Joshua (he/him)

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[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

Want to take action towards the #climatecrisis but don't know where to start?

Here are a few tools and techniques that helped me 👇

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

“Some of my colleagues project as patriots but they are indeed, arsonists”

Sayeeda Warsi doesn’t hold back, describing Braverman as “dangerous and divisive”.

Britain is in a truly dark and troubling era, the government is actually instigating hate crimes

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

I used to be pro-Palestinian. I thought Israel was wrong for carpet bombing Gaza and using siege warfare on civilians.

But then I ran into a very wise Israel apologist who changed my way of looking at things forever.

I was walking down the street and I saw him leaning against a lamp post, smoking a pipe as wise men do.

“Your shirt says Free Palestine,” he said from behind a plume of smoke.

“Yep!” I replied.

“So I guess that means you love Hamas then?” spake he.

I stopped in my tracks. I’d never thought of it that way before.

Could it be? Could my opposition to murdering civilians really be indicative of a deep affection for a Gazan militant group? Maybe I really did love Hamas and think everything it did on October 7 was great and wonderful?

“Is this really how I want to live my life?” I thought to myself.

“I — I — I…” I said out loud.

“Or perhaps,” he said with a raised eyebrow, “you just HATE JEWS??”

I fell to my knees.

Oh my God. He really had a point. What possible reason could anyone have for opposing military explosives being dropped on buildings full of children besides a seething lifelong hatred of adherents to the religion of Judaism? How could anyone possibly oppose siege warfare tactics which cut off civilians from food and water and electricity and fuel and medical supplies unless they harbored a dangerous hostility toward members of a small Abrahamic faith?

“Who… who are you?” I asked.

“That’s of no consequence,” he said, casually blowing a smoke ring through another larger smoke ring.

“But… but the children,” I stammered as my entire worldview crumbled before my eyes. “The civilians! They’re dying! Isn’t it bad that they’re dying?”

And then he went for the coup de grâce.

“Have you considered,” he said before a pregnant pause, “… that all of those deaths are the fault of Hamas?”

I fell flat on my back. The world was spinning. A trickle of blood ran down into my hair from my ear.

I felt all the anti-colonialism leaving my body. I suddenly could no longer remember why I thought it was bad to rain down military explosives on a densely populated concentration camp.

Everything went black.

When I finally came to, the mysterious stranger was gone. But his wisdom and profound insights into Israel and Gaza will always live on in my heart.

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

Cancelled my subscription to @nytimes

The attacks on Israel were atrocious and there’s zero justification.

At the same time, innocent people in Gaza have been killed, injured and had their homes destroyed. Coverage of this is buried.

You have a duty to tell the full story.

[Judith Meyer @GermanPolyglot]

There is nothing that can justify deliberate violence against non-combatants. This means that attacking Israelis at a rave is wrong, bombing Palestinian hospitals is wrong, abducting Ukrainian children is wrong, torturing Russian prisoners is wrong… In fact the nationality of the victim or attacker is completely irrelevant. Either targeting innocents is ALWAYS wrong, no matter who does it, or you don’t have morals, you just have opinions.

We need to stop this weird move where we excuse/ignore war crimes from our preferred side and strongly condemn war crimes from the other side - it leads to the annihilation of ethics itself, everything becomes relative.

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

No electricity, no food, no fuel for 1 million children. Straight from the horse's mouth. That can't be the civilised world's answer, whatever differences we may have on who did what to whom first or last.

[Liz Bonnin 💙 @lizbonnin]

Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow…
This is a really powerful and beautiful expression of what we stand to lose.
If you dream of a better future please watch and make your voice heard.
🙏🌎💚
#DontStop
@GreenpeaceUK

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

My reaction when people seen surprised and upset when footballers are convinced by money to go to the Saudi Pro League.

Money has been influencing sport for so long, people are only kicking up a fuss now when they are losing out.

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

@jamesturn @michaelmezz Patagonia switching ownership structure and Ecosia switching to Steward-owned are the main examples I know, but I don’t know any outside of the companies doing it themselves

[Denis Sharypin @denis_sharypin]

European country but the Internet is off on Sundays as well as shops

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

Ugh, I usually don't like to shout into the void like this, but @NotionHQ a product I love and store my brain on is getting so painfully slow these days. The day another company creates a faster product and makes it easy to migrate, I can see users flocking there instead.

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

@RianRobertson @mgingras @FrancescoD_Ales @bloks_app Undecided if this is funny or super cringy haha! It did get me to check out bloks though.

FWIW your website didn’t grab me after that. Started watching the video but it was focused too much on the features and not enough on the benefits - you lost me when you said carousel!

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

@ugmonk @FrancescoD_Ales @sourfraser I also love the tactile aspect of the @timeular time tracking device. There’s something more intentional to the physical act of turning the device, you’re saying to yourself - “I’m working on this now” and it keeps you honest. Might be good for your ADHD too.

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

@elonmusk If he’s reinstated and says something hateful how will the freedom of speech not freedom of reach policy actually work. Anyone with as many followers as Trump will automatically get way more reach no?

[michael mezz @michaelmezz]

listen to her explain the Van Gogh soup protest.

she’s got a point, no?

[Climate People @climatepeople]

We had 45+ questions asked throughout the session and time was of the essence. So, we're hosting a "Ask Me Anything" session with our panelists this Thursday 10/20 at 1 pm EST!

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[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Here's my response to those who say that preventing environmental breakdown means a drastic cut in our quality of life. #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury

[Climate People @climatepeople]

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[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

If the intro to climate course is anything to go by @zopeful_hq's new one on Carbon Removal will be informative, accessible, actionable and just the right dose of realistic hope!

Can't wait to get started!

[Zopeful @zopeful_hq]

Everything you need to know about Carbon Dioxide Removal in easy-to-read digestible 5 to 10 minute bursts!

💙 https://t.co/uFDQdh8Fpi

#ClimateActionNow #decarbonization #carbonremoval #ClimateAction #climate #carbonneutral #ESG

[Joshua (he/him) @joshuastehr]

@zopeful_hq Excited for this one! And it's not often I say I'm excited about climate education!