When public services are affordable and convenient, people will always choose those resources. They are not supposed to be a capitalistic profit-seeking initiative, they are developed for the benefit of the people, for a better life, just as government resources should be used. (tweet)

American tax payers, your money is being used to kill people in Palestine when it should have been used for your children's education, your free healthcare systems etc.

Your government doesn't care about your well-being. This is your money, they have no right to use it to kill innocent people, they have no right to put blood on your hands. Make the government regret their decision.

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Track your government! Radio tag them like sea turtles!! Band them like birds!!!

‼️ I KNOW SOME OF MY FOLLOWERS ARE CANADIAN !!!!

if that includes you, PLEASE take a Few Minutes to sign THIS PETITION . our last petition regarding the violence occuring in Palestine, e-4649, became the MOST SIGNED petition in Canadian History. It is now Closed BUT we can continue to show support for Palestine via the new petition linked above that demands ceasing of trade relations and condemnation on a Governmental Level of the Multiple War Crimes the Israeli government has enacted.

it is currently at over 33 thousand signatures, and the more it receives will show our Government that we do Not stand with them or its support of Genocide.

EDIT 28/11: we are now at over 41k signatures! It is unlikely that this petition will reach the scale of e-4649 but I think it's worth it to see how many people are standing with and sending love to the Palestinian people all the same.

we Will see a free Palestine in this life, and humanity will not stop bleeding until peace falls upon it, Congo, Sudan, and anywhere else plagued by western violence.

I'm not tired of talking about Palestine. I'm tired of I*rael's bull shitting, I'm tired of usa's continuous support for Israhell's bull shit.

I'll just continue to speak about Palestine out of spite now.

So many trigger laws are about to go into effect. Announced about 5 mins ago… I wanna cry.

[ID: “JUST IN: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.

Going forward, abortion rights will be determined by states, unless Congress acts.

In early May, Politico had obtained what it called a draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade.” End ID.]

Quite an insensitive meme you decided to reblog for all your followers to see. I don't know what was the reason behind poking fun at people who died for their country, but hey, I sure hope that if or when some other country decides to eradicate your entire nation simply because they believe every citizen of your motherland doesn't deserve to live, none would "die for your country".

Have some fucking world events awareness man.

you know kosa is a horrible fucking idea when even the kids it's claiming to protect are rallying against it

oh god It's looking at me

you know what i just remembered that literally last week hundreds of migrants died in the mediterranean bc the greek coast guard let the ship carrying capsize despite having been close to it and aware of it well beforehand. and now the whole world is trying to save five ppl bc of the publicity that big money brings. what the fuck.

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Thematic Report to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly “Water and food nexus: a human rights approach to water management in food systems”.

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo Agudo, is inviting inputs from States and other stakeholders to inform his thematic report on “Water and food nexus: a human rights approach to water management in food systems”. The report will be presented at the United Nations General Assembly's 79th session in October 2024.

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation understands that the dominant systems of large-scale food production and comercialication are harming the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation worldwide. For the Special Rapporteur, under the argument of producing more and more food for a growing world population, the right to food is often used as an argument to justify unsustainable water management, overusing water sources and affecting aquatic systems, resulting in contamination or scarcity of water needed for human use. As reflected in Special Rapporteur´s report A/HRC/54/32 of 2023, guaranteeing the human right to water for the most impoverished requires restoring the good state of the aquatic ecosystems on which they depend for their water supply. In addition, over-exploitation and pollution of aquatic ecosystems often undermine small-scale food production for self-consumption in impoverished rural communities.

In this connection, the Special Rapporteur would like to call member states, non-state actors, civil society, academia, indigenous peoples, individuals, and other relevant stakeholders to send their contributions and experiences related to the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems and freshwater sources and the systems used to produced food. The Special Rapporteur would appreciate receiving inputs on the interlinkages between both rights and the positive and negative experiences on sustainable (or unsustainable) use of water sources by food systems, including court rulings at global, regional, national, and local levels.

The Special Rapporteur wishes to thank States, indigenous peoples, civil society organisations, academic institutions, businesses, international organisations, individuals, and other stakeholders for their continued engagement with this mandate.

Key information sought: To facilitate the reception of inputs, the Special Rapporteur prepared a list of key information which he considers essential for the report. The list could be answered entirely or partially according to the expertise and experience of those actors willing to contribute to the Report. List of topics: English | Français | Español

How inputs will be used

All submissions will be published on the website of the mandate. Non-state actors could request the confidentiality of the submission.

Next Steps

Please send your contributions via email, indicating “Input Water and Food Nexus” in the email subject line. Your contribution should be sent by no later than 15 March 2024

Email address: [email protected] AND to [email protected]. Email subject line: Input water and food nexus Word limit: 2500 words File formats: Word, PDF Accepted languages: English, Spanish, French

Not only do I not care if the vast majority of the submarine fuckos make it I'm actually getting more and more pissed off the more I read.

They chose to step into a tiny metal tube piloted by an off brand ps2 controller, and then descend to levels that would make rescue nearly impossible if not objectively impossible. Now that the "this shit is going to fuck up" machine has fucked up they're scrambling governments and likely spending millions of dollars of tax payer money to rescue them, when a fraction of that would have stopped the incident from happening in the first place. When the regulations that were ignored could have prevented this.

I do not have sympathy for a Mt. Everest climber that dresses in shorts, a t-shirt, and bought his climbing gear off wish who (who could have seen this coming?!) needs rescuing. Not only do I not have sympathy but I'm pissed off at their recklessness and the immense impacts that their dumb actions are having on others.

My only sympathy for any of the 5 is with the 19 year old, because at that age you're gonna trust your dad wouldn't put you in an inescapable deathtrap.

I’m sorry but you can’t cry “human rights violation!!!!” when you are actively carrying out a campaign of genocide.

On the bills across the country which are aiming to essentially eradicate marginalized communities through eliminating our rights. Would suggest watching if you are: queer, trans, capable of becoming pregnant, Black, disabled, or under the age of 18.

Video dated March 10, 2023. Original TikTok linked in the source.