Afonso Bueno

That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. - Samwise Gamgee

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

"Colocou-o no fogo da adversidade para temperá-lo, na bigorna da incompreensão para moderá-lo, e golpeava, com o pesado martelo das falsas acusações para forjá-lo, de tal maneira que nunca dobrasse nem rompesse."

Três Monjes Rebeldes - Padre M. Raymond

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@lpbragancabr Te representei em Santa Bárbara d'oeste

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@SaintsBrasil09 @Saints @CoxComm Volta aqui

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@josuenunes Mas o Alexandre é réu?

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@cafecomferri Zica não, Ferri

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@cafecomferri VARA é quanto mesmo?

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@Rainmaker1973 Cachorro Cururu

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@patrickbetdavid Lula's favorite guy

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

California's Central Valley produces 80% of the world's almonds. Each almond requires 3.2 gallons of actual irrigation water to grow. Not rainfall. Actual tap water pumped from aquifers.

One gallon of almond milk requires 162 gallons of irrigation water. Compare that to dairy milk at 8 gallons of tap water per gallon, with the rest being rainfall that falls on pasture anyway.

But here's where it gets properly grim. Almonds bloom for exactly three weeks in February. During those three weeks, California needs every pollinating bee in North America transported to the Central Valley or the crop fails entirely.

Commercial beekeepers truck in 31 billion honeybees. That's two-thirds of America's entire managed bee population, all concentrated in one valley for three weeks. The bees are packed into trucks, driven across the country, dumped into almond groves drenched in pesticides, worked to exhaustion, then packed up and shipped to the next crop.

The mortality rate is catastrophic. Beekeepers report losing 30 to 50% of their hives annually. That's billions of bees dead. Not from natural causes. From being used as disposable pollination machines for your almond milk.

The pesticides don't help. Almond groves are sprayed with neonicotinoids which scramble bee navigation systems, fungicides which weaken their immune systems, and herbicides which eliminate the wildflowers they'd normally forage on between almond blooms.

Meanwhile the aquifer depletion is permanent. The Central Valley has sunk 28 feet in some areas from groundwater extraction. That water took 10,000 years to accumulate. It's being drained in decades for almond milk.

Your vegan latte killed more bees and used more water than a year's worth of dairy milk. But it's got "plant-based" on the label so you're definitely saving the planet.

[Afonso Bueno @bbuenoafonso]

@OpenSourceZone @grok all of them are dead?

[Instituto Rothbard @rothbard_brasil]

**🚨 1,7 milhão de crianças foram estudadas e os resultados mostraram que miocardite e pericardite SÓ apareceram em crianças que receberam as VACINAS de mRNA contra COVID.**

**Nenhuma criança do grupo não vacinado sofreu dessas condições cardíacas.**

[Fernando Ulrich @fernandoulrich]

Inacreditável:

Os Emirados Árabes Unidos anunciam que cortarão fundos para cidadãos que desejam estudar no Reino Unido por medo de que estudantes dos Emirados sejam radicalizados por islâmicos da Irmandade Muçulmana nos campi britânicos.

Um estado árabe agora vê um estado europeu como um perigoso hotspot de radicalização islâmica

[Rodney @rodd__serling]

- Café mais caro dos últimos 49 anos.
- Mais mortes por dengue em um ano do q a soma dos últimos 7 anos
- 8,5 trilhões de déficit nas contas públicas
- Recorde histórico de queimadas na Amazônia.
- Maior IVA do mundo
- Mais de 30 impostos criados ou aumentados
- Mais de 6 bilhões desviados de idosos pobres no INSS.
- Mesada de 300 mil sendo paga pro filho do presidente
- Recorde histórico de feminicídios
- Segunda maior taxa de juros do mundo
- Rombo nas estatais que passa de 20 bi
- Picanha mais cara dos últimos 18 anos
- Gente sendo assassinada por facção só pq fez um gesto na hora de tirar foto
- 5 milhões por dia sendo gastos em viagens do presidente e da primeira dama
- Proteção de ditaduras e bajulação de ditadores
- Mais de 1/4 da população vivendo em território dominado pelo crime organizado
- Preços médios no supermercado praticamente dobraram em três anos

Na verdade, tem váááários outros aspectos políticos q dá pra gente lembrar além da comprinha de muamba

Escolhe aí

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Researchers at Stanford University have elucidated a mechanism behind the occurrence of myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, particularly in young males.

