BirdsCaribbean, American Ornithological Society fly over to Puerto Rico for their 2022 Conference

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The Caribbean (and American) birds are flying again… This time to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where BirdsCaribbean will be partnering with the American Ornithological Society for their 2022 Conference. So this time, it will be really big!

Caribbean birds are under threat as never before, with climate change impacts ever-present and growing. This is not helped by the ongoing post-COVID frenzy of building (hotels, highways, you name it) which is drastically reducing birds’ habitats and also the way stations for migrating birds, especially along the islands’ coastlines.

So, recovery and building back is critical! Stay tuned for more…

International Ornithological Conference Comes to Puerto Rico with a Focus on Recovery and Building Back

The past couple of years have been tough, but bird biologists are rebounding!

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) and BirdsCaribbean (BC) are very pleased to announce that they will be back, in person, on the beautiful island…

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Fascist Fashion: How Mainstream Businesses Enable the Sale of Far-Right Merchandise — bellingcat

Fascist fashion items can help promote and provide funds for extremist groups. In some instances, it appears, their sale relies upon key services provided by prominent businesses that have policies against promoting racist organisations and hateful content. 4,180 more words

Fascist Fashion: How Mainstream Businesses Enable the Sale of Far-Right Merchandise — bellingcat

Sorte

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” A sorte é para quem nela acredita. ” Ainda que você perca coisas importantes na vida, tendo fé e, acreditando na beleza da magia, você consegue fortalecer o poder que emana luz e mantém comunicação direta com os seus esforços. A sorte não vem pelo que muitos almejam. Mas, pelas inúmeras tentativas de nossos esforços.” Quem deseja sorte em alguma área da vida, deve saber que ela não nasce do acaso, mas dos sonhos fascinantes que movem os nossos redemoinhos emocionais.”

Marii Freire Pereira. Sorte

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 18 de junho de 2022

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Quebec lifts mask mandate on public transit, but not everyone is on board | CBC News

Masks are still mandatory in hospitals, long-term care homes and other health-care facilities, where it’s more likely that vulnerable people could potentially be exposed to COVID-19. Mental health establishments aren’t included.

But Aaron Ansuini says vulnerable people like him are everywhere, and dropping one of the last remaining health measures is like telling them that they don’t matter.

“This idea of survival of the fittest is pretty disturbing because it implies that, if you can’t survive, you don’t deserve to be alive, and that’s kind of reinforced by the conditions that we presently have,” said the young man who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a multi-systemic connective tissue disorder that often affects his mobility.

 

Source: Quebec lifts mask mandate on public transit, but not everyone is on board | CBC News

The Death of Lady Liberty 🗽

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Yesterday marked the 137th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.  Four years ago, I wrote this post.  At that time, we were in the throes of the former administration and immigrants were ‘personae non grata’ by the government.  I posited that we no longer deserved Lady Liberty, for we had failed to keep our promises.  Today, we have a different president, one who values ALL people, yet we still have a humanitarian crisis at our southern border.  There remains a large contingent of people in this country who would denigrate, expel, and even kill any who don’t look and think just like them.  As a nation, are we any better today, any more deserving of this statue that stands in New York Harbour than we were four years ago? 


One hundred and thirty-three years ago today, the Statue of Liberty came to our shores.  Lady Liberty, a gift of friendship…

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