DoomsdaysCW

Former Journalist📰 and occasional Librarian 📚, #IndigenousAlly living on #Wabanaki land🌄.
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#NoNukes☢️ Anti-#Oligarchy🎩 #NoWar☮️ #GetMoneyOut💰#HumanRights🕵️‍♂️ #CeasefireNow🇵🇸 #BLM✊🏿 #IndigenousRights 🌿 #WaterIsLife💧Anti-#Corruption🔍 #ClimateCrisis🌍 #RightToRepair 🪛

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2025-05-11 14:00:11

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2025-05-09 22:42:51

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2025-05-04 19:04:57

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That is so cool!
#SolarPunkSunday

2025-05-04 18:52:39

Heh. So, I had a bushy plant that was thriving in a container indoors, but had forgotten what it was. Turns out, it's a cayenne pepper plant that's turned into a pepper bush! Not sure how I kept it alive for a couple of years, but there you go.
#Gardening #ForgetfulGardening #SolarPunkSunday #PepperTree?
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2025-04-29 00:03:39

Only one thing is going to stand in Trump's way — and he knows it | Opinion
by Thom Hartmann, April 28, 2025
"It didn’t happen in some shadowy back alley or under the cover of night.
"It happened in broad daylight — in the heart of an American courthouse.
"Federal agents, acting without even the decency of a signed warrant, stormed into Judge #HannahDugan’s courtroom on Friday morning and dragged her away like a common criminal. No warning. No legal process. No respect for the law she had spent a lifetime upholding.
"But they made sure the cameras were there, so America could see what they were doing. Because this was not about justice. This was about terror.
"This was a warning shot aimed directly at the beating heart of America’s judiciary: 'Fall in line — or you’re next.'
"In that moment, the world’s oldest democracy lurched closer to the edge of #AuthoritarianRule. In that moment, America became a little less free — and a lot more like the nightmare #VladimirPutin always hoped we’d become.
"The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan last Friday without even having a legal arrest #warrant; this is as outrageous and #PoliceState illegal as an administration can get.
"And #PamBondi’s performance Friday — after her federal agents swarm-raided this county judge — wasn’t staged for the general public.
"The real audience was a very small, select group: America’s judges.
"Their message is very simple: 'P--- us off, judges, and you could end up in prison, too.'
"Trump has already pacified the Article I branch of government — Congress — and now he’s in the process of pacifying the Article III branch, the Judiciary.
"There are only 3 branches to our government: cowing both Congress and the nation’s Judiciary will leave only the president in charge of the entire country under all circumstances in all ways.
"Nothing and nobody else will be able to stop him, short of a military coup (and he’s already decapitated the senior leadership of the military) or unending demonstrations in the streets (demonstrators who may soon face live ammunition).
"That is called dictatorship. Real dictatorship. Vladimir Putin-style dictatorship where you are punished for the smallest deviation from orthodoxy and can find yourself in #prison or sued into #bankruptcy if you dare speak out in public.
"It appears more and more every day that #Putin is Trump’s mentor, if not his handler. Trump is doing everything he can, with help from a South African billionaire, to destroy the historic American infrastructure (which has been an example for the world for 250 years) and turn us into the newest member of the #dictators club, joining Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Hungary, North Korea, and the rest of the #fascist and #authoritarian world.
"To get there, now that they’ve pacified every single Republican member of Congress (most recently, Don Bacon criticized Trump’s schizophrenic tariffs; a day later he started talking about retiring), they only have to seize control of the Judiciary, and then nothing except We The People will stand in their way.
"Nothing. Will. Stand. In. Trump’s. Way. Except We The People. And he knows it.
"Look at the striking parallels between Putin’s strategies and Trump’s actions:
"From installing Trump’s loyalists in the military and the federal police agencies of the Department of Justice and FBI, to his open threats against freedom of the press, to the GOP’s efforts to rig elections and purge voters, Trump’s subversion of US democracy looks eerily familiar.
"He’s taking pages directly from the autocrat’s handbook.
"Trump has openly quoted and praised autocrats like Putin and Hungarian strongman #ViktorOrbán, who has presented his leadership in speeches to the GOP and CPAC as a model of an '#illiberal' state.
"Trump’s not hiding his admiration for dictators; he’s flaunting it. And now he’s putting the final stages of their script into action.
"Trump’s movement toward authoritarianism follows 'a known playbook. It’s unfolded in many other countries,' as journalist Anne Applebaum notes. 'These are democratically elected leaders who characterize themselves or describe themselves as deserving of no opposition. So I am the true Hungarian, or I am the only real American.'
"In a mere matter of weeks into his presidency, Applebaum says, Trump and his allies “have managed to push America into that space somewhere between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy.”
"The speed is shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. It only took #Hitler #53Days to completely end democracy in Germany. Others, like Lukashenko, Orbán, Putin, Mussolini, Duterte, El-Sisi, and Erdoğan took longer (none longer than two years), but you could argue that Trump has been working at this project for 9 years now."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/only-one-thing-is-going-to-stand-in-trump-s-way-and-he-knows-it-opinion/ar-AA1DMg7z?ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&cvid=49790001a22c4193dcd61f5b6b4b4c74&ei=22
#Fascism #TrumpIsABully #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#ResistAuthoritarianism

2025-04-25 02:36:29

I was wondering what was going on with #Luigi...
Federal prosecutors to seek #DeathPenalty for accused CEO killer #LuigiMangione
Mangione is expected to plead not guilty at his arraignment on Friday.
April 24, 2025,
"Hours before Luigi Mangione's arraignment in federal court, federal prosecutors submitted formal notice that they intend to seek the death penalty if he's convicted, citing, in part his alleged desire 'to provoke broad-based #resistance to the victim's industry' by killing #UnitedHealthcare #CEO #BrianThompson."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-accused-ceo-killer/story?id=121145544
#FreeLuigi #ArmyOfLuigis #EatTheRIch #MakeCEOsAfraidAgain #LuigiMangione #BeLuigi #EatTheRichTheyreDelish

2025-04-23 23:43:10

Ummm.... @npub10v4…s27h
Here’s the data the #NIH can collect from your medical history for its ‘#autism database’
Story by Julia Musto, 4/23/2025
Excerpt: "While it remains unclear exactly what data will be collected, under the presented platform NIH researchers could have access to:
- Americans’ #prescription information, including the type of medication and how they are prescribed
- Data collected during medical studies in a multitude of areas and from public and private institutions
- Data collected from peoples’ #smartwatches, which can range from heart health to sleep patterns
- #Claims from private insurers that can cover items such as lengthy hospital stays, #screening and testing
- Data from the Centers for #Medicare and #Medicaid Services, which includes #referrals to specialists, enrollment, #diagnoses, and more "
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/here-s-the-data-the-nih-can-collect-from-your-medical-history-for-its-autism-database/ar-AA1DtLpS?ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&cvid=b3b3403a0af048938868e5c93ad98c8f&ei=9
#HIPPA #HIPPAViolations #RFKJr #Fascism #Eugenics #USPo

2025-04-15 00:06:50

A crow's math skills include geometry 📐 📏 ◼️
by Nell Greenfieldboyce, April 12, 2025
"Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study.
"It's the first time a species other than humans has been shown to have this kind of geometric intuition, says Andreas Nieder, a cognitive neurobiologist at the University of Tübingen in Germany.
" 'Claiming that it is specific to us humans, that only humans can detect geometric regularity, is now falsified,' says Nieder. 'Because we have at least the crow.'
"Previous research has demonstrated that regardless of age, culture, or education, humans are really good at noticing geometric regularity in shapes."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/12/nx-s1-5359438/a-crows-math-skills-include-geometry
#Crows #AnimalIntelligence #NonHumanIntelligence #Nature

2025-04-13 19:12:21

Taking a break to do some gardening, then I'll be back to post some #RepairCafe stories and events..
#SolarPunkSunday isn't over yet!

