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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Let’s save the wildlife – Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

The warthog is a tough, sturdy animal. Males weigh 9 to 23 kilograms (20 to 50 pounds) more than females, but both are distinguished by …

Let’s save the wildlife – Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored) | Climate science | The Guardian

“The climate change began in 1960,” the report’s first page informs us, “but no one, including the climatologists, recognised it.” Crop failures in the Soviet Union and India in the early 1960s had been attributed to standard unlucky weather. The US shipped grain to India and the Soviets killed off livestock to eat, “and premier Nikita Khrushchev was quietly deposed”.

the early 1970s saw reports of droughts, crop failures and floods from Burma, Pakistan, North Korea, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Manila, Ecuador, USSR, China, India and the US. But few people seemed willing to see a pattern: “The headlines from around the world told a story still not fully understood or one we don’t want to face,” the report said.

 

Source: Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored) | Climate science | The Guardian

Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Isn’t Sorry for January 6. A Judge Gave Him 18 Years. – Mother Jones

“What we cannot have — we absolutely cannot have — is a group of citizens who because they didn’t like the [election] outcome were then prepared to take up arms in order to foment a revolution,” Mehta said.

“You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic and to the very fabric of our democracy,” Mehta added, noting that Rhodes’ intelligence and ability to compel followers to act “makes you dangerous.”

Source: Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Isn’t Sorry for January 6. A Judge Gave Him 18 Years. – Mother Jones

Aderrien Murry: Mississippi boy, 11, shot by officer after calling police – BBC News

An 11-year-old boy who was shot by an officer after calling police for help has been released from hospital, his family says.

Mississippi police arrived at Aderrien Murry’s home on Saturday responding to a domestic disturbance call placed by the boy, then shot him in the chest, according to his mother.

Source: Aderrien Murry: Mississippi boy, 11, shot by officer after calling police – BBC News