Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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“Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
—Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background
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I started today with a Glasgow sunrise, so I thought I'd end it with a Glasgow sunset.
It wasn't taken this evening, but rather a few weeks back when the sky was clear and the Clyde was mirror-calm.
#glasgow #sunset #glasgowsunset #squintybridge #reflections #bridge #theclyde
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NPR: They call themselves Las Amazonas de Yaxunah. They've rejected gender stereotypes to become stars in Mexico. And these women and teens play the game wearing traditional Maya dresses — and no shoes.,#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/11/1203974955/these-maya-women-softballers-defy-machismo-from-their-mighty-bats-to-their-bare-
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How not surprising. Rigorous study in China finds that " social distancing measures (38% reduction, 95% prediction interval 31-45%), face masks (30%, 17-42%) and close contact tracing (28%, 24-31%) were most effective" in containing outbreaks of different #COVID19 variants. #WearAMask
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GOP Rep. George Santos says he will "fight until the bitter end” over 10 new federal charges https://t.co/O63LZTbuYd
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Two-thirds of nursing home workers say they struggle to afford basic expenses https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/two-thirds-of-nursing-home-workers-say-they-struggle-to-afford-basic-expenses/
@knittingknots2@mstdn.social Colonialism is part of our history and it’s legacy lives on today. In the USA, I’m happy that American Indians and some of their lands have been restored. African American face continual prejudice and have not gone to war. Israel is a chicken-egg issue, not helped that Israel continues to act in an oppressive, might makes right manner for their perceived security. 🤔
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Many Palestinians view Israel, as a might makes right, terrorist State.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52756427
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/12/israel-is-a-terrorist-state/
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/18080016/israel-zionism-war-1948
@knittingknots2@mstdn.social The historical context of the creation of Israel at the expense of Palestinians and continued oppression for 70 years must be considered.
Orchestrated by the BrIrish, US and UN in British Controlled Palestine (their colony?) at the expense of Palestinians.
Many Arabs saw the influx of Jews as a European colonial movement.
Israel took 77% of the Palestinian lands and was taking more and more in the West Bank myopically feeling that it was their right. Links to follow.
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It can’t be stressed enough how members of the Republican party routinely hang out with neo-Nazis.
Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature Ian Smith, a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone | Media Matters for America:
https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/trump-doral-event-eric-trump-will-feature-ian-smith-hitler-promoting-antisemite-who
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“Ash trees have 2-3 x times higher ability to absorb the water into the soil" – Dr Bid Webb, Lecturer - School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University.
Increase the right tree cover, in the right places to reduce floods!
Support #OurTenAsks for Trees on Farms, email your Member of the Senedd now! https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/124423/action/1?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales&utm_content=tenasks
@nedhamson I am very critical of Israel the underdog, who became the oppressors in their immediate vicinity for “security”. However, Israel has been in constant conflict with it’s neighbors since the beginning. Blame the West who took land from Arabs and plop down a Jewish State in the middle of them. I also feel sorry for the Israelis who were born into this and feel like they are constantly in jeopardy, trying to change policy to better fit in with their neighbors.
@nedhamson Inexcusable, the amount of Hamas hate and atrocities. They have turned it into we scorch you, or you scorch us situation and Israel will be sure to oblige them, along with many of the 2M citizens living in Gaza becoming “justified“ victims. A legitimate question might be how much oppression can Israel deal out, before people strike back?
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From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231011-from-1947-to-2023-retracing-the-complex-and-tragic-israeli-palestinian-conflict
@selzero There are some nice, giving, sharing people out there. There are some smart people out there. I’ll stop there. 🤡
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Ron DeSantis lies to Fox News about Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws
#DeSantis #Florida #StateOfHate #DontSayGay #lgbtq #bookbans
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/ron-desantis-lies-to-fox-news-about-floridas-anti-lgbtq-laws/
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
