https://www.europesays.com/1362099/ Drewniany Kościół p.w. Świętych Szymona i Judy Tadeusza
W ŁODYGOWICACH Z XVII W. – Malowany farbami wodnymi. #polska

https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/a-new-global-wave-of-anti-authoritarianism?r=2nggq&utm_medium=ios

“Nonviolent mass protest remains among the most important ways to show our support for democracy in situations of creeping authoritarianism; to protest injustices and advocate for policy reforms; and, in autocracies, to show the world the government does not speak for us.”

These protests have resulted in turnarounds progressing around the world.

‼️🇺🇦Explosions, fire reported at airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea (more) https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-fire-reported-at-airfield-in-occupied-crimea/ #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow

Via Elie Mystal:

Think about what kind of judges would write this and then remember they get to decide how voting rights apply in Ohio. 🙁

The Associated Press:

Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, #Ohio Supreme Court decides

“There are days when I am shocked that I am still alive. Like millions of disabled, chronically ill, & older people, I spend an extraordinary amount of effort just existing.” - Alice Wong.

I feel the exact same way. Keeping myself alive is a full time job - one that’s been filled with overtime since Covid.

As society decided to go full “you do you” and drop all Covid mitigations (and in many cases - dropped all reporting as well)… I found myself increasingly squeezed out of public spaces. I’m disabled and immune compromised and have been hospitalized from a cold - I’m not someone who can risk repeated COVID infections.

So I wear a respirator. Always. I endure the stares and hateful remarks from strangers and the quiet judgement from healthcare workers. I do what I need to do to survive. As long as people are knowingly spreading Covid people like me will never be safe. Masks are our single best accommodation tool.

Banning masks in public is wrong. It is absolutely a return to ugly laws and a blatant attempt to further erase and isolate disabled people. It will end lives.

The only question I have is whether the first deaths will be from forcibly infecting people with covid - or from brutality at the hands of people who feel empowered to harass and attack those wearing a mask.

There are many unknowns but one thing is for certain - we must push back. We must tell governments and lawmakers that we won’t stand for having an accessibility tool taken away from us. We won’t quietly be forced out of society any longer.

Disabled people have the same right to exist in public spaces as anyone else - and we’ve stayed home long enough. If you can wear a mask - now is the time. Help us normalize it as a medical device and push back against these bans. You may just save a life.

Read Alice Wong’s full mask ban article on Teen Vogue - I’m honoured to have made a small contribution to this incredibly important piece: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-bans-disabled-people-protest

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #maskbans

This Fresh Air interview is fascinating, explores the situation on Israel's Northern border & the dangers of a war with Hezbollah & possible regional war. Lots of stuff I didn't know! Transcript incl.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/g-s1-13320/israel-and-hezbollah-have-escalated-attacks-on-each-other-how-likely-is-war

The kremlin suffocates dissenting voices at home while amplifying lies abroad. Journalists face years in prison, NGOs are branded 'undesirable', and activists go missing. The latest #DisinfoReview exposes the grim reality of Putin's Russia. DontBeDeceived
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/moscow-gearing-up-for-us-elections-while-tightening-screws-at-home/

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on #Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-deploys-cheap-drones-locate-ukraines-air-defences-2024-07-26/

The European Union announced the transfer of a tranche of €1.5 billion from the profits from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. According to European Commission President von der Leyen, the money is intended to support the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine.

When Oz went Decimal! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTeWLA1LAs

Ukrainian cities will receive 68 more large generators for critical infrastructure from the European Union. The aid is delivered together with the humanitarian program of the German government.

https://x.com/EUDelegationUA/status/1816766627649609829

When Vance said that it shouldn't be easy for people to get out of marriages, even violent ones, he implied that women should stay in violent marriages. It doesn't take a sociology degree to know that it is women who are most victims of domestic violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/07/25/jd-vance-marriage-abuse-comment/

Lol. The work that discovered “dark oxygen” was funded by The Metals Company and now they’re trying to discredit it, going as far as saying it couldn’t get published in other journals.

Dude, it was published in Nature Geoscience, a pretty freaking prestigious journal!

https://www.eenews.net/articles/scientists-deep-sea-miner-spar-over-dark-oxygen-discovery/

Not a cult.

