So here's a problem I have with books about older female protagonists. Somehow, in these books, thirty five is when you start getting grey hair and changing metabolism? I must have missed that memo, because I didn't start showing grey until mid forties. I'm 53 now and still not entirely grey. It feels a little insulting. One book even proposed a woman in perimenopause in her 30s. Which, okay, sure it happens, but I think that's a bit of an outlier...
I dunno. Maybe I'm just prickly at 53. Does anyone else have opinions on this?
I do also want to recognize that the level of collective anger and organizing happening in the US right now to protect their neighbours is admirable. I'm sure we're not even hearing most of it.
I hope we Canadians can also do that too when the time comes for us to fight back.
66°North To Dress Team Iceland at Milano Cortina Olympic, Paralympic Winter Games
The 66°North uniform designed for Team Iceland.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Who is Catherine Connolly’s husband Brian McEnery?
Catherine Connolly had to cancel a number of engagements following the illness of her husband, Brian McEnery.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The environmental movement must also be a labor movement.
The labor movement must also be an environmental movement.
There is no other way to stop the dual exploitation of workers and the planet that now threatens the survival of society itself.
@jlou
The environmental movement is a holistic movement which produces detailed, coherent plans.
The short summary of principles is 20 pages long after its third major revision. It says things like:
Acknowledging that injustice, racism, poverty, ignorance, corruption, crime and violence, armed conflict and the search for maximum short term profit are causing widespread human suffering
Environmentalism is the philosophy which unifies all the problems.
@ensslen
My purpose was to build on the idea that environmentalism goes together with labor rights philosophically by pointing out a philosophical connection between the two movements.
I disagree with pro-conservation aspects in that article. Our orientation towards nature should be motivated by reducing wild animal suffering. Ecosystems are complex so any interventions we make must be carefully studied. These interventions might involve allowing some species to go extinct
It finally came together! - All For Gardening
Finally made my display for my new family of air plants! Gave the em their first proper soak. And they look so cute!!!Gardener (All For Gardening)
The bridge in this picture is officially called the "RFK Bridge". Anyone from this area calls it the "Triborough Bridge" (if you're heading over it from Queens, you can decide to go to either Manhattan or the Bronx, hence three boroughs)
By the time this presidential administration ends, and it will, the Kennedy name will be removed imo
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#Chicago Organizers Stand In Solidarity With #Minneapolis, Demand '#ICE Out Of Everywhere'
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Rapid response members and labor leaders decried immigration raids in #Minnesota where federal agents are using “the same playbook” as Chicago, violently detaining people and endangering communities.
Chicago Organizers Stand In Solidarity With Minneapolis, Demand ‘ICE Out Of Everywhere’
Rapid response members and labor leaders decried immigration raids in Minnesota where federal agents are using “the same playbook” as Chicago, violently detaining people and endangering communities.Francia Garcia Hernandez (Block Club Chicago)
The Archaeological Museum in Biskupin, Poland (Part II)
Greetings and welcome, my sweet toothsome tidbits. It's your hairy host, Marko the Werelynx, posting another batch of summer vacation photos to kick offBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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