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elainegrey) wrote2023-07-12 04:12 pm
elainegrey) wrote2023-07-12 04:12 pm
(weather, concerns, justice)
"Hottest single days globally on record. Drawing on multi-source analyses from NOAA of daily global temperature that extend back to 1979, the Climate Reanalyzer website shows that July 3, 2023, was the warmest single day on record — only to be toppled by July 4, tied on July 5, and broken again on July 6...." -- https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/the-world-just-broke-a-stunning-slew-of-heat-records-why-right-now/
New York Times reported today stunning high temps in Florida and Gulf waters: "the current sea surface temperatures in the Florida Keys... are the hottest on record." Lake Okeechobee has toxic algae blooms. In early June reports that, "The giant sargassum blobs piling up on the Florida coast might harbor flesh-eating bacteria," are now ameliorated by a significant reduction in the seaweed on Florida's coast.
Otter 841 steals and attacks surf boards in Santa Cruz -- joining the orcas off Spain in ... protest? piracy?
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From Saturday's reading, just happened to read these in quick succession....
"The solution is not to give me the right to vote for president, I don’t want it; I want us to exercise our right to decolonization, to self-determination that is due to us and recognized in the international courts by the U.S. signing on to the U.N. Charter. That’s what I want. Don’t give me any more bones if you’re not going to give us freedom.” -- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/magazine/guam-american-military.html
"We acknowledge that it is not the place of non-Indigenous people to define or decide the
priorities or realities of Indigenous people, and that "right relationship" requires respect for
Indigenous people’s autonomy and leadership." -- https://westernfriend.org/asheville-friends-support-indigenous-peoples
"In 1946, eight United Nations member countries including the United States created a list of their territories “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government,” in accordance with the U.N. Charter’s principle of self-determination. Guam is among the 17 that remain there today. Delegates from the Guam Decolonization Commission regularly travel to New York to appear before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization to bring attention to the failure of the self-determination process. Testimony is given by the Guam delegation, the U.S. government delegation and an independent expert, and results in a draft resolution. Every time the Guam delegation requests the United States allow a U.N. fact-finding mission to assess the colony’s trajectory toward self-determination, the request is denied." - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/magazine/guam-american-military.html
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Uganda and anti LGBTQAI legislation: https://www.pym.org/chester-meeting-minute-ugandan-lgbtqai-community/
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New York Times reported today stunning high temps in Florida and Gulf waters: "the current sea surface temperatures in the Florida Keys... are the hottest on record." Lake Okeechobee has toxic algae blooms. In early June reports that, "The giant sargassum blobs piling up on the Florida coast might harbor flesh-eating bacteria," are now ameliorated by a significant reduction in the seaweed on Florida's coast.
Otter 841 steals and attacks surf boards in Santa Cruz -- joining the orcas off Spain in ... protest? piracy?
--== ∞ ==--
From Saturday's reading, just happened to read these in quick succession....
"The solution is not to give me the right to vote for president, I don’t want it; I want us to exercise our right to decolonization, to self-determination that is due to us and recognized in the international courts by the U.S. signing on to the U.N. Charter. That’s what I want. Don’t give me any more bones if you’re not going to give us freedom.” -- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/magazine/guam-american-military.html
"We acknowledge that it is not the place of non-Indigenous people to define or decide the
priorities or realities of Indigenous people, and that "right relationship" requires respect for
Indigenous people’s autonomy and leadership." -- https://westernfriend.org/asheville-friends-support-indigenous-peoples
"In 1946, eight United Nations member countries including the United States created a list of their territories “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government,” in accordance with the U.N. Charter’s principle of self-determination. Guam is among the 17 that remain there today. Delegates from the Guam Decolonization Commission regularly travel to New York to appear before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization to bring attention to the failure of the self-determination process. Testimony is given by the Guam delegation, the U.S. government delegation and an independent expert, and results in a draft resolution. Every time the Guam delegation requests the United States allow a U.N. fact-finding mission to assess the colony’s trajectory toward self-determination, the request is denied." - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/magazine/guam-american-military.html
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Uganda and anti LGBTQAI legislation: https://www.pym.org/chester-meeting-minute-ugandan-lgbtqai-community/
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LOL - what if the marine life won't keep away from YOU?
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The Chron hasnow covered it by having the otter supposedly state her point of view.
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Also: I find myself on the dregs of my stamina, and am having to balance pretty carefully to keep functional.