2025-04-13 18:40:05

#Virginia - #NativePlants guide!
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=3281&search=Search
#PlantNativeSpecies #NativePlants #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #ReclaimingSpaces
#GardeningForPollinators #Gardening

2025-04-13 18:37:39

@npub1m0f…dk32
@JustRosy @breadandcircuses found by way of https://radicalroots.ca/.
"I didn't know #seedbomb was a thing until 5 minutes ago. Humans are great sometimes!"
Link to Radical Roots Seed Bomb Company:
https://radicalroots.ca/
OG post:
https://kolektiva.social/@npub1m0f…dk32/114325807584456745
#Rewilding #ReclaimingSpaces #SolarPunkSunday #SeedBombing #GuerillaGardening #RenegadeGardening

2025-04-13 18:22:40

Unfortunately, they are no longer able to ship to Canada.
Distributing FREE #HeirloomSeeds to the public.
"Encouraging #Sustainability, #SelfReliance & #SpeciesPreservation"
Your donations & support make this possible!
"We should be able to ship to the following countries without restriction
we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information as your country can change it's rules anytime.
"Please be sure to verify & comply with the importation rules of your country before requesting
Bahamas
Bermuda
Iceland
Norway
"Other countries will likely require at least a phytosanitary certificate to import seeds. Envelopes will be marked as having seeds in them & will likely be rejected at the border if your country is not on this list."
https://freeheirloomseeds.org/
#FreeSeeds #FreeHeirloomSeeds #SolarPunkSunday #SeedySunday #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening

2025-04-13 18:12:17

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That's awesome! What a cool thing to do on #MayDay!!!
#GuerillaGardening #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #ReclaimingSpaces

2025-04-13 18:01:42

#UK - #GuerillaGardening: how you can make your local area greener without getting into trouble
Published: October 4, 2023
Excerpt: "Can you be prosecuted?
"It’s important to remember that much of the unused or abandoned land that is potentially suitable for guerilla gardening in towns and cities throughout the UK is owned by local councils. Common examples of such locations include broken pavements with missing slabs, wasteland and the central areas of roundabouts.
"Although much of this land is already open for the public to walk over, actively gardening on it would become an act of trespass.
"The law of trespass sounds scary. However, gardening on this land would be a breach of civil law rather than a crime. This means that most guerrilla gardeners are unlikely to receive a fine or a criminal record.
"Landowners do have the legal right to use 'reasonable force' to remove trespassers from their land. But, fortunately, it seems most councils have ignored guerrilla gardeners, having neither the time, money or inclination to bring legal action against them.
"Colchester Council, for example, were unable to track down the identity of the '#HumanShrub', a mysterious #EcoActivist who restored the flowers in the city’s abandoned plant containers in 2009. The shrub returned again in 2015 and sent a gift of seeds to a local councillor.
"In other areas of the UK, the work of guerilla gardeners has been cautiously welcomed by local councils. In Salford, a city in Greater Manchester, there is a formal requirement to submit an application and obtain permission to grow on vacant spots in the city. But the local authority tends not to interfere with illegal grow sites.
"There seems to be an unwritten acceptance that people can garden wherever they want, given the abundance of available space and the lack of active maintenance. This also offers the additional advantage of saving both time and money for the local council.
"You should still be careful about where you trespass though. In some areas, guerrilla gardening can lead to unwelcome attention. During the #MayDayRiots of 2000, for example, guerrilla gardeners were accused of planting #cannabis seeds in central #London’s #ParliamentSquare.
"Gardening at night may draw the wrong attention too, particularly if you are carrying gardening tools that might be misunderstood by the police as threatening weapons."
Read more:
https://theconversation.com/guerilla-gardening-how-you-can-make-your-local-area-greener-without-getting-into-trouble-213037
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NHZyu
#SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #ReclaimingSpaces #MayDay #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening

2025-04-05 19:55:36

'#HandsOff' rally in #PortsmouthNH: Thousands slam #Trump and his policies
by Ian Lenahan
Portsmouth Herald
Updated 3:19 p.m. ET April 5, 2025
PORTSMOUTH — "Large crowds of protesters gathered Saturday at "Hands Off" rallies in Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine and across the nation, speaking out against President Donald Trump and his administration's actions.
"Large crowds in downtown Portsmouth lined both sides of the length of Congress Street, spilling into side streets, exceeding expectations for city police.
Protesters have focused on issues like Trump's tariffs, Trump's actions to end protections for immigrants and transgender people, the dismantling of the Department of Education, cuts to the Veterans Administration, and layoffs of thousands of federal workers.
"Protesters in Portsmouth called for the Department of Government Efficiency to be dismantled, for the federal government to protect #teachers, public #school staff, #Abortionrights, #FederalWorkers, #WomensRights and #LGBTQ+ rights, labeled Trump “#orangeMussolini,” and called for preserving #Medicaid, #Medicare and #SocialSecurity.
“Hands off the Constitution,” one sign said. “Democracy is not for sale!”
Portsmouth crowd grows to thousands
Read more, view photos:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/04/05/hands-off-rally-portsmouth-nh-trump-protest/82762300007/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VtjVe
#NewHampshireResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism #USPol

2025-03-29 19:56:58

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples
By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022
Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.
"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.
"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.
"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.
"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.
"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:
'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'
"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.
"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.
"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."
https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
#VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #USHistory #TwentyFourthAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #FifteenthAmendment #VoterRights #LiteracyTests #USElections #VoterSuppression #BlackAmericans

2025-03-28 17:59:31

#Maine #billionaire makes it onto list of richest Americans
by Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News
Fri, November 1st 2024
"In what may be a first, a Mainer has been named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest living Americans.
"Susan Alfond, a Scarborough resident, is one of three surviving siblings whose father was Harold Alfond, the founder of Dexter Shoe Co. Susan Alfond and her brothers, Bill and Ted, each are estimated to have personal wealth of $3.4 billion, ranking them alongside a few other billionaires in 388th place on the list of 400.
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"There are several other billionaires on this year’s Forbes 400 list with ties to #Maine, most of them because they summer at seasonal homes they own along the coast.
"The wealthiest of them is Edward C. Johnson IV, whose wealth is estimated to be worth $12.6 billion, ranking him as the 70th richest American. Johnson, whose grandfather, Edward C. Johnson II founded Fidelity Investments, has a summer home on Mount Desert Island, and his father, Edward C. Johnson III, long owned property and summered there.
"Edward C. Johnson III, who died in 2022, ran the investment firm until handing the reins to his daughter Abigail Johnson in 2014. Abigail Johnson ranks 30th on the Forbes list with an estimated wealth of $31.3 billion, but it is not clear if she or a third Johnson sibling, Elizabeth (who Forbes says is worth $10.6 billion), also owns property or spends summers in Maine.
"Other billionaires who rank on the Forbes list and own summer homes on MDI include brothers Stephen and Mitchell Rales, Charles Butt, and Robert Bass, each of whom has an estimated wealth roughly between $5 billion and $9 billion.
"John C. Malone, the founder of Liberty Media and one of the largest landowners in the country, owns Mosquito Island off Port Clyde and a summer home in Boothbay. Malone, who with an estimated wealth of $10.7 billion is ranked 89th on the Forbes list, also owns nearly 1 million acres in Maine, including Falcon Lodge on Spencer Lake in Somerset County and surrounding woodlands."
Source:
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-billionaire-makes-it-onto-list-of-richest-americans-susan-alfond-forbes-magazine-dexter-shoe-co-harold-alfond
#TaxTheRich #RichMainers #billionaires

2025-03-28 17:53:37

#TaxTheRich, it’s a decent start
Posted by Bluebird | Mar 12, 2025
"As incredible as it may seem, just a handful of #billionaire #Mainers could fund the state for years out of their own pockets and still live out their lives as multimillionaires. So when socialists say tax the rich, we mean more than raising what billionaires pay by 1% or 2%, we mean raising their taxes by 25% or 50% or more to start with. We mean we should take back the wealth they have collected by exploiting all the people who have worked for them, all the land they have stolen, and all the resources they have grabbed all around the world. In the meantime, socialists often support smaller measures whenever we feel like they are a way to raise funds to help our class, raise consciousness, and build organization.
However, increasing taxes on the wealthy isn’t a permanent solution to the persisting problems of #capitalist society. It’s a good start, but it’s not enough.
[...]
"By all means tax [the wealthy] at a rate of 95%, 99%, 100%, 200%! Take back everything they have stolen from us. Truly solving the causes of social inequality cannot happen until the property of the capitalist class has been expropriated, but for the reasons explained above, simply taxing them at any rate will prove ineffective given enough time.
"Moreover, tax increases tend to antagonize capitalists. Sooner or later, as we are seeing very clearly now in Washington, they will transform their economic might into raw political power to claw back even the small social costs that generations of #SocialMovements and trade unions have imposed on them. During such times, as grim as our prospects may seem, it becomes clearer than ever that so long as the capitalists have all the power, even the most progressive public policy can only be temporary.
"How much longer will capitalist industry be allowed to #pollute the planet? How many more times does the economy have to crash? How many more wars will we be forced to fight on the behalf of these #RobberBarons? How many more lives will be ruined by #debts, mass #layoffs, denied insurance claims, and more? Why should we tolerate a system that exploits those whose labor keeps society functioning?"
Read more:
https://pineandroses.org/opinion/www-pineandroses-org/
#MaineDSA #Socialism #CapitalismMustDie

