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#penguins

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John Gordon 📷

Honestly, if the people who were planning these tariffs were in any way "intentional" I don't think they would have included unpopulated (except for penguins) islands in the list. That seems like the opposite of intentional.

As for them being the smartest people Brooke Rollins has ever worked with, where has she worked before??? The people who created these tariffs are the polar opposite of smart. Nothing about them was smart.

Screen grab from a clip with Jake Tapper asking US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins why they are imposing tariffs on the penguins of Heard & McDonald Islands. Her response: "Listen, the people that are leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest people I've ever worked with."
Screen grab from a clip with Jake Tapper asking US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins why they are imposing tariffs on the penguins of Heard & McDonald Islands. Her response: "Listen, the people that are leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest people I've ever worked with."
Screen grab from a clip with Jake Tapper asking US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins why they are imposing tariffs on the penguins of Heard & McDonald Islands. Her response: "Listen, the people that are leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest people I've ever worked with."
#uspol#USPolitics#tariffs
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BellingenNSW

Raison de vivre
Companion animals - a reason for living

For many dog owners the companionship of dogs is often
“literally the only reason to survive,
to get up, to still keep going.
It gives them a reason to get up,
a reason to get out,
a reason to move around and
be in contact a little bit with the world outside."
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Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

"Approximately 69% of households in Australia own pets, with dogs being the most common."
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kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base
#dogs #pets #wildlife #birds #penguins #beach #DogOwners #ProstheticDevices #harm #pollution #GHG #meat #pesticides #faeces #climate #DogAttacks #Australia #community #ReasonForLiving #CompanionAnimals #zeitgeist

Wo/man's best friend in food section of supermarket
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BellingenNSW

The environmental impacts of man’s best friend
We give a free pass to dogs and their owners

Study "highlighted the impacts of the world’s “commonest large carnivore” in killing and disturbing native wildlife, particularly shore birds."

A "study of animals taken to the Australia Zoo wildlife hospital found that mortality was highest after dog attacks, which was the second most common reason for admission after car strikes."

"The researchers attributed the extent of the environmental impacts to the sheer number of dogs globally, as well as “the lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners. A lot of what we’re talking about can be ameliorated by owners’ behaviour... pointing out that low compliance with leash laws was a problem."

“If nothing else, pick up your own dog shit."
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theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2
#dogs #pets #wildlife #birds #penguins #beach #DogOwners #DogAttacks #cars #harm #pollution #GHG #meat #pesticides #faeces #climate

The Guardian · Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research findsBy Donna Lu
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Theresa told the BBC that she was there because "we're losing our democratic rights"...

Asked if she thought Trump was receiving the protesters' message, she said: "Well, let's see. [Trump has] been golfing just about every day."

#Trump held no public events on Saturday, and spent the day golfing at a resort he owns in #Florida. He was scheduled to play #golf again on Sunday."
bbc.com/news/articles/cz79ewg1

In Washington, protesters lampooned Trump's move to tariff a penguin-inhabited Australian island. Protestors hold up stuffed penguins holding signs that say, "No Tariffs", "Resist!", and "Hands off!"
Protesters also gathered in Houston, Texas. Protestors surround a pool.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, protesters railed against Trump and flew an upside down American flag, a distress message that has become a symbol of protest.
#Resist#Resistance#HandsOff
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M. L. Clark

Today, we’re going to Heard Island to think about what penguins actually care about—and no, it’s not tariffs. If they could talk to us, they’d probably have a thing or two to say about what we’re doing to their ecosystem, through our relentless failure to mitigate the ever-accelerating impacts of climate change.

(I know, I know. That’s not as fun. But environmental politics rarely are!)

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Penguins #Politics
open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/

Better Worlds Theory · What Do Penguins Actually Care About?By M L Clark
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