Honestly most people won't take veganism seriously because of our ingrained human superiority complex.
When there is so much oppression within our own species, why would they feel the need to care about another species they deem inferior?
We're not superior, we're equal at best.
An Autism dx does not unlock access to any beneficial therapeutic treatment, bc there is no "treating" Autism. Formal diagnosis makes us vulnerable to legal & psychiatric control and gets our competence challenged -- you dont need to subject yourself to this. diagnose yourself
in an increasingly fascist reality where disabled people are legally regarded as incompetent and disposable more and more, i cannot with a clean conscience encourage people to be formally identified as disabled if they do not need to. there's a lot of factors to weigh here.
Pete Buttigieg, the head of the U.S Dept of Transportation recently said that if we all went out to get electric vehicles, we wouldn't be effected by historically high gas prices.
But did you know this about electric cars: that they come at a very high human cost?
For 20 days, 8 African miners have been stranded more than 500 meters deep in a zinc mine operated by a Canadian company in Burkina Faso. why on earth isn’t there more outrage on this? Or is Solidarity just a privilege that remains for those who live in the west and are white 🤔
The power consumed per Bitcoin transaction on average could power an average US household for more than 1.5 months.
The carbon footprint of just one Bitcoin transaction amounts to 658kg of CO2, which is equal to the carbon footprint of almost 1.5 million VISA transactions.
Some statistics to start the year:
During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.
Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.
Indigenous Futures in the Era of Climate Change. Event organized by @pinasoulspc@MayanLeague and @sustainseattle. Thank you to our event sponsors and @braidedseeds & @Conserve_WA. Please register: https://t.co/BC0KWcAVtI
The abuse of street vendors will continue until there is legislative change, creating a pathway for NYC’s smallest businesses to formalize
Support vendors by calling your State Senator & Assemblymember to #LegalizeStreetVending by passing S1175/A5081 NOW!
It’s #SettlerSaturday! I want to start a thread today to easily boost as a whole, so any Indigenous folks: drop your links below. Any allies out in twatterverse looking to send some good medicine around, take a peek below to help out, or retweet the links/thread 👇🏾❤️Nya:wëh❤️