Is it better to lose life, freedom and loved ones in the pursuit of an unjust war in Ukraine that will provoke further violence at home? Or, is it better to direct violence at home against the ones who would send you or your loved ones to be killed fighting the Ukrainian people who themselves are just trying to defend their loved ones and their homes?
If you are too afraid and unwilling to fight back against the architects of your current torment, are you not already imprisoned?
If the weather doesn’t cooperate for viewing this weekend, don’t worry; while it will diminish in brightness, Saturn will be visible in the evening sky for the remainder of the year.
Search for Saturn rise and set times where you are and go take a look. Saturn moves really slow. A few nights are less than a percent of its orbit. Barely makes a difference.
For what it's worth, I've been able to successfully view Saturn's rings from fairly large metro areas with a pair of 15x70 binoculars. Not in the greatest or most minute detail, but at least be able to see they are there. You can definitely see the shape.
I'm looking forward to taking a look the next couple nights. It's not astronomical science by any means, but it's a fun activity outside.
So, 44% of their profits are in fact 100% of our futures? That money didn't come from nowhere. All of us will pay that debt. Reporting needs to start reflecting that, and legislation needs to be enacted to get restitution. Until then, it's all toothless.
Resources at all levels of the ecosystem are stretched thin. That is bound to cause conflict.
Yeah yeah, you are Groot. We know.
"But, we're like fAmIlY."
Yeah bub, that's not a selling point. I didn't pick them either.
Political/Social power in the hands of:
The People = Democracy
The few = Dictatorship/Oligarchy/some variety of tyranny
Property/Economic power in the hands of:
The People = Socialism/Communism
The few = Capitalism
It's clear both belong in the hands of the people. That, as a species, we can only ever manage to get halfway is fucking bullshit.
“I have very little sympathy for the companies that are complaining about the burdens of this kind of disclosure. These are orders of magnitude lower than the burdens that climate change itself is imposing.”
-Michael Gerrard, the founder of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
a-fucking-men
Anything that makes the rich poorer makes us richer. Crash and burn, baby!
You are right. That's fair.
You know, as an American, I have difficulty trying to figure out how to react and resist against my country's imperialistic endeavors, among other things. Many other things. I think our police probably share more qualities with yours than they have differences, as one for instance.
But, I think that, again, when family and friends, neighbors and loved ones are being conscripted in a draft and killed in a war that isn't even a matter of self-defense, but that is also inviting retaliation closer to home that philosophy becomes much less lofty. Much more practical.
When you are being forced into seriously unjust actions that invite current harm AND future harm, that calculus seems much easier to figure out. When there is already harm being directed at you by your government, the path of less harm might just be taking direct action to solve that source of all the attendant problems.
I sincerely hope the Russian people can find a way to limit the harms their government is targeting them with. And, that they find a way to prosper and contribute and enjoy both the fruits of their labor AND their renewed place in a world that can similarly find itself on a better track. Because, honestly, humanity as whole is a fucking mess and we all need each other right now and going forward.