2025-03-28 17:47:03

Podcast: #MaineMural: #BowdoinCollege #Encampment
Posted by Maine Mural Podcast | Mar 11, 2025
"This month our podcast looks back at the Bowdoin College encampment in early February that took over a portion of Morrell Lounge demanding the institution publicly stand against #scholasticide in #Gaza and #divest from certain arms manufacturers who have been supplying Israel’s criminal acts there. This episode maps out the encampment day by day, adding context and clarity to the brave action taken by students."
https://pineandroses.org/podcast/maine-mural-bowdoin-college-encampment/
#MaineResists #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #StudentProtests #MainePol #WorldPol #USPol

2025-03-28 17:14:25

#Trump administration targets #Maine again, this time on #transgender policy in schools
The U.S. #DepartmentOfEducation. which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.
by Eric Russell, March 28, 2025
"The Trump administration is once again targeting Maine over its policies on transgender youth.
"The U.S. Department of Education – an agency the president is trying to abolish – announced Friday it has initiated an investigation into Maine’s Department of Education over allegations that school districts in the state are violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (#FERPA).
"Specifically, the federal agency says school districts are allowing officials to create 'gender plans' that support a transgender student’s identity but then not making those plans available to parents.
"A similar investigation was launched in #California this week.
[...]
"Schools in Maine have been caught in a legal gray area between respecting student privacy and parents’ rights to be informed when it comes to children’s expression of gender identity while at school. Many youth live in families whose members might not be supportive of their gender identity.
"The Trump administration already has been investigating Maine for allowing #TransgenderAthletes to compete, something that is allowed under the #MaineHumanRightsAct but defies an executive order the president signed in February. This month, the administration found that Maine violated the federal law known as #TitleIX and warned that if the state didn’t make changes, it would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and the potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding.
"The announcement from the U.S. Department of Education this week also warns that if any Maine district is found in violation of the federal privacy act, it could lose federal funding. It’s unclear how that will play out, though, because Trump is trying to eliminate the education department at the federal level.
"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Education did not immediately respond Friday to questions about the investigation. A spokesperson for the Maine Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.
"Trump and his supporters have elevated transgender rights as the biggest battle in the country’s culture war and believe their messaging is a political winner, even beyond traditional party lines.
"In addition to his executive order barring transgender girls or women from competing in athletics, Trump signed another that says the federal government would only recognize two genders, male and female, a move some advocates said was designed to erase transgender individuals from existence.
"Many states, Maine included, have strong protections for transgender individuals."
Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/
Archived version:
https://archive.md/b6gpf
#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ProtectTransYouth #TrumpIsABully #Education #Authoritarianism #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #TransRightsAreHumanRights

2025-03-27 00:00:40

HT [@digichelle](https://hachyderm.io/@digichelle )
"It’s one thing if I—a four-year college grad with a B.A. in sociology—say that the political situation is deteriorating here in the United States. It’s quite another when it’s Yale professor Jason Stanley, who studies fascism specifically. After Columbia University’s cowardly capitulation to the United States, he packed his bags and headed to Canada and joined the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy—where hopefully, he can continue to study fascism without being the target of it.
Do I have to tell you this is a bad sign? Y’all, THIS IS A BAD SIGN."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/yale-professor-fascism-canada

2025-03-26 23:46:25

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Sweeeet!

2025-03-26 01:45:25

#CharacteristicsOfFascism 14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
#Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of #citizenship
By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, March 25, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
"The order says the U.S. has failed 'to enforce basic and necessary election protections' and calls on states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election crimes. It threatens to pull federal funding from states where election officials don’t comply."
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#Authoritarianism #BullyInChief
#ElectionBarriers #Fascism #Fascist #USPol

2025-03-24 02:45:07

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Oh, I thought that article had also mentioned painting the blades. I deleted it.

2025-03-15 15:50:32

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Yikes! Are you able to harvest them? Sounds like good potential barter to me.

2025-03-15 15:11:20

#Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against #Trump Is The Only Option
If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.
"Justin Hansford, a Howard Law professor and founder of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, argued that #capitulation had only emboldened Trump. 'The more that they cave in, the more damage that gets done,' said Hansford."
by Jessica Washington, March 15 2025
"Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., capitulated to President Donald Trump and the GOP over the budget this week, sacrificing one of Democrats’ last pieces of leverage as Trump bulldozes the federal government and jails activists. Schumer defended voting yes on the GOP budget that would neuter the legislative branch, arguing that he had no choice but to give in or face a government shutdown. He’s not the first to make that kind of decision.
"Leaders of businesses, universities, and nations across the globe face the same question: Should they fight Trump, or hope that by giving him what he wants he’ll somehow do less harm?
"Far too often, these leaders have chosen appeasement over #resistance — and, in return, gotten nothing."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/15/appeasing-trump-doesnt-work/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/j1U1P
#ResistFascism #ResistTrump #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

2025-03-14 23:43:58

FULL ON NAZI MODE!!!
Immigration officials arrest second person who participated in #ProPalestinian protests at Columbia
By Larry Neumeister
Updated 5:50 PM EDT, March 14, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether #ColumbiaUniversity concealed 'illegal aliens' on its campus, one of its top officials said Friday, as the Trump administration intensified its campaign to deport foreigners who participated in pro-#Palestinian demonstrations at the school last year.
"Agents with the Department of Homeland Security searched two university residences with a warrant Thursday evening. No one was arrested and it was unclear whom the authorities were searching for, but by Friday afternoon U.S. officials had announced developments related to two people they had pursued in connection with the demonstrations.
"A Columbia doctoral student from #India whose visa was revoked by the Trump administration fled the U.S. on an airliner. And a Palestinian woman who had been arrested during the protests at the university last April was arrested by federal immigration authorities in Newark, New Jersey, on charges that she overstayed an expired visa."
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-3a8db6e646b786a721089a6f0bc8d9fc
#ICE #ICEDetention #DHS #Fascism #Authoritarianism #FreeMahmoudKhalil #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ResistFascism #USPol

2025-03-11 23:53:36

Chilling
The #Trump #regime will arrest some of you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind
Robert Reich, Mar 11, 2025
"Friends,
"One of the purposes of 'flooding the zone,' as the Trump regime is trying to do — shocking and awing us with its blitzkrieg of bonkers orders — is to make it almost impossible to sort out what we should be incredibly freaked out about from what we should merely freak out about.
"I’m incredibly freaked out about the regime grabbing people from their homes who are legally in the United States, with permanent status — not just visas permitting them to work or study here but green cards — and then whisking them away to prison because they’ve engaged in constitutionally protected speech that the regime doesn’t like.
"You think I’m exaggerating? This is exactly what happened to #MahmoudKhalil on Saturday night. Khalil, who graduated from #Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs in December, has a green card. His wife, who is eight months pregnant, is an American citizen.
"Immigration agents appeared at his apartment building and told him he was being detained. He now appears to be in a detention facility in Louisiana.
"Khalil did nothing illegal. He has not been charged with a crime. He expressed his political point of view — peacefully, non-violently, non-threateningly. That’s supposed to be permitted — dare I say even encouraged? — in a democracy.
"So why is he in jail?
"Khalil was one of the leaders of last year’s peaceful pro-Palestinian protests at #ColumbiaUniversity.
"In a post on Truth Social, Trump conceded Khalil was snatched up and sent off because of his politics. 'This is the first arrest of many to come,' wrote Trump. 'We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it.'"
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-will-arrest-some?r=1v0eub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #FloodingTheZone #ShockAndAwe #FirstAmendment #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #FreeSpeech #FreePalestine #RightToProtest #Censorship

2025-03-11 22:41:42

#FullMoon tonight. Last month's full Snow Moon cast quite a shadow behind our spooky old Maple Tree onto the snow.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SpookyTrees #Winter #SnowMoon
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/146/197/754/943/066/original/9f7b502d57481c28.jpeg

2025-03-09 17:36:06

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I love those!

2025-02-23 23:34:12

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Same here! We need to remind ourselves of what we're fighting for -- a better world! 💚

2025-02-23 23:21:58

In case anyone missed #SolarPunkSunday, boosting all the toots from today. Then I'll check in about the elections in #Germany...

2025-02-23 21:34:41

Alrighty then! Join me next week for another #SolarPunkSunday! TY to @MaQuest for participating, and @npub1jtq…lr43, @npub1t82…5qhr and @npub18va…yv97 for posting some great articles! If you have topics or stories you'd like me to cover, please let me know!
#rewilding #RepairCafes #DeGrowth #SolarPunk #NatureBasedLearning #sustainability #SeedLibraries #LibraryOfThings #BuildingCommunity #BuildingForClimateChange etc!

