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Aspiring conservationist 🍄
Reading enthusiast and book lover 📖
📍Australia 🦘
AcademicsBiology graduate of Cardiff University
InterestsBooks, dogs, art, travel 🌌
Websiteissykite.co.uk
If you burn the candle at both ends, stop! That is wrong. You are bad at candles
Currently reading this on Libby, a fascinating read so far #reading #readers #book #books #bookish #bookjoy #bookrecs #thescienceofhate
I just presented Art Spiegelman with the National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, on the same day that PENAmerica put out a letter signed by Art and Margaret Atwood and me, among others, protesting the latest round of book bannings.
https://pen.org/spiegelman-atwood-sign-pen-america-letter-against-missouri-book-bans/
Spiegelman, Atwood Among Signers of PEN America Letter Against Missouri Book Bans

Missouri book bans include graphic adaptations of the Bible and the Gettysburg Address, as well as Art Spiegelman's Maus and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

PEN America
There is far too much of an assumption of responsibility for the consumer, as opposed to company’s acknowledging that they are responsible for the waste they produce. Yes, production is driven by demand in many cases. But company’s need to take responsibility for their actions and the consequences for the planet #sustainable #sustainability #climatechange #responsibility
I would urge all companies to be more ambitious with their sustainability targets; @CocaCola states on their website they have “an ambition to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050”. Whilst this would be a great step forward, it is not nearly fast enough from one of the largest emitters in the world #sustainability #climate #climatechange #netzero #carbonemissions #cocacola #corporations

This year's #floods in Nigeria:

- killed 612 people
- injured 2,776 people
- displaced 1.5 million people
- damaged 123,807 homes
- inundated 392,399 hectares of farmland
- are 80 times more likely due to #ClimateChange.

#News #Environment

https://is.gd/VSHyTD

Morning! #nature
@Tanzle hi!!
DOG: I think that job interview went well!
*looks in mirror and sees ear was inside-out the whole time* Son of a

ME: I'm thankful for my skeleton because if I didn't have my skeleton, I would look like a blobfish

THERAPIST: Okay, I suppose that counts as the one thing you like about yourself, this week