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Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic (Official Video)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 3d

And Florence + The Machine, also launched a new album, "Everybody Scream": Sympathy Magic
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wRfe...

YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO

The Charlatans - Appetite (Official Visualiser)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 3d

The Charlatans also launched a new album today, 'We Are Love'.
One of the new songs: Appetite
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4F...

YouTube video by The Charlatans

Pacifica - "Indie Boyz" (Official Video)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 3d

Today Pacifica released their second album, 'In Your Face!' . This is a new video: "Indie Boyz"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6PjM...

YouTube video by Pacifica

Impression artistique for Sale avec l'œuvre « Apricité : chaleur du soleil d'hiver » de l'artiste sketchplanator

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 10d

Jorge Vadio and the Starmen

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 11d

Correction: it doesn't exist in French dictionaries, but some people have learned of "apricity" and are starting to use "apricité" www.redbubble.com/fr/i/impress...

Il est difficile de battre la sensation de la chaleur du soleil d'hiver sur votre visage. Il y a aussi un mot pour ça : apricité. Édifiant, plein d'espoir, apaisant - même quelques courts instants pou...

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 11d

I checked 2 Portuguese dictionaries: it is derived from the Latin aprīcus, «sunny», through aprīcĭtās , -ātis «tepid temperature». Maybe the English author derived it the same way. BTW, the Portuguese word is (currently) obscure. I learned of it just a few years ago. It doesn't exist in French.

Continuing resolution - Wikipedia

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

The problem in the USA is that they have a similar mechanism (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continu...) but it also needs a vote instead of being automatic. (3/3).

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

previous year. It is not ideal (there are some expenses that can't be done), and I think it doesn't cover inflation, but the normal functions of the state continue and people are paid normally (in fact salaries and pensions are one exception which can be paid even they exceed the "twelfth"). (2/3)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

My country (Portugal) is far from perfect, but our budget law specifies that, if the budget is not approved in time, the government continues to function with "duodécimos" (twelfths=1/12), which means that, for each month, each minister/department/etc. receives 1/12 of its budget from the (1/3)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

Minor typo: "today iwe are seeing" -> "today we are seeing"?

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

‘Did two Brits spy for China?’ is one question. ‘Can any UK PM really stand up to China?’ is an even bigger one | Gaby Hinsliff

It’s Keir Starmer’s turn to muddle through a problem that none of his predecessors solved: can his cash-poor nation afford to offend a superpower?, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 20d

About "lowering barriers": "companies[...] have to provide [...] certifying the origin, weight and value of any steel in their products right down to nuts and bolts." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

One of Europe’s biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs

Krone says ‘alarming’ levies on about 400 goods including hair dryers and combine harvesters have forced pause

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 22d

From a book about Steve Jay Gould's legacy: "Most of the contributors to this volume were Steve’s students, to whom he was first and foremost a teacher and mentor. He was not always warm or gentle, or even friendly, to his students,"..."He was a difficult role model."

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 23d

Ordem Crucial

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 24d

António Olaio e Mikey Georgeson

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 28d

Minor typo? "Could a rerival" -> "revival"
BTW, last week: "but rather hat it is expensive" -> "that"
BTW2, "The government is not raising enough in tax." The government had/has a very good excuse: "due to Trump's tariffs and Putin's aggression, regrettably we have to increase taxes"

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 28d

BTW, I hope you don't mind me asking: that looks familiar, is that near Castro Marim (south-east Algarve, Portugal)? That is where I took my picture.

American Service-Members' Protection Act - Wikipedia

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · 28d

During the George W. Bush administration the "Hague Invasion Act" was passed to prevent that:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · Oct 5

Flamingos at sunrise on a Saturday morning

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · Sep 26

Typos? "Did I catch this ... on a bad night." -> should end with a question mark ?
"would hav loved -> have"

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Sep 21

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Night time. Three figures walk up a set of stairs. They are in fact Penrose stairs, an impossible object which one can walk up endlessly.
Low on the side of the stairs is a window. Another figure leans out and shouts up at the walkers:
“Guys! I'm sure it's not easy being trapped in an endless paradox representing the limited nature of human perception, but some of us are trying to sleep down here!”

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Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · Sep 14

I just searched google news and a couple of Portuguese newspapers and I didn't find any recent article. The next 4 weeks there is a electoral campaign (for local elections) so I suppose the government won't think about this subject for now.

St Vincent - Fuzz Pedal Fuckery (H E L P)

Rui Pedro Salgueiro @ruisalgueiro.bsky.social · Sep 14

Apropos: St. Vincent - Fuzz Pedal F...
youtu.be/11JiKTyMm7M?...
(Someone made a compilation of the bits of distorted guitar from one of her concerts.)

YouTube video by anivegmin

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