CY Ong

The only constant is change.

[CY Ong @radicpunk]

Singapore's efficient ‘cleaning army’ has led to litter apathy: Stridy chief Yasser Amin | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific https://t.co/cDAMbKNBg5

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

What we are seeing with Gaza is manufactured narrative splatting against reality over and over again. The western empire churns out propaganda narratives about what Israel is doing, and those narratives are crashing headlong into raw video footage and concrete facts in ways you don't often see.

Here are some examples of made-up narratives:

• October 7 was an unprovoked attack
• "Israel has a right to defend itself"
• Jewish people can't be safe unless they have a homeland in which they receive preferential treatment over other ethnic groups
• There cannot be peace until Hamas is eliminated
• All civilian casualties are the fault of Hamas

Here are some examples of objective reality:

• Raw video footage of civilians who've been burned, mutilated and ripped apart by Israeli military explosives
• Photos of dead children who've been killed in Israeli airstrikes
• The objective fact that journalists are being killed at a historically unprecedented rate in this onslaught
• The objective fact that civilians are being killed at a much higher rate than in other modern conflicts
• The objective fact that Israel is laying siege to a civilian population while systematically displacing them en masse and destroying their healthcare system

The former category consists entirely of insubstantial thought fluff; they're stories people made up to advance their own agendas, and have no objective reality in and of themselves. The latter category consists of the concrete realities of the material world.

Relatively few people are fully aware of just how extensively mental narrative dominates human consciousness, and how this has allowed human civilization to be dominated by whoever can control what our society's dominant narratives are. The US-centralized empire, of which Israel is a part, has succeeded in establishing a system of narrative control whose sophistication and efficacy has no parallel or precedent.

But in Gaza it isn't working. It isn't working because there's no amount of propaganda spin you can put on raw data that is self-evidently unacceptable and inexcusable. No matter how much propaganda spin you heap on top of a video of a dismembered child, you cannot persuade me that it is fine and acceptable.

This is a very, very big problem for the empire. There is panic happening behind the scenes. What's happening in Gaza is unspeakably horrific, and Israel's atrocities must end immediately. But if there's any silver lining in all this horror, it's that people are being snapped out of the imperial propaganda matrix like never before.

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Please SIGN and SHARE: Thousands in #Panama are protesting a vast copper mine in the #rainforest. Please sign our #petition and tell the gov't that a healthy environment for all is more important than profit for the few. https://t.co/XHpaqAW4xm via @RainforestResq

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Please SIGN: #Tanzania's REGROW project is not protecting wildlife: It's an oppressive economic growth model to boost tourism revenues. Tell the #WorldBank to STOP THE EVICTION of 20,000 villagers under the pretext of #conservation! https://t.co/dYtTedZ1T8 via @RainforestResq

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Singapore universities making ‘little to no progress’ phasing out fossil fuels influence: activists https://t.co/dK6K8k846w via @ecobusinesscom

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Tell Coca-Cola to Bring Back Refill
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Why I think the US is the biggest bully and blocker of climate action https://t.co/546IVHzShS via @ecobusinesscom

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Singaporean rally-goers call on government to tackle climate crisis in tandem with high cost of living https://t.co/JOTvPrjeLQ via @ecobusinesscom

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I am proud of how far Singapore has come. But let’s not trade liveability for short-term returns https://t.co/qE6tJIppzn via @ecobusinesscom

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Please SIGN and SHARE: #Greenwashing meets #neocolonialism: Dubai-based Blue Carbon wants to "secure" 1 million ha. of rainforest – 10 percent of Liberia's land area – to cash in on #CarbonCredits. Say NO to fake #climate solutions! https://t.co/kuZCyEBsYk via @RainforestResq

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The key to sustainable food systems https://t.co/ypyCYMRpRT via @ecobusinesscom

[George Tsakraklides @99blackbaloons]

The data is now official: 3 years’ worth of rain fell within two days. Scientists on Greek TV discussing the possibility of the formation of new, permanent lakes in the area. It is a new planet. #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climatecatastrophe

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Why are green skills important for youth https://t.co/y0LQ7C1fpq via @ecobusinesscom

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Intercropping: An Underutilized Tool - Pesticide Action Network https://t.co/v2eK38unDz via @pesticideaction

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MAS to stop issuing ‘good-as-new’ dollar notes for Chinese New Year 2023 to cut carbon emissions
https://t.co/ID9WVrs5fK

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Plastics Recycling Misses the Point. Here's What We Have to Try Next https://t.co/TfDo88SOXw via @CNET

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Recycled plastic bottles are leaching harmful chemicals into drinks https://t.co/ChXqpoXgbb via @ecobusinesscom

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Coca-Cola responds after COP27 sponsorship backlash https://t.co/NRQp3nf8CN via @ecobusinesscom

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#Petition A better way to protect biodiversity: strengthening indigenous rights! https://t.co/bX8DG5wFV3 via @RainforestResq

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