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Immigrants in Berlin, ~25% of the population, had no say in the recent opening of a motorway by the local conservative government as we can't vote in local elections. If we could have voted, it probably wouldn't have been built, as immigrants in Western nations are more likely to be pro-environment and vote left.

In the Berlin example, almost *twice* as many people couldn't vote due to lack of citizenship there are people who voted for the winning party.

That's why I argue that voting rights for immigrants in Western nations could mean broader support for climate policies ⬇️

https://www.sower.world/immigrant-vote-climate-action/

Western countries can watch this genocide unfold without lifting a finger. That is their prerogative. But what they cannot do – what they will never again be able to do – is to pretend that they give a damn about human rights or democracy or international law. What they cannot do is claim to be civilised.

If you cannot or will not stop genocide, you are not a civilised society.

You cannot lecture anyone on ethics or morals or values. You are barbarians who have accepted the law of the jungle.

So be afraid. Very afraid. Be always afraid.

And make sure you’re strong. Very strong. And endlessly cruel.

Become monsters.

Otherwise, you will be next.

And no one will lift a finger to help you.

For that is the law of the jungle.

But also ask yourselves, those of you who still harbour humanity and are burdened with a …

"Hop, Hop, Hooray! The Gravel Path is My Runway!"

Begegnung mit einem jungen Grünspecht.
Auf der Suche nach köstlichen Ameisen liess er sich vom Fotografen nicht beeindrucken und hoppelte munter zwischen seinen Beinen durch.

Encounter with a juvenile green woodpecker.
In search of delicious ants, it was unfazed by the photographer and hopped cheerfully between his legs.

📍#Federow, #Germany
#fotografie #natur #naturfotografie
#vögel #vogelfotografie
#photography #nature #naturephotography
#birds #birdphotography
#birdsofmastodon #birdsofpixelfed
#Grünspecht #greenwoodpecker

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📷 Cool pic of comet NEOWISE & noctilucent clouds over our offices by my webteam friend Raquel Shida

Blue wavy clouds – almost like the surface of a pond – above a group of buildings. At the top-centre of the image there's a small white dot with an short tail: a comet.
Blue wavy clouds – almost like the surface of a pond – above a group of buildings. At the top-centre of the image there's a small white dot with an short tail: a comet.