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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” -Anne Frank www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...

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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."

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January 2025 was 1.75°C above the pre-industrial average and was the 18th month in the last 19 for which the global-averages exceeded 1.5°C Be part of the fight against climate failure. Join our global welcome meeting on Monday at 6pm UTC. #ClimateCrisis #StandUp us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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"The United States is in a constitutional crisis" Agree: 54% Disagree: 27% Unsure: 19% YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106

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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

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It's morbidly funny watching reactionary centrist pundits who spent the last five years obsessing over corporate HR departments & the errant comments of overenthusiastic college kids -- while fascism rose around them & eventually triumphed -- try to figure out how to show up in this new world.

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“As soon as we are no longer transfixed by hallucinations of separation, we’ll have the ability to move from a competition-driven species to a collaboration-driven one ....” From #Humanity Must Awaken From The Dream Of Separation @caitoz.bsky.social www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/humanity-m...

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On @linkedin.com I use the support icon - mainly because there's nothing else to show the rage and grief I feel about the slaughter happening today. Have just read @caitoz.bsky.social's latest post Meditations On A Six Year-Old Amputee Crawling Through Gaza With The Help Of A Roller Skate.

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Thus far, nine billionaires have been appointed to high gov't positions by Trump. This is what the working class demanded. It's called populism. newrepublic.com/article/1890...

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🌿Nature is in crisis and our political leaders aren’t even doing enough to deliver on pledges. 🌳Please donate to the @GreenpartyukRBX 's Nature Action Now campaign here: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/support-our-... 🐦‍⬛Watch Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall here: youtu.be/MA7T_mQ-OD0?...

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🌿Nature is in crisis and our political leaders aren’t even doing enough to deliver on pledges. 🌳Please donate to the @GreenpartyukRBX 's Nature Action Now campaign here: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/support-our-... 🐦‍⬛Watch Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall here: youtu.be/MA7T_mQ-OD0?...

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Nature is in crisis and our political leaders aren’t even doing enough to deliver on pledges. Please donate to the @greenparty.org.uk's Nature Action Now campaign here: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/support-our-... Watch Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall here: youtu.be/MA7T_mQ-OD0?...

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The most radical act we can engage in now is to question everything: www.instagram.com/reel/DC4OBpl...

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'Platypus Sleeps in the Lotus Dream Chamber' by contemporary artist Shu-Ju Wang

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Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light

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Whenever I spray a little perfume on myself, my two dogs must think, 'she smells awful but we'll love her anyway.' #dogs

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Imagine thinking stuff still matters.

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“Don’t just be sorry. Do something.” -The animals

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To all of you Stateside: this piece by Peter Singer on turkeys and Thanksgiving is well worth a read. Thought -provoking and timely.

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Off the coast of S Korea, where #PlasticsTreaty talks are at a critical stage, @Greenpeace activists board a tanker carrying toxic chemicals for plastic production. We need a strong Global Plastics Treaty now, which seriously cuts plastic production

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⚖️ Court of Appeal will review in single hearing 4 separate @just-stopoil.bsky.social cases involving 16 political prisoners in England, jailed for involvement in peaceful protests calling for #ClimateAction. Landmark hearing is listed Jan 29 & 30, Royal Courts of Justice @defendourjuries.bsky.social

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~99% of sentient beings live free-ranging in the "wild". They matter too - whether or not we know how or whether to protect and help them. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2... #WildAnimalEthics @cameronmeyershorb.bsky.social @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social @80000hours.bsky.social

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🕯️ We ignore diffiicult emotions - grief, shame, guilt - at our peril. They tell us that something needs to be addressed; that an injustice has occurred. 🕯️ Today is Remembrance Day for Lost #Species. Allow yourself to grieve. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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LIVE MORE, BUY LESS. An anti-consumerist thought for #BlackFriday, and a friendly reminder that over-consumption is destroying the planet.

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This has to end. The cruelty is unfathomable: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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"It takes the smallest of lens shifts to see this Hallmark card depiction of a family event as something else: as a bizarre gathering of unquestioning people around the body of someone who desperately wanted to live in peace and safety. Just like them." www.linkedin.com/posts/bel-ja...

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Applause emoji *

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Part 1. "After fleeing Nazi Germany, Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer compared species bias to the ‘most extreme racist theories'. He argued that animal rights was the purest form of social justice advocacy, because animals are the most vulnerable of all the downtrodden."

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"If funding had been taken away from #animal research and put into animal-free techniques decades ago, we would have more cures for more diseases than we currently have." With thanks to @drcaroltreasure.bsky.social co-founder and CEO of XCellR8 #animalfreetesting #crueltyfree #animalrights

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“The list of things that 'only humans are capable of' has become shorter. Thinking, #empathy, expressing emotions, grammar, reciprocity – science is beginning to show that other #animals can do it all ... " Interview with philosopher Eva Meijer www.theguardian.com/science/2019...

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Listening to an episode of Outrage and Optimism in which Tom Rivett Carnac and Christiana Figueres talk about nature-based solutions while helping plant a hedgerow felt, well, good. As if I was where I needed to be. Bloody cold though. #naturebasedsolutions #regeneration #ecology #planting

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To Billie Eilish, veganism isn’t a diet. It’s a way of interacting with the world. www.vox.com/future-perfe... @vox.com

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Some wildlife wonder. Foxes play in snow via Protect the Wild. www.instagram.com/reel/DCoXwK3...

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Pioneering work!

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Is there a desktop version of @bsky.app? These old eyes ….

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I’m revelling in the generosity of Blue Sky and don’t want to post any of my usual negative stuff. Just want to bathe in the light for now.

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Great to see some honesty surfacing at last… As I’ve been saying for the last three years, the #CoP process is not fit for purpose. Moreover, I’d add that it’s really hard to see any way back for it now. The (corruption and) failure appear systemic. https://buff.ly/3YJWT2C

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We have officially signed the #GreenLibraries Manifesto, in support of our commitment to #sustainability! 💚🍃

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