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On this day, 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks, a Black civil rights activist, refused her bus driver’s order that she give up her seat in the "coloured" section to a white passenger after the white section was filled in Montgomery, Alabama. Contrary to the popular myth that Parks was simply a woman who was tired at the end of the work day and so refused to stand up, she was actually an activist dedicated to fighting segregation, had attended direct action training and had undertaken fundraising work to support other Black women who had previously been arrested for refusing to vacate their seats for white people, like 15 year old Claudette Colvin. Parks later declared "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in." Parks' act triggered a widespread bus boycott across the city, which successfully desegregated public transport in the area. The protest also gave added impetus to the civil rights movement across the US. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8058/rosa-parks-arrested To access this hyperlink, click our link in bio # 1 then click this photo

TIL studies have found that in Africa and parts of Asia, people with schizophrenia typically report hearing kind and playful voices as opposed to the violent and cruel voices heard by those in Western societies... [source, comments]

TIL that the picture “The Scream” by Edvard Munch does not depict a person screaming, but rather someone reacting to hearing a scream. [source, comments]

Chimps building cultures like humans, suggests new research. Their most sophisticated behaviors may be transmitted and refined across generations, hinting at an early form of cumulative cultural evolution. This challenges the notion that only humans can build increasingly complex cultures over time.

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The cost of geoengineering in the Arctic region will nearly quadruples if the Arctic ice shrinks beyond a tipping point. The geoengineering involves restoring energy balance and the ice cover.

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#Geoengineering #ArcticIce #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact #Sustainability

Men who adhere to traditional gender roles or masculine ideologies face more than double the risk of suicide

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#MentalHealthAwareness #TraditionalGenderRoles #SuicidePrevention #MasculinityMatters #BreakTheSilence

AFRICA A LONG WAY FROM INTEGRATION

How is Africa supposed to grow and develop when it remains largely disconnected, its people alien to each other? 

According to the Africa Visa Openness Index of 2024, more than half of the countries require entry visas. African countries have chosen to retain borders that colonialists imposed even though those colonialists do not let their borders affect trade and movement. 

Despite the African Union adopting Agenda 2063 in 2015, an initiative to create an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa with a stronger continental identity, little has changed nine years later. 

HOW RAP REC INDUSTRY PUSHES BLACK YOUTH INTO JAIL

The US record industry is complicit in America’s prison-industrial complex. When rappers write lyrics about police brutality, the execs shoot it down. But glorify gang violence and prison, and they’re happy to release your record. Here’s New Jersey hip-hop artist Wise Intelligent spitting some truths on the issue.

Swiss Song of the Day 🇨🇭💋: https://open.spotify.com/track/7ne3gtrScMyPN2EAf8Ou3g

Another way of obtaining silk that doesnt include boiling them

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What a time to be alive!

#Switzerland, Sotomo poll:

UDC/SVP/PPS~RE|ESN|ECR: 30% (+2)
PS/SP-S&D: 18%
PLR/FDP/PLD-RE: 14%
LC/DM/IC/AC-EPP: 14%
V/G-G/EFA: 10%
PVL/GLP-RE: 7% (-1)
PEV/EVP-ECR: 2%

+/- vs. 2023 election

Fieldwork: 28 October - 11 November 2024
Sample size: 4,467

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