Leaving aside that COVID’s proven more lethal to law enforcement than criminals in the past year, the defiance of Chicago police to a vaccine mandate raises a disturbing question:
What happens when those we rely on to enforce the law pick and choose rules w/which they’ll comply?
Scientists provide us with an early warning system; Greenpeace is poised to amplify these warnings and turn them into policy solutions
https://t.co/y6Uf6qQCK8
The catastrophic oil spill in Southern California offers a stark reminder that the damage to human health and the natural world from powering society with fossil fuels is far greater than simply climate change.
@Sammy_Roth reports: https://t.co/3cPZSz04pW
🦍 Ndakasi enfrentaba una larga enfermedad.
➡️ Luego de 14 años de amistad, la gorila eligió los brazos del hombre que la rescató, para dar su último suspiro.
https://t.co/vX8pFXNg7T
"There is one rule for the rich, and one rule for ordinary people, we've got a situation where the richest people on earth are paying lower taxes than a nurse or cleaner"
Max Lawson, from Oxfam International, reacts to findings of the Pandora Papers
https://t.co/H0yx1kRRiW
In observance of Facebook being down, let’s all share our favorite stories of democracy working in hopeful ways and coolest evidence-based reporting. Bonus points for uplifting others in comments 😌⬇️
There are 23 oil & gas platforms, associated wells and pipelines in federal waters off California.
It is time shut them all down.
If President Biden won’t do it, then a major economic protest must ensue.
Enough is enough.
#OilSpill#HuntingtonBeach
The James Webb #Space#Telescope, now scheduled for a launch on December 18, 2021, will be 100 times as powerful as the #Hubble. It will change how we see the #universe. https://t.co/Hxw9bed5oB #Physics
Put this even more directly: Trump found the worst of 100 terrible options in Afghanistan and made it inevitable to sabotage Biden - and sabotage America.
The number of counts of treason that should be brought against him is in the hundreds. https://t.co/M6Ez2hRMST
"We don't count because we're from Afghanistan. We'll die slowly in history"
Tears of a hopeless Afghan girl whose future is getting shattered as the Taliban advance in the country.
My heart breaks for women of Afghanistan. The world has failed them. History will write this.
NEW REPORT: 83% of top Facebook posts in the last few months came from disinformation superspreaders.
@Facebook needs to stop recklessly enabling lies that threaten public health, the environment, & democracy! @FBoversight
https://t.co/j8W6xu1GVi
The ExxonMobil lobbyist revelations & pipeline leak in the Gulf of Mexico show exactly what happens when we don’t check Big Oil.
We cannot keep letting this industry greenwash its way out of accountability & real climate action!
https://t.co/Jkd69Vghde
It irks me that #Haiti doesn’t get the attention that Cuba does and we know they have endured oppressive poverty and often subhuman conditions for years. I hope if we do find a solution for Cuba, that we not leave Haiti behind.
El pueblo cubano no está pidiendo fin de ninguna sanción, está pidiendo LIBERTAD y FIN DE LA DICTADURA. Más claro, imposible. Dejen de poner palabras en sus bocas y ESCUCHEN LO QUE PIDEN!!!!!
Tampa stands with the brave people of Cuba, whose ancestors helped build our community. The fight for freedom and against repression is all of our fight.
The ExxonMobil lobbyist revelations & pipeline leak in the Gulf of Mexico show exactly what happens when we don’t check Big Oil.
We cannot keep letting this industry greenwash its way out of accountability & real climate action!
https://t.co/Jkd69Vghde