The Green Garret

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Social ecologist, mathematician, physicist | Green Socialist Organizing Project, greensocialist.net | Past Co-Chair 2021-2023, Green Party of the United States Steering Committee, gp.org | For an #EcoSocialist #GreenNewDeal & beyond! | Posts my own & don't represent any org unless noted.
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The pandemic is not yet over. Learn more about how to protect yourself and your family. Let's advocate for public health together including indoor clean air standards like ASHRAE 241 which set professional standards for mitigating airborne disease spread!

Have you seen media talk about this or why he did it?

Aaron Bushnell, active-duty Air Force, self-immolated in front of the Israel embassy on Sunday February 25, 2024, in protest of US support for genocide.

"I will no longer be complicit in genocide ... Free Palestine" were his last words.

Do not let media hide this. Do not let politicians ignore this. Biden and Congress have voted to give billions of dollars in military funding, they are complicit.

CEASE FIRE NOW

Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty Air Force member, self-immolated on Sunday February 25, 2024, in front of the Israel embassy. He live-streamed the act, saying beforehand it was specifically to protest and demand a Free Palestine.

"I will no longer be complicit in genocide" he said.

CEASE FIRE NOW.

Men's Health recently featured an article about the harm of repeat Covid infections. It is NOT "just a cold" but can lead to various chronic problems including diabetes and heart conditions.

We need indoor clean air laws to match professional standards like ASHRAE-241 that can mitigate airborne disease spread. We need more public funding of vaccines and treatments. And we need to normalize the use of masks in public spaces to protect ourselves and those around us.

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a46787039/how-covid-reinfection-impacts-health/

How Repeat Covid Infections Can Harm Your Health

How bad is it to get Covid multiple times? Here's what to know about Covid reinfection and how it can impact your overall health.

Men's Health

Long Covid can impact people in many different ways. The chances of developing some form of Long Covid increases with every infection.

The pandemic is not over yet despite what business and politicians want. And even when the pandemic does end, millions of people will be facing long-term disability due to Long Covid.

A single payer universal healthcare system is needed, healthcare is a human right!

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0867

Beaver County residents are sick of the Shell "cracker plant" plastics factory. The toxic chemicals, the noise, are unbearable and Pennsylvania has not done enough to address it.

Shut down the Shell petrochemical plant!

Read the article from Trib Live: https://triblive.com/local/regional/beaver-county-man-sues-shell-claims-cracker-plant-spews-pollution/

Beaver County man sues Shell, claims cracker plant spews pollution

A Beaver County man is suing Shell Chemical over pollution he says its ethylene cracker plant is spewing onto his property. The complaint, filed by John Flynn, who lives in Beaver, was filed Thursday in federal court and seeks class-action status. The suit follows another brought in May against Shell

TribLIVE.com

While we are not out of the climate emergency yet, there is good news & evidence the world is shifting to address it. We must push for the US to halt building fossil fuel infrastructure & rapidly shift to renewables to accelerate the climate response.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9p5VKd8VkE

Is there any good news about climate change?

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Latest episode of #GreenSocialist Notes has a great overview of how the International Court works regarding South Africa's charges of genocide against Israel & Biden's work with extreme right-wing to defend Israel, as well as how Long Covid is becoming a growing serious issue Biden is ignoring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3LKTqke7K0
#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 160

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Take a moment during lunch today to contact Congress and keep up the pressure for a cease fire in Gaza! Numbers below are for Pittsburgh-area Congressmembers, but you can find your own Congressmembers elsewhere at: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
As a new variant wave seems to be sweeping the globe, this article raises important points on how US policy has capitulated to right-wing extremist logic. The Left needs to make clear capitalism's "herd immunity" response & present an alternative politics. https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-herd-immunity-logic-has-infiltrated-us-politics-and-public-health/
Right-Wing “Herd Immunity” Logic Has Infiltrated US Politics and Public Health

A toxic worldview has exploited pandemic despair to win new converts to the politics of the far right.

Truthout