#~thiago

[carniekisses]

imagine playing the 21 card trick on a tarot card deck but it turns out your card sucks, so the fun passtime becomes a disquieting omen

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

PHASES OF THE MOON art by Thiago Corrêa

[thecollectibles]

Art by Thiago Lehmann

[inkedinserendipity]

just finished re-reading all systems red and the way martha wells' narration directly tracks murderbot's thoughts is, like, diabolical in retrospect.

because on my first read-through, i'll be honest. i did not remember the presaux crew at all. pin-lee and gurathin show up in exit strategy and i, remembering nothing about those two except ":D! presaux friends!" expected them to be like "omg hey murderbot!" because i figured the presaux crew would be excited to see their secunit again. i did not remember pin-lee's temper or gurathin's skepticism. because the presaux crew kinda blurred together for me in the first book. because that's how murderbot saw them too!

all systems red has the most en media res of all en media res beginnings. not just because it starts in the middle of an action sequence, but because it also starts in the middle of an emotional sequence. the survey has been happening, for, what - a couple of weeks? - by the time asr starts. murderbot has already met the crew. they have already formed impressions of it. but, crucially, it has formed almost no opinions of them*.

it's been watching media and half-assing its job. and at this point in murderbot's journey, and therefore its internal narration that forms the text, a human is a human is a human. it is not invested in their work, so we don't hear about the start of their survey. it literally starts paying attention to them when they are in danger and when they start to realize that it is a person, because that is when murderbot has to start paying attention.

and this is why i remembered almost nothing distinct about the presaux crew. there are a lot of crew members, but murderbot spends very little time thinking about them as individuals. so the narration tends to skim over their distinct personalities, because murderbot doesn't really consider them* at all!

and then of course we come to exit strategy and network effect, and the contrast could not be more clear. now it's got opinions about everyone, and because it has a better grasp on their personalities, the narrative does too. oh yes that's arada, wibbly bulwark, the human murderbot trusts to not be overconfident and ignore its advice. that's gurathin. it doesn't like gurathin. that's pin-lee, the combatunit of lawyers, well-dressed and sharp-tongued. and of course, that's ratthi (tag: bestie!!), who stays in the car because he will get himself killed by something.

and of course, there's dr mensah. but she was always an exception.

*dr mensah is, as she always is when it comes to murderbot, an exception to this generalization. that's tag: intrepid explorer like blorbo from my shows! that you're talking about. even when murderbot mostly tried to avoid humans at all costs, even murderbot paid attention to her. from asr to now, that has been and remains perfectly true.

[drwannabebigger]

Thiago Foizer

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[simsimulation]

Olympia had a candy themed birthday (x).

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[justmuscle4u]

Thiago Melli 🇧🇷

[rapha-reads]

Guys, something historic is happening right now and we all need to turn our eyes to the Madleen ship of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. They are right now (June 9th, 2am EEST), under attack by quadcopters of the IDF. Everyone, go their Instagram @/gazafreedomflotilla, follow the 12 heroes who are on board, go follow Rima Hassan on Twitter if you're still on Twitter, and write to the representatives concerned (UK, France, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Netherlands, Brazil, Spain).

Here is the tracker so you can follow the ship.

Al-Jazeera is doing live coverage (link below), I also recommand following the UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, she's in direct contact with the ship.

[carniekisses]

Summer isn't here it's still April ☀️ 🏖️

[unsolicited-opinions]

Amplifying Palestinian Voices

6/5/2025

Hamza Howidy (Gazan) on Greta Thunberg's flotilla

Here we go again. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla presents itself as a humanitarian act, yet its moral posture collapses under the weight of its participants’ own words. Rima Hassan, a newly elected French MEP, responded “true” when asked whether Hamas was carrying out a legitimate action, and “false” to whether Israel has a right to self-defense. Though she later attempted to qualify her statements by drawing a line between Hamas’s political and military wings, the endorsement had already been made—and not in a vacuum. Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, also aboard, has publicly praised Hezbollah figures. Others on the ship have trafficked in inflammatory rhetoric, invoking Nazi analogies or advancing antisemitic insinuations under the banner of Palestinian solidarity. These are not isolated lapses in judgment—they reflect a broader ideological failure. Much of the Western extreme left has abandoned analytical rigor in favor of a rigid anti-imperialist script, where moral legitimacy is granted not by action but by opposition. In this worldview, groups like Hamas or Hezbollah are not examined for what they do, but valorized for whom they resist. Internal violence, repression, and illiberalism are either ignored or rationalized—despite the fact that such traits would be unequivocally condemned in any other context. What results is not meaningful solidarity, but a kind of political theatre. Palestinian suffering is not engaged with as a lived and multifaceted reality, but repurposed as moral currency for distant ideological agendas. The flotilla becomes the stage for this performance—one that instrumentalizes grief while refusing to confront its full causes.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

🚨 THIAGO ÁVILA, FROM BRAZIL, IS AMONG THE ACTIVISTS ISRAEL HAS KIDNAPPED FROM THE MADLEEN FREEDOM FLOTILLA 🚨

The boat, on which famous climate activist Greta Thunberg also was, carried no weapons, only humanitarian aid to the starving and massacred population of Gaza, which has been under relentless ethnic cleansing by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) since Hamas's October 7th 2023 attacks.

The Freedom Flotilla has made available templates of messages fellow Brazilians can send to representatives of their country in order to help build pressure against Israel.

For the Foreign Ministry:

E-mail: dac@itamaraty.gov.br / You can also call them to speak your mind on the phone number +55 61 2030-8800.

Assunto: Exigência de Ação do Itamaraty para Proteger Thiago Ávila e Questionar o FCDO Prezado(a) representante do Itamaraty, Sou um cidadão brasileiro e exijo que o Ministério das Relações Exteriores tome medidas imediatas para proteger Thiago Ávila, brasileiro a bordo do Madleen, um navio humanitário registrado sob a bandeira do Reino Unido, em missão pacífica para entregar ajuda humanitária à Faixa de Gaza. O navio enfrenta ameaças públicas de ataque pelas forças armadas de Israel, incluindo monitoramento por drones, o que coloca a vida de Thiago Ávila e outros voluntários em risco. Como o Madleen navega sob a bandeira do Reino Unido, ele é uma extensão do território britânico, e o Reino Unido tem a obrigação, sob o direito internacional marítimo e a decisão da Corte Internacional de Justiça (CIJ), de garantir sua segurança e impedir interferências. Exijo que o Itamaraty: 1. Contate imediatamente o Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) para questionar quais providências estão sendo tomadas para proteger o Madleen e Thiago Ávila. 2. Adote medidas concretas para garantir a segurança de Thiago Ávila, assegurando seu direito de navegar pacificamente pelo Mediterrâneo e entregar ajuda humanitária à Faixa de Gaza, conforme protegido pelo direito internacional. 3. Informe publicamente as ações do Brasil para proteger seu cidadão e pressionar o Reino Unido a cumprir suas obrigações legais. A situação é urgente, e a vida de um brasileiro está em perigo. Exijo respostas e ações imediatas. Atenciosamente, [Seu Nome]

You can also put pressure on the president and congresspeople via social media. Make your voice heard!

SAVE THIAGO ÁVILA AND GRETA THUNBERG. SAVE PALESTINE. CEASEFIRE AND LIBERATION NOW.

(x, x, x)

[thecollectibles]

Almost met by Thiago Richau

[killyridols]

wall painting by thiago honório, 2014/2019, worn out sandpapers used in the reconstruction of the artist's residence & studio in são paulo, 42.5 × 70.1 × .8 inches

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