If you keep claiming that it's necessary for your country to invade neighbouring countries for "national security," where do you draw the line?

Does this keep growing until you've eaten the whole world?

How far are you willing to let your government eat the whole world for supposedly "national security"?

Do you really think this kind of mindset is going to make you safer? Has invading other countries in the past ever made you safer?

#USpol #Canada #Greenland #Venezuela #Columbia #Cuba

If you keep claiming that it's necessary for your country to invade neighbouring countries for "national security," where do you draw the line?

Does this keep growing until you've eaten the whole world?

How far are you willing to let your government eat the whole world for supposedly "national security"?

Do you really think this kind of mindset is going to make you safer? Has invading other countries in the past ever made you safer?

#USpol #Canada #Greenland #Venezuela #Columbia #Cuba

President of Columbia Gustavo Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fisherman & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their #oil #President #Columbia #democracy #Epstein

President of Columbia Gustavo Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fisherman & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their #oil #President #Columbia #democracy #Epstein

Since the kleptomaniac in the White House can't stop threatening to invade other countries, can #USCongress or someone with some goddamn guts over there step up please!?

The #UnitedStates is burning every fucking relationship it has with other countries, and they are approaching unsalvageable. The tipping point of being universally reviled is now.

#USpol #Venezuela #Canada #Columbia #Cuba #Mexico #Greenland #Denmark

#Urban #WildlifeCorridors Help Mitigate #Climate Effects

Kyle Chan February 26, 2025

Excerpt: " #GreenCorridors offer a promising start to mitigating these urban issues, allowing cities to naturally lower temperatures through evapotranspiration, a plant process that releases water vapor to cool the surrounding air. Increased vegetation will also allow more hazardous particulate matter (PM2.5) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to be absorbed, reducing greenhouse gas concentration and improving air quality.

" #Columbia’s second-largest city, #Medellín, launched a green corridor initiative in 2016. Since then, environmental planners there added rows of vegetation along the most polluted avenues, maximizing the amount of CO2 intake from their $16.8 million investment. Maurício Correa, a researcher studying environmental engineering at a Colombian University, found that the 8,800 trees planted became effective 'green barriers' against particulate matter and reduced average city temperature by two degrees Celsius.

"Fighting #ClimateChange isn’t the only thing green corridors can do. Historically, #wildlife has rarely been welcomed into urban life, experiencing drastic changes in the #ecosystem. However, nature-based infrastructure can promote #biodiversity and provide animal species with a safe habitat. Green corridors are indeed multi-purpose and flexible. To maximize the limited space in busy cities, green corridors can function as recreational centers, city facilities and much more—all while mitigating climate change.

"Green corridors can be an effective solution for any city anywhere. In #NewYork, the #ManhattanWaterfrontGreenway consists of almost 32 miles of #BikePath lined with various plant species. Urban ' #NatureWays' in #Singapore mimic the natural #rainforests by incorporating trees with #canopies stretching across the roads."

Read more:
https://emagazine.com/urban-wildlife-corridors-help-mitigate-climate-effects/

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanRewilding #GardeningForPollinators #Nature #UrbanWildlife #GreenCities #GreenSpace #BikePaths

#Urban #WildlifeCorridors Help Mitigate #Climate Effects

Kyle Chan February 26, 2025

Excerpt: " #GreenCorridors offer a promising start to mitigating these urban issues, allowing cities to naturally lower temperatures through evapotranspiration, a plant process that releases water vapor to cool the surrounding air. Increased vegetation will also allow more hazardous particulate matter (PM2.5) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to be absorbed, reducing greenhouse gas concentration and improving air quality.

" #Columbia’s second-largest city, #Medellín, launched a green corridor initiative in 2016. Since then, environmental planners there added rows of vegetation along the most polluted avenues, maximizing the amount of CO2 intake from their $16.8 million investment. Maurício Correa, a researcher studying environmental engineering at a Colombian University, found that the 8,800 trees planted became effective 'green barriers' against particulate matter and reduced average city temperature by two degrees Celsius.

"Fighting #ClimateChange isn’t the only thing green corridors can do. Historically, #wildlife has rarely been welcomed into urban life, experiencing drastic changes in the #ecosystem. However, nature-based infrastructure can promote #biodiversity and provide animal species with a safe habitat. Green corridors are indeed multi-purpose and flexible. To maximize the limited space in busy cities, green corridors can function as recreational centers, city facilities and much more—all while mitigating climate change.

"Green corridors can be an effective solution for any city anywhere. In #NewYork, the #ManhattanWaterfrontGreenway consists of almost 32 miles of #BikePath lined with various plant species. Urban ' #NatureWays' in #Singapore mimic the natural #rainforests by incorporating trees with #canopies stretching across the roads."

