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Media pundits: the problem with climate change is it's too slow moving and remote for people to feel it's impacting their lives.
Climate change:
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Little Women author Louisa May Alcott on the creative rewards of being single themarginalian.org/2023/07/1…
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"I willingly, joyfully adopted my sons from Paraguay. I would never do it again"
#adoptee #adoptionistrauma
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A nation that allows an innocent man to be executed does not value justice.
A governor and a High Court that do nothing to stop such a travesty do not value life.
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On a visit to NYC, one of Israel's best-known writers talks about how he and Israeli society have been changed by Oct. 7 and the war. jta.org/2024/09/22/ideas/why… via @JTAnews
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The Extreme Weather Report, September 19, 2024:
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
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Wow. If there's one thing you do today, watch this video and spread it everywhere.
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B'Tselem's Executive Director, Yuli Novak, addressed the UN Security Council this evening by invitation of the Slovenian President of the Security Council to provide an expert review of the state of human rights in Israel/Palestine following the war.
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Drawing: Possible causes of your problems. I've been appalled at the scenes we've witnessed over the last few days. It's utterly unacceptable that people should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin.
[Polite comments only, please.]
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“Trump acts publicly in ways that would make him unemployable in any other career field…”
Thank heavens a reader writes the truth for the Washington Post…. Hope the actual media will follow suit.
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As floods & fires rise, oceans boil & ice melts, and "safe" temperatures are breached, something momentous just happened in the heart of the EU. No one has heard about it: journalists were present, but their editors refused to publish 🤯.
🧵, please RT.
#BeyondGrowth2023
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They don’t do drop boxes for animals any more for the reasons outlined in this thread and yet more states are legalizing and/or publicizing them for tiny humans. Is anyone other than #adoptees calling out baby boxes?
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This bill (AB1302) does not make anything easier, unless this is how "easy" is defined: adopteerightslaw.com/the-byz…
California bill would make it easier for adopted people to request birth certificates, other records kcra.com/article/california-…
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California AB1302. Kill the bill. Don't let California adoptee rights die. This is horrible, reactionary bill. Make it radioactive today. It will just take a minute. wp.me/paJe97-3iw Hearing is Mar. 21. #CaliforniaAdopteeRights #AdopteeVoices
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Probably one of the best British singles of all time. RIP Terry Hall. xitter.gq/FiremanPsalm/status/16…
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Tom Lehrer has put all his songs online (including lyrics & sheet music), and given away all rights to them. The site will only be up for a limited time. This is a very niche tweet that will make a small segment of people very happy. tomlehrersongs.com/
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As the UC grad worker strike’s focus on rent burdens and initial demand of a cost-of-living adjustment make clear, workers aren't just fighting for what they live on, but against an institution that constrains where and how they live, writes @two__evils. newrepublic.com/article/1693…
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When UC Labor Relations Director told @KQED that the cost of housing is outside UC's control, she was either mistaken or being deliberately misleading.
As the state's largest landlord, UC can do better. Read this analysis from a @UCBerkeley economist.
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