venezuela, nation-wide blackout, long post
at 5pm on thursday, everything went dark. we didn't care much for it cause we're kinda use to it. it's usually just for a few minutes or hours. we didn't know how bad it was. by saturday morning people were desperate
no water, no electricity, no phone calls, no internet, no food
the electric company released a statement saying that all was caused by a lack of proper maintenance of the plant, they warned this was gonna happened but no one listened. the government, as always, blame their "enemies". it was an attack they said
everything went back to kinda normal this normal but most cellphones still have no signal, including mine. most businesses are still closed and some were looted during the weekend. I heard that over 80 people died in hospitals including newborns
last night I went out to protest and we were received by the guards and their pigs with rubber bullets and tear gas
I showed up for work just so I could get online and gather some info, I'll share what I can find
I'm ok, but damn, this was one rough weekend
venezuela, nation-wide blackout, birdsite thread
"I went to the heart of Venezuela’s transmission system in Guarico to try to find out what’s going on with the grid. Here’s why partial blackouts are unfortunately likely to persist for a while. I sincerely hope I’m wrong."
https://mobile.twitter.com/AKurmanaev/status/1104961409731960832
Trump wants more money from counties where #US military is stationated.
https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-wants-allies-to-pay-much-more-for-hosted-us-troops/a-47848232?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf#
lol.
A-Infos: **Anarchist Group Amsterdam: Ims Group loot staff! (nl)**
"Today, 8th of March, Inernational womans day we organized an action. ---- With 12 persons we picketed infront of the door of the office of IMS Group. We had banners, megaphone, black/red/purple flags with us. We distributed hundreds of flyers to the neighbours that were passing by. Also delivered the pamflets from doo…"
prison is abuse
@gendertreyf slavery was never abolished, it was merely codified in the thirteenth amendment
prison is abuse
@gendertreyf Which is absolutely absurd because they make more than enough money to cover infrastructure costs. It's 100% about control and supremacy over the person.
@CyclopsCaveman uwu
@CyclopsCaveman it's okay child
@CyclopsCaveman what if service tops?
Honey bees (especially European honey bees) are NOT endangered. They are domesticated livestock that are introduced to foreign eco-system and is actually part of what endanger other bees species (carrying varroa mites and other pathogens).
Just your daily reminder that most bees are solitary and also have important roles in pollination(which honey bees can't replace) and just in general bio-diversity. These native and solitary bees are the ones you should be concerned about. You can help by pushing the reduction of Neonicotinoid pesticide used in agriculture (which disproportionately affect native bees compared to honey bees) and build bee hotels:
https://www.gardenmyths.com/bee-hotels-really-work/
A member of the left-wing party Québec Solidaire explains the high stakes in a debate about legal restrictions on religious clothing.
http://socialistworker.org/2019/02/14/the-only-option-for-the-quebec-left
journalist situation in croatia
in #croatia journalists are targeted by a new law (since january 2019) that allows anyone to claim to resieve heartache by them.
politicans and institutions are the ones making the most use of it. police is enforcing the law and by that silencing disents. Croatia has a right wing goverment.
found via:
https://chaos.social/@realramnit/101713865354334237
the guiding tenet of socialism is "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need"
george clinton famously sang, "we need the funk, gotta have that funk"
therefore, under socialism it will be of the utmost importance to find people who have the funk and give them control of the means of funk production
queer/geek/artist/entomologist/professional regiphagist
transphobes/aphobes/biphobes/panphobes and pedos please kindly fuck off