John_Loader

@John_Loader@ohai.social
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS old bloke living on Welsh border. Lib Dem member. Drive an EV. If you have no posts and no biog save me the trouble of blocking you

Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph detained by ICE

#politics #ICE #Gestapo #immigrants #detention #FascistAmeriKKKa

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing #climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/record-heat-drought-2025-cost-uk-arable-farmers-estimated-800m-climate-crisis-grain-harvest

I'm a Minnesotan who grew up around Somali immigrants, went to school with them, and have worked with them. I've always been horrified of the way Trump has spoken about our Somali community. They're just ordinary people trying to get by in life like anyone else.

@inthehands https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115658460680011803

Paul Cantrell (@inthehands@hachyderm.io)

You know and I know and you know that I know, but still, on the record: Somali immigrants are my neighbors, my friends. I’m so glad my city is where so many have chosen to come live. They make Minneapolis better. Their presence is a blessing. Somali neighbors: thank you for being here. Trump administration: you can go directly to hell. https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/02/report-ice-headed-to-twin-cities-targeting-somali-immigrants/

Hachyderm.io
Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/post/3m74pvjam6c2l

You'll be unsurprised to learn that while 6.3% of top US Corporations have a female CEO, firms with a female CEO accounted for over 15% activist shareholder 'attacks' - which is to say a female CEO was over twice as likely to be the target of activist shareholder interventions in corporate governance & performance than their male counterparts (who remain, of course, the majority of targets).

Just a bit more evidence of misogyny in financial services.

#gender #investment #feminism
h/t FT

Pope Francis left funds in his will to buy ambulances for Ukraine, nun says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/04/pope-francis-left-funds-in.html
Tracking information about the Russian War against Ukraine — Modern art makes me want to rock out

A blog running on Micro.blog

@ChrisMayLA6 This is an issue I've encountered at work. Healthy Life Expectancy is lower in our region than any other region in England, primarily because of respiratory illnesses, and the respiratory illnesses have their roots in mining and pollution and smoking.

But you can't fix those problems now. The northeast's industrial past is long gone. However, the healthcare burden it's left behind is not going to significantly decline for another twenty years or so. Funding services here at the same level as in places without these issues is inevitably going to create a shortage, and there's absolutely no way around this.

I don't get it. It doesn't matter if we're attracted to women, men, people who are neither or both, or all of the Baskin-Robbins flavors of attraction shoved into the same human carton of amorous intentions.

The cis world is happily kicking all of our asses with equal vigor.

So, who cares who I have a crush on or who the next woman wants to spend a happy Saturday with?

IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.

Get your fucking priorities in order, ffs.

Microsoft: Stop Providing Support to the Israeli Military

We were told there’s a ceasefire, but the slaughter hasn’t stopped.Near-daily attacks on Gaza have killed at least 347 Palestinians, and two children are being killed every day since the ceasefire sta

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Yesterday, the occupiers killed seven #Palestinians, including two children, in #Gaza and announced that it will open the Rafah crossing but ONLY for the exit of people from the war-torn territory.

All of this flies in the face of #Trump's 20-point peace plan

But no one cares