Shakedown Social

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

JohnBarronIII<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NowSpinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NowSpinning</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/UTFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UTFO</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Anthrax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anthrax</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lethal</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vinyl</a> 12" <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Single</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HipHop</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Rap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rap</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metal</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> 1987 Don't let <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ScottIan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottIan</a> tell you otherwise, this is THE original ANTHRAX foray into HipHop/Rap music! Lethal like a bomb, heavy like metal!!!

MarkKey lessons of Covid are being forgotten UK scientists warnThe government promised to learn from the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemic</a> but appears to be suffering from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Covid</a> amnesia, forgetting devastating cost of an underfunded <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> service & public services cut to the boneThere's no evidence the health service would be any better prepared today should another <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#virus</a> appear in the near future, scientists said.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SaveOurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOurNHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivatisationFail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeopleNotProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleNotProfits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a>

Glyn MoodySoon, the tech behind <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> may help <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drone</a> operators decide which enemies to kill - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openai-and-anduril-team-up-to-build-ai-powered-drone-defense-systems/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openai-and-anduril-team-up-to-build-ai-powered-drone-defense-systems/</a> " OpenAI and Palmer Luckey's weapons company sign agreement to explore <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> drone defense for military use." not problematic at all...

Nikolas KozloffNo more <a href="https://federated.press/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> -sized <a href="https://federated.press/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> in <a href="https://federated.press/tags/ParkSlope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParkSlope</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/carbloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbloat</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/congestionpricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#congestionpricing</a>

Ms. Que Banh*We have a similar longtime movement in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishColumbia</a> for same government approved aerial herbicide toxic spraying issue <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSprayBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopTheSprayBC</a> *<a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentalists</a> have denounced the practice of aerial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#herbicide</a> spraying on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forestlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestlands</a> for decades. This year, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> groups in Northern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ontario</a> have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NovaScotia</a>, residents have resorted to peaceful <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectAction</a> to enforce their own ban.The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForestIndustry</a> routinely dumps tons of chemicals like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glyphosate</a>, the main ingredient in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roundup</a> weedkiller, on logged areas to kill off naturally-regenerated trees and shrubs in favour of commercial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreeFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TreeFarms</a>. The problem is, these herbicides are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> to frogs, lizards, and salamanders. They wipe out <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MedicinalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicinalPlants</a> and berry bushes that Indigenous people and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> rely on. Glyphosate, a suspected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carcinogen</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/contaminates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contaminates</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rivers</a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groundwater</a> far and wide through indiscriminate spraying.<a href="https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDNpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopTheSpray</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecocide</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreedKills</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BanCorporateLobbyists</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestryReformNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForestryReformNow</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Banks</a> and financial institutions profiting from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a>By Clare Carlile Friday 7th of April 2023High street banks are funding some of the world’s most notorious <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmsCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArmsCompanies</a>. We look at which banks are involved and what consumers can do. We also look at the wider financial industry and its links with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWeapons</a> in particular. How are banks financing the arms industry?"Banks are behind almost every industry in the world, through their loans, insurance and other kinds of financing, including the arms industry. "By funding arms companies, banks allow them to grow and innovate – developing new forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> weapons. "In fact, banks are behind companies involved in the very worst forms of arms, such as nuclear weapons and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterMunitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClusterMunitions</a>, despite the latter being banned by 120 countries. "Unsurprisingly, arms companies are not generally picky about who they sell weapons to. This means that if a bank is funding an arms company, it may well be one that is selling to oppressive regimes. Which banks are involved in financing arms companies?"Unfortunately, many banks still finance arms companies."While some have said they will not fund the most destructive weapons, lots fall far short of refusing funding to arms companies altogether. And it is not just banks that are involved in the global arms trade. Lots of other financial institutions, such as investors, are also involved."Over three quarters of the brands included in our ethical current accounts guide lost half a mark under Arms & Military supply for their investments. This included all the five major high street banks: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barclays</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HSBC</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lloyds</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatWest</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Santander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Santander</a>."Banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Citigroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Citigroup</a>, and other financial institutions such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aviva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aviva</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldMutual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldMutual</a> have been named in relation to funding cluster munitions, nuclear weapons on the sale of arms to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yemen</a>. What weapons are banks funding? Banks funding cluster munitions“Cluster munitions are indiscriminate weapons that pose a serious threat to civilian populations during and long after an attack. They spread dozens, or even hundreds, of bomblets called submunitions over an area the size of a football stadium or even more. On impact cluster munitions kill or maim anyone that is in that area. Also, many submunitions fail to explode on impact: they remain on the ground like landmines that kill and injure civilians long after the conflict has ended.'"120 countries have signed a Convention that that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClusterBombs</a>."Yet, in 2018, the Cluster Munition Coalition found that financial institutions had invested almost $9 billion in companies producing cluster munitions. Citigroup and Old Mutual were both found to invest in companies involved. "Amongst the banks named in the report, Triodos, Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland were all praised for having divestment policies in place. "However, Aviva, Axa, Deutsche Bank, Edentree Investment Management, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were all found to have incomplete policies in place."<a href="https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarIsBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarIsBigBusiness</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNuclearWeapons</a>