Analysis of blood samples from vaccinated individuals revealed elevated levels of two cytokines—CXCL10 and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)—in those who developed post-vaccination myocarditis.

These signaling proteins initiate a two-step inflammatory cascade: CXCL10, primarily produced by macrophages in response to the vaccine, recruits T cells that release IFN-γ, which in turn attracts aggressive immune cells (such as neutrophils and macrophages) to the heart, leading to tissue damage.

In preclinical models (including mice and human cardiac tissue), neutralizing CXCL10 and IFN-γ significantly reduced cardiac injury and immune cell infiltration without impairing the vaccine's overall immunogenicity.

Additionally, pretreatment with genistein—a soy-derived anti-inflammatory compound—attenuated the cytokine surge and mitigated heart damage in these models.

Vaccine-associated myocarditis typically presents with symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations shortly after the second dose and remains exceedingly rare.

Importantly, SARS-CoV-2 infection itself poses a substantially higher risk of myocarditis—along with severe multisystem complications—reinforcing that the benefits of mRNA vaccination far exceed the risks.

Statistics report 1 case of myocarditis in 9,000–25,000 doses for the highest-risk groups, adolescent and young adult males, particularly after the second dose. Rates were much lower in females, older adults, and after first or booster doses. For context, myocarditis risk from actual COVID-19 infection was substantially higher—often 10 times or more in comparable age groups.

[Cao, X., Manhas, A., Chen, Y.-I., et al. (2025). Inhibition of CXCL10 and IFN-γ ameliorates myocarditis in preclinical models of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. Science Translational Medicine. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adq0143]

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

1931: Dr. Otto Warburg wins the Nobel Prize for discovering cancer cells cannot survive without glucose. They're glucose-dependent.

This suggests depriving cancer cells of glucose might treat cancer. Warburg proposes testing therapeutic ketosis: cancer cells need glucose, healthy cells run on ketones.

The hypothesis is brilliant. Clinical trials should begin immediately.

They don't.

Why? Chemotherapy research is exploding. Pharmaceutical companies can patent chemotherapy drugs. They cannot patent "stop eating sugar."

Throughout the 1960s-70s, scattered researchers test ketogenic diets for cancer. Small studies show promising results. Cancer cells shrink when glucose is restricted.

These studies are published in minor journals. No major institution picks them up. No pharmaceutical company funds larger trials.

Dr. Thomas Seyfried at Boston College rediscovers Warburg's work in the 2000s. After 15 years researching cancer metabolism, his conclusion: Cancer is metabolic, not primarily genetic. Ketogenic diets should be first-line therapy.

He publishes "Cancer as a Metabolic Disease" in 2012. Comprehensive. Meticulously researched.
The oncology establishment ignores it completely.

When Seyfried lectures at medical schools, oncologists walk out. They call his work "dangerous." Not because the science is wrong. Because suggesting diet could treat cancer threatens the entire chemotherapy industry.

Current standard cancer treatment: Poison the patient with chemotherapy, then send them home with advice to eat "healthy whole grains" that feed the cancer.

Current research funding for metabolic cancer therapy: Essentially zero.

Warburg won the Nobel Prize 95 years ago. We've known cancer is glucose-dependent since 1962.

We're still feeding cancer patients sugar and calling it supportive care.

Because ketogenic therapy can't be patented.

[Elisa @eeelistar]

Nuno Loureiro was assassinated yesterday

He was a professor + the director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

> 47 years old
> Studied nuclear fusion (= energy source of the Sun + stars) for 10 years at MIT
> His award-winning work focused on creating a virtually limitless, clean energy source on Earth - one that doesn’t produce carbon or radioactive waste (usual biproduct of fission reactors)
> His research was essentially a threat to companies in the energy sector (fossil fuels, wind, solar, etc)
> Nuno was vital to the development of fusion nuclear power plants, without him the path ahead is less clear + his death will set back the entire field

Nuno is not the first MIT fusion scientist to be brutally murdered, in 2004 Eugene Mallove was also shot in his home

I hope this opens eyes – there is an agenda at play

[Senso Crítico ⚡ @SensoCrtico1]

📊 Brasil atinge 48 milhões no Bolsa Família contra 39 milhões de empregos CLT

O país chegou a um marco preocupante: há mais brasileiros vivendo de auxílio do Estado do que trabalhando com carteira assinada.

