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Lula said he had already debated with important people from Brazil and other countries, but he felt uncomfortable confronting a militiaman who, according to him, had been prepared to lie and disrespect the wisdom of the Brazilian people. He stated that Brazil did not deserve setbacks and that they would not abandon the country. He also associated the 25th with the number 13. #Brasil #Democracia #Respeito (translated)

JH Fonseca wrote that Flávio should explore, in a Globo debate, topics such as violence, supermarket prices, interest rates, and taxes. He suggested that he present examples and solutions for public security and explain how, in his view, Lula's spending affected the daily lives of families. He also recommended that Flávio characterize Lula as radical and assert that he had deceived centrist voters in 2022. As an argument, he suggested mentioning appointments to the Supreme Federal Court and promising names with impeccable curricula in the judiciary. He further defended proposing that the Bolsa Família and its adjustments be included in the Constitution. Regarding sanitation, Fonseca stated that in 2002, before the PT took office, India and Iraq were far behind Brazil, but both had surpassed the country in the World Bank rankings, despite Iraq having gone through a war. In education, he recommended mentioning that Brazil continued to rank among the lowest in PISA and accusing the PT of having abandoned the issue, in addition to presenting concrete proposals. Concerning corruption, Fonseca suggested provoking Lula to lose his patience and, in the face of attacks, respond quickly and return to discussing proposals and change. He also advised Flávio not to waste time with "grandstanding." #Lula #DebatePolítico #Brasil (translated)

The author stated that the Community of Madrid would not accept any blackmail and accused La Moncloa of calling for violence. He also requested that the right of minors to receive education be respected and argued that those in power must democratically accept that they needed to leave it. https://t.co/yRGnEXNFMG #ComunidadDeMadrid #Educación #Democracia #ES (translated)

The author wondered how far the authorities would go and stated that six police vans were present on Saturday to protect the Trogneux shop, owned by Brigitte Macron's family. He estimated that other merchants in France had been abandoned in the face of looting and denounced what he described as contempt and privileges of another time. https://t.co/iuGUnB6THJ #JusticeSociale #France #Sécurité #FR (translated)

The author wrote that the images of chaos in France astonished the entire world. He felt that the situation was neither normal nor inevitable, but rather the result of renunciations and abandonments that, according to him, had prevented the state from fulfilling its primary mission. He added that he knew what needed to be done to restore order and shared a link. https://t.co/nlC1AkwrB4 #France #Chaos #Ordre #FR (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that nine ambulances had arrived in Chocó to reinforce healthcare services and mentioned that the resources to acquire them came from previous years. He also pointed out that, under his government and with the leadership of the Minister of Health, Ana María Vesga, the strengthening of the hospital network would advance, with projects for first and second level hospitals in 11 municipalities and one third level hospital for the department. De La Espriella maintained that he aimed to guarantee the inhabitants of Chocó access to dignified, timely, and quality healthcare. #Salud #Chocó #Compromiso (translated)

Ryanair has decided to abandon 13 European airports between 2026 and 2027 due to the need to reduce costs and has announced a new investment of 200 million dollars in an operational base in Rimini to boost tourism and improve connections. #Ryanair #vuelos #aeropuertos (translated)

will not give up In turn, the Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, assured TF1 that the Public Prosecutor's Office "will not give up" its efforts to find those responsible for the acts of violence and looting in the capital since Saturday and urged the affected merchants to preserve any potential evidence, such as abandoned objects or traces of blood. #ForçasPoliciais #Protestos #Segurança (translated)

Fernando Oliveira stated that there was outrage because Loma no longer announced the "little tiger." He said that if she still lived in Prazeres, in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, she would depend on the social programs of the current government. He also criticized what he described as the neglect of studies in order to become just a meme and questioned what legacy she intended to leave. #Tigrinho #Educação #Memes (translated)

Júlio Schneider wrote that faith and courage can weaken, but according to his message, this does not diminish God's love. He compared the relationship with God to that of a child who falls while learning to walk and finds arms that lift them up. Schneider also said that Jesus does not abandon those who are hurt or tired and shared a prayer asking for support in times of doubt and difficulty. In the end, he invited readers to share the message with someone dear and stated that he would later share a link to the prayer on YouTube. #Fé #AmorDeDeus #Esperança (translated)

The author described as cynical the search for conspiracy theories while, as he wrote, the lack of expectations and the anger of millions of people who felt abandoned, excluded, and criminalized by a system that, he claimed, generated increasing inequality and became more racist and authoritarian were being ignored. (translated)

“STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW (INSTAGRAM)” — “THE SIX-SEAT REVOLUTION: A THEATRE DIRECTOR (FRANCESCO GRAVINO) TRANSFORMED AN ABANDONED NEWSSTAND INTO A RADICALLY NEW THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE” by LUCIANO MAGALDI SARDELLA https://ssir.org/bios/luciano-magaldi-sardella SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/Deor7xKlwNH/ In the southern Italian town of San Severo, a rusted iron newsstand has been transformed into the world’s smallest theater and a replicable model of creative urban regeneration.⁠ ⁠In SSIR’s fall issue, Luciano Magaldi Sardella describes how the six-seat theater is a countermeasure to the digital and demographic forces hollowing out parts of cities everywhere. ⁠ ⁠The Teatro Edicola (“Newsstand Theater”) is “not primarily a statement about smallness for its own sake, but a hypothesis about proximity, intimacy, and access as drivers of cultural participation. … The experience is, by its very structure, relational rather than transactional (Francesco Gravino).”

RADIO ARC 101:“NEWSSTANDS, ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ LIKE CAFÉS: MONEY LOST AND HOPES FROM STANFORD” by NANDO SILVESTRI SOURCE: https://radioarc.it/edicole-razze-in-estinzione-come-i-bar-soldi-persi-e-speranze-da-stanford/ Newsstands are another repository of humanity and knowledge, in many respects similar to cafés, at least as far as the unfortunate fate that has befallen many of them is concerned. The smell of printed paper, coloured card, variegated covers, surprise packets and cellophane was an olfactory molasses that once intoxicated young and old alike and represented, at the same time, a sought-after destination for daily walks and pauses. Stopping by the newsstand meant drawing upon knowledge, entertainment, culture, imagination and creativity. All prerogatives lost on account of the shapeless and amorphous surrogates disseminated by the web. This is the principal reason for the cumulative and recurring closure of a great many Italian newsstands: in economics, one speaks of a sector in demand collapse. But it is not merely a newsstand that closes; a piece of the local and national economy closes with it. From 35,000 newsstands in 2005 to about 20,000 in 2024: -43%. With them goes direct turnover of over €400 million per year, but the real hole is the indirect economy that is never calculated. Each average newsstand in a small town generated distribution worth €15,000 per year in margins for local distributors, couriers, and printers. Moreover, the customer who bought the newspaper would have a coffee, buy a bus ticket, place a bet. Download the Medium App One must consider that without a newsstand, the village cinema loses its only physical promotional outlet, not to mention the losses in terms of advertising. When it closes, it is not only the newsagent who loses. The café loses, the driver loses, the printer loses. In Irpinia, over the last five years, Avellino has lost six newsstands, Ariano Irpino three, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi two. The total loss in Irpinia amounts to about 22% of outlets. All this means that many of the closures mentioned above have deprived Irpinian cafés of several dozen customers, harming workers, distributors and suppliers. These are jobs that do not make the news, but they exist. Another hard blow inflicted upon the local and national economy in the name of a false progress that almost always favours the business of fixers and the usual suspects. However, what is happening in Puglia, a few kilometres from Irpinia, opens up scenarios of renewal based precisely upon the reconversion of disused newsstands. These are prospects so unique and innovative as to have aroused interest worldwide, especially at Stanford University. This is news of enormous significance that few news programmes have disseminated, in the name of a perennial pre-emption by technologies contemptuous of common sense, tradition and art. In San Severo, 40 km from Upper Irpinia, a newsstand abandoned for six years in Via Matteo Tondi became, on 27 March 2026, the Teatro-Edicola Foyer’97: six chairs, four square metres, an idea by Francesco Gavino. The well-received 10- to 15-minute shows have piqued the curiosity of Stanford University. Its academic journal, the Stanford Social Innovation Review [SSIR], has chosen the Teatro Edicola in San Severo as an international case study with the reportage “The Six-Seat Revolution”. Why is Stanford watching us? Because it has realised that those four square metres can once again generate indirect economic activity. Indeed, 60 spectators in an afternoon can become 60 coffees at the neighbouring café. With a symbolic ticket price of €5, we are talking about a cultural micro-economy. Not to mention the indirect income from tourists and journalists who arrive and frequent B&Bs and restaurants. It is the model Irpinia needs: not to leave the void, but to reconvert it virtuously. Every closed newsstand can become an information point, a micro-cinema, a service hub. Otherwise we shall continue to count only the lowered shutters, without counting the money that no longer circulates.

America has abandoned reality to enter the world of comic books. This idea was shared by the British-American writer Salman Rushdie, who stated in 2017 that with Trump's election, "America has abandoned reality to enter the world of comic books." #Dystopie #ViolenceÉtatique #Trump (translated)