Notices by Sofia ☭🇧🇷☭ (sofiav@mastodon.online), page 2

Hell de Janeiro

I just need y'all to understand how upset this makes me, not just for the obvious reason that it's fucked to unnecessarily cut down trees in general, but specifically because of the geography of this city. So, there's an extremely unequal distribution of street trees between the North and South zones, which leads to horrendous heat islands in the ZN. So far all these reports about trees being removed are coming from the ZS, but it's probably safe to assume it's happening everywhere. +

There's some sort of weird anti-tree conspiracy happening in Rio, and apparently at least part of it is to do with giving more visibility to advertising billboards. Although I swear I've seen trees removed in places without billboards...but then again, it's hard to tell, because sometimes street trees do have to be removed for legitimate reasons

Que porra é essa, caralho?! 😡 Estão removendo árvores para dar visibilidades aos anúncios outdoor
https://oglobo.globo.com/google/amp/rio/bairros/zona-sul/noticia/2024/10/17/arvores-estao-sendo-cortadas-ou-podadas-para-garantir-maior-visibilidade-a-paineis-publicitarios-denunciam-moradores.ghtml

Achei que ia continuar como cinema ou alguma coisa do tipo, mas parece que vai virar uma "casa de espetáculos" do modo mais brega possível 🤦♀️

(Aliás, o lugar não é tombado? Eles podem simplesmente deixar de ser cinema?)
https://veja.abril.com.br/cultura/novo-roxy-conheca-o-porteiro-mais-chique-do-bairro-de-copacabana

@CStamp so if it seems fine then it's fine? I put some in my coffee this morning and had no problem with it

@CStamp he said there was something off about the smell but I couldn't tell 🤷♀️

How long does a refrigerated bottle of milk last once it's open? I like a tiny bit of milk in my coffee but really only a tiny bit, and my boyfriend just dumped out like half a bottle that I thought was still fine because it was "open too long". :p

(It was UHT/long-life milk but idk if that makes a difference once the bottle is open)

6 people were infected with HIV after receiving transplanted organs in Rio de Janeiro. The lab responsible for testing donated organs on behalf of the state's public health system was a private company owned by the cousin of the former state Secretary of Health.

They didn't even have test kits. At the lab. That was receiving public funds to conduct these tests.

😱😡💀

https://bolha.one/@ACarolaRodrigues/113289857164569239

@uma_mocinha mel dels 😱🤦♀️

Seria até legal esses lugares se tornarem mais comum, mas a ideia de não ter mais banheiro próprio dentro de casa--deus me livre

Que negócio é esse de banho coletivo??? 🤣

@Tati perfeitos 😍🥰

Oh yeah, the other glasses-related thing I did today was download the Brazilian voter registration app to check that my polling place for tomorrow hadn't changed, and it required a biometric face scan, which, fine, and asked me to take my glasses off, which...fine...and then gave further instructions on the screen.........???

DO YOU PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM HERE?!

Every fucking face recognition thing does this. WHY?! 😡🤦♀️💀 #a11y

@CStamp not really? The scan is for authentication in the app that shows your polling place and where you check that everything is up to date

I can't read the text with the rest of the instructions once my glasses are off while holding my phone at arm's length to take a selfie

@CStamp that seems like that requires your government having even MORE information about you behind the scenes? Like, what do your taxes have to do with voting? Are people who are too poor to pay taxes not allowed to vote?

The app I'm using is a digital alternative to a paper document that I also have, I just thought this would be easier to use 🤷♀️

@CStamp digitalization has actually made things a lot easier and more efficient for poor Brazilians, and the main people who have a problem with the biometric IDs for voting are Bolsominion fascists who are listening to conspiracy theories about the voting machines being "hacked" (they literally can't be hacked because they can't connect to the internet). I'm criticizing the way this was implemented, but I don't have a problem with it in theory.

@CStamp most Brazilians have smartphones, but those who don't can go to their local TSE office before the election to get the paper document if they don't already have it, but there might be a line. Also no one is required to update their address for voting purposes unless they move to a different city, not just a different address in the same city. How does your government know when you move?

Oh my god. Twitter finally paid their fine, but sent the money to the wrong bank account??? 🤣🤦♀️ https://www.cartacapital.com.br/justica/x-manda-dinheiro-da-multa-para-conta-errada-e-moraes-pede-correcao/

ADESIVOOOOS!!!

Eu vou de PCB mas o PT também tem umas candidatas legais aqui no Rio #votonela