aproitz<a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@VeroniqueB99</a> Oh my - Take care of Yourself. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flowers</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> don't bite - at least mostly not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a>. Greets from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a>. 😁:gnomeHey:

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖approved by the Victorian state government unprotects them in many parts of the state, allowing them to be targeted with cruel <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> control programs.This <a href="https://mas.to/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investigation</a>, conducted in collaboration with Farm Transparency Project, reveals the Victorian Government Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action’s (DEECA) cruel <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trapping</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shooting</a> of Victorian Dingoes. Sadly, all Australian states undertake similar programs to kill Dingoes.<a href="https://www.farmtransparency.org/campaigns/dingo-trapping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.farmtransparency.org/campaigns/dingo-trapping</a>6/9

:rss: Music ArchivesWhat’s Going on Wednesday? <a href="https://www.brooklynvegan.com/whats-going-on-wednesday-328/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.brooklynvegan.com/whats-going-on-wednesday-328/</a><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/brooklynvegan_category_music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brooklynvegan_category_music</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/What_s_Going_on_Tonight_in_NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#What_s_Going_on_Tonight_in_NYC</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Dani_P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dani_P</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/dave_sewelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dave_sewelson</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Dick_Griffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dick_Griffin</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Gen_Gap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gen_Gap</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Heart_of_the_Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heart_of_the_Ghost</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Kendra_Morris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kendra_Morris</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lethal</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Maria_Lina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maria_Lina</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/No_Knock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#No_Knock</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Padded_Walls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Padded_Walls</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Ryan_Sawyer_Shaker_Ensemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ryan_Sawyer_Shaker_Ensemble</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Shilpa_Ray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shilpa_Ray</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Top_Dollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Top_Dollar</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Valerie_June" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Valerie_June</a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Vijay_Iyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vijay_Iyer</a>

Chuck DarwinHe has been inside the death cell before. In November 2022, Alabama’s department of corrections put him there as they prepared to execute him by <a href="https://c.im/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/injection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#injection</a>.From inside that cell, he said his goodbyes to his mother and his grandson. He had his last meal. Then he was taken to the death chamber where he spent four hours on the gurney as prison officials tried unsuccessfully to find a vein.He was suspended upside down for several minutes as officials worked frantically to secure an IV line. By the time officials admitted defeat and called off the execution, his body was riddled with puncture holes.Now, 14 months later, he finds himself about to be put back in the death cell, about to go through it all again. Except this time the protocol is different. Smith, 58, is facing execution by an untested method that has never before been used in capital punishment in the US. It’s a technique that has been 🔸rejected on ethical grounds by veterinarians for the euthanasia of most animals other than pigs: 🔸 death by <a href="https://c.im/tags/nitrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nitrogen</a> gas. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/21/kenneth-smith-alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/21/kenneth-smith-alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

