BenjaminBuse

BenjaminBuse , 2 days ago to random

"It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather..

Meanwhile, market zealots and xenophobes, fuelled by fossil fuel money, are using the unfolding chaos to frighten voters and take the opportunity to replace social safety nets and environmental protections with higher walls and rapacious extraction."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/04/far-right-using-climate-crisis-as-bogeyman-to-frighten-voters-and-build-higher-walls

BenjaminBuse , 2 days ago to random

“Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow.”

He continued: “The opportunity to consign the Tories into third place in parliament. If the Liberal Democrats win more seats than the Tories, they will become the official opposition."

#BillyBragg #GeneralElection

https://www.nme.com/news/music/billy-bragg-shares-radical-way-kick-tories-third-place-2024-uk-general-election-3771843

BenjaminBuse , 22 days ago to random

“#Barclays suspended sponsorship of all music festivals staged by promoter Live Nation, inc Download, Latitude & Isle of Wight… after several acts pulled out in #protest at the bank's investment links to arms companies that trade with Israel”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgg13nn0kgo.amp

BenjaminBuse , 2 months ago to random

I didn’t take any photos
Being a funeral
But I saw

Many dressed in black
Some top hats
Others veils
Some casual
Filling the streets

Figures in red encircling a grove
As mourners looked on
The femine figure of nature
Deathly white
Carried by figures in green

To the abbey
#FuneralForNature

BenjaminBuse , 3 months ago to random

"The UN Security Council has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position."

#UN #CeasefireNow #UNVote #Gaza

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68658415

BenjaminBuse , 3 months ago to random

From Jan 2024

"the friction between drivers and cyclists stems from the way our roads are designed, and the cultural conditioning to which everyone, from pedestrians to cyclists to drivers, has succumbed."

“A lot of aggressive driving isn't merely the result of a driver who is impatient or entitled, it's also the reflection of an environment that is saying not, not in words, but in design that this space is for you, the driver, this space is designed for you to meet your needs and to make it possible for you to drive. And not just drive, but drive fast without having to pay a lot of attention.”

#cycling #TownPlanning #Roads

https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/tech/features/what-causes-road-rage-between-cyclists-and-drivers-we-asked-a-transport-historian

BenjaminBuse , 4 months ago to random

#BritishArmy #RoyalNavy #RoyalAirForce #ViolenceAgainstWomen #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/02/abused-raped-ignored-how-invisible-female-british-military-veterans-are-fighting-back

BenjaminBuse , 4 months ago to random

#Mastodon how to stop people you follow who post ill-frequently being lost in posts of people follow who post frequently?
Two accounts?
#FediTips @FediTips

BenjaminBuse , 5 months ago to random

"The #climate cost of #Israel’s war on #Gaza

The #carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds the annual #emissions of 20 small countries, according to new research. Here’s a look at the cost of Israel’s war on the climate"

#AlJazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/1/31/the-climate-cost-of-israels-war-on-gaza