Read more:
https://emagazine.com/urban-wildlife-corridors-help-mitigate-climate-effects/

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanRewilding #GardeningForPollinators #Nature #UrbanWildlife #GreenCities #GreenSpace #BikePaths

Je viens de récupérer ce trésor a priori en parfait état de marche, avec des disques et des aiguilles. Cependant, le poids de la tête de lecture freine et arrête le disque, je ne comprends pas comment régler ça. Est-ce que quelqu'un a déjà manipulé un gramophone comme celui-ci ?
I just inherited this wonder. I have an issue, though : the weight of the head slows and stops down the disk. Does someone know how to fix this ?
#gramophone #columbia

Je viens de récupérer ce trésor a priori en parfait état de marche, avec des disques et des aiguilles. Cependant, le poids de la tête de lecture freine et arrête le disque, je ne comprends pas comment régler ça. Est-ce que quelqu'un a déjà manipulé un gramophone comme celui-ci ?
I just inherited this wonder. I have an issue, though : the weight of the head slows and stops down the disk. Does someone know how to fix this ?
#gramophone #columbia

"[S]tudent #activists at #Columbia demanded an end to the #genocideInGaza and called for a ceasefire. The response? Intimidation, suspensions, wrongful arrests, and, in Mahmoud’s case, being illegally detained by #ICE and threats of #deportation.

"How and why did the current #studentMovement begin? What were the consequences of speaking out on #Palestine?"

#DianaButtu speaks w/ #MahmoudKhalil

https://this-is-palestine.simplecast.com/episodes/a-conversation-with-mahmoud-khalil-student-activism-in-the-us-and-the-palestinian-struggle-for-freedom

#USpol#stateRepression#PalestineSolidarity#studentProtests @palestine

"[S]tudent #activists at #Columbia demanded an end to the #genocideInGaza and called for a ceasefire. The response? Intimidation, suspensions, wrongful arrests, and, in Mahmoud’s case, being illegally detained by #ICE and threats of #deportation.

"How and why did the current #studentMovement begin? What were the consequences of speaking out on #Palestine?"

#DianaButtu speaks w/ #MahmoudKhalil

https://this-is-palestine.simplecast.com/episodes/a-conversation-with-mahmoud-khalil-student-activism-in-the-us-and-the-palestinian-struggle-for-freedom

#USpol#stateRepression#PalestineSolidarity#studentProtests @palestine

Colleges in 1930s Germany thought giving in to government demands would save them…

What made the #German university capitulation so devastating wasn’t just the individual policy changes, but how quickly institutional autonomy collapsed once the principle was breached. Columbia’s agreement follows this same pattern: transferring disciplinary authority from faculty to administrators, adopting government-mandated speech definitions, submitting to external monitoring, screening international students for ideological compliance, and reviewing curriculum content. The university justified each concession as necessary for survival, just as German institutions did.

https://www.alternet.org/universities-in-nazi-germany-and-the-soviet-union-thought-giving-in-to-government-demands-would-save-their-independence/

The agreement effectively allows the federal government to dictate campus speech policies, disciplinary procedures, and academic content through funding leverage, fundamentally altering #Columbia’s institutional governance structure.

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-trump-deal-00eef5dca9f003e593d2cb151f5cce17

@academicchatter
@histodons
#trumpizm#usfascism

They aren’t fooling me. If you hold hands with fascists, you join them.

#Columbia#Fascist

Colleges in 1930s Germany thought giving in to government demands would save them…

What made the #German university capitulation so devastating wasn’t just the individual policy changes, but how quickly institutional autonomy collapsed once the principle was breached. Columbia’s agreement follows this same pattern: transferring disciplinary authority from faculty to administrators, adopting government-mandated speech definitions, submitting to external monitoring, screening international students for ideological compliance, and reviewing curriculum content. The university justified each concession as necessary for survival, just as German institutions did.

https://www.alternet.org/universities-in-nazi-germany-and-the-soviet-union-thought-giving-in-to-government-demands-would-save-their-independence/

The agreement effectively allows the federal government to dictate campus speech policies, disciplinary procedures, and academic content through funding leverage, fundamentally altering #Columbia’s institutional governance structure.

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-trump-deal-00eef5dca9f003e593d2cb151f5cce17

@academicchatter
@histodons
#trumpizm#usfascism

"The student activist group Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which has called for the school to cut all financial ties with Israel, said in a statement that nearly 80 students have now been either expelled or suspended for up to three years over their involvement in antiwar protests."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/23/columbia-university-suspends-expels-nearly-80-students-over-gaza-protests

@palestine#Palestine#Israel#Gaza#Columbia#NYC #academia #education

"The student activist group Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which has called for the school to cut all financial ties with Israel, said in a statement that nearly 80 students have now been either expelled or suspended for up to three years over their involvement in antiwar protests."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/23/columbia-university-suspends-expels-nearly-80-students-over-gaza-protests

@palestine#Palestine#Israel#Gaza#Columbia#NYC #academia #education

The threat to #academics' livelihoods at universities including #Yale, #Columbia & #JohnsHopkins has given #Europe's political leaders hope they could reap an #intellectual windfall.

A letter, reviewed by Reuters, signed in March by 13 European countries including #France, #Germany & #Spain, urged the #EU Commission to move fast to attract #academic talent.

#Trump #BrainDrain #law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis