we are star dust

i figured people would know this, apparently not, but the good majority of jews are scattered across the world, not just in israel (hence the term diaspora). additionally, when you make statements like this, you’re erasing palestinian jews.

we are not a fucking monolith! implying we are only helps zionism! you sound like the idiots who claim all muslims are terrorists!

One of my partner’s parents is a rabbi and they were in TEARS this week. Their synagogue has gotten so much hatemail over this(compounded by the fact that the synagogue was attacked last year).

And yet the rabbi spent most of the past week advocating for Palestine.

The Zionist government is not representative of Jews.

[Image description: Infographic slideshow from Fridays For Future.

1: Recon Africa: Stop drilling in the Kavango Basin, a project that will take up one sixth of the world’s remaining carbon budget.

Global Day of Action: June 4th

#SaveOkavangoDelta #KavangoAlive

2: Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) is a Canadian-registered oil and gas company which has begun drilling for oil in the Kavango Basin, located and Northeast Namibia and Northwest Botswana.

Their license areas cover a total of 34,325 square kilometers (8.5 million acres).

Including parts of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (traverses through Angola, Botswana, and Namibia) and along the Okavango River, which feeds into the Okavango Delta.

3: The Okavango Delta is a large inland delta located in Botswana and is a world-renowned hotspot of biodiversity.

It is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a Wetland of International Importance by the The Ramsar Convention.

It is home to many endangered species, including the African wild dog and the last remaining population of African savanna elephants.

4: ReconAfrica's license areas are home to around 200,000 people.

The company has failed to properly inform and consult with the local people and receive the free, prior and informed consent of the Indigneous San communities.

Several local inhabitants have stated that they were not consulted or even informed that drilling would be taking place.

The few consultations that have occurred happened too late in the process, and were inaccessible to many members of the community.

5: Based on ReconAfrica’s own projections of 120 billion barrels of oil equivalent, a carbon gigabomb of up to 51.6 Gigatonnes of CO2 will be emitted.

The equivalent of one sixth of the world's remaining carbon budget.

6: Activists across the world are calling out and pressurizing Recon Africa along with the Canadian government to stop this catastrophic project.

This is a classic example of neocolonialism, corporate ecocide, environmental racism, and the abuse of power for profit yet again from countries in the Global North. This must be stopped!

Stand in solidarity with frontline activists and take action!

7: Calls to Action:

Check out the toolkit at: bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta

Register for the action calls on June 4th:

5 AM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall

6 PM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall2

Registration for artbuild by @climatestrikecanada on June 3rd at 10 PM GMT: bit.ly/KavangoAlive_ArtBuild

Organize or attend covid-safe in-person actions at Canadian embassies and/or ReconAfrica in your country.

Participate in the Digital Protest by posting/sending over your picture to @fff.digital

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Please spread this!

(This is being posted for a friend of mine on discord)

Help support a trans mother for pride month!

Rose is a cornerstone of the LGBTQ+ community and a wonderful mother. Last week, Rose’s ex sent her an email in the dead of night saying that she had taken their five year old, Finley, and moved across 5 county lines to the most conservative area in the state to live with her boyfriend and unknown roommates. This was totally out of the blue, as they’ve been 50/50 coparenting in the same town without much conflict since they separated in 2019.

Anyone who has spent time with Rose and Finley sees how much care and thought she puts into parenting her gender open child. Finley does exceptionally well for their age because of how Rose is raising them. Rose takes on most of the primary parent duties including finding safe and inclusive medical providers and schools, organizing appointments, buying clothes, and ensuring good nutrition. She even trains providers and teachers to make sure Finley has the best chances of not being discriminated against. As a trans woman, Rose is at a disadvantage with the courts against her cishet ex-wife. Her ex also has family resources that Rose doesn’t, like a brother who is a family law attorney and parents willing to pay fees. Rose has put 15 years into advocating for the LGBTQ community. She’s organized marches and rallies, set up support groups, lobbied law makers, written articles, taught diversity trainings, and helped distribute resources to community members. She has helped us so much. We, her chosen family, are asking the community to help return the favor.

Can I get some $ to get to work this week?

I luckily don’t have that many hours this week so I only need about 4-6 lyft rides. I can send nUdez in exchange for money just message me

Here r my donation spots:

Venmo: @Irradiatedcutie

https://cash.app/$Honeysucklecutie

First is the fact that "coloured" people were specifically banned from any role apart from domestic servants.

Then we have the fact the royal family will not acknowledge that ban properly, and refuses to say when it ended.

Then there is the lack of evidence of ethnic minority employees before the 90s.

And then that ethnic minority employees are still entirely absent from senior roles.

And finally that the Queen lobbied (sucessfully) until at least 2010 to be allowed to discriminate against ethnic minorities without legal repercussions.

A) the most venomous lizard in north america is called the Gila Monster

B) I’m no expert obviously but that boy there sure looks like a Gila Monster

C) from the Gila Monster wikipedia article, here is the funniest doctor that ever lived:

"I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don't want to be. I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled to help largely in order to get bitten."