20 years jail for rescuing 1000 low income migrants who were forced to put their lives at risk.

Expanded search for rescuing a few billionaires who chose to put their lives at risk.

Criminalizing poverty and excusing opulence.

Smh. We don’t have to live like this.

🐟 Carp now account for up to 90% of live fish mass in some rivers.

📸 Another photo from the field for #PhotoMonday.

This was taken by author and researcher, Katie Doyle.

Katie and colleagues wrote this article weighing up the risks and benefits of the controversial proposition to release carp herpes virus to address this 👇 :

#research #conservation #sustainability #environment #science #ecology #australia #academicmastodon #fish #carp

🔗 :
https://theconversation.com/exploding-carp-numbers-are-like-a-house-of-horrors-for-our-rivers-is-it-time-to-unleash-carp-herpes-198067

Imagine if we relied on “personal responsibility” instead of the law to combat other public health issues like drunk driving. No rules--just “you do you”. If you're comfortable driving drunk and wish to take the risk, go ahead and do it--why worry yourself with harming anyone else?

Wait, that doesn't work? Then why do maskless conferences, flights, and events work at a time when we know #COVID19 risks are rising. Don't take personal responsibility; take public responsibility. #WearAMask

A man shot & killed a 13-year-old Black child named Karon Blake in Washington, DC—claiming he thought Karon was breaking into a car.😳 Police confirm Karon was unarmed.

Police have not yet ID’d or charged the shooter. Karon is the 426th person killed by gun violence in 2023.😓

Semafor said today that "a critical mass of conservatives do not trust McCarthy to lead them..."

Conservatives. Is that what they are?

John Boehner's description of the same crowd in his memoir:

"What they're really interested in is chaos... They want to throw sand in the gears of the hated federal government until it fails."

Are the sowers of chaos properly called "conservatives?"

Is MAGA conservative?

Why do #journalists with a commitment to accuracy maintain this fiction?

#uspolitics

My book #QAnonAndOn - about conspiracy theorists, rightwing extremists & disinformation campaigning - is a bestseller again.

Thank you everyone who’s read it: sadly, the content has stayed timely.

It comes as an ebook, audiobook & paperback & is widely available in libraries.