Consumer debt is the lifeblood of our economy. All modern nation states are built on deficit spending. Debt has come to be the central issue of international politics. But nobody seems to know exactly what it is, or how to think about it. -- David Graeber
#Microplastics are discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies.
Millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and much is broken down into microplastics;& #nanoplastics. These have polluted the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans. People are known to consume the tiny particles via food and water as well as breathing them in.
Raman Microspectroscopy evidence of microplastics in human semen
Research published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, detected eight different plastics. #Polystyrene was most common, followed by #polyethylene, used in plastic bags, and then #pvc
Tree-mend-us #Boabab tree first arose in #Madagascar 21 million years ago. Their seeds were later carried on ocean currents to Australia and also to mainland Africa, evolving into distinct species.
Nurses represented by National Nurses United (#NNU), union of 225,000 registered nurses, stand in solidarity with student and faculty protesters at campuses across the United States facing a violent crackdown for speaking out against the mass killings and public health catastrophe in Gaza.
“It’s not a CEO that’s gonna save us. It’s not a president that’s gonna save us. It’s not you, it’s not me— it’s us and it’s a united working class is how we’re going to win!” - #UAW President Shawn Fain
“From the other side of the world, we University of #Melbourne For #Palestine#UM4P, express our full and unwavering #solidarity with the brave actions of #Columbia Students For Justice in Palestine #SJP. From Australia, we join the global chant ‘disclose, divest! We will not stop, we will not rest!’”
In embracing the concept of the #circulareconomy, Indonesian officials have become prone to portraying #plasticpollution as a potential resource to be repurposed for economic uplift. Lukas Fort on the politics and policy of the "#plasticene" in #Indonesia, "[r]eframing waste as only an economic resource does not convey the urgent need for #wastemanagement and #wastereduction."
like #Ozymandias, Mark #Zuckerberg may one day learn the hard way that all of his planning to elevate himself above the risks of the mortal world has been for naught. If the #apocalypse does come, hurling us all into nature… The security guards that you hired to protect you are going to think more about protecting themselves. The construction workers who built your compound will know where all the food is hidden.
iww ex-Nurses Aide, orderly and cleaner at public hospitals, ex-Library Assistant at public libraries, ex-tram conductor on public transport, ex-printshop, ex -revegetation, ex-grocers packer. Lived in public housing, squats and rental cooperatives.