Enquanto o número de beneficiários do Bolsa Família cresce, o emprego formal não acompanha. Para fechar essa conta, o caminho escolhido pelo governo tem sido criar e aumentar impostos.

Na prática, quem ainda está no mercado formal paga mais para sustentar um sistema cada vez maior. Críticos alertam para um ciclo perigoso: menos emprego, mais dependência do Estado e mais impostos sobre quem produz.

Assistência social sem crescimento vira conta eterna e alguém sempre paga.

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

24 years ago, I literally woke up. As a European living in Oklahoma, I witnessed the terror attacks of September 11 in a classroom, amidst the immense hysteria and many inconsistencies that didn't add up.

To those who still believe the official narrative, let me ask you if all the issues mentioned below can be mere coincidences:

- Shortly before the terror attacks, Larry (((Silverstein))) purchased and insured the Twin Towers specifically against terror attacks. Coincidentally, he and his entire family were not at the World Trade Center that morning. After 9/11, Silverstein took the insurance company to court, claiming he should be paid double because there were 2 attacks. He won and was awarded $4,550,000,000.

- The Pentagon is the most surveilled building in the world, yet there is only one short video clip that allegedly shows a plane crashing into it. The question arises, why did the FBI immediately confiscate all videos from surrounding hotels and gas stations and to this day has not released a single video of the plane, while the planes crashing into the WTC were shown from every camera angle?

- How were so many people able to call their families from the planes in 2001? In 2024, I can't even get a signal until shortly before landing. And why did these people introduce themselves with their full names to their families? When I call my parents, I don't say, "Hey, this is Simon Goddek..."

- Why were huge amounts of nanothermite found in the WTC ashes?

- Many people don't know that a third high-rise building in New York collapsed in free fall that day. The World Trade Center 7 allegedly fell due to an office fire. Ever heard of 'Pull it?'

- The BBC reported that Building 7 had collapsed before it had collapsed. That means BBC knew beforehand that building was going to collapse even though no plane had hit it.

- Several alleged hijackers supposedly executed advanced aerial maneuvers, yet they were known to be terrible flight students who couldn’t fly Cessnas.

- U.S. air defense inexplicably failed. Fighter jets normally intercept hijacked planes within minutes, but on 9/11 they were conducting “war games” about hijacked planes at the exact same time.

- Firefighters, survivors, and journalists described hearing multiple explosions inside the towers before and during collapse. These testimonies were scrubbed from the official narrative.

- Multiple Israeli operatives, the so-called “dancing Israelis,” were literally seen celebrating and filming the attacks as they happened. They were detained, questioned, and quietly released. They later stated on Israeli TV that they were there to document the events.

- How is it possible that the three (!!!) towers and the planes’ black boxes were pulverized into rubble and ash, but the passports of the alleged terrorists were found intact?

Those who believe the official story probably also believe that the Covid vaccine is safe and effective, the earth is flat, and that Mark Zuckerberg is a lizard person.

And the main question still remains: WHO DID IT?

[Rafa Couto @rafacouto1988]

Nenhum regime tirânico se sustenta quando o POVO se revolta.

O Nepal é um grande exemplo: lá parecia impossível, já que o governo tinha quase controle total sobre a população.

Fica o recado aos tiranos do mundo inteiro: a força do povo sempre vence.

A história é inevitável..

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists discovered you have a second heart in your calf.

It's called the soleus muscle—just 1% of your body weight—but if it fails, you're 4 times more likely to die.

The calf muscle pump, which is a system of muscles, veins, and valves in the calf and foot, pushes deoxygenated blood up towards the heart and lungs.

When it is weakened or inactive, it can lead to blood pooling in the legs and feet, potentially increasing the risk of various circulatory problems. Its dysfunction can be associated with increased mortality risk.

[Midnight Maniac Sri @sridatta]

'water is transparent only within a very narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum,

so living organisms evolved sensitivity to that band, and that's what we now call "visible light". '

(found via HN)