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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unbelievable game between the Ravens and Cowboys. Nothing more symbolic than winning an NFL game at the Maracanã with a kick in the last second.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Evidências” is basically Brazil’s “Sweet Caroline.”

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Solo Monk is one of those albums where every song has a passage that stays with you and somehow crafts a story. They all seem to have this catchy little turn somewhere in the middle that you can instantly call back to mind.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy to share that I’ll be presenting our article, “A Communist Working for Washington?”, co-authored with Diego, at the ARQUISUR (arquisur.org) meeting at FAU @uspoficial.bsky.social October 14–16.

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ARQUISUR – Asociación de Facultades y Escuelas de Arquitectura Públicas del Mercosur y Países Asociados

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I opened my grandmother’s recipe notebook after 30 years. Its worn, stained pages preserve more than recipes: gestures repeated over a lifetime, memories of hands at work, the rhythms of everyday life. An archive of affection, but also of domestic labor

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Abri o caderno de receitas da minha vó depois de 30 anos. Entre medidas imprecisas, manchas e páginas gastas, as receitas preservam algo que não cabe inteiramente na receita: gestos e memórias de uma vida cotidiana. O caderno é como um arquivo de afetos e um arquivo da memória do trabalho doméstico

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Happy to share my latest article in Planning Perspectives, co-authored with Diego Inglez de Souza. The piece is about the transnational trajectory of architect Gildo Guerra and the urban policies of the Inter-American Development Bank for Latin America. doi.org/10.1080/0266...

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A Communist working for Washington? the transnational trajectory of architect Gildo Guerra and the urban policies of the Inter-American Development Bank for Latin America

This paper examines the transnational career of Gildo Guerra, a Brazilian architect-planner whose praxis intertwined political activism, regionalist urban planning and top-down development policies...

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

First signs that I’ve arrived in Brazil: everyone’s drinking espresso at 9 p.m., every place sells tapioca, coxinha and empadão de frango, and people are saying that 70°F/21°C is chilly.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Another day under wildfire smoke. Much worse than yesterday, with thicker haze and a stronger smell.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Orange skies, smoky air, and high temperatures. Wildfire season has begun.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“Este artículo tiene 19 años de antigüedad”… Si, mi cariño, pero soy historiador, dejame ser parte de esta locura, as Boom Boom Kid always say.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I don’t know about you all, but my happiest moment this year was receiving the final versions of my students’ zines

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Happy to share that I’ll be presenting my research at the Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) Conference, October 15–18, 2026, at the University of Cincinnati. Looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues and engaging in fruitful conversations.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A peculiar choice to start mowing the lawn at 8:00pm.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Profound happiness seeing a student I wrote a letter of recommendation for get into a master’s program. Instantly took me back to the day I got accepted into mine. Amazing news, y’all.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

What a game from Hobart ice hockey. Controlled the puck, moved it beautifully, and made almost no mistakes.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Getting recruited for undergrad programs while on the academic job market is a unique form of psychological warfare. I’m not applying for a BA, I’m applying for teaching jobs and postdocs, my people.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A bit late in the game, I would say.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My teaching relies heavily on this. My students and I have been discussing how stories help us understand ideas and concepts, whether we are learning them or explaining them.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I would even add Unemployed in the beginning

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

As W.H. Auden once told me: Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The hard drive that stored my life from 2003 to 2018 powered on again. Let me tell you… it was an absolute emotional trainwreck. The wildest trip down so many different memory lanes. (Playing Explosions in the Sky in the background)

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Bruins’ McAvoy operating miracles in the ice.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Wild to think I watched Cale Makar at UMass Amherst… and now he’s an Olympic hockey finalist. Unreal.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

All of these thoughts while I was shoveling at 7am.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Whenever I hear the sound of migrating geese, I freeze and look up, waiting for that sweeping V formation to cut across the sky. When they pass above me, I give them a proper salute 🫡

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I don’t know about where you are, but here the snow is going in reverse. Ground to sky. Physics is clearly on vacation.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Does anyone want to build a panel proposal for AHA 2027? (@historians.org)

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Does anyone want to build a panel proposal for AHA 2027? (@historians.org)

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Forever impressed by how catchy Mega City Four’s “Terribly Sorry, Bob” is.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I’m glad to report that I was accepted at the 2026 SECOLAS Conference (Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies) in Las Vegas, NV. I’m presenting my research on urban informality and the uneven provision of public services in Northeast Brazil after 1970. I hope to catch up with some of you!

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

pull someone’s leg push their limits as they realize they are growing

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

One day I will find the right words

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

under the weather you find cracked hidden secrets like dust unveiled from old carpets that made you sneeze ten times a day when you were seven

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

under the weather you find shelter from the rain from the snow from the pain

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

find questions unanswered and answers unneeded. the tireless, unrewarding task of writing a stream of words leading to unforeseen paths to a place balanced between the familiar and the unknown write rewrite write rewrite write rewrite

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

John Mulaney visiting the Dischord House and taking a photo with Ian MacKaye was not on my bingo card this year.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Watching the Zamboni resurfacing the ice is quite meditative

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

There is something quietly mysterious in the subtle transition at the end of a smile. It reveals the fleeting nature of our emotions—the veiled connection between how we feel and how we choose to express ourselves. Sometimes they align; other times, they quietly contradict one another.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The semester’s still going strong, but I’m thrilled to share my Spring 2026 lineup: Modern Latin America, Colonial Latin America, and Urban Planning and Global Cities.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

So that’s the so-called brazilianization of the world.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

“Este artículo tiene 19 años de antigüedad”… Si, mi cariño, pero soy historiador, dejame ser parte de esta locura, as Boom Boom Kid always say.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

It’s unacceptable that round-trip tickets cost less than one-way fares. Companies should stop forcing us to return to the hell we’re trying to escape.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Just remembered that back in 2003–04 I had a band that basically sounded like throwing Fugazi, The Ex, Interpol, and Tortoise in a blender.

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Just wrapped the first week teaching what I love at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. It feels amazing getting the first impressions: ideas flying, students engaged, and me walking home already thinking about next week’s questions. Let’s go!

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Yuri @tropicalhousing.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This coffee shop is playing The Weakerthans and I’m on my second espresso. Classes start Monday, and I couldn’t be more thankful or happier than I am right now. I love the challenge of shaping the best syllabus possible and can’t wait to step back into the classroom—it’s the hush before the storm.

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