DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!
DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!
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~360 votes at the time of writing, and this reblog is the 40th note. PLEASE press the reblog button I am begging everyone
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As a young boy in school, Masaki Sashima would be dragged out of his classroom and beaten by his fellow students.
Masaki, now 72, was different to the other kids.
He was Ainu, an Indigenous people from the country’s northern regions, most notably the large island of Hokkaido.
“During recess, the hallway door would open, and several guys would yell at me to come out,” he said.
“I clung to my desk in the classroom and kept quiet.
"Everyone would surround me and beat me.”
Japan has long portrayed itself as culturally and ethnically homogenous, something that some have even argued is a key to its success as a nation.
More than 98 per cent of Japanese people are descendants of the Yamato people.
But the Ainu are distinct, with their own history, languages, and culture.
But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation, and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost.
An Ainu woman named Chiri Yukie wrote down some of her people’s oral traditions into Japanese because, as a child, her people were being displaced by Japanese settlers in Hokkaido. Her language was disappearing, so she (ironically) saw translating the stories into Japanese as a way to preserve them. She died at age 19.
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please keep updated on palestine today they will use the oscars as a distraction. here are links to today’s al jazeera’s live update page and today’s middle east eye live update page.
if you can, donate e-sims (follow instructions on this site! don’t activate the e-sims and send the QR code to Gazaesims@gmail.com).
you can also donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza (as of today March 11 02:58 in Palestine’s time) they’ve raised $374,255/$500,000. more information on them here
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Tamer Hamam
[ID: “For those of you outside Gaza, unfortunately, your voices, solidarity, and sympathy have run out and stopped at the wrong time.
Today, after four months of war, our situation is a million times worse than what it was at the beginning of the war.
The causes of our deaths have multiplied, and our crises have compounded and become more complex.
What lies ahead will be even more difficult than anything we’ve faced so far. The Occupation is preparing for the largest human massacre in modern history.” end ID]
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PLEASE READ!!! I DON’T POST STUFF LIKE THIS AND THIS IS SERIOUS TO ME! ELON MUSK IS TRYING TO DUMP THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WASTE WATER INTO THE LAGUNA MADRE IN SOUTH TEXAS!!!
The Laguna Madre is a beautiful ecosystem that houses so many species of wild life and many migratory species of shore birds go there to eat and rest. Its all thanks to the sea grass that grows there, and after the big freeze of Texas in 2021, it is slowly making its recovery and now it’s in danger again!
(Black Skimmer with chicks shown here)
If Elon continues with this disguising act, nitrogen and hydrogen rich waste will be dumped and plankton and algae will begin to overpopulate and create a cloud of themselves over the sea grass causing it to not get the sunlight it needs to photosynthesize. It will basically be suffocated by the overpopulation of microorganisms and die out and so many species of animals will lose that shelter they need to feed, breed and even escape dangers like predators. This grass also feeds the endangered green sea turtle and was even given the name “Turtle Grass” for its huge importance to these creatures.
(Green Sea Turtle grazing)
Not only that, but the South Padre Island is one of the largest ports in America and has many shrimping and fishing companies that rely on the environment to make a minimum wage. And once the water gets polluted, so many people can get sick or worse if they eat the fish and shrimp that have been exposed to it!(South Texas Shrimping Boats)
This is serious! And if you or someone you know lives in Texas there is a way you can make a comment and state how you DON’T WANT LITERAL SLUDGE IN THE OCEAN! IT WILL HURT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AND THE VAST AND DIVERSE ECOSYTEM THEY LIVE IN!You can find the link here:
PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN! WE CAN’T LET MUSK DO THIS!!!
The permit number is WQ0016342001. You’ll need the permit number to submit a comment to the TCEQ.
200,000 gallons of wastewater and sewage DAILY into a nature preserve of 40 years. Do it. Complain.
Just double checked and this is still considered open on the website, so keep sending them comments.
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