We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
First, I want to acknowledge that we are squatting on Navajo and Pendejo tribal land since time in memorial and that as a white cis female post op I have no right to speak.
But, I must tell you what happened today at my Austin local grocery store in Austin (unnamed because I want to protect the other at risk individuals who are still employed there)
Today I was misgendered by a man with a septum piercing in Austin, he also has a tattoo of an eagle on his lower back (I only know that because he was bending down stocking a shelf)
Long story short, I asked him where I could find a onion-less salsa, as onions are racist and were forced upon the local tribes by white settlers. He told me and I quote "I am sorry sir, we do not carry onion-less salsa anymore as it was discontinued when we were bought by Amazon, have a good day sir"
I am now looking for more inclusive, welcoming local farmers markets in the Austin area to take my business. I am only willing to go within a 30 mile radius of Downtown Austin, as that is the extent my e-scooter will go. If anyone can recommend I would really be grateful. šš½
https://www.reddit.com/r/austincirclejerk/s/N9OxWYRFlx
The World Microbiome Partnership (WMP) is an international forum founded in 2023 with funding from the EU Horizon 2020 to create a governance structure for microbiome manipulation across agriculture, medicine, and climate policy.
The WMP is aligned with the One Health and Planetary Health agendas (the same ones behind both the EAT-Lancet commissions "Planetary Health Diet" and the UN's Food Systems Summit that promises to eliminate animal agriculture).
WMP participants include the WHO, the CDC, NIH, and biotech firms. They promote the idea that microbial communities must be governed like other strategic assets.
The key thing to understand is that the technocrats are reframing the microbiome as critical infrastructure: more like an energy grid or communication network than a sacred, living ecosystem.
As biotech companies deploy platforms to build GMO microbes to do everything from "manufacturing", to biomarkers, to surveillance ā the WMP seeks control of these novel systems, ...
A court in Vienna has caused a storm after confirming that a financial ruling based on Islamic law, or Sharia, is legally valid in Austria.
Critics say the judgment opens the door to āparallel justiceā and undermines the countryās legal system.
The case began when two Muslim men agreed that any disputes between them would be settled by an Islamic arbitration panel using Sharia rules.
When a disagreement arose, the tribunal ordered one of them to pay ā¬320,000. He refused, arguing that Sharia is open to different interpretations and goes against Austriaās core values.
But the Vienna Regional Court dismissed his appeal. Judges said Austrian law allows people to choose arbitration systems for financial and property disputes, as long as the result does not break Austriaās āfundamental legal values.ā
The court added that it was not its role to examine whether Sharia itself was fair, but only whether the outcome contradicted Austrian law.
The ruling has sparked fierce criticism. Manfred ...
