Rafi-Pasque

Rafi-Pasque

@rafi-pasque.bsky.social

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde

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As Christians we are exhorted to love our neighbour, love our enemy and turn the other cheek and forgive when sinned against. As this has been the case for about 2,000 years why have so called Christians not stopped killing each other? Maybe, they should take some time out and reflect on life.

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World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comWorld on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief saysAntónio Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

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This is America now. 🤦🏾‍♂️

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A man coughing up blood. Men zip-tied face down on a wet floor. CCTV turned off. Men forced to eat off of a chair like animals while handcuffed. Solitary confinement if you complain. This is just three paragraphs from a new report.

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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comWant to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George MonbiotJacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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Ozzy Osbourne, the wailing Black Sabbath singer-turned-solo act who took the “Crazy Train” from a bleak childhood in working-class Birmingham, England, to heavy metal stardom, has died, his family says. nbcnews.to/3IZmccA

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Oil + gas are source materials for most plastic + most chemicals added to plastic. It's alleged some petrostates are working to prevent limits on plastic production + restrictions on use of hazardous chemicals in plastic. Now, why would they do that? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talksPetrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet