Farista SairuvJun 18, 2024

“the #route #endangers several #national #parks and will #displace #tens of #thousands of #people from their #homes. At least 47 #protesters have been #detained or #arrested by #Ugandan #security #forces since #September #2020, some more than once, according to an #analysis conducted last year by #Global #Witness.” #Uganda #environment #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #biodiversityloss #biodiversitycrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/12/uganda-oil-eacop-pipeline-protester-stephen-kwikiriza?CMP=share_btn_url&utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter_

Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’

Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says

The Guardian
getmischMay 11, 2024
Dear Comedians: Gay sex is not a punch line. Try writing real jokes.
#writing #is #hard #apparently #homophobia is #not #funny #we #are not #your #punchline #please #stop #punching #down on #LGBTQ it #endangers #our #lives & #safety #sick #jokes #hurt #prison #comedy #PeterWhite is a #homophobic #comedian #like #homophobe #DaveChappelle #StandUp #stand #up for #equality #gay #lesbian #trans #transgender #rights are #human rights
Show threadbeSpacificSep 22, 2023
@cultdev #Toxicair #endangers 600 million people in #SouthAsia. The Air Quality Life Index, released by the Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago, in September, describes South Asia as "consistently the most #polluted region with the people there seeing their lives shortened by an average of five years relative to what it would be if the region met the #WHO guidelines." https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/the-index/
The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)

Produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), The Air Quality Life Index, converts air pollution concentrations into their impact on life expectancy.

AQLI