Rodrigo Sánchez Arce

Académico.

[Laurence Blair @laurieablair]

Never underestimate Paraguay. This is a nation that:

🇵🇾 Still speaks Guaraní despite 300 years of Spanish rule

🇵🇾 Defied Portuguese slavers for 150 years

🇵🇾 Survived a 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾 invasion that killed half its population

🇵🇾 Defeated Bolivia in the Chaco War

🇵🇾 Outlasted a 35-year dictatorship

A “third-class team”, as German commentators claimed? Should have read some history 😎

[HISTORIA @redhistoria]

La crucifixión de San Pedro
Pintada por el maestro del Renacimiento temprano italiano, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone (Masaccio), en el año 1426 en témpera sobre tabla.
Es una pieza pequeña que mide aproximadamente 30,5 x 21 cm, originalmente parte de la predela del desmembrado Políptico de Pisa.
Actualmente conserva en la Gemäldegalerie de Berlín, Alemania.

Análisis de la Escena

La pintura retrata el martirio del apóstol San Pedro. Siguiendo los relatos cristianos tradicionales, Pedro solicitó ser crucificado cabeza abajo por humildad, al no considerarse digno de morir de la misma forma que Jesucristo.

Masaccio utiliza la perspectiva geométrica y un realismo crudo característicos del Quattrocento:

Composición: Dos verdugos se inclinan con fuerza para clavar los pies de Pedro al travesaño horizontal de la cruz invertida.

Figuras: A los lados se observan soldados romanos portando grandes escudos rojos curvados que cierran visualmente la composición.

Profundidad: Los edificios del fondo actúan como un escenario perspectivo riguroso que resalta la brutalidad de la acción en el primer plano.

[Salvador Macías 🇲🇽🇻🇪🇺🇸 @smaciasr]

Max , perro de rescate de la Marina Armada de Mexico resulto lesionado salvando vidas en Venezuela. Ya esta en la banca y se va a recuperar pero antes rescato a 7 personas 2 niños y 3 perritos. BRAVO MAX!

[Vigia Ciudadano @VigiaCiudadano7]

“En México los jefes sí entramos. Yo soy el jefe, yo soy el que tiene que ir en la punta, yo soy el que si me apendejo me mu3r0”

Con esas palabras Héctor Méndez, “El Chino”, mejor conocido como El Topo Mayor explicó por qué nunca manda por delante a un joven o a alguien sin experiencia: porque en un rescate bajo escombros, un error puede costar la vida.

Desde 1985, tras el terremoto que marcó a la Ciudad de México, Héctor Méndez convirtió el dolor en misión; no era rescatista profesional antes de ese sismo.

De acuerdo con entrevistas, trabajaba en Hacienda, era bilingüe y tenía 38 años cuando el terremoto cambió su vida.

Llegó a Tlatelolco buscando a su hermano, entró a los escombros y terminó encontrando una vocación que lo llevaría a fundar una de las brigadas de rescate más reconocidas del país: los Topos Azteca.

Él mismo ha contado que ha trabajado en Norte, Centro y Sudamérica, el Caribe, Europa, África, Medio Oriente y Asia. Para él, los Topos no son solo un equipo: son su familia.

Y hay una frase que resume el peso de esa responsabilidad: “En mi grupo, en 36 años, no ha muerto nadie”.

No es casualidad. Es disciplina, experiencia y una forma de liderazgo donde el jefe no se queda atrás dando órdenes: entra primero, se juega la vida primero y responde por los suyos.

Héctor Méndez descubrió su vocación entre escombros, polvo y tragedia. Desde entonces decidió hacer algo que pocos se atreven:
entrar donde otros no pueden, para buscar vida donde todos temen encontrar muerte.
#ToposAztecas #orgullomexicano #mexico #valiente

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

This zodiac image is a woodcut from the 1512 Augsburg edition of Regiomontanus’s 'Kalendarius teütsch'. In this visual, the names of the zodiac signs are provided in text. Rather than using pictorial figures - such as a ram, bull, twins, crab, or scorpion - each sign is depicted through schematic star patterns.

