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Let Afghan women join the UN talks next week. It’s what the Taliban fear most https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/27/un-doha-summit-taliban-afghan-women-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Does anyone know why I have some “filtered notification” & how I can fix this?

@Snowshadow
Definitely worth a look. The countries involved have a more socialist approach. They’re still functioning as capitalist economies, but governments & business assume much higher levels of responsibility for the health & welfare of their citizens & employees, & much less of a survival if the fittest approach.

@Snowshadow
I think Australia & Canada are more similar to each other than the US, which is good, but not good enough.

@Snowshadow

Our last conservative government was roundly chased out of power, but are already gaining territory. They were so utterly incompetent, but admittedly not as bad as the British Tories, & are now suggesting we push are climate goals back 20 years & use unproven tech like modular nuclear reactors instead of renewables. This is in Australia, with so much sunshine, wind & space to harness those resources. And some people are buying it.

@Snowshadow

The opposite here. Temperatures below 5deg Celsius are unusual in Melbourne, so 3.9 was a bit chilly this morning. Awful for people sleeping rough.

@Snowshadow
We managed to house the homeless during the first 2 years of the pandemic. Political will.

@Snowshadow
Have you seen the Michael Moore doco Where to Invade Next? Stupid title, but he looks at European countries with much better ways of providing certain services, working conditions etc. So much better than UK, USA, Canada, Australia etc.

I don’t get people’s utter complacency about Covid. In an audience of about 250 people at a concert last night, we were 2 of about 6 people wearing masks. None of the main choir were masked, but 2 of the junior choir (18-29) were & I admired their will to be different.

I’m trying to live my life in a pandemic. I’m not panicked, just taking precautions. My mental health would suffer too much if I further reduced my social interactions to reduce Covid risk, but I’m simply not capable of lying to myself & pretending that there is no need to take any precautions. And the fact that other intelligent people are capable of doing so is beyond my comprehension.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/children-with-long-covid-dismissed-doctors-myth-virus-harmless/103959078?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

I think that one of my neutered male cats is attempting to mate with my dressing gown. Kind of disturbing.

@PhoenixSerenity

The dressing gown didn't show a great deal of interest.

@PhoenixSerenity

One of their favourite toys is a long length of cord. they haven't managed to tie themselves up it it, but they do get tangled when we're playing with them and the cord. 😆

@PhoenixSerenity

I love that! George has managed to extract a few things from a kitchen drawer, but not a chopstick so far. He loves a little clear plastic lid from a little cleaning spray for my glasses, but keeps losing it under the furniture.

@PhoenixSerenity
Please!

@PhoenixSerenity
😁

@PhoenixSerenity
Exploring the potato cupboard.

@bmacDonald94
Love, love, love this song.

@bmacDonald94 @Rory29 @AnOldGuy
I think the enormous cruelty of the man’s actions put me off listening.

@Rory29 @AnOldGuy @bmacDonald94
I don’t remember that.

@bmacDonald94 @Rory29
It’s all relative. My brother had the privilege of being “white”, but had other demons. How sad that your father was like that. To suffer racism within your own family must be awful.