I couldn't think of a better place where to take a portrait with my new, awesome @Mastodon t-shirt that reads: "I write #AltText" : the Louvre Museum, in front of the painting "The Battle of David and Goliath" by Daniele da Volterra.

🔗 : https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-i-write-alt-text-unisex-t-shirt-copy

And may I share an ambitious goal with you?

I want to start advocating for the Louvre Museum to join the Fediverse (they're currently on all Big Tech social platforms only). Let's see what I can do 🤗

#Iowa #USA #US

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter

https://www.news8000.com/news/national-world/warming-winters-lead-to-more-nitrate-pollution-in-the-drinking-water-near-farms/article_277d745b-77f6-5fb2-87a3-5f54b02cf047.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Trans Kids protest DFE.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/04/01/trans-kids-dfe/

for peace
in an age of war

compassion
in an age of cruelty

love
in an age of hate

hope
in an age of despair

humanity
in an age of monsters

🕯️

may we never stop kindling light

#Silenced

The #FriendsOfIsrael need a deep, deep investigation by an agency we all trust.

Benjamin Jamal, 62, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Christopher Nineham, 63, the vice chair of the Stop the War Coalition, were both accused of failing to comply with a condition that required attendees of a protest on January 18, 2025 to stay on Whitehall in a static rally and not march on the BBC.

'Dark day for UK' as Palestine activists convicted.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25987595.dark-day-uk-palestine-activists-convicted-bbc-protest/

Remember, being an MP is an unskilled Job, where they get generous expenses not available to other workers. At the same they are attacking Resident Doctors who are skilled workers, and on far less with no living expenses.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/04/01/mps-pay/

"UK green jobs surge nearly 28% over the past decade, data reveals"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Jobs

https://www.edie.net/uk-green-jobs-surge-nearly-28-over-the-past-decade-data-reveals/

As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt.

But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://grist.org/extreme-heat/as-climate-change-threatens-student-athlete-safety-states-try-to-adapt/