Mara Roberts

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Interested in social justice, climate action and dog training with my Mini Poodle, Remy, and Lagotto Romagnolo, Frida. Enjoy
gardening to produce our own fruit and veges. Yuin country.
"Eisteddfod" is another great Cymraeg (Welsh) word. It means "sitting-together." Then we have song & dance. Australia's Indigenous people would have many different names for it but the general word would be "corroboree".

"When we think about this age of #misinformation & #disinformation that we're in, we need to acknowledge that denial of #ClimateChange is a foundational piece of it. Before there was mis & disinfo about #Covid, #vaccinations or #chemtrails people were denying climate change."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/320433/link/

#Election2024 #Trump #Harris #Climate #abpoli #cdnpoli #Climate #Hurricanes

America's Election, Alberta's Impact

From U.S. Ballots to Alberta’s Oil Fields: The Environmental Stakes of 2024

The Climate Lens

@Qldaah

Chaplains do NOT belong in government schools! Or non-religious private schools. 😠

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/17/labor-and-liberals-will-get-double-their-public-funding-if-biased-electoral-rules-are-passed-climate-200-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Snouts in the trough again, again, again, again...

Albanese joins with the sworn enemies of the working class to pervert democracy.

At our expense.

#auspol
#liblab

Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says

ALP denies reforms rushed into parliament are designed to target Simon Holmes à Court and Clive Palmer

The Guardian
As an engineer, I find it extremely reassuring that on the gurney in the theatre prep room my surgeon asked me to confirm various details, including which side was being operated on, then they got a marker and drew an arrow on me pointing to the spot. This is the design detail that I want to see.

“Everyone’s leaving, but we’re buying ads because we fear retribution from the owner”

FFS

What a time to be alive

https://www.adweek.com/media/advertisers-returning-to-x/

Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze

IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lions Gate Entertainment have collectively spent less than $3.3 million on X.

Adweek

@jon

It's not just retribution that these corporations fear. They fear being left out of the goodies that await Republican donors. It's "Gold Rush" time for predatory corporations.

They want to participate in the seppuku of American constitutional democracy.

Things like free convict labor like Walmart gets.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prison-labour-walmart-mcdonalds-investigation-b2488339.html

Things like freedom from pollution regulations like ExxonMobil gets.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/supreme-court-hears-koch-backed-cases-designed-unleash-deregulatory-bonanza

Things like financial deregulation & tax cuts...

1/2

Prison labour tied to giant US food brands such as Walmart and McDonald’s, investigation finds

Two out of three prisoners are likely to be forced labourers

The Independent

Feeling a bit warm today? Yeah, me too.

We don’t have to just sit by and quietly hope the decision makers do the right thing. We can all be part of making change happen.

I’ll be back in Newcastle to join Rising Tide’s blockade of the world’s biggest coal port next week, 22-24 November, alongside my friends Rebecca Vassarotti, Jo Clay and thousands of others.

See you there?

www.risingtide.org.au

#climateaction #peoplesblockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
#ClimateCrisis #JustTransition

“We forget what this country was like 50 years ago – how many children died every year from polio, pertussis, measles.
We’re going to see the return of diseases we have controlled for decades and with that many additional severe illnesses in hospitals and deaths – and that’s just from the rhetoric, not even withdrawing vaccines.”
-Dr Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

It's disturbing seeing some medical and public health professionals trying to normalize RFK Jr by saying "we have to meet him halfway."

NOPE.

RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.

Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.