the orcas sunk another yacht in the strait of Gibraltar on Sunday. this time it was a 49 foot (15 metre) vessel. there have been over 700 incidents since May 2020 and in Spain, there's reports of them happening "daily." at least one species is attempting to put the rich at the bottom of the ocean and i think that's neat.
Increased accessibility benefits EVERYONE!
Here are some ways YOU can advocate for increased accessibility:
Online:
Use alt-text to describe any images
Record events
Have closed captioning
Share content warnings
Avoid flashing lights or imagery
At Work:
Invest in meaningful Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
Provide more PAID time off
Avoid ableist language (like 'lame' or 'crazy')
Provide remote working options
UNIONIZE!
For In-Person Events:
Communicate ANY walking distance (in distance, not minutes!)
Include information about public transit
Provide gender neutral bathrooms
Avoid heavy perfumes or scents
Hire sign language interpreters
Created by Liberal Jane and Sex Ed with DB
In Brazil, this couple planted 2 million trees in 18 years, returning 172 bird species, 33 mammals, 15 amphibians, 15 reptiles and 293 plant species to the area.
The whole world should know them. This is Lélia Wanick and Sebastião Salgado.
The couple decided to start the Terra Institute, a small organization that planted 2 million plants and revived the forest.
"There is only one creature that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, and that is a tree. We need to replant the forests."
Using only local plants, the couple rebuilt the entire ecosystem from scratch and the area flourished significantly, allowing the fauna to return; thanks to their work, Lélia and Sebastião saved dozens of endangered species.
"The earth was sad as I was, everything was destroyed. Then my wife got a fantastic idea to replant this forest: all the insects, fish and birds returned, and thanks to the new growth of the trees I was born again."
reblog if you are a law-abiding citizen who wishes no ill upon former US presidents 😇
The above video titled “The Unequal Opportunity Race” was screened as part of a schoolwide Black History Month program at Glen Allen High School in Glen Allen, Virginia. Some parents apparently weren’t thrilled about that. One local grandparent had two words for what this video was pushing on white kids.
June 1 2020 - A racist gets knocked out when he attacks an Asian man in San Diego. [video]
We need to talk about how so many queer spaces are inaccessible and even actively hostile to physically disabled people.
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Hot take: If you refuse to vote for Biden over his handling of Israel-Gaza, you do not get the right to protest against Trump rounding up all the POC/LGBTQ/neurodivergents and executing them.
Because you let that happen; you doomed millions of lives because Biden isn’t perfect. The Palestinians would be ashamed of you.
And funnily enough, since Trump is 1,000 more Zionist than Biden, you probably also caused their genocide, too.