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Xochitl Gonzalez’s book “Olga Dies Dreaming” tells the story of a hurricane in Puerto Rico that draws a mother back into her children’s lives. In a way, Gonzalez writes, the novel “brought my mother back into mine.” theatln.tc/RP0z1vQB
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The melting of polar ice due to global warming is slowing the speed of Earth’s rotation and increasing the length of each day, per a new study.
The changes are small — on the scale of milliseconds — but this is enough to potentially wreak havoc. Read: trib.al/QHx3sI4
ALT A graphic features an image of melting ice sheets along the Scoresby Sound Fjord in Eastern Greenland. The following text is overlayed: "Climate change is literally making our days longer."
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The unelected justices on the US Supreme Court just delivered a big blow to both the rights of Puerto Ricans and to journalism.
Puerto Rico's Center of Investigative Journalism sued the unelected fiscal control board that the US government imposed on the colonized "territory".
The Supreme Court ruled that the people of Puerto Rico do not have the right to access documents that show how the unelected fiscal control board runs their lives. So the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) basically does not apply in US colonial "territories".
This is blatant colonialism combined with a full-frontal attack on journalism.
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La familia Stubbe intenta intimidar y silenciar a la Portavoz de @VictoriaPorPR en Dorado @YamiraColonRosa mediante una demanda estratégica (“SLAPP Suit”).
¡No permitas que se salgan con la suya!
Comparte este video para que más personas conozcan sus estrategias. #NoNosCallarán
este caripuerco se cree @ArcangelPrrra
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Even mild Covid can impact your mood.
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ALT Poster A silhouette of the head a dark skinned Black man with dreadlocks against a mottled yellow background. There are red circles around him with cream coloured text from left to right: Fear, Stress, Insomnia, Dark Mood, Poor Memory, Anger Side Bar Text: STUDIES SHOW EVEN MILD COVID CAN HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS Cream coloured bar across the top and bottom text: COVID CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND BIRCH on facebook, @bircovidhealth on instagram & twitter
i just overheard some gringo from my bf’s company say that “you folks in puerto rico are like on the other side of the world for all intents and purposes” i’m sorry but what exactly do you mean by that you ignorant fuck??
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Hijo del Gobernador controla AirBnb y alquileres
Estudio hecho por analista desde Estados Unidos confirma que empresa de Anthony Pierluisi controla sobre 88% de los alquileres en la isla; Líder PIP Adrián González Costa pide que se investigue (AUDIOS)
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bruh i haven’t even started the last of us but yesterday I saw a gif of the zombie kissing that woman AND I HAD A NIGHTMARE ABOUT IT THAT WOKE ME UP TERRIFIED AT 5AM wtf!!!!😭
estoy a pie y esperé 25min pa un uber pa que oliera algaro de abombao and not a single window is cracked help me
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Puerto Rico está ciego de estadísticas vitales por los últimos 7 AÑOS. No se sabe cuántas muertes y nacimientos han ocurrido en PR desde el 2016, la información demográfica más básica. Así ha trabajado el gobierno de PR, específicamente el Dept. de Salud.
primerahora.com/noticias/gob…
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NEW: Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón reintroduced her bill to designate all of PR as an opportunity zone. Currently, 98% of the island qualifies for tax breaks on new development. States could only designate 25%. @tax