TIL in 1993 Benneton clothing company featured a series of famous people computer-blended with people of different races: Black Arnold Schwarzenegger, is still confusing the internet today

https://chnm.gmu.edu/aq/arnold/arnoldwebpages/autobio.htm
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ecnb1i/til_in_1993_benneton_clothing_company_featured_a/

#CAwx

Morning Fire info. NOTE: Info is several hours old.

#ParkFire ACRES: 164,282 CONTAINMENT: 3%
#GroveFire ACRES: 863 CONTAINMENT: 20%
#MacyFire ACRES: 134.3 CONTAINMENT: 15%
#ApacheFire ACRES: 1,499 CONTAINMENT: 0%
#BorelFire ACRES: 3,092 CONTAINMENT: 0%
#LongFire ACRES: 9,204 CONTAINMENT: 30%
#TroutFire ACRES: 22,231 CONTAINMENT: 20%
#MillFire ACRES: 2,962 CONTAINMENT: 10%
#RidgeFire ACRES: 2,756 CONTAINMENT: 60%
#GrangeFire ACRES: 80 CONTAINMENT: 0%
#HillFire ACRES: 7,111 CONTAINMENT: 14%
#ShellyFire ACRES: 15,477 CONTAINMENT: 66%

An ambush on a Russian soldier was carried out using an FPV drone with a remote detonator.

Wonderland

#photography #urban #skatepark #film #shootfilm #kodak #nikon #skateboarding

#MastodonForHarris Day 3, nightly update

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Paul Krugman has said: Fed cutting rates ‘shouldn’t matter much’ in presidential election

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

MAKING HISTORY: We just broke Zoom’s record tonight for the largest #Zoom ever! An incredible 164,000 participants joined for a fundraising event entitled "White Women: Answer the Call.”

Another $2 million in the bank for #KamalaHarris ! 💵💵💵

Women are not going back. We are marching/RUNNING forward with Harris🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

THANK YOU Shannon Watts—brilliant idea.
#AnswerTheCall2024 #WeArentGoingBack #press

Scotland houses the UK’s nuclear subs.
Scotland is the heart of the UK’s self-sufficient energy prospects.

Also…

Scotland has about 574,000 hectares of arable land. I have read that the average extent of sustainably productive farmland that is needed per person is 1.6 hectares.

Which (very) crudely suggests Scotland has a carrying capacity of about 360,000 people – or ~20% of the population of Glasgow’s metro area.

- - -

England has 15x Scotland’s arable land and 10x the population

France's high-speed train lines were paralyzed by "malicious acts" hours before the Olympics officially open.

France 24 reports that 800,000 passengers are affected by the arson attacks on train facilities.

https://flip.it/..xrL_

For ongoing Olympics coverage, follow @latest-olympics-news-thenewsdesk

#Olympics #France #TGV #Train #Paris #Paris2024 #News

Every time Musk opens his mouth or posts anything on his deadbird site, he shows what a horrible -- and dangerous -- person he is. The disgusting attack on his child is only the latest example.

What is also disgusting is the fact that big-time journalists and commentators are still DIRECTLY SUPPORTING this guy, who is not just a terrible person but a clear and present danger to democracy, and by extension freedom of expression.

Decency, if nothing else, should lead them to stop.

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Nelson Mandela opposed apartheid & the US government placed him on the terror watch list until 2008.

ICJ reports that Netanyahu has enacted apartheid & the US government invited him to address Congress.

In a system built on white supremacy—do not let legality & power be your measure of morality & justice.

Reem Hamadaqa spent 96 days in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza recovering from an Israeli attack that killed the rest of her family. Here are the stories of women and children she met while she was there.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/stories-of-survival-and-suffering-inside-gazas-al-aqsa-hospital/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

Venting because I am so upset. My extended family and I have had a vacation planned for almost a year. In February, we rented and paid for a huge Chevy suburban or similar #Avis for our 7 people, plus all our luggage. They called us YESTERDAY afternoon (less than 24 hours before scheduled pickup) & said they don’t have the vehicle we rented and paid for. They offered a smaller SUV, which will not hold 7 adult bodies comfortably or more than 2 suitcases.

No one in my new office drinks coffee. That is a new one for me.

Olympics Live Updates: Arson Attack Incites Travel Chaos Ahead of Opening Ceremony https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/world/olympics-paris-attack-opening-ceremony?smid=tw-share

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to annex the West Bank would see over 60% of the territory becoming a part of Israel. But Palestinian experts say it is “already happening.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/israels-leaked-plan-for-annexing-the-west-bank-explained/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel