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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, CA, USA

Cyrus Carmack-Belton was murdered, shot in the back by two grown men chasing the 14 year old after accusing him of stealing water that he did not steal

his murderer was found not guilty today

this is why we say that Trump dying will never be enough. these murders continue to happen and murderers continue to be let go by the white supremacist "justice system" in this country that was never set up to give justice - just relief to the white men in power

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"he flashed a gun!"

a Black 14 year old was getting accused of shit by two grown men ... he was scared. he was right to be scared bc look what the fuck they did to him. ya'll say to comply but he did. he complied, showed them his pockets and then tried to intimidate them back bc he was scared

since he didn't just get in line the way they expected him to, they chased him for 300 feet and shot him in the back

"i feared for my son's life"

you can't fear someone running away from you is actively a danger to you and the person beside you

The half-circles are called zaï! They're a traditional farming practice in the Sahel desert, and their introduction + reintroduction can be largely credited to Yacouba Sawadogo, the man linked above! He reintroduced and innovated on the zaï on his own farm in the 1980s, and did extensive outreach (along with scientist Mathieu Ouédraogo) to encourage other farmers to adopt them as well.

He also promoted the use of cordons pierreux, which are basically just lines of rocks to reduce erosion, preserve sediments, and increase water absorption.