Looking for some #Positivity this #Weekend? Here are 44 #PositiveNews articles that discusses #Squirrels, a reduction in #Amazon fires in #Brazil, potential changes to a #Hedgehog planning bill and that the #Ozone layer is expected to recover by the middle of the century.
https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-018/
Flavia Coelho – DNA
https://amf.didiermary.fr/flavia-coelho-dna/
When Bolsonaro was elected, Flavia Coelho decided to sing cultural mix and resistance, via her album DNA (2019). The songs address themes of corruption, homophobia and racism, which echo the political situation in Brazil.
Flavia Coelho has travelled many of the world’s roads. From Rio de Janeiro’s Favela ‘morros’ to the storied streets of Paris, […]
Fireside Fedi: E71 - Building Freedom: A Conversation with Alexandre Oliva, FSF Latin America Co‑Founder @lxo 
Jorge Ben – África Brasil (Zumbi)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zumbi-jorge-ben-africa-brasil-1976/
África Brasil is a great funky album by Jorge Ben in 1976…
[This album] represented a milestone in Ben’s career with Ben’s switch to electric guitar and incorporation of both Afro-Brazilian and African-American funk music styles into his sound.
Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circensis & Bat Macumba
Live on French TV in 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwQhrfTEc8
Brazilian Psychedelic/Tropicalia
A very positive thing about #ASEAN : everyone is welcome to join the summits (twice a year).
- #Brazil & #SouthAfrica is in today's summit
- #PapuaNewGuinea is an observer (trying to join too)
- #Bangladesh is trying to be an observer (& eventually join)
- #Fiji applied for observer only
- & so on.
Heavy Baile, Leo Justi, DJ Seduty – Vai Quebrando (Desce Que Desce)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JKnkLRy6U
“Sounds that make your ass bounce.”
The powerful energy of funk carioca, going through electronic music elements.
Xenia França – Pra que me chamas? (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEpV3C1JO60
Luedji Luna – Banho de folhas (2019)
Nyack Remix Feat. Zudizilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwmzpZaJhlM
Brazil meets Africa meets Bahia…
Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLviC6RPXdPEk9zKsEGyHHEkT-Sf1Qk9tL
Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/funmilayo-afrobeat-orquestra/
Brazil’s Afrobeat awakening is nothing new. However, for Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra, claiming their space on the global Afrobeat scene is something revolutionary. Founded in 2019, by vocalist and saxophonist Stela Nesrine and trumpet player Larissa Oliveira, the eleven-piece group emerged as the world’s first Afrobeat band composed of only black women, an all-women and nonbinary […]
So happy to have a lively #mobilizon community!
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Mobilizon instances also exist in #germany #hungary #greece #norway #poland #czech_republic #lithuania #denmark #sweden #austria #slovenia and #finland at least.
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Sé Cathedral and São Paulo City's Ground Zero
A quiet photo moment.
#Cathedral #GroundZero #SãoPaulo #Brazil #Street #Rain #moments #photojournal #photography
I'm told capybaras are having a moment, so here's a cute little guy having a snack on the Cuiabá river. There was a big pack of them that hung around the boat dock and would just stare at you when you wanted to pass. If you got close enough to touch them, they would begrudgingly move, just enough to keep from being touched and let you through. Very funny fellows, for sure.
"This year’s Report: Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, covering data from 2025 and published by the Indigenist Missionary Council (Cimi), reveals that this context of uncertainty resulted in attacks against Indigenous Peoples in their struggles for land, in vulnerability of deterritorialized groups, and in the continuity of the invasions in Indigenous Lands throughout the country."
"On the very first days of 2025, four Avá-Guarani were shot during and armed attack against their community in the Indigenous Land Tekoha Guasu Guavirá, an area in process of state recognition under intense conflict in the state of Paraná. One of the victims, shot in the spine, lost the movements of his legs. In March, a Pataxó man named Vitor Braz was murdered in the Indigenous Land Barra Velha do Monte Pascoal, in the state of Bahia, amongst the Pataxós’ struggle for the demarcation of their lands. In November, Vicente Fernandes, a Guarani Kaiowá, was also assassinated in Tekoha Pyelito Kue, in the Indigenous Lands Iguatemipegua I, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, also in a context of territorial conflicts."
#Indigenous #Brazil #HumanRights #LandBack
https://cimi.org.br/2026/08/report-violence-against-indigenous-people-brazil-2025/
https://www.europesays.com/3265600/ What Saudi Arabia’s exit means for China-led mBridge amid global de-dollarisation #AsiaGlobalFellow #BankForInternationalSettlements #Brazil #CentralBank #CentralBanks #China #CrossBorderInterbankPaymentSystem #Economy #HongKong #IndustrialAndCommercialBankOfChina #Macau #MiddleEast #ProjectMBridge #SaudiArabia #SouthChinaMorningPost #Thailand #UAE #UsDollar
🇧🇷 #Brasil / #Brazil accounts to follow:
(All in Portuguese.)
HACKERSPACES
@calangohc - Calango Hacker Clube
@lhc - Laboratório Hacker de Campinas
@garoa - Garoa Hacker Clube
LGBTQIA+
@gayblogbr - Gay.blog.br
DISCUSSION GROUPS
@rmc - Região Metropolitana de Campinas FediGroup
NEWS
@Poder360 - Poder360
@UOL - UOL.com.br
@dwbrasilflip - DW Brasil
@BBCBrasil - BBC Brasil
CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT
@Cinemaeafins - Cinema e Afins
@CinePOP2018 - Cinepop
@OVicio - O Vício
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"Cadeira de Pernas Cruzadas" (Crossed-Legs Chair)
By Brazilian #artist and #designer Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça
Exploration for oil in Brazilian near the border with French Guiana has been described as a "passport to the future," but Indigenous communities fear the impacts of construction and the risk of a spill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/21/sustainability/brazil-amazon-hunt-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #indigenouspeople #brazil #southamerica #environment #oil #fossilfuels
A group of countries including Canada and Brazil have unveiled a joint diplomatic front on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, seeking to shield cooperation from an increasingly transactional order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/21/world/carney-lula-unite-middle-powers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #canada #brazil #kenya #europe #un #europeanunion #markcarney #luizincioluladasilva #antoniocosta #williamruto
UNGA 2026: Trump, Iran, China, AI, and the Secretary-General Race
Happy Monday, and welcome to the first pop-up edition of Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, coming to you from…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #Brazil #China #foreign&publicdiplomacy #homepage_regional_americas #Israel #ScienceandTechnology #UnitedNations #UnitedStates #War
https://www.europesays.com/iran/301470/
https://www.europesays.com/3265959/ Once key economic weapon, US-China soybean trade may now offer rare common ground #AmericanSoybeanAssociation #AmericanSoybeans #ArtificialIntelligence #Beijing #Brazil #China #CSIS #DonaldTrump #Economy #HutongResearch #illinois #KangMengjie #midwest #S&PGlobal #SoybeanFarmers #soybeans #StanBorn #StraitOfHormuz #washington
https://www.europesays.com/3266660/ Lula warns against foreign interference, defends Brazil’s sovereignty at UN | Donald Trump News #Brazil #DonaldTrump #elections #InternationalTrade #LatinAmerica #News #Politics #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #trump #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
