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Vegetable vendor Shivnarayan Dasana had never seen so many policemen descend on his village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The 60-year-old lives in Tarapurin the industrial town of Pithampur, known for its automobile and pharmaceutical factories. The town has been tense since containers holding 337 tonnes of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters arrived for disposal three weeks ago. The waste, transported from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in the city of Bhopal - site of the 1984 gas tragedy that killed thousands - has sparked fears among locals. They worry that disposing of it near their homes could be harmful and even cause an environmental disaster. Protests erupted on 3 January, a day after the waste arrived in the town, escalating into stone-throwing and attempted self-immolations. Since then, heavy police patrols near the disposal facility have turned Tarapur and surrounding areasinto a virtual garrison. The police have registered seven cases against 100 people since the protests began, but the townspeople continue to raise concerns about industrial pollution at smaller community meetings. The toxic waste cleared from the Bhopal factory included five types of hazardous materials - including pesticide residue and "forever chemicals" left from its manufacturing process. These chemicals are so-named because they retain their toxic properties indefinitely. Over the decades, these chemicals have seeped into the surrounding environment, creating a health hazard for people living around the factory in Bhopal. But officials dismiss fears of the waste disposal causing environmental issues in Pithampur.

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Three days before taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump launched his own crypto asset: $TRUMP. By the eve of his inauguration, Trump’s share of the so-called memecoin was worth $58 billion, making him, on paper, one of the richest people on the planet. Although the price of the Trump memecoin has fallen from its peak, the dangers of the president’s anything-goes approach to crypto has never been more apparent. Trump could use this crypto scheme to extract cash from not only his most loyal supporters but also anyone who might want to curry favor with his administration in the coming months. Even many people in the crypto industry, which helped get Trump elected, have already spoken out about how scammy and predatory Trump’s memecoin project is. Trump and friends own a vast majority of the new memecoin supply, which means when they decide to sell their holdings, the price will fall, leaving Trump much richer (in actual money) and Trump memecoin investors poorer. It has the makings of a classic pump and dump scenario. “I wouldn’t call this a scam,” said Omid Malekan, an associate professor at Columbia Business School. “Because to me, anytime someone calls something a scam, there’s an element of deception. There’s no deception here.” Indeed, this is all happening in plain sight. The Trump memecoin’s official website, featuring the slogan “Celebrate Our Win & Have Fun,” includes a schedule of when more “Trump Memes” will be released. There is also some fine print clarifying that CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, both Trump-affiliated organizations, own 80 percent of the memecoin supply. There’s a link to a terms of service, which is over 5,000 words long. So it’s clear that lawyers were involved in setting all this up.

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DID TRUMP LOSE? Shocking Proof Trump Rigged 2024 Election w/ Greg Palast

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��In Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, farmers struggle with many stressors. In 2024, there were over 800 suicides in just this area, leaving behind women and children who bear of the brunt of poverty and stigma…”

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Blue Tit/blåmes. Värmland, Sweden (January 26, 2019).

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“Warm spells followed by extreme cold and heavy snowfall prompt emergency warnings across Siberia… Travel across frozen water bodies has posed additional dangers, especially with reports of people and vehicles venturing onto thin ice…”

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Even as the ceasefire in Gaza continues, Israeli violence in the West Bank has reached alarming levels, particularly in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp. Military operations carried out by the Israeli army have led to an increasing number of Palestinian deaths and injuries, forced displacement, and a growing humanitarian crisis. Jenin Attacks: a Timeline of Events The Israeli army has carried out a series of attacks on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, using armoured vehicles and drones in an offensive that has unleashed devastation in the region. At least 13 Palestinians have been killed and more than 50 wounded, Palestinian medical sources said. The offensive, described as operation “Iron Wall” by the Israelis, has included shelling of civilian areas and a massive ground incursion into Jenin, where hundreds of families were forced to flee. During the operations, armed clashes were also reported in the village of Burqin, where two Palestinians were killed. The Israeli attack included the destruction of civilian infrastructure and the imposition of a complete cordon on the Jenin refugee camp, using biometric recognition technology to identify inhabitants. In addition to the dead and wounded, Israeli forces have resorted to extreme methods, such as forcibly displacing residents using loudspeakers and leaflets, and carrying out mass arrests. This has left the population without access to basic medical services, as ambulances have been stopped and medical staff interrogated.

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They do the same thing in the UK.

“Since 2021, in the face of pledges made that same year by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính to bring the country’s net emissions to zero by 2050, the Vietnamese government has been criminalizing climate activists on falsified charges…”

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Marsh Tit/entita, Yellowhammer/gulsparv, Eurasian Treecreeper/trädkrypare, Great Spotted Woodpecker/större hackspett, Coal Tit/svartmes and Great Tit/talgoxe. Värmland, Sweden (January 26, 2019).

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“Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new study has found.”

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Tree Sparrow/pilfink. Värmland, Sweden (January 26, 2025).

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/23/the-antarctic-oil-bonanza-that-could-save-britain/

“A patriotic [and entirely delusional] Briton might close their eyes and imagine the gently nodding pump jacks of the Royal Antarctic Oilfields; a busy new harbour straddled by the mighty granite figure of the Scott Colossus and populated by humanoid mining robots…”

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in los angeles, the historically Black community of altadena has been decimated by the ongoing eaton fire.

afropunk has created a spreadsheet of gofundmes of displaced Black individuals and families affected by the current los angeles fires. the list is constantly being updated.

please donate what you can and share widely.

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