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SAPS BUST GANG OF 4 DUMPING BODIES : STRANDFONTEIN. CPT. WC. 2 ADULT MALE BODIES FOUND ON BEACH & A FURTHER ADULT MALE BODY IN THE LDV THE 4 WERE DRIVING IN.

Great article from @jeffgoodell. Terrific context about what our climate choice are.

Zero Hour: There’s No Stopping Climate Change, But How Bad It Gets Is Still Up To Us
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jeff-goodell-no-stopping-climate-change-966026/ via @RollingStone

One month ago Priti Patel said anyone earning less than £25k is an “unskilled worker” & can’t enter the UK

NHS starting salaries:

Nurse £24.2k
Paramedic £24.2k
Midwife £24.2k
Radiographer £24.2k
Care assistant £17.6k

But now the government is clapping for them...

“Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don’t,” said Thunberg with cold precision. “That is as black or white as it gets. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.”

It's ALWAYS been a choice: live, or die?

#ClimateCrisis #CoronaVirus

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/greta-thunberg-climate-crisis-cover-965949/

You can't 'stop' climate change.

You can't 'avoid' ecological calamity.

You can't 'avert' ecosystem collapse.

You can't 'prevent' mass extinction.

However, you can try to limit the damage and suffering.

How?

Speak up, and try to contribute to the creation of a new economy.

Water cannons used against hungry people queuing at the Goal Supermarket in Delft.

Especially troubling after so many people said yesterday they wanted to social distance in queues but with no regulation they couldn't due to queue jumpers.

Stop hosing them start helping them. https://twitter.com/LuthandoRT/status/1243841715380903937

Maybe it's time we paid people now classified as 'essential services' wages that indicate how important they are to our society.