On this day in 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.
21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape.
A THREAD.
On The View, climate activist Greta Thunberg suggests "if we want to see real changes" climate activists can't "only [use] the legal methods."
Adding: "We need to think outside the box because this is an existential crisis."
The Shell Plastic Plant has been flaring for almost an hour -- Shell has still not posted anything or even acknowledged what is going on.
Our community is on edge after what just happened in East Palestine. We deserve transparency and notification.
#EyesOnShell
These railroad executives should be thrown in jail over the Ohio derailment. Tens of billions spent on stock buybacks while slashing the workforce, refusing to invest in safety improvements as actual workers told them this kind of accident would be inevitable.
I've seen A LOT of national media blackouts reporting on-the-ground. I've NEVER seen a blackout like corp media barely covering a mini-Chernobyl in East Palestine OH. This will be one of the worst ecological disasters in modern American history.
chem student here: taking a quick look at the actual chemical that's been spilled - vinyl chloride - and what happens to it when it's burned raises a shit ton of alarms, and this "event" is most certainly not going to be safe for a while - a 🧵