pianokit.bsky.social
Diagnostic EM scientist, chorister, book lover, aimless wanderer. Cishet she/her
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Exactly this.
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I find it a bit hard to articulate the enormity of the direction the world is heading in. But even though it's set in the U.S. It would be naïve to believe that we wouldn't be affected and aren't already being affected by what happens there.
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I think there are elements of this happening around the globe already due to climate breakdown and unstable geopolitics and a move to the right in many countries. I think of the Spanish olive trees dying in extreme heat, which will increase the price of olive oil, just as a single example.
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I've just finished it. It raises some really pertinent questions able where we're heading.
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Have you read "Educated" by Tara Westover?
It's a harrowing but ultimately uplifting and moving memoir.
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Just downloaded it to kindle. 🥰
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It's also very ableist. There are ppl who can't necessarily get 10,000 steps (a pretty arbitrary №) and/or have the resources to go to the gym. Then there are ppl with sensory issues with food. It's BS one-size-fits-all fuckery.
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Awesome and awesome inspiring! Love it.
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😆
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Thank you for such a thoughtful thread.
#ToitūTeTiriti
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The Treaty principles bill is normative; ie, it purports to say what ACT thinks the meaning of te Tiriti *should* be in their eyes, eg formal equality etc. However, leaves te Tiriti / the Treaty and its meaning intact, thereby creating constitutional incongruity.
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Yeah, any mitigation that works is seen as an overreaction because things didn't go horribly and horrifically wrong.
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Well said.
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Same as masking, social distancing, et fucking cetera. The outcome of a successful mitigation is impossible to differentiate from an unneeded one.
Until it's too late.
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Done and reposted. It's ridiculous to me that ppl with chronic, incurable conditions have to prove "they're not better" and therefore can't work.
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From Gordon Campbell:
“When people are chronically experiencing worse social outcomes & lower life expectancy due to the colour of their skin, that’s racism. But the targeting of measures to redress those wrongs is not racism – it is justice, long overdue.
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL24...
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Sorry, typo, entirely*
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That's an entitling normal thing to do. At least dogs (and cats) are alive. I talk to inanimate objects.
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Yup
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🤣
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Right! will load up my armoured and souped up Mazda demio with supplies from the Onehunga Mitre 10.
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Ooo, time to raid Farro round the corner because Tāmaki makaurau is a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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It is. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Controls the movements and the freedoms of Palestinians. That's a simple statement of fact. You don't seem to be comprehending the significance of Israel's illegal occupation on Palestinians.
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According to international law, it is.
www.globalr2p.org/countries/is....
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You're still being disingenuous.
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
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www.google.com/amp/s/www.al...
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Because they're an illegally occupying force. They're called the Occupied Palestinian Territories for a reason. Israel has a duty of care towards Palestinians. There are 65 laws that discriminate against Palestinians specifically. www.hrw.org/report/2021/...
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Although I will say that neither the leadership in Israel nor Hamas seem interested in a 2 state solution. So, how do we proceed so that Israelis and Palestinians don't live in fear?