Katenockles

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Artist and maker. Love art in all it's forms, flora and forna and science's.
https://theconversation.com/what-you-study-in-school-shapes-your-voting-choices-in-adulthood-273942. "In the most recent UK general election in July 2024, 18% of voters with no formal qualifications voted for #Reform - two & [a] half times as many as among those with a #degree. On the flip side, degree-holders were three times as likely to vote for the #Greenparty than those without qualifications."
What you study in school shapes your voting choices in adulthood

Subject choice fairly early on is linked to later political preferences.

The Conversation
I still can't get over how Trump is "demanding participation" in his illegal war from the very countries he's insulted repeatedly and tried to destroy in every way he can. Trump: Let me punch you in the face. Thanks. Now can you risk your lives for me?

Tor To Shore Project: "a Local Nature Recovery Network spanning across land and sea – one of the first of its kind in the UK - bringing together rewilding principles, sustainable farming practices, and marine conservation activities, all underpinned by communities."
https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/tor-to-shore

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Nature #UK #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Conservation #CornwallWildLifeTrust #WildLifeTrusts #Cornwall

Tor to Shore | Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Tor to Shore is Cornwall Wildlife Trust's most ambitious project, made possible thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project will create a thriving land and seascape spanning from granite boulders of Helman Tor, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's largest nature reserve, to the spectacular waters of St Austell Bay, home to important seagrass and maerl habitats.

— ‘The coming US defeat is moral and legal, too. Trump’s lying efforts to shift blame for the killing of more than 100 schoolgirls in a US Tomahawk missile strike in Minab on 28 February are utterly contemptible. Deliberate or not, Minab was a war crime for which those responsible must be held accountable.

Trump went to war without necessary congressional authority, flouts the Geneva conventions and ignores international law. US troops observe no rules of engagement.’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/us-iran-war-donald-trump-failure

Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again

Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian
Job Opportunity: Gardener

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Brighton & Hove Museums

#ClimateDiary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy”, Abby Martin’s new documentary about the environmental impact of the US military, couldn’t be more timely. The US military is so unbelievably destructive, in so many ways at once.

The London Premiere is this Tuesday, 17th March. I am going: would be great to see any fellow UK/London ClimateDiary writers there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-london-premiere-with-abby-martin-qa-tickets-1977675121526

Interesting—the head of Iran’s security says he anticipates there will be a false flag terrorist event in the US blamed on Iran:

Today is international long COVID awareness day.
Be aware. And let the awareness lead you to action.
Wearing a mask should be simple enough.

https://www.longcovidawareness.life/

International Long Covid Awareness

Long Covid Long Covid Awareness Day March 15th #LongCovid #LongCovidAwarenessDay COVID Viral persistence PASC. COVID19 Long Covid awareness ribbon colors grey/teal/black

Long Covid Awareness

How Karl Marx Influenced Abraham Lincoln and His Position on Slavery & Labor

https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/how-karl-marx-influenced-abraham-lincoln-and-his-position-on-slavery-labor.html

How Karl Marx Influenced Abraham Lincoln and His Position on Slavery & Labor

If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery.

Open Culture
Who wins from this war?

The FT has an article this morning that notes: US oil companies stand to receive a windfall of more than $60bn this year if crude prices maintain the levels they have hit since the start of the Iran war. Modelling by investment bank Jefferies estimates American producers will generate an extra $5bn...

Funding the Future