The figure behind this publication is Regiomontanus, born Johannes Müller von Königsberg. Born in 1436, this German mathematician and astronomer specialized in calendars, celestial phenomena, and astronomical tables. There’s an important distinction to make: Regiomontanus wasn’t the engraver of this 1512 edition. Since he passed away in 1476, this page should be interpreted as an early 16th-century Augsburg printing that exemplifies the calendar and astronomical legacy he established in the 15th century.

Back then, the zodiac served a function far broader than the personality interpretations common today. In the tradition of medical astrology, the sign occupied by the Moon was a critical factor in determining which part of the body could be treated. The associations were as follows: Aries with the head and face; Taurus with the neck and throat; Gemini with the shoulders and arms; Cancer with the chest area; Leo with the heart and back; Virgo with the abdomen and intestines; Libra with the waist and kidneys; Scorpio with the reproductive organs; Sagittarius with the thighs; Capricorn with the knees; Aquarius with the lower legs and ankles; and Pisces with the feet. That’s why, when scheduling bloodletting, administering medication, or performing certain surgical procedures, it was necessary to consider not only the date but also the position of the Moon within the zodiac.

[Tatianotzin Oficial🥦🎀 @tatianotzin]

Orly, Balam y Kenai los perritos rescatistas queretanos que ya se dirigen a Venezuela.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today is Constitution Day of Ukraine!

Exactly 30 years ago, the Fundamental Law of our state was adopted. And it is Ukrainian men and women who give it strength. Our people write the pages of our history, and it is they who fill the pages of our Constitution with life: through their example, their deeds, their work, and their struggle for Ukraine.

Sovereign. Self-determined.
Democratic. Governed by the rule of law.
European. Peaceful. Independent.

Happy Constitution Day of Ukraine!

[Azucena Uresti @azucenau]

🚨“Tienes que decir esto, y agradecerle a tu presidenta”, le pidió una reportera de una televisión local de Venezuela a Héctor Méndez Rosales, conocido como el "Topo Mayor".

El fundador de Los Topos Azteca rechazó la petición y afirmó que su trabajo no responde a intereses políticos.

Aseguró que su única misión es rescatar vidas tras los terremotos.

[Arno @Clionautica]

“Menos de las mitad de la población mexicana ve ya la televisión abierta y menos de un tercio escucha la radio, mientras que casi nueve de cada 10 mexicanos cuenta con un celular y utiliza internet” (Encuesta Nacional sobre Disponibilidad y Uso de Tecnologías de la Información en los Hogares 2025), @INEGI_INFORMA @Reforma

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

So why are Russians screaming and shrieking in every video now that Ukrainian cruise missiles and massive swarms of drones are finally flying back toward their cities?

Weren't they the ones who spent decades happily consuming kilotons of the Kremlin's warmongering propaganda in everything from the daily news to films, TV series, and even cartoons?

Weren't they the ones who enthusiastically echoed their permanent regime's slogans of "We can do it again!!!" and spent generations indulging in fantasies of a glorious war against the "decadent gay West," provided they could stay comfortably on their couches, consuming triumphant war reports and the sound of military marches on television?

Weren't they the ones dreaming of putting those "stupid khokhol swines" in their place, cheering with delight when Ukrainians were "punished" for their pro-Western democratic revolution through the criminal seizure of Crimea and the unleashing of the bloody war in Donbas?

Weren't they the ones who for years swallowed the revanchist pseudo-historical ravings of their KGB bio-robot in the Kremlin, shouting "On to Washington!!" and "On to Berlin!!" while dressing their own little children in military uniforms and putting them into toy tanks and cardboard missiles?

Weren't they the ones who erupted in euphoria at the launch of the "Kyiv in three days" operation, only to then flock by the hundreds of thousands and millions to kill Ukrainians as mercenaries for peanuts and to work for Russia's military-industrial complex, counting their blood-soaked profits?

Weren't they the ones who descended into complete moral savagery as a people and as a country, watching with their own eyes as horrific war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians were committed every single day, from torture and beheadings to the destruction of entire cities and nighttime missile strikes that brought apartment buildings down on top of the people inside?

Weren't they the ones who celebrated every mass killing of Ukrainians on social media, gleefully fantasizing about "leaving Europe without gas" and "freezing the khokhols in the dark this winter"?

Weren't they the very same people who loudly applauded and shouted "THANK YOU!!!" to the Wagner mercenaries in Rostov-on-Don three years ago?

Aren't they still happily consuming nonstop propaganda about the "Kyiv junta," "Ukrainian Nazis," and the "former so-called Ukraine," while listening to state propagandist Solovyov and Putin's officials calling for Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Lviv to be wiped off the face of the earth with nuclear weapons because they refused to submit and fought back?

So what is it? Do Russians no longer enjoy the "sacred war" now that the time has come to answer for that entire orgy of hatred, chauvinism, revanchism, militarism, the cult of death, totalitarianism, and the cynical exploitation of the memory of World War II to justify new wars of conquest?

Now the Ukraine they despised so deeply and looked down upon as inherently inferior -- has survived this war, rallied the support of the free world, armed itself to the teeth, and is now systematically breaking the very backbone of their inhuman war machine.

[Students For Liberty @sfliberty]

In 1960, newly independent African leaders had a choice: capitalism or socialism.

Almost all of them picked socialism.

A Ghanaian economist named George Ayittey spent forty years documenting what happened next.

His findings are in print, and almost nobody outside Africa wants to hear them. 🧵

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

This is my type of humor

[Marco Fattorini @MarcoFattorini]

«Putin ha presentato al mondo un’immagine falsa della Russia. Parla di sé come il leader di una società tradizionale. In realtà i tassi di divorzio sono altissimi, l’aborto è molto comune, pochissimi russi vanno in chiesa e meno del 5% dei russi ha letto la Bibbia. Quindi non si tratta di una cultura particolarmente religiosa o tradizionale, ma Putin si è reso il volto di quell’idea perché è politicamente vantaggioso. La usa per costruire sostegno, per conquistare simpatizzanti in Occidente. Un po’ come quando, negli anni Trenta, i comunisti sovietici vendevano agli americani e agli europei la l’immagine di quanto fosse meravigliosa l’Unione Sovietica e di come avessero scoperto un nuovo sistema politico. Se non sei mai stato in Russia, puoi immaginare tante cose. Puoi creare una sorta di Russia immaginaria, un’Unione Sovietica immaginaria. Specialmente se visiti solo Mosca e San Pietroburgo. Ma la maggior parte delle persone che ammira la Russia non è mai stata nemmeno a Mosca e San Pietroburgo. Oggi una parte della destra europea e americana usa questa Russia immaginaria come simbolo, senza capire che non ha alcuna relazione con la realtà». (@anneapplebaum)

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The World Cup is a good excuse to put this map to the test. The most common surnames in Latin America visualised by @xruiztru.

[ᴍᴀɴᴜ. @ESnomanu]

Vamos a desmontar el relato de Messi en los mundiales:

- después de jugar 6 mundiales, nunca ha jugado contra: Brasil, España, Inglaterra, Uruguay, Portugal ni Italia.

- de las grandes selecciones solo jugó contra: Alemania (3 veces), Holanda (2 veces) y Francia (1 vez). Perdió todos los partidos.

- en el mundial de Sudáfrica de 2010, marcó un total de 0 goles.

- en el de Brasil 2014, marcó 4. Todos en fase de grupos. Los rivales: Bosnia, Nigeria e Irán.

- En Rusia 2018, solo marcó a su víctima favorita: Nigeria.

- en Qatar 2022, marcó 7 goles. 4 de penalti.

Es la carrera más maquillada de la historia entre ayudas, penaltis y goles a selecciones sin historia ninguna.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Most FIFA World Cup Finals Ever Played ⚽🏆

🇩🇪 Germany — 8
🇧🇷 Brazil — 7
🇮🇹 Italy — 6
🇦🇷 Argentina — 6
🇫🇷 France — 4
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 3
🇺🇾 Uruguay — 2
🇨🇿 Czechia — 2
🇭🇺 Hungary — 2
🇪🇸 Spain — 1
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England — 1
🇭🇷 Croatia — 1
🇸🇪 Sweden — 1

[🇯🇵moritoo @agirikiurajp]

これが雷の力だ😱

恐ろしい…

[Yovana 🧵🔨 @yovsgh]

- No estaba tan pedo.
- Goey, te encueraste en el Ángel.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Watch closely new video showing the U.N. reaction: as courageous former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky confronts October 7th denier Reem al-Salem—by recounting the horrific abuse she suffered from Hamas—the U.N. rapporteur on violence against women sits there stone-faced. No empathy.