As an Italian, this is the last straw. Now I’m motivated. Heatflation: due to heat in Spain they’ve lost half this crop this year. “Worldwide, olive oil now costs $8,600 per metric ton, more than twice as much as it did a year ago” grist.org/agriculture/cl…

UPDATE: 2nd day of protest. Both women remain chained into the crow’s nests of whaling boats, Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9, in Reykjavík Harbour to oppose the lifting of the whaling ban and prevent the vessels from leaving to hunt down and kill fin whales. Updates to follow.

Universal Basic Income can: - bring an end to absolute poverty, - provide financial security for everyone, - improve the mental health and wellbeing of people - reduce crime and heal divisions in our communities. And more. It's time for UBI. london.gov.uk/mayor-praises-….

Where’s this in the news?! Two women have chained themselves to the whaling boats in Reykjavík Harbour after Iceland lifted the whaling ban, approving more killing of fin whales 😟 Whaling must remain a bad stain of the past…. Not part of our present/future #stopwhaling

#AnimalRights #veganism Take your time reading and watching the evidence from Dairy-Truth's "The Case Against #Dairy🥛" and also see Nigel Osborne comment at the end regarding Cesar Alonso and the Go Fund Me campaign. #CedarValleyFarms #AnimalCruelty 🔗dairy-truth.com/blog/the-case-…

"From within the Catholic Church & ... SBC, survivors of sexual assault & harassment have called for justice from the very institutions whose culture & bureaucracy enabled their abuse. Now the call has come to the ACNA." Sarah Jones #ACNAtoo #ChurchToo nymag.com/intelligencer/…

"The money went to rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, clothes... and not alcohol or drugs, contrary to what some people believe." Basic income works. cp24.com/news/what-happ…

Still drinking Canadian dairy? Let me enlighten you… this excellent blog defines ad hoc vs. systemic abuse… of animals and of an immigrant worker.

TW: abuse, trafficking It’s not a coincidence that conspiracy theories about sex trafficking are popular among evangelicals in a moment marred by several evangelical sexual abuse crises.

“It was clear the terrorists perceived themselves to be Christians”— Capitol Police J6 testimony Glad to be able to contribute a bit on theology + conspiracy theory on the latest episode with AW!

Christians embrace conspiracy theory as a part of a theological imagination, one that refuses to be mapped by prevailing modern rational standards. This means disinformation activism (as it currently exists) tends to call for an apostasy from faith itself.

Conspiracy theories aren’t inherent to faith. But they’ve been a historically persistence mode of interpreting social & political worlds. This means confronting conspiracy theory inside Christian community often triggers a *theological* crisis that only theology can resolve.

Johnny Hunt, an anti-LGBTQ former Southern Baptist leader, is suing the SBC for defamation because they publicized his alleged sexual abuse and "grooming" of another man's wife. His lawyers now claim his "marital fidelity was nobody else’s business." friendlyatheist.com/p/former-south…

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This upcoming Saturday is International Blasphemy Day! It's a day for talking about blasphemy law across the world and to support freedom of expression away from religious laws. We'll be celebrating all week!

Nun-1, a virtual support group just for those over the age of majority who were sexually abused by nuns, meets every Wednesday from 5-6:30 PM Pacific Time. The next meeting 9/27. Contact: Mary Dispenza Phone: 425-941-6001 Email:[email protected] snapnetwork.org

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Being told you can’t do something is hardly persecution - but Xtians are primed to “expect persecution,” so they see it everywhere. Tennessee family faces deportation 15 years after fleeing Germany to homeschool kids: A 'well-founded' fear | Fox News foxnews.com/media/tennesse…