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    Claudio Verequete lives about 200m from where the road will be. He used to make an income from harvesting açaí berries from trees that once occupied the space.

    “Everything was destroyed,” he says, gesturing at the clearing.

    “Our harvest has already been cut down. We no longer have that income to support our family.”

    He says he has received no compensation from the state government and is currently relying on savings.

    In case it’s unclear that these people claiming to care about the climate are genuinely as bad as any cartoon villain out of Fern Gully.

    Edit: I wonder if we can get Tim Curry to record a public scolding of them. That would be a fitting publicity stunt to draw attention to this.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      415 hours ago

      I wonder if we can get Tim Curry to record a public scolding of them. That would be a fitting publicity stunt to draw attention to this.

      Unfortunately he’s dead so probably not

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            13 hours ago

            No worries. Also I’m a little jealous of you, that today, for you, Tim Curry returned to life.

            That would brighten my day.

            I hope the rest of your day also is at least as good as learning Tim Curry is still alive.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              I hope the rest of your day also is at least as good as learning Tim Curry is still alive.

              I’m not sure if that’s possible but I’ll try. “Live each day like tim curry is alive and well”

      • paraphrand
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        Many people think so. But no, he’s not.