amazonian town mayor beat the loggers, by @macmargolis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comFrom the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green againOnce known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires 0237
Reposted by Mac MargolisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The three richest men in the world are all genuflecting before Trump. All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for their abuses of power. This is what oligarchy looks like. 19137191040
Reposted by Mac MargolisBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/01/2025“We’re seeing this impulse to surrender across American society right now. Where the forces of authoritarianism never give up and never apologize, big chunks of liberal society are bargaining and capitulating without even trying to try to stay independent first.” www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-zucke...thebulwark.comMark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender MonkeyCapitulation is contagious. 2342858819
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025As wildfires ravaged the Amazon basin last year, the specter of rainforest destruction again became a global headline. But one township, Paragominas, though also singed, escaped the worst. Here's the backstory of one of the Amazon's greenest towns. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comFrom the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green againOnce known for landgrabs, shootouts and slash-and-burn farming, Paragominas has halted deforestation to become a model of sustainable growth in a region charred by wildfires 012
Reposted by Mac MargolisJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025In case you missed this last night, principled @anntelnaes.bsky.social quit the #BrokenPost because its Murdochian editors killed this cartoon. The Post and democracy are dying in front of us. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...anntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 1030990
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Guerrilla prophylaxis: Federal health officials mobilize to boost childhood vaccines even as wannabe anti-vaxer-in-chief RFK lobbies for MAHA and other lullablies. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...nytimes.comFederal health authorities promote childhood vaccines in the shadow of Kennedy’s bid for health secretary. 010
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Call it the caramel complex. Or how Brazilians learned to love the mongrel in everyone. Leave it to @davidbiller.bsky.social to tell the story of the mutt for all seasons. apnews.com/video/this-s...apnews.comThis street dog is Brazil's new national iconFor decades, they have scrounged for food on streets across the country — undesired, abandoned and overlooked. 082
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Craven Maga pols look ready to cave to Elon after unelected X-pharaoh cheers on US govt shutdown, slinging fake budget numbers. Welcome to government by X. t.co/YegP8Yr3Y2t.cohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/19/government-shutdown-congress-deadline-johnson/ 030
Reposted by Mac MargolisThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/12/2024⚡️ Russian troops sabotage their boats to avoid Dnipro River crossing, Ukrainian partisans claim. Russian soldiers increasingly sabotage their own boats and equipment to avoid having to storm the Dnipro River islands on the southern front, Ukrainian resistance group Atesh claimed on Dec. 10.kyivindependent.comRussian troops sabotage their boats to avoid Dnipro River crossing, Ukrainian partisans claimRussian soldiers increasingly sabotage their own boats and equipment to avoid having to attack the Dnipro River islands on the southern front, Ukrainian resistance group Atesh claimed on Dec. 10. 724946
Reposted by Mac MargolisThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/12/2024In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, host Anna Belokur explains the recent meeting between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky and the escalating protests in Georgia.youtube.comTrump-Zelensky meeting and Johnny Harris controversy | Ukraine This WeekYouTube video by Kyiv Independent 311018
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024From prison kingpins to dons of Fintech: Latin America's biggest crime cartel has grown up and spread its dragnet from cocaine to crypto. Great read, scary piece @andrewrosati.bsky.social Beatriz Amat and team @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comFintechs Launder Cocaine Cash for Brazil's Largest Criminal GangPolice say the PCC, a global drug-trafficker, is running billion-dollar digital platform scams 022
Reposted by Mac MargolisLúcia Guimarães @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Indicados por Trump para defesa, segurança nacional e combate ao terrorismo, além da incompetência evidente, devem mudar relação com países aliados, que vão pensar duas vezes antes de compartilhar inteligência com renegados de carreira. Coluna da @folha.com bit.ly/3VcP5W1bit.lyOpinião - Lúcia Guimarães: Indicados por Trump na segurança preocupam aliados dos EUAEleitores americanos depositaram seu voto para tornar o resto do mundo mais perigoso em 2025 —ótima notícia para inimigos 0173