2025-02-22 03:07:25

#GovernorJanetMills just told off #TrumptyDumpty when it comes to the rights of #TransPeople ! FUCK YEAH!
Mills' statement after the exchange:
"'I have spent my career — as a District Attorney, as Attorney General, and now as Governor — standing up for the rule of law in Maine and America. To me, that is fundamentally what is at stake here: the rule of law in our country.
'No President — Republican or Democrat — can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold.
'#Maine may one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. Today, the President of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end? In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so.
'I imagine that the outcome of this politically directed investigation is all but predetermined. My Administration will begin work with the Attorney General to defend the interests of Maine people in the court of law. But do not be misled: this is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot.'"
'See you in court': Trump and Maine's governor spar over trans athlete order
February 21, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305108/trump-janet-mills-maine-transgender-athletes
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #StandUpAgainstFascism!

2025-02-20 02:20:55

There is an ancient Greek term known as Men Dei. It translates as "On the one hand... And on the other hand..." That's what I'm dealing with right now. On the one hand, I want to tell folks to RISE UP and REVOLT! But on the other hand, I know that's what the ENEMY wants so he can CLAMP DOWN on US ALL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lt4O-EHNnw

2025-02-20 01:53:03

How could this happen in the #USA? Well, maybe watch the series #BabylonBerlin. Things in #Germany were open -- especially concerning #GBLTQ folks. And then...!
#USPol

2025-02-18 01:28:55

Boo hiss...! #Israel’s #Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with #Trump’s idea to transfer #Palestinians from #Gaza
By MATTHEW LEE and NATALIE MELZER
Updated 5:05 PM EST, February 16, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled that he was moving ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, calling it 'the only viable plan to enable a different future' for the region." [BULLSHIT!!!]
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-02-15-2025-1cf8b3cb7622489c368c610f85e51e35?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #Colonialism #FreePalestine #ForcedRelocation #Genocide #CorporateColonialism

2025-02-16 18:35:31

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💚 #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding

2025-02-16 17:39:56

HT @npub14sm…yk2t
Rewilding is a story of hope 💚
What’s your favourite #rewilding success story? And how does it give you hope?
Let’s inspire each other.
https://kolektiva.social/@npub1tsq…zc7j/113990102004851460
#RewildingHope #RewildingBritain #SolarPunkSunday

2025-02-15 17:14:20

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#WaterScarcity on the Rise: #Rivers Drying at Record Rates
by Vivek SainiVivek Saini, October 8, 2024
"Rivers worldwide are drying up at the fastest rate in 30 years, posing a critical threat to ecosystems, agriculture, and human populations. In 2023, unprecedented heatwaves, prolonged droughts, and erratic rainfall patterns resulted in the most severe year of water depletion in three decades, according to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports. This alarming phenomenon is a direct consequence of climate change, worsened by unsustainable human activities, raising the spectre of widespread water scarcity.
A Crisis Accelerating: Rivers Drying at Record Rates
"The world’s rivers, crucial lifelines for billions of people, have shown alarming signs of depletion, with some drying up completely. The WMO’s recent State of the Global Climate report revealed that rivers in Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia experienced their lowest levels since the early 1990s. Rivers like the #Yangtze, #AmazonRiver, and #Danube can no longer support the #ecosystems and communities that depend on them for agriculture, drinking water, and transport.
"The impact of climate change, marked by rising global temperatures, has played a significant role in this crisis. The warming of the Earth’s surface increases the evaporation rate from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, intensifying water loss. Regions already prone to droughts, such as the Middle East, parts of Africa, and southern Europe, face even more severe shortages due to intensified drought cycles. In 2023 alone, the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river, saw record-low water levels, which crippled shipping routes and threatened agricultural output in countries like #Hungary and #Romania.
"This drying trend is not limited to one region. The #ColoradoRiver continues to shrink in the United States, causing severe #WaterShortages for millions in states like #Arizona and #Nevada. Similar trends have been observed in the #IndusRiver in #SouthAsia, which supports millions of people in #Pakistan and #India. These drying rivers are a wake-up call for the global community to address water conservation and management issues before irreversible damage occurs."
Read more:
https://climatefactchecks.org/water-scarcity-on-the-rise-rivers-drying-at-record-rates/
#ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife

2025-02-14 23:43:32

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If it were just the human race, I wouldn't be quite as upset. But we're not alone on this world. Who gave us the right to destroy the habitats of other species?!!

2025-02-08 19:25:23

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I usually grow sunflowers and corn for my bird friends, but they both failed miserably (even though I watered them). Heat affects plants. No plants, no food for birds, squirrels, or humans...

2025-02-07 17:43:32

So, I don't know about everybody else, but I do enjoy a nice timeline cleanse. I just went through my Art and Photography lists and added some new accounts. Here are some of my favorites for #FollowFriday!
Art
@npub1a3k…7mft
@npub18ej…xxjt
@npub19ul…vcm2
@npub1nct…ulfu
@npub1xa5…eacm
@npub1ga6…gcaj
@npub1qgp…m278
@npub1gf6…tfcx
Photography
@npub1tz3…xjl9
@npub1t4e…9kku
@npub1kzj…zzwx
@npub15xw…mchl
[@thisismyglasgow](https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow )
@npub1npk…lpme
#FridayFollows #ArtOfMastodon #ArtistsOfMastodon #PhotographersOfMastodon #MastoArtists #MastoArt #TimelineCleanse

2025-01-11 16:51:44

#EthelCain Says ‘#KillMoreCEOs’: ‘Make Them Fear’
The singer-songwriter used the hashtag while sharing a post about the role of money in politics
by Tomas Mier, January 10, 2025
"Ethel Cain appeared to share her thoughts about the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO #BrianThompson last month. In a series of Instagram Story posts on Friday, the musician used the hashtag '#KillMoreCEOs” in response to a post about money in politics being “the root of our dysfunction.'
"The original post, from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, described how powerful collectives like the #NRA, #BigOil, and #insurance companies 'buy off Congress.' [#OpenSecrets is a great resource to see who is buying whom].
"In a follow-up Instagram Story, Cain added that she was 'not trying to be reactionary,' but sharing her own opinion.
'I genuinely mean what I say. #Corporations giggle at protesting,' Cain wrote on Instagram. 'Why would anyone ever willingly come down off their throne that they’ve spent years building off the suffering of their fellow man?'
"'Nobody is getting visited by the ghost of Christmas future, no one is having a change of heart,' she continued. 'It’s simple, you make them fear for their lives and hit them in the only place they hurt or nothing will ever get done.'"
Read more:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ethel-cain-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-1235232140/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/3y6CV
#KillCapitalism #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy

2024-11-22 15:43:41

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So, here's the full story about Jane Goodall and Lucy. At the time, it seems that moving Lucy was considered detrimental to her health. Like I mentioned earlier, I honestly don't believe this was an act of intentional cruelty by Goodall.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7648618/jane-goodall-lucy-elephant-edmonton-valley-zoo/

2024-11-21 23:57:53

'The sixth great #extinction is happening', conservation expert warns
by Victoria Gill
November 16, 2024
"With her signature shawl draped over her shoulders and silver hair pulled back from her face, Jane Goodall exudes serenity - even over our slightly blurry video call.
"In a Vienna hotel room, a press team and a small group of filmmakers, who are documenting her latest speaking tour, fuss around her.
"The famous primatologist and conservationist settles into a high-backed chair that dwarfs her slender frame.
"On my screen I can see that behind her, on a shelf, is her toy monkey, Mr H.
"The toy was given to her nearly 30 years ago by a friend and has travelled the world with her. Dr Goodall is now 90 years of age, and she and Mr H are still travelling.
"'I am a little bit exhausted,' she admits. 'I’ve come here from Paris. And after here I go to Berlin, then Geneva. I’m on this tour talking about the danger to the environment and some of the remedies,' she says.
‘The sixth great extinction is happening now’
"One of the remedies she wants to talk about today is a tree-planting and habitat restoration mission that her eponymous foundation and non-profit technology company, Ecosia, are carrying out in Uganda. Over the past five years, with the help of local communities and smallholder farmers, the organisations have planted nearly two million trees.
"'We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction,' Dr Goodall tells me during our interview for BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science. 'The more we can do to restore nature and protect existing forests, the better.'"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qvqx5y01o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#SixthGreatExtinction #JaneGoodall #ProtectNature #RestoreNature #DefendTheSacred

2024-11-19 18:12:42

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled
by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST
"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.
"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.
"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.
"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.
"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.
“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.
“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.
"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.
"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

2024-11-15 22:50:12

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And there is all sorts of potential for gas drilling off the coast. Getting rid of Palestinians eliminates any resistance to that.

