September 22nd marks Autumn equinox. Up here in north, this is the end of astronomical summer and the beginning of astronomical autumn and a season when the colours of nature change drastically. So long, sweet, sweet summer and welcome, amazing autumn! 🧡
We've been asked why the Batwa are the @chewvalley charity of the month... it's because they've been displaced from their home forests in the name of conservation + tourism - please donate here:
https://t.co/tf2F19BSsp
#Uganda#Africa#HumanRights
We've been asked why the Batwa are the @chewvalley charity of the month... it's because they've been displaced from their home forests in the name of conservation + tourism - please donate here:
https://t.co/tf2F19BSsp
#Uganda#Africa#HumanRights
Why is @chewvalley supporting the Batwa in Uganda? They have been forced from their forest homes and are among the most marginalised people in Africa. They need our help. Please donate if you can: https://t.co/tf2F19BSsp
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is debating whether to designate Venice and its lagoon environment as an endangered world heritage site due to over-tourism alongside its steady decline in population and poor governance. https://t.co/R1bSw7SKvJ
If @Jacob_Rees_Mogg is so worried about home ownership levels among the young, why has his government implemented policies (stamp duty cut, 5% mortgages, Help To Buy) and so on... that have markedly increased house prices? #ChewValley#Somerset#Bath#Bristol#housingmarket
Remember how, when @rishisunak announced the stamp duty holiday, a lot of troublesome economists warned that far from making homes more affordable, it would push up house prices, mostly benefiting those who already own?
Well.
House prices now increasing at fastest rate in 6 yrs.
You don't wear a mask to protect yourself
You don't take the vaccine to protect yourself
(only)
You owe it to society to do these things to
protect others
Because the unit is not you
paraphrasing @nntaleb#RWRI#RWRI15
Notice the sycretism of Doura Evropos (3rd C) when religions were not yet differentiated/monocultured. You see human representation & wonder abt the blurred boundaries Christian-Judean-Baalist.
The same room served as a pagan temple, synagogue, & church.
#Localism is tolerance.
Remember how, when @rishisunak announced the stamp duty holiday, a lot of troublesome economists warned that far from making homes more affordable, it would push up house prices, mostly benefiting those who already own?
Well.
House prices now increasing at fastest rate in 6 yrs.
Boris Johnson, asked about Northern Ireland border checks, says Britain can do things differently thanks to Brexit - citing the example of freeports - ignoring the fact that the UK had 7 freeports between 1984 and 2012