DoomsdaysCWProtecting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbusiveLitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbusiveLitigation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SLAPPs</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalSouth</a> and How to RespondPUBLISHED: JULY 2020"In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thailand</a>, an agricultural company files more than a dozen suits against at least 20 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defendants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defendants</a>, targeting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalists</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> who had spoken out against alleged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborAbuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborAbuses</a> at the company’s chicken farm. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#India</a>, an association of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pesticide</a> manufacturers brings a civil defamation suit against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalists</a> that had reported on the harmful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> effects of pesticide use. In the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a>, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> company files suit against 85 defendants who had conducted a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeacefulProtest</a> near the company’s mining site, after the company’s own security forces used <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> violence against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a>. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a>, an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australian</a> mining company files suit against environmental activists who had criticized a company mine during a lecture at a local university.What do these suits have in common? They are all “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SLAPPs</a>,” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”: suits filed not to secure relief, but to use the risks and costs of litigation to defuse criticism and opposition and discourage the exercise of fundamental freedoms. SLAPPs have long been prevalent in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Globa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Globa</a> North, but SLAPPs are also being used in the Global South to silence activism."In Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation: SLAPPs in the Global South and How to Respond, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first rigorous comparative analysis of anti-SLAPP policy responses undertaken in the Global North and the Global South. Our survey shows that SLAPPs pose a serious threat to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the Global South, particularly for activists, civil society organizations, journalists, and community members who dare to criticize powerful entities."Our survey, which is far from comprehensive, has identified 82 reported SLAPPs filed in Thailand, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – the most fertile fields for Southern SLAPPs – as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indonesia</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaysia</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Armenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Armenia</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraLeone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SierraLeone</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honduras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Honduras</a>. Key features of SLAPPs in our sample include:- Half of the cases in our sample (41 cases) involved criminal proceedings. - The most frequent SLAPP targets in our sample were activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) (38 cases, or 46%); journalists and publishers (17 cases, or 21%); and leaders and members of local communities (15 cases, or 18%). - Nearly all of the cases in our sample – 75 cases, or 91% – were brought by private companies or company officials, with 34 of these cases (41%) brought by mining companies and 28 cases (34%) brought by companies associated with agricultural operations."Where the cause of action or charge was reported, the suit was based at least in part on a defamation charge, either civil or criminal, in 66 of 75 cases (88%)."Of the 33 suits in our sample brought as civil actions, claims in 17 cases (52%) exceeded 1 million USD, with the average claim exceeding 10 million USD."Full article:<a href="https://www.icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in-the-global-south-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in-the-global-south-report</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whistleblowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whistleblowing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalFreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectAction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForestDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateJustice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRightsViolations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Article20</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SlowMarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SlowMarch</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mapping</a> where the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earth</a> will become <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uninhabitable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uninhabitable</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heat</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/flooded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flooded</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coastlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coastlines</a>, powerful <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hurricanes</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/waterscarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waterscarcity</a>: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climatemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatemodels</a> show that by the end of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/century" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#century</a>, life as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/normal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#normal</a> won’t be possible in many places. Find out where populations are projected to be hit hardest with our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3D</a> interactive <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/visualisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visualisation</a>. <a href="https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/klimawandel-hitze-meeresspiegel-wassermangel-stuerme-unbewohnbar/en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/klimawandel-hitze-meeresspiegel-wassermangel-stuerme-unbewohnbar/en.html</a>

@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote<a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RickiTarr</a> Karl loved his wife, he truly did, but he dreaded Pumpkin Spice Season with every fiber of his being. He thanked God for the meetings where he could share his feelings with other sufferers. Not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Covid</a> Not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lethal</a> Just fucking annoying. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PumpkinSpice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PumpkinSpice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WearAMask</a> 😉

beSpacificScientists Fear <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Catastrophic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Catastrophic</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COVID</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Combination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Combination</a> With <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Another" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Another</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virus</a>. Scientists are calling for a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UniversalVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversalVaccine</a> after a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> study warned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COVID</a> could combine with the super-<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MERS</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#virus</a>. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-fear-catastrophic-covid-combination-with-mers-virus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-fear-catastrophic-covid-combination-with-mers-virus</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kraken</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SARSCoV2</a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MERS</a>-CoV

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#lethal