one of the oldest and arguably the most important museum in Brazil is burning to the ground as we speak. home to the portuguese royal family from 1808 to 1821, the Museu Nacional stored fossils, meteorites, pre-historic human skeletons and a variety of artefacts related to natural history. it holds two centuries of latin & brazilian history and now it’s all gone.
some of the things that are now lost forever: the largest collection of egyptian artefacts in latin america; the skeleton of the largest flying reptile ever found in Brazil; the oldest human fossil ever found in the country, named “Luzia” (over 11.000 y.o) and other 20 million extremely important relics and researches just burned to the ground. never to be seen again.
thanks to our government, of course, who didn’t want to pay the museum the necessary funds to make the essencial maintenances since 2014 (which by the way, costed less than a supreme federal court judge’s sallary: R$520 in a year).
another sad instance where the state’s indifference towards culture and history becomes painfully obvious. this is a massive blow to our cultural legacy.
all that in our independe week. happy independe for us, brazilians, who just lost our history and culture in a fire caused by ignorance and indifference.
in case you’re wondering, this is what the museum used to look like:
this is what it looks like now:
thousands of years of culture lost. happy independence week.
“Authorities say the fire lasted for six hours, causing irreparable damage. To put it bluntly: it’s all gone. A meteorite, that can sustain incredibly high temperatures, was found intact. But other than that, there are apparently no other pieces left. It would not be an understatement to call the Museu Nacional the Brazilian equivalent of the Louvre or the British Museum.”
here is some of the international news saying on this, because most articles and videos are all in portuguese, u can check some of the news in english: (here *new york times*) (here *bbc news*) (here *le monde* for french speaking readers) (here *shorouk news* for people who speak arabian) (here *azteca news* for spanish) (here *corriere della sera* for italian).
it was a natural science and historic museum, there were all sorts of important researches and relics. all burned. this was our culture. our history. the first human fossil found in brazil (mentioned above, Luzia) was so important for science, since it proved that way before indigenous tribes existed in Brazil, there were black people.
this is the place where our first constitution was made and the declaration of independence was signed. our independe day is this friday. heartbroken.
My heart goes out to the Braziian people for this loss.
Pardon my language, but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. I’m so sorry; this is horrific.
i just got a super predatory debt collection letter. it was for a $113 debt from citizens bank, who i had an account with when i was 16 (20 years ago). the letter appeared to be an offer to cancel the debt if i paid them $22.75. HOWEVER, the actual wording is, “The amount of the debt is $113.77 and we will accept $22.75.” so, no MENTION of canceling the debt, but the implication is there because many collectors of current debt offer to settle for a percentage.
at the bottom of the letter, it says: “Because of the age of your debt, we cannot sue you for it and we cannot report to any credit reporting agency. In many circumstances, you can renew the debt and start the time period for the filing of a lawsuit against you if you take specific actions such as making payments on the debt or making a written promise to pay.”
basically… i don’t owe this money anymore, the debt is so old they can’t legally sue me for it OR put it on my credit report, BUT if i take their generous offer of paying them $22.75… they can sue me for the full amount because making a payment makes the debt current.
no thanks, jefferson capital systems llc.
always, always read the entire letter! it is so important because of semantic awfulness like this!
White collar worker and executives: “Hurray, it’s labor day weekend! 3 full days off! We are so fortunate to live in a Great Country that Cares about it’s Workers!”
Service industry workers who know labor day weekend is one of the busiest 3 days of the year which means double or triple shifts and not seeing family all while being forced to be not only polite but cheerful:
While also knowing that Labor Day was intended as a holiday for them and they still have to put up with this shit
it’s #MeToo to include everyone…….not #SheToo lmao
The male ego is the most fragile thing on earth
“Hahah these rape victims are so fragile lmao”
Fuck you, and fuck all who are making fun of it. You’re the reason they created this hashhtag in the first place, because you keep pushing men away from the #MeToo movement and claiming that caring even a little bit for male victims somehow hurts female victims.
Yeah but wasn’t me too for everyone who was abused
I don’t actually know much about it tbh I just saw it going around
Originally it was supposed to be. Then they started gatekeeping the male victims.
fuck you feministism for posting this and joining in on this victim blaming nasty shit. NEVER try to claim you care for rape victims ever again.
so i cant really blame you for not reading the article since its premium article but you do get a small preview and let me give you a little bit of that
“ a bumper sticker on the back of the door reads: “Don’t be
THAT girl: embarrassed about a hook-up? Angry at a boyfriend? Willing to
destroy a life?”
“
this is not about male rape victims, its about mens fragile egos and them LITERALLY CALLING RAPE VICTIMS LIARS, hell the preview doesent even mention sexual assault just “mens rights”, so fuck right off with the “evil feminists are victim blaming assholes harassing rape victims” shit because your literally defending victim blaming assholes who harass rape victims
This behaviour is so fucking transparent. Y’all don’t give a shit about male rape victims, you just want to use them as a tool against feminism. Male victims aren’t a shield to hide behind or a weapon to use. They are real people and acting like #HeToo is actually trying to support them is willfully ignorant. These reactionary tags are designed to use real issues and trauma for their own gain.
cisphobeofficial 