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Animal Rebellion NL
April 22nd, 2020 - the 50th anniversary of #EarthDay. Along with our “Let the Trees Rise” action (with @climatesavemovement and @extinctionrebellion ), where we hung placards on trees all over the Netherlands, a few of us went to Den Haag for a creative action. In the Netherlands, there is a tradition for those who turn 50, honoring that they have become old and wise enough to “see Sarah”; so we brought Sarah to our action in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth day, along with the many reasons why we are fighting for system change. We also handed a letter to Mark Rutte, our prime minister, calling on him to listen to the 170 Dutch scientists pleading to the government to #ActNow. We cannot do this alone. 📸 @llieib #systemchangenow #climatecrisis #thisisademand #ifnotnowthenwhen #plantbasedfoodsystem #necessary #earthday
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Daniel Marks

Because of the Puritan/Calvinist #work #ethics, so much #labor today is performative. Only a very small fraction of #productivity fulfills basic needs, but we must all appear #busy at work. So there are more #useless #tasks to be performed conspicuously and fill our #time. Because the work is not #necessary, it can include any amount of #bureaucracy and #politics and still fulfill its function as conspicuous labor. It also decouples labor and #value leading to alienation from work.

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penpencilbrush🇨🇦

Sitting in the sunshine streaming in the window contemplating life on a more manageable level (because the world news is a bit... crazy awful) - what is my optional necessity in the food department?
Not a necessity necessity, like rice/potato/pasta etc, but quite optional, which gives me a slight sense of panic/urgency when it runs out.

Ginger root.

Do you have an optional necessity? You know, you don't need it, but you need it.

#food#ginger#necessary
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Legal #fight over #Texas #law #banning #transgender #healthcare for #youth #centers on whether #treatments #help or #hurt.

Every single #professional #medicalassociation supports #genderaffirming #healthcare as #medically #necessary.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
texastribune.org/2023/08/15/te

The Texas TribuneMedical experts assert transgender health care for youth is safe as LGBTQ+ Texans sue over new prohibitionTexas families and health care providers sued the state over Senate Bill 14, which restricts transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. The groups are requesting an injunction from a state district court judge before the law goes into effect on Sept. 1.
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Chuck Darwin

The Euroskeptic coalition that has kept the Tories in office since 2016 is beginning to crumble as the Brexit crisis, now nearly a decade old, drops down the list of British voters’ priorities.

With a general election likely to take place before the end of 2024, Labour leader #Keir #Starmer could be the next British prime minister. His party currently has a 20-point advantage over the Conservative Party in the polls.

Yet it’s not clear what type of #prime #minister Starmer would be, even three years into his tenure as party leader. He is an ambiguous figure:
a onetime #human #rights lawyer who took a #soft line on #police #brutality when he served as Britain’s top prosecutor and
a former #advocate of #integration with Europe who now insists that #Brexit was #necessary.

foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/29/k

Foreign PolicyReview: Who Is U.K. Labour Leader Keir Starmer?By Jamie Maxwell
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