today, my friends, as #SCOTUS hears a case to criminalize #homelessness, let me remind you that WE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ... the #MentalIllness & #DrugAbuse rampant amongst the #homeless are often CAUSED OR WORSENED BY BEING UNSHELTERED

#BasicIncome #poverty https://basicincometoday.com/providing-7500-each-to-50-homeless-people-resulted-in-a-savings-of-8100-per-person-according-to-new-unconditional-cash-grant-experiment/

The Devil Lost In Details: Tasmanian Devil Cancer Transmission Is NOT Slowing | University of Cambridge, published by RoyalSociety #OpenScience

by @grrlscientist

#Endangered #TasmanianDevil #Cancer #Oncology #CancerResearch #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/21/the-devil-lost-in-details-tasmanian-devil-cancer-transmission-is-not-slowing/

Until #abortion access is fully legal, #DigitalSurveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned

#AbortionBans #DobbsDecision #RoeVWade https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/two-years-post-roe-better-understanding-digital-threats

tell me something i don't know, captain obvious!

a new study from the London School of #Economics says 50 YEARS of #tax cuts have only helped one group — THE RICH💰💰💰

#TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #EconomicPolicy #RichGetRicher https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/

#Environmental #Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the #global #economy by 20% between now & 2050. That’s SIX TIMES the cost of limiting warming to 2°C

https://www.wired.com/story/environmental-damage-cost-global-incomes/

The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer

Farmers spread treated human waste💩 on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals

#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #farming🚜 #food🍽️ #pollution🏭 #environment📗 https://grist.org/agriculture/the-epa-is-cracking-down-on-pfas-but-not-in-fertilizer/

WOW! As legal efforts fall short, residents are pursuing a novel strategy to halt the building of export terminals on unspoiled wetlands: Lobby #Europeans🇪🇺 to reject #gas🛢️ from the #US🇺🇸

The Transatlantic Battle to Stop #Methane Gas Exports From South Texas

#ClimateCrisis #biodiversityLoss https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042024/south-texas-methane-exports-transatlantic-battle/

fascinating #book📚💙 on #Hitler’s rise to power examines how a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery gave absolute power to someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following

#BookReview #books https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/25/takeover-hitlers-final-rise-to-power-timothy-w-ryback-book-review

how very exciting😘!

The Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ornithologists'🪶 Club (SOC) is set to host a spring🌱 art🎨 exhibition at its Aberlady headquarters in Lothian

#birds🦉 #nature🌼 #art #exhibition #Scotland https://www.birdguides.com/news/soc-announces-spring-exhibition/

"Your days of eating meat are coming to an end."

you either stop eating meat to stop society from collapsing; or you stop eating meat because society has collapsed: either way your days of eating meat are coming to an end.

#GoVegan🌱 #meat🥩 #VeganFood🌶️ #food🥑

excellent news! Reserve hopes to attract Sand Martins with new nest bank

"We have provided everything the sand martins need to nest successfully."

#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #conservation🌎 https://www.birdguides.com/news/reserve-hopes-to-attract-sand-martins-with-new-nest-bank/

Sen. Elizabeth Warren & Rep. Ro Khanna aim to End Trading in #Water💧 Futures, reducing the risk of worsening a #WaterCrisis💦 in western states

#WaterWars🚰 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/water-rights-trading-ban-bill-elizabeth-warren-ro-khanna/

welp! amerikkka🇺🇸 certainly is not civilized, and never has been!

#civilized #healthcare #medical #poverty #poor #publichealth🛟

Soldiers Charged With Violent #Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army

hundreds of #soldiers charged with violent offenses like sexual #assault & #DomesticAbuse left the #Army without facing courts-martial

https://www.propublica.org/article/us-army-soldiers-violent-crimes

An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific

#FosterFriday #Colorado #SocialWorker #poverty #PoorFamilies #CulturalHeritage https://www.propublica.org/article/expert-in-foster-care-cases-admits-her-method-is-unscientific

Wyoming defends its sick & twisted support for #AnimalCruelty

sign this #petition🇺🇸 to tell them this is NOT OKAY🦤

#wolves🐺 #RelistWolves #AnimalTorture #WildlifeCrime #conservation🌎 #CodyRoberts https://www.relistwolves.org/wyoming-action

RFK Jr. Begged to Drop Out by the One Group Where He Was Successful

#Environmentalists are uniting against the independent presidential candidate

#RFKJr2024 #environment🏞️ #advocacy⚖️ https://newrepublic.com/post/180836/rfk-jr-drop-out-environmental-lawyer

Labour blames 'shoplifters' charter' for surge in retail crime

The rise has caused some retailers to lock away--or put #SecurityTags🔒 on--everyday products such as meat, butter, chocolate & coffee

#shoplifting #theft #crime🦹‍♂️ #UK🇬🇧 https://news.sky.com/story/labour-blames-shoplifters-charter-for-surge-in-retail-crime-13118957

Doctors on high alert as mystery flu 'similar to Covid' leaves people critically ill

#MysteryFlu🦠 #Psittacosis🦜 #Argentina🇦🇷 #RespiratoryIllness #PublicHealth🛟 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/doctors-high-alert-mystery-flu-32617411

wow, so the "#ParrotFever🦜" (Chlamydia psittaci) that's killed 5 people so far in #europe increases avian #influenza #virus🦠 #H9N2 mortality by suppressing the #immune system. does it make H5N1 more lethal too?

#birdflu🐓 #PublicHealth🛟 #microbiology🔬 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941526/