Firefly Evar

we are all connected and we all hold the potential to heal our world & communities. I believe in a God who seeks us out to enable us to become the best human.

[Firefly Evar @FireflyEvar4z]

No one seems to realise that #glaciers #polar #ice reflect the heat of the sun to make life possible on earth. As they melt we will lose that and life on earth will be gone too. #climateemergency. #climateactionnow #gooner

[100 Climate Messages @climatemessages]

WE SHOULD ALL BE SUPER WORRIED ABOUT THE CLIMATE. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow

[Josephine Wells @josephinewell19]

@climatemessages #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency

[100 Climate Messages @climatemessages]

WE SHOULD ALL BE SUPER WORRIED ABOUT THE CLIMATE. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, we received information from the American side about the meetings in Moscow that took place the other day. There was a series of meetings. We spoke before the meetings, and we have spoken again now with the Americans.

Thank you for the information – and for the necessary tone of the conversation with Russia. We value the alignment of steps and the fact that America is advancing a realistic vision of what needs to be done and what must be achieved. Russia must end its war, and all the necessary conditions must be created to make that happen.

[Socialist Voice @SocialistVoice]

Sainsbury’s will provide up to 10,000 unpaid work experience opportunities for young people in disadvantaged areas, the UK Government announced, as part of efforts to address Britain's youth unemployment

https://t.co/y9MRLbcS1M

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

Kyiv has gone through 12 air raid alerts today amid nonstop attacks. The most intense day I can remember. Trains and public transport severely disrupted. Combined with strikes on food warehouses, it looks like a new Russian strategy to suffocate Kyiv

[Firefly Evar @FireflyEvar4z]

@thetimes @DailyMail

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel killed Sajaa in Arab Salim, South Lebanon, today.

They dropped a bomb on her home.

Sajaa had gotten married just 3 days ago.

Israel killed a bride in her home.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

A cleric in Iran just announced that if a woman gets to choose her own clothes, then a man gets the right to rape her.

Do not scroll past that. Read it twice.

That is not a slip of the tongue. That is not a fringe opinion from the back of a mosque. That is Kazem Rohbakhsh an official worldview of the Islamic Republic of Iran, finally spoken without the mask.

For 45 years this regime has told women they are the problem. Cover yourself, or you "tempt" men. Dress modestly, or you "deserve" what comes next. And now the punchline, straight from the cleric's mouth: If you dare to be free, then we are free to sexually assault you.

Let me be clear about something.
That is the whole ideology of the Islamic Republic of Iran in one sentence. A regime so terrified of women that it believes your only choice is a headscarf or a predator.

So here is my answer to the mullah, in simple words:

Women don’t need to cover themselves to control men’s behavior. Men need to control themselves.

A woman's body is not a bargaining chip. Our freedom is not a crime. And your "right to rape" is not a right. It is a confession. A confession that your ideology is too weak to win a single woman's heart, so you must crush her body instead.

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzebwesa]

Heartbreaking: The Taliban’s harsh restrictions on Afghan women and girls continue.

In a hospital in Takhar province, Taliban authorities have reportedly ordered doctors to pray while wearing the burqa.

This is not religion, it is coercion, humiliation, and the systematic stripping away of dignity and basic human rights.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #WomenFreedom #UN

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

One MORE back-pedal from PM.

Burnham said in 2023 Parthenon sculptures should be sent back to Greece “no strings attached”. In 2002, he supported law change to facilitate.

This week: “Ultimately it’s an issue for the British Museum”
https://t.co/6BOLXvsa6c

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Krill fishing fleets in Antarctica are targeting the feeding grounds of penguins, seals, whales, seabirds and fish and leaving them to starve
Absolute scum
A long-term analysis of the Antarctic krill population in this region found that their densities declined by about 59% between the late 20th century and more recent decades

https://t.co/PeC8x53iue

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Gaza has the highest concentration of child amputees in the world (at the peak of Israeli bombing, 10 kids were losing limbs daily), UNRWA says. And now Israel is now blocking prosthetic limbs from entering Gaza. All this has happened with US support or complicity.

[Maura G Moynihan @mgmkerry]

@ZackPolanski

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Labour’s ludicrous ban has made Britain a laughing stock around the world.

To everyone that is apart from Donald Trump.

[Firefly Evar @FireflyEvar4z]

@andyburnham please, listen to the public not the big donors. #Parliament must have integrity and workforce the common good to be effective, democratic and respected.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Unbelievably disappointing u-turn from the PM - where is the serious culture change at Westminster we were promised? Our democracy should not be for sale https://t.co/qwixgFPOdz

[Firefly Evar @FireflyEvar4z]

Who will they destroy next? We worry about Russia but where will the IDF have freedom to kill next?

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is blowing up entire villages in South Lebanon, and the world calls this a “ceasefire.”

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is blowing up entire villages in South Lebanon, and the world calls this a “ceasefire.”

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

The IDF has admitted that Lt Roy Oryon of the Golani Brigade fired on a convoy of ambulances killing 15 medics & rescue workers, they then bulldozed the bodies & the crushed vehicles into the sand.

On Sunday he will be given @nswpolice protection to run the Sydney Marathon.

[Smart Science @SmartScience]

Sweden is officially trading screens and tablets for physical books and handwriting to reverse a decline in reading skills.

Once at the forefront of hyper-digitalized learning, Sweden is engineering a dramatic pivot back to the basics in its classrooms. Concerned that an overreliance on digital tablets and screens has eroded reading comprehension and foundational writing skills, Swedish education officials are investing heavily in traditional printed textbooks.

The national strategy aims to phase out digital devices for children under the age of six entirely, following a drop in international reading assessment scores.

Experts point out that while technology was championed to level the playing field, its unrestricted use has instead led to shorter attention spans and reduced retention among younger learners.

Scientific evidence strongly supports this retro transition. Research indicates that the physical act of handwriting activates complex neural networks governing motor skills, vision, memory, and language—cognitive benefits that are largely lost on a keyboard.

Furthermore, reading from a printed page provides critical spatial cues that aid comprehension, unlike digital screens that often subject students to cognitive fatigue and constant distractions. While computers and tablets remain valuable tools for research and collaboration, educators worldwide are watching Sweden's massive reinvestment in physical books as a potential blueprint for a more balanced, science-backed approach to modern schooling.

source: The Guardian. Switching off: Sweden says back-to-basics schooling works on paper.