2024-11-15 22:48:52

#Republicans Are Already Trying to Grant #Trump Dangerous Powers
Opinion by #HafizRashid
November 15, 2024
"House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-Elect #DonaldTrump powers as president to designate #nonprofit organizations as '#TerroristSupporting' even after it was seemingly defeated earlier this week.
"The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act #HR9495 would allow the secretary of the treasury the ability to revoke any nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by branding it with a terrorism label. Earlier this week, the bill failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority in the House to advance to the Senate.
"But on Monday, the House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing that could set up a new vote on the bill, which initially had the support of all but one Republican and 52 Democrats. With the GOP only holding a seven seat majority in the chamber, they would need the support of more Democrats to advance the bill, which was introduced to combat #protests against #Israel’s war on #Gaza.
"Under any circumstances, the bill would threaten #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, but after Trump’s election last week, there are now fears that the president-elect could use these new powers to crack down on his enemies with little recourse. Many #universities and #NewsOutlets are nonprofit organizations in addition to #activist groups.
"After the bill’s initial failure on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] celebrated the rejection of 'new broad and easily abused powers.'
"'The freedom to #dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of any well-functioning democracy, and now is not the time to grant the executive branch new powers to investigate and functionally shut down and silence its critics,' said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the ACLU, in a statement.
"Now, the bill could be given a retooling and sent up for a vote again, giving a president who has already threatened to use the #military against his critics even more sweeping powers. The question is if #Democrats will recognize the bill as granting dangerous powers to the presidency, or see it as a chance to clamp down on protesters they have tried to ignore at their peril for the past year.'"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-already-trying-to-grant-trump-dangerous-powers/ar-AA1uaihv
#ClampDown #WorkingForTheClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon #StopHR9495
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide

2024-11-15 22:33:09

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Unfortunately, #HR9495 back and on track for FastTracking...

2024-11-05 14:39:17

"I am scared every day": Experts say #GOP men targeting no-fault divorce to keep women "trapped"
As worries grow after #Dobbs, experts fear restricting no-fault divorce could be a death sentence for some women
By Tatyana Tandanpolie
Staff Writer
November 4, 2024
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/04/i-am-scared-every-day-experts-say-men-targeting-no-fault-divorce-to-keep-women-trapped/
#Election2024 #Vote

2024-10-31 00:18:02

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Or they've been fooled into thinking Trump is the victim of some sort of witch hunt by the IRS or his creditors.

2024-10-29 23:52:58

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Our rhodadendron plant flowered a couple of weeks ago! And not everything was killed off last night... The mint is hanging in there, as well as a wee bit of closer and some daisies. I have a few potted plants blooming for my bee friends, but I haven't seen many of them before the frost. Not like last week when they were audibly buzzing around the flowers still.

2024-10-28 22:20:48

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And I can see it on my side.

2024-10-28 22:20:10

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Yeah, that's what I thought. I didn't know if one of the recent upgrades allowed for that.

2024-10-28 22:12:09

This is a test to see if I can share a list (probably not)...
https://kolektiva.social/lists/927

2024-10-27 21:51:31

Not to mention all the #WaterConsumption! There are plans to restart aging nuclear reactor as well as untested SMR reactors! Will #AI’s huge energy demands spur a #nuclear renaissance?
By Davide Castelvecchi
25 October 2024
Do small modular reactors carry extra risks?
"In some cases, small modular reactors 'could actually push nuclear power in a more dangerous direction', says #EdwinLyman. 'Advanced isn’t always better.'
"In particular, Lyman points out that the pebble-bed designs drawn up by #XEnergy and #Kairos would rely on high-assay low-enriched #uranium (#HALEU), which comprises 10–20% uranium-235 — compared with the 5% enrichment level required by most existing reactors (and by #NuScale’s reactor). HALEU is still classified as low-enrichment fuel (as opposed to the highly enriched uranium used to make nuclear bombs), but that distinction is misleading, Lyman says. In June, he and his collaborators — including physicist Richard Garwin, who led the design of the first hydrogen bomb — warned in a Science article that a bomb could be built with a few hundred kilograms of HALEU, with no need for further enrichment.
"Smaller reactors are also likely to produce more nuclear waste and to use fuel less efficiently, according to work reported in 2022 by Macfarlane and her collaborators. In a full-size reactor, most of the neutrons produced by the splitting of uranium travel through a large volume of fuel, meaning that they have a high probability of hitting another nucleus, rather than colliding with the walls of the reactor vessel or escaping into the surrounding building. 'When you shrink the reactor, there’s less material in there, so you will have more neutron leakage,' Macfarlane says. These rogue neutrons can be absorbed by other atomic nuclei — which would then themselves become radioactive."
Original article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03490-3
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/mODpF#selection-952.0-991.164
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cryptocurrency #DataCenters #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NuclearHype #NeutronEmbrittlement #NuclearWaste #NotCarbonFree

2024-10-27 21:06:25

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I'm referring specifically to the worship of #KaliMa in Bengal and other places. Before patriarchy co-opted Diwali.

2024-10-27 19:43:02

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You seem to be back now.

2024-10-23 14:02:00

UPDATE: #Texas #library committee suspended, decision to reclassify #IndigenousHistory book as "fiction" reversed
Judd Legum
Oct 23, 2024
"The change to the book review process was driven by a local #RightWing group, Two Moms and Some Books.
"After Popular Information's report, the reclassification of the book became national and international news, receiving coverage from MSNBC, The Austin-American Statesman, The San Antonio Current, The Texarkana Gazette, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian, The Independent, and others. Two days after Popular Information's report, a coalition, including PEN America, the Writers Guild, and Penguin Random House, wrote a letter to the Montgomery County Commission demanding they reverse the decision.
"On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Commission 'issued a stay' against all decisions made by the citizens' reconsideration committee since October 1, and also put all future decisions of the committee on hold. That means the book will be placed back in the non-fiction section of the county’s public libraries. In addition, the Commission created a group "to review and revise library policy,' including the role and composition of the citizens' reconsideration committee."
https://popular.info/p/update-texas-library-committee-suspended
#Colonization #Censorship #Fascism #TruthAndReconciliation vs #LiesAndDenial #WampanoagTribe #WampanoagNation #TexasFreedomToReadProject #TwoMomsAndSomeBooks #ChristianRight #MontgomeryCountyTexas #Wampanog #ChildrensBooks #Librarians #NativeAmericans

2024-10-23 13:56:34

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Good to know.

2024-10-14 16:38:36

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Unfortunately, she hasn't always sided with fellow Native Americans on some crucial issues. Disappointing.

2024-10-06 23:28:12

In other news... WTF!
Dangerous Low Flying Jets Target More #Tohono #Oodham, #Apache and #Yaqui Communities
via #CensoredNews, Oct 5, 2024
Wild Earth Guardians:
"The Threat: The U.S. Air Force is proposing low-level fighter jet maneuvers and supersonic flights over White Mountains, Organ Pipe Cactus National Park, and more. It will affect the Tohono O’odham Nation, #WhiteMountain and #SanCarlosApache Nations, and #PascuaYaqui Tribe.
Wilderness and Sacred Places at Risk
The Wilderness areas at risk include the Gila and Blue Range Wildernesses in New Mexico, plus the following Wildernesses in Arizona: Superstition, Salt River Canyon, White Canyon, Needles Eye, Aravaipa Canyon, Galiuro, Santa Teresa, Fishhooks, Bear Wallow, Escudilla, Mount Baldy, Chiracahua, Arrastra Mountains, Tres Alamos, Rawhide Mountains, Harcuvar Mountains, Swansea, East Cactus Plain, Harquahala Mountains, Aubrey Peak, Upper Burro Creek, Hummingbird Springs, Organ Pipe Cactus, Cabeza Prieta, Coyote Mountains, Big Horn Mountains, Baboquivari Peak, and Pajarita Wildernesses. In addition to these 30 designated Wildernesses, this proposal also threatens the Blue Range Primitive Area as well as many Wilderness Study Areas.
Eighteen of these Wildernesses were designated by the 1990 Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, which unfortunately contained a bad special provision that allows military overflights. But that doesn’t mean the proposed action won’t damage those Wildernesses, nor does that 1990 law give the Air Force a free pass to damage the other Wildernesses.
"The Air Force wants to make changes to 10 #MilitaryOperationAreas (#MOAs) to enhance its airspace training capabilities. Specifically, the Air Force wants to lower the altitudes of existing MOAs to support low-altitude training (in some cases, as low as 500 feet above the ground, and in one case, The U.S. Air Force has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that proposes a massive increase in low-level jet training flights in more than 1.2 million acres of designated Wilderness in Arizona and New Mexico. Such activity would shatter the area’s natural sounds, ruin the wilderness experience for visitors, and stress native wildlife.
"Your help is needed by October 9 to tell the Air Force to keep low-altitude jets, sonic booms, and supersonic flights out of these Wildernesses (link below).
"The Air Force also wants to authorize supersonic training at lower altitudes in more MOAs, lower the minimum release altitude for flares, and authorize use of chaff bundles containing up to 5 million #aluminum-coated silica fibers, which are used to obscure radar, and are designed to stay airborne as long as possible before they settle to the ground."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/dangerous-low-flying-jets-target-more.html
Link to Submit Public Comments (#Arizona):
https://www.arizonaregionalairspaceeis.com/comments/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3ae8a8ee-8716-4497-b5d2-cb08a9bd0157
#ProtectTheWilderness #DefendTheSacred #USAirForce #SoundPollution #AluminumPollution

