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Global_Liberty

@ Global_Liberty @lemmy.ml

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An unrepentant globalist who supports universal human rights and multilateral institutions.

  • Inspiration towards a life more aligned with solarpunk values

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  • Here are the steps in our journey over the past five years:

    • Subscribed to solar power for 100% of my electricity
    • Drive an electric car when I have to, but bike exclusively within a two mile radius
    • Bought a laundry line and line dry clothes
    • Eat a mostly whole food, plant-based diet with lots of legumes to maximize my health and wealth while cutting my climate impact
    • Slashed my single use plastics consumption as well as durable to reduce microplastics breathed and consumed
    • Visit a library once a week
    • Grow simple plants (green onions, basil)
    • Keep air conditioning to a minimum (live in Florida)
    • Buy used/refurbished preferentially
    • Pesticide-free outdoors to encourage native insect predators and now my backyard is filled with butterflies
    • Recycle maximally following all guidelines and produce less than 1/10th the waste stream of my neighbors for a family of four with two pets
    • Replaced older, less efficient air conditioning with newer, high efficiency

    I'm proud of what we've achieved, but there's still more to do. In the next five years we will:

    • Replace our other, less driven ICE vehicle with an electric
    • Transition to full pesca-vegetarianism
    • Install balcony solar as hopefully it will become legal (or I will smuggle a system in from Utah or Vermont)
    • Plant fruit/shade trees
    • Paint our home a lighter, high albedo color
    • Blow in additional insulation in the attic
    • Install a home car charger
    • Replace the last of our plastic clothing with natural fibers

    2 tonnes CO2eq/person without carbon offsets for everything but travel is our end goal.

  • Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

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  • I like Cracker Barrel's four vegetarian sides plate. I can pick reasonably healthy options and the price isn't terrible. They are my preferred interstate-adjacent dining option on roadtrips. I'm even a loyalty member.

    Yet I can't imagine spending one microsecond thinking about their logo let alone being stupid enough to be manipulated into having an opinion and then believing it relates to politics. Unless you are the majority shareholder, your view is utterly irrelevant. Shut up and either patronize the place or not.

    There are a lot of people today on the right who cosplay as libertarians but somehow care deeply about the logo of a company they don't own.

  • Kamala Harris backs Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral race

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  • He mobilized the right more.

  • Kamala Harris backs Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral race

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  • He lost because of Nader and a confusing ballot in PBC.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • You write like you're 14 and reason like you're 12. I hope you're a kid.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • Its not a country. It's extraterritorial.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • A well thought out rebuttal that no doubt stretched your intellectual gifts.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • It isn't. Someone stated something completely false, and you are behaving like a Reddit brigade to censor truth.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • Well, if you read the Headquarters of the United Nations Agreement (1947), you will find that the United States can deny visas for non-member states which includes the Palestinian Authority.

    That doesn't mean the UN isn't extraterritorial.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • Don't acuse others of being pedantic when you're just wrong. If you don't understand the concepts, then don't comment until you educate yourself.

    The US signed a treaty granting the extraterritorial status. It's not US territory unless the UN abandons it.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • Completely incorrect.

  • Jesse Watters says America needs to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations

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  • It's distasteful how people who are incorrect can bully and convince others to the contrary to bury truth.

    The United Nations Plaza is firmly extraterritorial as stated in Article III, Section 7(a) of the Headquarters of the United Nations Agreement (1947). US law applies in this territory only to the extent it does not interfere with regulations of the UN which take precedent as defined in Article III, Section 8. So if the United States of America says the land is not American, why are you stating otherwise? Did you bother to look it up before mocking someone else?

    As for your ignorant "but it's within the borders of..." argument, Vatican City is located within contiguous Italy and even within its most populous city, yet it's not just extraterritorial but a sovereign country. Did you forget the Holy See existed or do you just deny the validity of the Lateran Treaty because it is surrounded by Rome?

    Finally, if all that weren't true, the US has bombed its own territory and citizens before: Jayayu in 1950. Of course, if you are ignorant of the Holy See, why would you know that.

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  • I thought the same, then I read about his confidentiality agreements to control narratives.

  • Kamala Harris backs Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral race

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  • Gore lost the legal cases. A few more votes in Florida from Democrats who didn't apply purity tests and voted Green instead and the world would be a much better place.

  • Men can take their shirts off for hot days and exercise. Why can't women do the same in 2025?

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  • My friend was committed, but it helped that it was not uncommon for larger endowed teens where I grew up. Doctors openly discussed the option and it was covered by government health insurance.

    I can sympathize with the difficulty of finding the right size. It wasn't until my wife traveled to her country of ancestry and measured at a department store in her 20s that she finally obtained her first bras that truly fit. They still weren't cheap. I think that is when I learned the burden of what is, for most, a medical support garment.

    And that is what I find so frustrating. Bras should be treated like a medical device: basic models that fit well should be covered by government health care. The 200-400% markup in most prices is outrageous, and there would be a positive return for society with women more confident in more activities.

    Of course, I live in the United States, so we've regressed to the point of figuring out whether dying of communicable diseases is bad.

  • Kamala Harris backs Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral race

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  • Nope. I'd rather have any Democrat in office than more Republicans. Your logic is how Gore lost the 2000 election. The Green votes for Nader were the decider. Gore wanted to address climate change 25 years ago.

  • Kamala Harris backs Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral race

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  • Want change in the party This is how it happens. Purity tests leave you a political outsider. Welcome each endorsement and they can be reminded later.

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom accuses US EPA head of ‘abandoning’ climate goals

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  • I'm not sure if you are "accusing" someone of anything if they freely state they are doing it.

  • Men can take their shirts off for hot days and exercise. Why can't women do the same in 2025?

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  • I'm sorry you gave up exercise because of this. Female friends telling me the same is what inspired me to write the response. One was an amazing long distance runner who had breast reduction surgery in high school so she could continue her passion.

    Sports bras are a necessary evil for many women. It's not a societal restriction but a physical preference for less discomfort.

  • Men can take their shirts off for hot days and exercise. Why can't women do the same in 2025?

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  • In much of Europe and North America, female toplessness is legal. As for why women don't take advantage of it when exercising, breast movement varies from annoyance to uncomfortable and throwing off momentum depending upon size. As a result, many women exercise wearing what is most convenient: a sports-bra top. However, concerns about harassment are sadly valid.

    Women are the majority of voting age adults, but they aren't a homogeneous group voting exclusively on gender. 45% of women voted for Trump in 2024.

    As a male who exercises in high heat on occasion (35-38c), I have never once thought that I'd rather be naked. I wear breathable, light colored clothing. I also wear a top. Sun burns aren't healthy.

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
    Global_Liberty @lemmy.ml

    Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead

    phys.org /news/2025-03-argentina-port-city-destroyed-massive.html
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    “Front row seats to a coup”: Trump and Musk gut NOAA and EPA, raising alarm among scientists

    www.salon.com /2025/03/05/front-row-seats-to-a-coup-and-musk-gut-noaa-and-epa-raising-alarm-among-scientists/
  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
    Global_Liberty @lemmy.ml

    I made oatmeal for breakfast today....

  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
    Global_Liberty @lemmy.ml

    Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs

    news.mit.edu /2025/study-healing-ozone-hole-global-reduction-cfcs-0305
  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
    Global_Liberty @lemmy.ml

    Many countries have become much more supportive of same-sex relationships

    ourworldindata.org /data-insights/many-countries-have-become-much-more-supportive-of-same-sex-relationships
  • Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml
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    ‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/mar/08/a-new-phase-why-climate-activists-are-turning-to-sabotage-instead-of-protest