Scientists in disbelief as Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers
What would have been shocking for 2070 has already happened in 2023
' it was 2023, not 2070,' Ariaan Purich, an Antarctic climate researcher

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Pandemic preparedness World Health Summit!

Helen Clark underscores importance of IHR amendments & #PandemicAgreement .

🌍 stresses that work should be underway now to invest in regional R&D hubs linked to manufacturing 'for a much more equitable response' to a pandemic threat.

Umar Zameer lost his job, house and friends and for nearly three years, he lived with the stigma of being a “cop killer.”

That was until Sunday, when a jury cleared his name and a Toronto judge addressed him directly — to apologize. trib.al/A034nXa

460 years after his birth, always worth seeing this Shakespeare infographic again… 🥧

Many problematic issues in the Zameer case but I keep thinking about this too:
'Court also heard one of the officers punched Zameer in the face as he was handcuffed on the ground during arrest.'

globalnews.ca/news/10442736/…

Democracies that respect basic human rights and international humanitarian law do not bury people in mass graves, in hospitals or anywhere. They just don’t.

Source: history.

Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, authorities say: cbc.ca/news/world/gaz…

When heavy explosive weapons hit cities, the visible horrors are just the beginning.

Over and over again, in armed conflicts worldwide, we see ongoing suffering.

Let's call for all States to sign the EWIPA Political Declaration. #EWIPAOslo

“We just want to give him a dignified burial”.

Overwhelming grief as a mass grave containing over 300 bodies has been uncovered at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Nada Bashir reports

Every day we learn of more horror. Canada must support all investigations by international courts. Foreign journalists must be allowed into Gaza to report freely. The world needs to know. #CeasefireNow

cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

UN Special Rapporteur on #Health Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng:

'The health system in #Gaza has been completely obliterated and the right to health has been decimated at every level.'

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplores Israeli strikes on #Gaza , where every 10 minutes a child is killed or wounded.

Full-scale Israeli incursion on Rafah would risk more deaths & injuries, further breaching international humanitarian & human rights law.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini welcomed the independent review group report on the agency, released today.

More here ⤵️
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MEGATHREAD
All my geography posts in one place

(I'll add more as I make them)

1. Maps distort the world
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Protests, speech, disagreeable positions. Seek out unlike minded. “The most important thing I teach my students” robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-imp…

Remember Umar Zameer's case the next time a politician like Pierre Poilievre or Doug Ford says we need 'jail not bail' as a default

There's a presumption of innocence in our constitution for good reason

P.S. ~80% of people in Ontario jails are awaiting trial

In just one hour, a single private jet can emit two tonnes of CO2. The average person in the EU emits 8.2 tCO2eq over the course of an entire year.

Super polluters can't keep flying around like there’s no climate crisis.

It’s time to #BanPrivateJets .

#ClimateJustice

'Patriots' can only be called air defense systems if they work and save lives rather than standing immobile somewhere in storage bases.

Modern fighter jets are required where modernity is put to the test and it is determined whether children and grandchildren of today's

Israeli strikes on southern #Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as U.S. advances aid package /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Fantastic News! Canada has been named the safest country in the world for travel in 2024. 🇨🇦

“As travel destinations go, it really doesn’t get much safer than Canada. Violent crime is comparatively low and there is a low incidence of gun-related crime.”

cultmtl.com/2024/04/canada…

At least 180 bodies have been recovered from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis so far, say Palestinian authorities, as Israel continues its deadly attacks on Gaza aje.io/j60998