2024-10-06 23:13:24

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This! 💯 ! I wish she would take a stand on Palestine and not be such a "cop" about immigration. Four more years of Trump/Vance is terrifying, but it's the Dems to lose (having 2016 flashbacks). At least this year, I can vote for both Jill Stein (1st choice) and Kamala Harris (2nd choice), and not feel guilty about voting my conscience.

2024-10-04 00:36:46

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October #screenings of the #film #WhereOliveTreesWeep
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening @ Fresno City College • Fresno, CA
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening @ Cinema Arsenale • Pisa, Italy
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening • Calci, Italy
October 5, 2024 • Film Screening @ Maison de Quartier Malibran • Bruxelles, Belgium
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ Ballyliffin Hotel • Ballyliffin, Ireland
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ GLEIS • Zürich, Switzerland
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum • Iqaluit, NU, Canada
October 10, 2024 • Film Screening @ Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities & Safety City • Grande Prairie, AB, Canada
October 11, 2024 • Film Screening @ The Sufi Lodge • New York, NY
October 11, 2024 • Film Screening @ Holy Land Trust • Bethlehem, Palestine
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening @ O’Fallon Public Library • O’Fallon, IL
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening @ Institut Français Indonesia Yogyakarta • Yogyakarta, Indonesia
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening • Decatur, IL
October 13, 2024 • Film Screening and Q&A with Ashira Darwish • Livermore, CA
October 13, 2024 • Film Screening @ United Church of Granville • Granville, OH
October 15, 2024 · Film Screening & Live Q&A with Directors @ Angelika Film Center & Cafe · New York City
October 16, 2024 • Film Screening @ Palese – Macchie • Bari, Italy
October 17, 2024 • Film Screening @ Leigh Memorial Hall • Parramatta, Australia
October 18, 2024 • Film Screening @ Saint Catherine’s Catholic Church • Penrith, UK
October 19, 2024 • Film Screening • Ukiah, CA
October 20, 2024 • Film Screening @ Pateo do Baco • Leiria, Portugal
October 20, 2024 • Film Screening @ Central Library • Arlington, VA
October 25, 2024 • Film Screening @ Kilmallie Community Centre • Fort william, Scotland
October 25, 2024 • Film Screening @ Saint James Church • Edinburgh, Scotland
October 27, 2024 • Online Film Screening • Topeka, Kansas (Virtual)
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Lincoln Library • Springfield, IL
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Grand Café • Szeged, Hungary
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Zentralwäscherei Space • Zürich, Switzerland
October 30, 2024 • Film Screening @ Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County • Fremont, OH
Details and more dates:
https://whereolivetreesweep.com/screenings/
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VectWsWc1Q
#FilmScreenings #Palestine #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine
#Film
October #screenings of the #film #WhereOliveTreesWeep
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening @ Fresno City College • Fresno, CA
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening @ Cinema Arsenale • Pisa, Italy
October 3, 2024 • Film Screening • Calci, Italy
October 5, 2024 • Film Screening @ Maison de Quartier Malibran • Bruxelles, Belgium
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ Ballyliffin Hotel • Ballyliffin, Ireland
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ GLEIS • Zürich, Switzerland
October 6, 2024 • Film Screening @ Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum • Iqaluit, NU, Canada
October 10, 2024 • Film Screening @ Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities & Safety City • Grande Prairie, AB, Canada
October 11, 2024 • Film Screening @ The Sufi Lodge • New York, NY
October 11, 2024 • Film Screening @ Holy Land Trust • Bethlehem, Palestine
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening @ O’Fallon Public Library • O’Fallon, IL
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening @ Institut Français Indonesia Yogyakarta • Yogyakarta, Indonesia
October 12, 2024 • Film Screening • Decatur, IL
October 13, 2024 • Film Screening and Q&A with Ashira Darwish • Livermore, CA
October 13, 2024 • Film Screening @ United Church of Granville • Granville, OH
October 15, 2024 · Film Screening & Live Q&A with Directors @ Angelika Film Center & Cafe · New York City
October 16, 2024 • Film Screening @ Palese – Macchie • Bari, Italy
October 17, 2024 • Film Screening @ Leigh Memorial Hall • Parramatta, Australia
October 18, 2024 • Film Screening @ Saint Catherine’s Catholic Church • Penrith, UK
October 19, 2024 • Film Screening • Ukiah, CA
October 20, 2024 • Film Screening @ Pateo do Baco • Leiria, Portugal
October 20, 2024 • Film Screening @ Central Library • Arlington, VA
October 25, 2024 • Film Screening @ Kilmallie Community Centre • Fort william, Scotland
October 25, 2024 • Film Screening @ Saint James Church • Edinburgh, Scotland
October 27, 2024 • Online Film Screening • Topeka, Kansas (Virtual)
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Lincoln Library • Springfield, IL
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Grand Café • Szeged, Hungary
October 29, 2024 • Film Screening @ Zentralwäscherei Space • Zürich, Switzerland
October 30, 2024 • Film Screening @ Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County • Fremont, OH
Details and more dates:
https://whereolivetreesweep.com/screenings/
#Palestine #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine
#FilmScreenings
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2024-10-04 00:31:58

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Portland, Maine as well!
https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/113234950427777900

2024-10-04 00:15:39

#NoOtherLand
Film screening:
Sun, Oct 6, 2024
Part of #NYFF62 at #BAM and #BAMFilm2024
Directed by #BaselAdra, #HamdanBallal, #YuvalAbraham, #RachelSzor (2024)
"This eye-opening, vérité-style documentary, made by a #Palestinian-#Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years, provides a harrowing account of the systematic onslaught of destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military. Headed by Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham (also two of the film’s directors), the collective commits itself to filming and protesting the demolitions of homes and schools and the resulting displacement of their inhabitants, which were carried out to make way for Israeli military training ground. In addition to the indelible footage of destruction and expulsion captured by its undaunted witnesses, No Other Land serves as a moving portrait of friendship between Adra and Abraham, who form a philosophical and political alliance despite the drastic differences in their abilities to exist freely in this world. Winner of the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2024 Berlinale."
https://www.bam.org/film/2024/nyff-no-other-land
#BrooklynNY #WestBank #Palestine #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine #Film

2024-10-04 00:05:10

#YaGhazzeHabibti — #Gaza, My Love
Understanding the #Genocide in #Palestine
An #anarchist from occupied Palestine reviews the history of #Zionist #colonialism and Palestinian #resistance
2024-10-03
via [@CrimethInc](https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc )
"After slaughtering more than 42,000 Palestinians, including 16,500 children, the Israeli military is now invading Lebanon and threatening to go to war with Iran. In the following in-depth account, an anarchist from occupied Palestine reviews the history of Zionist colonialism and Palestinian resistance, makes the case for an anti-colonial understanding of the situation, and explores what it means to act in solidarity with Palestinians."
https://crimethinc.com/2024/10/03/ya-ghazze-habibti-gaza-my-love-understanding-the-genocide-in-palestine
#Palestine #Israel #Colonialism #Iran #Lebanon #Syria #FreePalestine #StopTheWar #BibiIsAWarCriminal #OccupiedPalestine #StandWithGaza

2024-10-02 13:42:24

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I asked CoPilot how to disable CoPilot, and it seemed to work!

2024-09-22 21:36:26

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#SilentSunday
#Bloomsbury
#Bloomscrolling
#AutumnEquinox
#CosmosFlowers
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2024-09-22 21:28:12

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#SilentSunday
#Bloomsbury
#Bloomscrolling
#AutumnEquinox
#CosmosFlowers
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2024-09-22 21:12:41

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That makes total sense!

2024-09-22 21:11:43

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#SilentSunday
#Bloomsbury
#Bloomscrolling
#AutumnEquinoxFlowers #AutumnEquinox
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2024-09-08 19:44:12

Some great tips here!
All the Gardening Tasks You Should Do in September [in the Northern Hemisphere]
Be deliberate about harvesting and cleaning at the same time—it'll prevent viruses and fungi next year.
by Amanda Blum
September 3, 2024
Gleaning
"I'm choosing this word deliberately over 'harvesting' this year. After a summer where everyone I know has been plagued with fungi and viruses in the garden, it's a reminder that harvesting the spoils of your garden is about our own benefit, but it also removes a vector of disease from our beds. After many years of "chop and drop" (where you chop down spent plants at ground level and leave them to compost in place) evangelism, it's become a common topic of conversation amongst gardening groups to ensure you remove yard waste from your garden beds to prevent the spread of soil-borne diseases. So this year, I'm making an effort to get into my beds and chop the plants and remove them. Diseased plants go in the trash (not #compost, even city compost) and healthy plants go into my #CompostPile. Even though they'll end up in roughly the same place after composting (back in the beds), the heat from compost pile will kill many of the viruses that could be present.
Seed collection
"Instead of leaving fruit to rot in the beds, it's advised to be more deliberate about which plants you should propagate for next year. The solution is seed collection, an endeavor I've become a lot more serious about in recent years. While the cost of seeds is a great justification of this, finances aren't my primary motivation. By choosing the plants that have done the best in my yard, and doing so year after year, I am actually creating my own strain of that fruit that is bred to do well in my yard. After all, it's already thrived in those conditions."
Read more:
https://lifehacker.com/home/gardening-tasks-to-do-in-september?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Gardening
#AutumnGardening #GardenHacks

2024-08-26 00:38:56

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[Thread] The next installment from #KleeBenally 's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender
“The devastation of #NuclearColonialism, which permanently destroys #Indigenous communities throughout the world, is outright ignored by some of the most devout #ClimateJustice advocates. They claim #NuclearEnergy production is also a #GreenSolution to the #ClimateCrisis. More than 15,000 abandoned #UraniumMines are located within the so-called US, mostly in and around Indigenous communities, permanently poisoning #SacredLands and waters with little to no action being taken to clean up their deadly toxic legacy. There are currently 93 operating #NuclearReactors in the so-called US that supply 230% of the country’ electricity. There are 60,000 tons of #HighlyRadioactive spent waste store in concrete dams at #NuclearPowerPlants throughout the country with the waste increasing at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.
“In 1987 the ‘US’ Congress initiated a controversial project to transport and store almost all of the US’s #ToxicWaste at #YuccaMountain located about 100 miles northwest of so-called #LasVegas, #Nevada. Yucca Mountan has been held holy to the #Paiute and #WesternShoshone Nations since time immemorial. In January 2010 the #ObamaAdminstration approved a $54 billion taxpayer loan in a guarantee program for new nuclear reactor construction, three times what Bush previously promised in 2005. In April 2022, the #BidenAdministration government bailout to ‘rescue’ nuclear power plants at risk for closing. A #Colonial government representative stated, ‘US nuclear power contributes more than half of our #CarbonFree electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our #CleanEnergy goals.’
“They, along with Climate Justice activiists, cite nuclear energy as necessary to combat #GlobalWarming, all while ignoring the devastating percent impacts #IndigenousPeoples have faced. There is nothing clean about energy produced from nuclear colonialism. From its weapons (including #DepletedUranium) to its #Mining and its waste; Indigenous bodies, lands, and waters continue to be sacrificed to heat water with radioactive materials which creates steam that moves generators to change batteries made from #Lithium extracted from other Indigenous sacred lands so #Teslas can mo you forward into a ‘just’ climate future.
“A green economy sustains and advances colonial progress, which means mitigated selective and ongoing destruction of #MotherEarth.”
Pages 139-140
#IndigenousAnarchy
#Ecosystem #HaulNo #DefendTheSacred
#CorporateColonialism #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #ClimateDefenders #NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #CorporateColonialism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Greenwashng #NuclearWeapons #RestInPowerKleeBenally #RIPKleeBenally
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2024-07-05 01:45:33

Temperatures to challenge all-time highs in #California, #Nevada
Temperatures will not only rival records over the interior West through this weekend, but the heat will pose dangers for those outdoors for long periods and those taking to the roads for holiday travel.
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Jul 2, 2024 1:30 PM EDT | Updated Jul 4, 2024 1:42 PM EDT
"While the summertime is quite hot across the interior of the western United States in the valleys, basins and deserts, the heat will soon go above and beyond what is typical. AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn of dangerous heat that will build through at least the first weekend of July over the interior #Southwest and into mid-July over the interior #West.
"This level of heat will not only challenge daily high-temperature records but will also make a run at some all-time record highs for the month of July and for any time of the year.
"'The worst heat will be over the #CentralValley of California, as well as the deserts of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona and southern Nevada,' Zehr explained, 'These places will see highs of 110 or more; the highest temperatures in Death Valley will be near 130 degrees.'"
Read more: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/temperatures-to-challenge-all-time-highs-in-california-nevada/1664857
#ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #HabitableZone?

2024-07-02 23:44:56

Highlights from today's walk -- #Milkweed that I had "seed bombed" on some nearby barren land has taken hold!
#RenegadeGardening #Rewilding
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2024-06-21 16:37:38

And if it's too hot for humans, it's probably too hot for other lifeforms.
How hot is too hot for humans? Understanding #Wetbulb temperatures
Humans sweat to keep cool. But when that sweat can't evaporate, heat gets dangerous
Jade Prévost-Manuel · CBC News · Posted: Jul 03, 2021
"At theoretical wet-bulb temperatures, evaporation and cooling can no longer take place because the atmosphere is fully saturated with water. And when the wet-bulb temperature reaches 35 C, it crosses a threshold at which humans can no longer lose internal body heat and cool themselves."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/how-hot-is-too-hot-for-humans-understanding-wet-bulb-temperatures-1.6088415
#Extinction #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeHumidity #ClimateCrisis

2024-06-17 23:37:50

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I can say that at 60 years old, I never had to give myself that advice. ;-) (I still adore Helen Mirren though.)

2024-06-15 23:00:21

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Woot! #MaineGreens were at today's #PridePortland Parade! Represent!!! 💚
#GreenParty #Greens #PortlandMaine #MainePride
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2024-06-15 22:56:20

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One of my #Socialist buddies holding up a cool sign. #PrideIsAProtest #PridePortland #PortlandMaine #MainePride #Socialists
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2024-06-15 22:50:56

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Independent #Socialists (and #DemocraticSocialists) were well-represented at today's #PridePortland Parade.
#PortlandMaine #MainePride
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2024-06-15 22:46:46

[Thread] Some highiights from today's #Pride Parade in #PortlandMaine. Here are some queer witches supporting #Palestine!
#CeasefireNow #MainePride #LiberationForAll
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2024-06-14 15:42:09

Connecting #Capitalism to #Colonialism
“Colonialism has never ended. #Slavery has never ended. #Feudalism has never ended. The power elite just find more and more inventive ways to #exploit the majority.”
by Alnoor ladha
August, 2021
"When we think of colonialism, slavery, and feudalism, we perhaps envisage these subjects as elements of our history: abhorrent, destructive, and with lasting repercussions - but essentially something in our past which we must recognise, address and account. What we perhaps don’t think of is the food on our plates, the clothes we’re wearing, or even the phone in our hands.
"In our global economy, however, #SupplyChains hide a magnitude of #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalDestruction, including #ChildLabour, slave labour, resource depletion, toxic #dumping, illegal #deforestation, corporate threats, the murder of #LandDefenders… amongst many other social and #ecological atrocities.
"But what does this have to do with colonialism? When it comes to consumption and the material objects which occupy our daily lives, people are increasingly talking about the hidden cost, or the true cost of things. We often see that it is communities and peoples in the so-called #GlobalSouth who are bearing that true cost. It is not by coincidence that economic globalisation, the inevitable consequence of capitalism, leads to more destruction in nations which have historically been colonised, marginalised, and labelled as ‘developing’ countries. This is because the ostensible ‘success’ of both capitalism and colonialism hinges upon exploitation."
Read more:
https://www.ecoresolution.earth/resources/captialism-to-colonialism
#Oligarchy #Elite #Oiligarchy #Crapitalism

