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

Squirrels are just plain cute — Roadtirement

Squirrels often appear in our backyard. Sometimes one, other times up to 8 together.

Squirrels are just plain cute — Roadtirement

« ¡Se olvidaron rápidamente de la belleza del bosque! »

Barbara Crane Navarro

«Comenzaron a arrancar minerales del suelo con avidez. Construyeron fábricas para fundirlos y fabricar grandes cantidades de mercancía.

Se dijeron a sí mismos: ¿nuestras manos no son tan buenas para hacer estas cosas? ¡Somos los únicos tan inteligentes! ¡Somos verdaderamente gente de mercancía!

Proliferaron el dinero por todas partes. Como querían poseer toda esa mercancía, fueron llevados por un deseo ilimitado.

Fue con estas palabras mercantiles que los blancos empezaron a talar todos los árboles, a maltratar la tierra ya contaminar las aguas.

Lo hacen por celos por el oro. »

  • El portavoz y chamán Yanomami Davi Kopenawa
Destrucción para la minería de oro en la selva del territorio indígena

« El bosque en peligro de extinción por los buscadores de oro » – dibujo en papel: Anoami Yanomami

La destrucción de las selvas tropicales del mundo es una tragedia y un crimen.

Las actuaciones de esculturas de fuegos expresan la urgencia…

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Anglo American celebra reunión anual de accionistas y organizaciones socioambientales denunciarán sus operaciones destructivas en América Latina — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Barbara Crane Navarro

En el caso concreto de Chile, Anglo American está dejando sin agua a las comunidades en Lo Barnechea, Colina y El Melón. Por Leonardo Buitrago 05/05/2021 Este miércoles 5 de mayo está previsto que se realice la Reunión Anual de Accionistas (AGM) de Anglo American, por lo que comunidades, pueblos indígenas, trabajadores, sindicatos yorganizaciones…

Anglo American celebra reunión anual de accionistas y organizaciones socioambientales denunciarán sus operaciones destructivas en América Latina — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

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Distilled Existance

Grounds For Hope

Tranquility is what I need.
Tranquility is what I’m after.
To find a sense of peace, 
Collect the pieces of the life that shattered. 

Revival of my inner self. Revival of my own existence
Is what I need. Is what I’m after.
But memories of you persist,
The imprints indelibly plastered. 

Awakening is what I feel
Awareness about your presence.
Deepened by silence, magnified my sins
in blue -violet fluorescence. 

Serenity is what I need, 
Serenity is what I’m after.
A pause, a stop for which I plead.
Will all these find me? I wonder...

Images taken at Battle Creek Regional Park,Minnesota.

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GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID – oregonlive.com

Nearman said he agreed with the radio host’s contention that the public is required by law and the state Constitution to be allowed in the building during a legislative session.

In January, after Nearman’s role became clear from the security footage, House Speaker Tina Kotek called for his resignation and stripped him of his committee assignments. She repeated the call after the Marion County district attorney filed criminal charges against Nearman on April 30.

“Rep. Nearman put every person in the Capitol in serious danger and created fear among Capitol staff and legislators,” Kotek tweeted.

Source: GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID – oregonlive.com

A nova vacina contra a dengue que pode ser aprovada no Brasil – Mágica Mistura✨ Dengue Fever Vaccine Breakthrough

In a study, this vaccine reduced hospitalizations by 90%. If approved, it could become the first to be used on a large scale against dengue.

Drugmaker Takeda has asked the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) to register a new vaccine against a  dengue. TAK-003 is made with a modified version of the live attenuated e  virus; protects against the four serotypes of the disease.

Source: A nova vacina contra a dengue que pode ser aprovada no Brasil – Mágica Mistura✨

Assista a Dim Dim ,o pinguim que volta todos os anos para visitar seu amigo no Brasil 💕”Jinjing The Penguin – Swims 5000 Miles Every Year To Visit The Man Who Saved Him” no YouTube – Mágica Mistura✨

Source: Assista a Dim Dim ,o pinguim que volta todos os anos para visitar seu amigo no Brasil 💕”Jinjing The Penguin – Swims 5000 Miles Every Year To Visit The Man Who Saved Him” no YouTube – Mágica Mistura✨

Republican Governors, Again, Turn Down Millions That Would Aid Their Own Constituents – Mother Jones

South Carolina will now pay for the privilege of punishing its people twice over. For the past decade, the state has deprived nearly 200,000 residents of health insurance by refusing to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid. Now, it will also turn down federal unemployment insurance as part of an effort to force people back to work.

On Thursday, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster announced that he’s rejecting hundreds in millions in aid for unemployed South Carolinians. It follows a decision by Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) earlier this week to do the same. Officials in Wyoming and Georgia are reportedly considering rejecting the extra $300 of weekly unemployment insurance that’s available until September as well. The logic is iffy, at best.

Panic has set in on the right that boosted unemployment is preventing people—particularly restaurant workers—from rejoining the workforce. But there’s little solid evidence that is what’s driving people to stay at home. Many people remain fearful of being exposed to COVID-19, some can’t find jobs as good as the ones they lost, while others, particularly women, have to take care of children whose schools or daycares are not yet fully open.

Source: Republican Governors, Again, Turn Down Millions That Would Aid Their Own Constituents – Mother Jones

‘Deepfake geography’ could be the latest form of online disinformation | Euronews

The study noted that these deepfake images could be used as a form of disinformation, aiming to downplay or cover up events, for example, if a village has been destroyed, or natural disasters like wildfires or floods.

“A satellite image is just like any other image,” said Sam Gregory, programme director at Witness, a human rights video and technology network.

“You can create a satellite image that never existed … you could also manipulate an element within a satellite image.”

The idea of manipulating a map has been done throughout history, such as during wars when governments or authorities were trying to deceive their enemies.

But Gregory argues that manipulated maps hold the same dangers as other deepfake content.

“Authoritarian governments and governments will manipulate images and claim something happened when it didn’t,” he told The Cube, Euronews’ social media newsdesk.

Source: ‘Deepfake geography’ could be the latest form of online disinformation | Euronews

Nature of the time

themacbit

A River Canyon is formed as a result of carving, over millions of years. A soft river cuts down the tough mountains. I am sure most of us would not like to sail against a deadly ocean wave or go against a tornado. What is the greatest force of nature? River, Wave, Tsunami, Tornado? Or something else? We explore the greatest force of nature in this article because we clearly don’t wanna go against it.

If we observe closely, it is not the river that cuts through the mountains, rather it is one million years that makes the difference. A tornado might kill 1000 people, but Time kills everyone. Time is a deadlier force of nature than river, wind, fire, or any other force. The most powerful force of nature is Time. We go against the time if we stop moving or be impatient with the flow of time.

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