#ukraine immigrants

[melyzard]

The World is Amazing, Actually (Part 11 or 12, I lost count)

It's been awhile since I made a post about how fucking rad the world actually is, and amidst all the pandemics and climate change and economic troubles, I felt the need.

So:

Today’s Wild Place (The Earth is An Alien Planet):

The Danakil Depression, Ethiopia:

The Danakil Depression is probably the closest you'll ever be able to come to standing on the surface of Venus (without the crushing atmosphere, of course). Choking sulphuric acid and chlorine gases fill the air, while acid ponds and geysers pepper the landscape. 

- Daisy Dobrijevic, published July 4, 2022

(BTW scientists recently discovered microbes capable of surviving in this toxic, extremely hot environment, which means...well, even if we kick the bucket, life will continue. There's something comforting in knowing that no matter how bad we screw up...life will go on.)

Today’s Incredible Feat of Engineering (look! at what! we made!):

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station in Morocco, which has gone solar in a big way.

(Which means they are making a huge contribution to helping fight toxic pollution, noise pollution, water use, land destruction, and carbon emissions. No really, there are charts. Reducing carbon emissions charts. Reducing irresponsible land use charts. Charts! Graphs! Data samples!)

Today’s Cool Life Form (the rare, the weird, the beautiful):

The Hispaniolan Solenodon.

A very rare, nocturnal, shrew-like creature that is one of the few mammals able to produce venom. Look at him! Look at his snout! He's just a little guy! He will bite you and run away on his back legs! He's rare, and endangered, but not gone! Not gone yet, bitches!

(Bonus: 10 Fun Facts About the Solenodon)

Today’s Bizarre Mystery (no, seriously, wtf?):

The Great Unconformity.

Hey, remember the Grand Canyon? Remember how we can see the passage of time through each layer, going back hundreds of thousands of years?

Did you know that apparently, on this massive record of earth's geological history, there's a chunk of time missing? Science has some hypotheses about how and why this happens (and yes, it's been found in more than one place), but they are really only hypotheses, and no one's really sure what happened to, oh, 1.6 billion years, give or take.

Today’s Act of Humanity (yes, we are worth the effort):

After fleeing a war, Ukrainians rush to help Mississippi tornado victims.

"They made the 16-hour drive south to donate bottled water and volunteer with aid workers, buoyed by the idea that they could help a community facing a similar struggle to theirs.

“We had to leave our home,” Pavliuk told The Washington Post in Ukrainian, in an interview interpreted by Hrebenyk. “And they don’t have a place to go back, either.”"

NEW CATEGORY:

Today's Good News About The Future (No, It's Not Too Late and Anyone Who Says Otherwise is Selling Something):

The Saiga Antelope, a species critical to the continued survival of huge swathes of grassland, that in 2003 was down to 6% of it's population and already extinct in it's natural habitat of China and Ukraine, has rebounded back to almost 2 million strong thanks to conservation efforts.

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[animentality]

[relaxedstyles]

Whew .. kinda, sorta tipsy?

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Kyiv Post:

US President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to revoke the temporary legal status of almost a quarter million Ukrainian refugees who fled the country at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter. However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later denied the reports on X, adding that “no decision has been made at this time.” The decision, reportedly expected in April, could lead to the accelerated deportation of roughly 240,000 Ukrainians, Reuters sources claimed. The move would mark a dramatic shift from the US’s previous support for Kyiv and its war refugees over the past three years. Sources also revealed that preparations for ending these programs had begun even before Trump’s recent public clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

This is yet more solid proof that 47 is a Russian asset.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Given the outrageous cost of rent, real estate, groceries, and every other aspect of life in and around Toronto, it's understandable why so many people have chosen to leave Ontario for other places where pastures are greener — that is, cheaper.

But as hard as it is to get by here, is the city unaffordable enough to push you to relocate to an actual warzone just because existence there is far less costly? Some people are saying yes, it is.

More than 160,000 Ukrainian refugees have landed in Canada since their nation's war with Russia began in 2022, but even with the ongoing invasion, many are choosing to go back to their homeland after finding cities like Toronto too expensive to survive in.

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Our democracy is under threat. But we will not yield to fascism. We will stand together and we'll fight back in defense of our rights, our communities, and our values.

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[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

"My friend, Jefferson's an American saint because he wrote the words, "All men are created equal." Words he clearly didn't believe, since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He was a rich wine snob who was sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So yeah, he wrote some lovely words and aroused the rabble, and they went out and died for those words, while he sat back and drank his wine and fucked his slave girl. This guy wants to tell me we're living in a community. Don't make me laugh. I'm living in America, and in America, you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business."

- Jackie Cogan, "Killing Them Softly"

(Pt.2)

[chelledoggo]

need help compiling a list of crisis lines and resources

can anyone help me?

i'm working on a video about my thoughts about things post-election.

in the desctiption, i wanna include links/numbers for crisis lines (especially for marginalized groups, but also for anyone in general), as well as some links to organizations/charities that people can check out if they want to help out (especially for LGBTQ+/BIPOC/women/disabled/immigrants/impoverished people in the US, and possibly also for Palestine and Ukraine.)

can you help me compile a list?

(if you can find me an already made google doc or carrd or something similar with all these on it that'd be even better but if not i totally get it)

[affairsmastery]

President Donald Trump is considering revoking temporary legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the war with Russia.

This move, part of a broader effort to strip protections from 1.8 million migrants, could lead to fast-track deportations.

The decision, expected soon, marks a stunning shift from Biden’s policies, sparking intense debate. Will this reshape U.S. immigration?

[notaplaceofhonour]

Just found out Leonard Nimoy’s parents were from Ukraine! I knew they were Jewish immigrants, but I didn’t know where they came from specifically.

[kinialohaguy]

Scorched Earth

Aloha kākou. In the waning weeks of the Biden regime, it reminds me when the Nazis tried to destroy the documents in the Berlin Document Center. Where documents were later used in the Nuremberg trials after the end of WW2. Evidence of crimes, weaponization of the Injustice Department, and violations of American constitutional rights are being destroyed to protect the guilty. Marxist democrats…

[viktorykrauz]

Another massive W for Ukraine; the bridge connecting Crimea and Russia has been bombed. It took several months to plan according to sources. They used 1.1kg of explosives, insane.

We all knew that Ukraine wouldn't lose. If Russia really had the upper hand, they'd have won years ago. Fuck russia

[jackassdemocrats]

MAGAtraz

As always, never buy anything made in china. Don't ever trust a democrat and NEVER leave your child alone with one.

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