2024-06-12 22:50:18

ICYMI -- From May 2024.
Summer turns to winter: #Hailstorm drops temperature from 90s to 50s
It looked and felt more like winter in part of #Texas after a hailstorm coated the ground in ice and caused the temperature to plunge almost 40 degrees.
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor
Published May 30, 2024
" When a thunderstorm hits on a hot day, it can quickly reduce the temperature from 90 degrees Fahrenheit to 70, but to get much colder, you need hail -- and a lot of it.
"Harry Weinman witnessed such a storm on Wednesday evening in Marathon, Texas. Weinman told AccuWeather that his car thermometer dropped from 93 to 53 degrees in a few minutes. Quarter-sized hail piled up several inches deep and stripped leaves from the trees, changing the landscape into what looked like a winter wonderland. "
Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/summer-turns-to-winter-hailstorm-drops-temperature-from-90s-to-50s/1655099
#ClimateChange #ExtremeTemperatures

2024-06-11 00:52:29

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TBH, #GerardBarron is how I imagined #TheWalkingDude / #RandallFlagg from #StephenKing's novel #TheStand to look like, @npub1gjr…fryu @npub1xv9…x7dk

2024-06-08 15:10:46

Jewish US Army Major Explains Why He Resigned Over #Gaza
"I knew that as long as I stayed, I'd be contributing to this campaign that had already demonstrated basically it was going to be indiscriminately killing #civilians at an industrial scale," said #HarrisonMann.
Jessica Corbett
Jun 05, 2024
"Others who have quit their jobs over U.S. government support for the Israeli war include #LilyGreenbergCall, a special assistant in the Department of the Interior and the first Jewish political appointee to resign in protest; #TariqHabash, a Palestinian American who worked as a policy adviser in the Education Department; and #StacyGilbert, #JoshPaul, #HalaRharrit, and #AnnelleSheline, who all left the State Department."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/harrison-mann
#NoWar #FreeGaza #Genocide
#CeasefireNow

2024-06-08 15:06:56

'Horrific': Israel's #War on #Gaza Also Destroying the #Climate, Study Finds
Edward Carver
Jun 06, 2024
"'Quite apart from the unspeakable destruction in Gaza and across #Palestine, this report lays bare the hypocrisy of Western nations who moralize about the perils of #ClimateBreakdown and the responsibility of every nation to protect the planet—all the while funding, aiding, and enabling the Israeli regime's catastrophic war and its implications for those affected by ongoing and future climate change,' Zena Agha, a Palestinian-Iraqi policy analyst at Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, a think tank, told the paper."
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-climate
#NoWar #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #Genocide #CeasefireNow

2024-06-06 15:33:44

Blistering #HeatWave to have interior [Western United States] searing into second week of June
Millions across the West will bake under intense June sunshine as the hottest weather since last summer builds over the region into the weekend.
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Jun 5, 2024 3:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 6, 2024 10:46 AM EDT
"The notoriously hot cities of #LasVegas and #Phoenix will have high temperatures on multiple days in the neighborhood of 110 F. However, even in these sizzling summertime cities, the temperature is 10-15 degrees above the historical average for June.
"#SaltLakeCity will have multiple days with highs in the 90s through Sunday. #BoiseIdaho, can expect highs in the 90s through at least Tuesday, and the temperature could make a run at the 100-degree mark Saturday when the record is 101, set in 2016.
"#DeathValley may even crack the 120-degree mark for the first time this year, a level of heat not usually experienced in the hottest place in North America until June 24. "
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/blistering-heat-wave-to-have-interior-west-searing-into-second-week-of-june/1656973
#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

2024-05-31 15:25:28

Three #NativeAmerican Tribes are doing business with corporations responsible for war crimes in #Palestine: #Israel's #Elbit Systems, and the U.S. #Corporations of #Raytheon Missiles, #GeneralDynamics and #Caterpillar
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, May 28, 2024
TUCSON -- "Native American Tribes are partnered with corporations responsible for #WarCrimes in Palestine. The #ConfederatedSalishAndKootenai Tribe of Montana is in a partnership with #ElbitSystems, an Israeli weapons producer. #Salish and #Kootenai own #InternationalTowers, and in partnership with Elbit, built #SpyTowers, known as integrated fixed towers, on the #TohonoOodham Nation.
"Caterpillar, being used for the destruction of Palestinian homes, has a facility located on the #Tohono O'odham Nation's Tech Park in the San Xavier District near Tucson.
"Raytheon #Dine' Facility, is located on the #NavajoNation, south of Farmington, New Mexico, and produces missile parts for Raytheon, among the top war profiteers in Palestine.
Raytheon, and International Towers, are tenants at the University of Arizona Tech Park in Tucson.
"Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, lives in the western portion of the Tohono O'odham Nation, where the Salish and Kootenai tribal enterprise constructed the spy towers. Rivas describes the #Militarized partnership.
'#Infiltration today is in our faces, a blatant lack of integrity by tribes and institutions. #TribalGovernments are enticed by university programs for young people. The young people unknowingly become partners and #collaborators of the international military complex,' Rivas told Censored News today."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/05/native-american-tribes-are-partnered.html
#FreePalestine #FreeGaza #CeasefireNow #NoWar #Boycott #BoycottDivest #Divest #FirstNations #Genocide #Occupation #Colonialism #MilitaryIndustrialComplex

2024-05-31 02:03:03

More of this, please! [Apologies for the Fox News link -- I'll try to find another one]
High school bans use of phones next academic year to address student mental health concerns
By Jodi Long, KCCI via CNN Newsource
Published: May. 29, 2024 at 11:44 AM EDT
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/05/29/high-school-bans-use-phones-next-academic-year-address-student-mental-health-concerns/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2E-gFDYOw1ls5AVtAiRRHxbaTO9vwIrUJD-12wM1L_nX2mXeizRThwMpg_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
#Smartphones #TargetedAdvertising #SmartphonesAreMakingUsDumb

2024-05-29 03:09:29

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Yikes! That does not bode well for agriculture! (And everything else!)

2024-05-27 21:34:15

#Venezuela becomes first country to lose all of its #glaciers
At beginning of 20th century, Venezuela had 6 glaciers.
By Ehren Wynder, UPI
Published May 10, 2024
"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field.
"Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera earlier this week posted on X that Venezuela's #HumboldtGlacier has shrunk to an area of two hectares and has gone static, downgrading it to an ice field.
"The Humboldt Glacier, also known as La Corona, was the last remaining one in Venezuela after the country lost at least five others in the past century due to the effects of #ClimateChange."
Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/venezuela-becomes-first-country-to-lose-all-of-its-glaciers/1649382
#GlacierMelt #ClimateCatastrophe

2024-05-27 20:07:32

#FarmingtonMaine Stand-Out
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
5:00 PM 6:00 PM
Post Office
196 Main Street
Farmington, ME, 04938
United States
https://www.mvprights.org/events/farmington-stand-out-9f4zy-jgn6j-wb85s-6z9nt-y5b52-yft4p-3t656-g78t5-n2y2p-dksps-3442c-w5hte
#GazaSolidarity #Gaza #Rafah #CoalitionForPalestineMaine #MaineVoicesForPeace #PaxChristiMaine #PeaceActionMaine #Maine #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow
#Palestine #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights #JewishVoiceForPeaceMaine #MaineStudentsForPalestine

2024-05-23 21:15:01

It's so bad in #Mexico, even the #police are #protesting!
Mexico’s #drought, #heatwave and #WaterShortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in #protest
AP, May 22, 2024
"Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police blocked traffic in protest Wednesday.
"In recent months, residents of some #MexicoCity neighborhoods have regularly taken to forming #HumanChains to block boulevards to demand water. In April, complaints about #ContaminatedWater sparked a weeks-long crisis in one upscale neighborhood.
"Normally, police seek to redirect traffic, but on Wednesday some officers were themselves manning a protest blockade, near the capital’s iconic Independence Monument.
"The officers stood blocking six lanes of traffic, saying their barracks hadn’t had water for a week, and that the bathrooms were unusable.
"'We don’t have water in the bathrooms,' said one female officer who would not give her name for fear of reprisals, adding that conditions in the barracks were intolerable. 'They make us sleep on the floor,' she said."
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-heatwave-drought-protests-monkey-deaths-6310778f139ef786a8c70301fb340bd5#
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DontFightUsJoinUs #Protest #WaterIsLife

2024-04-30 13:37:13

#Holocaust Survivor Tells Student #AntiGenocide #Protesters: 'Just Keep Doing It'
"There is a question of historical responsibility towards #injustice, #genocide, and #fascism," said Stephen Kapos. "If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt."
by Brett Wilkins
Apr 25, 2024
https://www.commondreams.org/news/holocaust-survivors-gaza-genocide