Sharan wants peace and love
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A little older than I want to be. Trying to stay sane in this crazy world and amidst destructive and self obsessed so called leaders
A 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home.
This is the final week for the California legislature to pass the COMPETE Act, a major new law that could rein in out-of-control corporate monopolies. If you're a fellow Californian, call your State Senator today and tell them to vote YES: t.co/VZEERv2pLT
The most innocent thing you'll see today. Original post
The US gave Argentina $40 billion, and as a thank you, they’re selling us diseased beef. Art of the deal.
Palacio de Cristal (Crystal Palace) in El Retiro Park, Madrid, filled with a colorful light installation.
So much more than a Country Music Superstar. Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️ #RIP
Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
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This is the famous Venezuelan Poodle Moth (Artace sp.), a distinctively fluffy, white insect w/ prominent bulbous dark eyes and feathery antennae. First photographed in 2009 by Arthur Anker in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. Its exact taxonomic classification remains debated by entomologists.
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 2d agoAn incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
Extraordinary artist - and what a long and eventful life too
womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d agoYayoi Kusama (1929-2026) RIP
If this enrages you, it should. And you’re not alone. The 19-year-old sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln is facing disciplinary charges instead of receiving the mental health services he needs. 👀
Ted didn’t notice the name of the account who posted this Dolly clip he retweeted until it was much too late. He finally deleted it after he was made aware.
Keir Starmer literally enabled fascism. Labour proscribed the anti-genocide direct group Palestine Action as terrorists. They paved the way for Trump to do that on a global scale - which will mean the US state will crash down on the heads of thousands of British citizens.
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
The Felon will always do what benefits his own interest.
Thank you for your lovely comments about today’s ep! We have a schedule change next week, to make space for the BBC’s Bayeux Tapestry programming. So be ready next Friday night for ROMAN TRUE CRIME, with my historical detectives, Hallie Rubenhold and Prof Llewelyn Morgan! Honestly the dream team.
Funny how Reform UK sees 6.5% UK population who identify as Muslim as a major threat, not the 46.2% who identify as Christian despite beliefs like 'love thy neighbour' incompatible with Reform "... fewer than half of people in England & Wales describe themselves as Christian" [2021 Census] via BBC
This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Dolly Parton... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Quietly funded high school band programs We lost an incredible person.
FT exclusive: Israel is considering expelling British and potentially other European officials from the US-led co-ordination centre for postwar Gaza in retaliation for criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies in the Palestinian territories www.ft.com/content/e931...
Israel considers expelling UK from postwar Gaza headquarters
Prospect of ousting British and potentially other European officials from US-led ceasefire hub comes amid growing criticism of Netanyahu government
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New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
I’ve been sent an enormous amount of vile racist abuse and threats. Here's just a fraction. When will platforms take responsibility? I’ll expose them, hopefully the police will find them. More than ever we must stand united against racism, hate & division ✊🏾 #ButlerBlocks
I want to share two poems with you. The first was written in the ruins of World War I; the second, in the gathering storm of World War II. To me, both feel appropriate to the dark time we’re now living through. Read them and let me know your thoughts.
Two Poems for Our Time
One from the ruins of World War I, the other from the gathering storm of World War II
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Sewage in the rivers. Companies drowning in debt. Billions siphoned in profits.Private water is working exactly as designed. Just not for us.Tell your MP to back public ownership: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to support public ownership of water!
Sewage in the rivers. Companies drowning in debt. Billions siphoned in profits. Private water is working exactly as designed. Just not for us. Tell your MP to back public ownership: https://actionnet...
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Israeli settlers attacked journalists in the West Bank again yesterday while the army stood and watched. Not activists. Not fighters. Journalists documenting what the settlers were doing. Like all gangsters they have a policy of leaving no witnesses.
Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart.
Dolly Parton truly was a diamond in a rhinestone world. May she rest in peace.
Texas cannot enforce restrictions on some public drag shows after a federal judge again declared a 2023 law unconstitutional. “For those who find such activities offensive, the solution is relatively simple... just don’t go,” Judge David Hittner wrote.
Texas’ limits on some drag shows found unconstitutional again
A federal judge reasserted his 2023 ruling that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back for reconsideration. The law went into effect in March as the case proceeded.
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