Reposted by Mac MargolisAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 29/11/2024On the FSB officer behind pro-Russian billboards in Italy. From Anton Shekhovstov, one of the best-informed experts on covert Russian political campaigns euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/28/m...euromaidanpress.comRevealed: FSB officer who runs Italy’s pro-Russian networksFrom billboard campaigns to citizenship revocations, FSB officer Stovbun's network systematically influenced Italian politics through cultural front organizations. 261225446
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And here we go. Shoot from hip. M(ake)A(merica)Ex(pensive)A(gain) www.nytimes.com/live/2024/us...nytimes.comTrump's Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China Could Upend Trade and Industries: Live Updates 020
Reposted by Mac MargolisDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/11/2024UPDATED: Trump's confirmed picks to lead US health agencies: HHS - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. NIH - Jay Bhattacharya CMS - Mehmet Oz CDC - Dave Weldon FDA - Marty Makary Surgeon General - Janette Nesheiwat All have spread disinformation on vaccines and public health measures. 36504210
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Memo to prez elect: The idea of taking an axe to government has been around a while, and mostly failed. Honorable exception was the bipartisan effort under Truman & Hoover, says Stephen Mihm. x.com/i/status/185...x.comx.com 010
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 30/09/2024Brazil is no stranger to drug-driven gang violence. What's new is the shift of busy criminal franchises to the Amazon Basin. Spoiler, there's little hope of rescuing the rainforest without bring peace, order & the rule of law to these fast-growing urban centers. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comGang Violence Is Moving to the Amazon’s Fast-Growing CitiesAs the drug trade piggybacks on environmental plunder, a spike in homicides is borne by the rainforest region’s neglected urban areas. 042
Reposted by Mac MargolisKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2024I can’t hear the racism because I’m transfixed by meemaw’s new lavender dye job 3657450
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 21/09/2024The governor of Ohio, a Republican and a Trump supporter, says stop maligning Springfield, vilifying Haitians, and falsely claiming that authorized immigrants are illegals. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.I have lived my entire life near this city. Our people and our history deserve better than to be falsely portrayed. 092
Reposted by Mac MargolisThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17/09/2024The IMF is about to send its first official mission to Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This decision is a big diplomatic win for the Kremlin, even if the IMF is acting as though it's business as usual.kyivindependent.comOpinion: IMF's trip to Moscow is effectively enabling Russia's war against UkraineYou probably haven't heard that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is preparing to send a mission to Russia. That’s because top IMF officials have been trying to draw as little public attention to ... 0238
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 12/09/2024Um corvo e um eleitor indeciso entram no bar durante o debate TrumpxHarris. Qual o desfecho dessa estória num País com amnésia política avançada? Resposta: só no 06.11. Mas @luciaguimaraes.bsky.social decifra essa quebra-cabeças tão desafiadora quanto absurda. www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/luci... 030
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 10/09/2024Bury-the-lede Media plumps for Trump x Harris debate: That "Trump says he will inevitably win and prosecute his opponents for fraud anyway” is probably more important than whether he is being briefed yet again on policies he doesn’t care about or understand." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comWhat the First Debate Question for Trump Must BeThe moderators ought to start with the fact that he rejects the foundations of the American system of government. 020
Reposted by Mac MargolisKarla Gamba @karlagamba.bsky.social · 05/09/2024Muita gente aqui compartilhando essa matéria👇🏾 Contar duas coisas importantes pra vcs: a autora é uma repórter maravilhosa (tanto no pessoal quanto no profissional); e agora ela tá nesta rede e vcs podem segui-la em @leticia-casado.bsky.social 519136
Reposted by Mac MargolisMary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 04/09/2024This is actually the most terrifying image in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution about today's mass shooting at a high school. It's the 24th mass shooting in Georgia this year. 13287155
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 05/09/2024Today's shooting in Georgia was the 24th in the state this year. 010
Mac Margolis @macmargolis.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Da série perguntar não ofende: por que os jornais (@OGlobo, @Valor, @folha.com) ocupam suas páginas web com matérias para dizer que os institutos de pesquisa ainda irão divulgar novas rodadas? Ou seja, um não-notícia postada como se fosse novidade? oglobo.globo.com/blogs/lauro-...oglobo.globo.comA nova pesquisa Datafolha e os 'trackings' de Boulos e NunesA nova pesquisa Datafolha e os 'trackings' de Boulos e Nunes 040