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   13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 22:27:39 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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   • Jasper 🍉

   @jasper While your point broadly stands, you're not entirely correct about footballers expressing support for Gaza.

   https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Plusieurs-joueurs-de-l-equipe-de-france-affichent-leur-soutien-a-gaza-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux/1470782

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     Jasper 🍉 (jasper@mastodon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 22:27:40 JST Jasper 🍉

     "The action was led by the group Futuro Vegetal, which pointed to a report by Oxfam showing that the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population generate the same amount of carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds of humanity."
     📌 https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/7/headlines/climate_activists_spray_paint_lionel_messis_mansion_in_spain

     Bread and circus, for some with less bread, and more variety of distraction these days. I also have not heard much of prominent footballers speaking out about Gaza.

     Also, for instance Saudis use football for sportswashing https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/12/lionel-messi-saudi-arabia-deal-tourism