“Arundhati Roy: It’s Hard to Communicate the Scale and the Shape of This Shadow Taking India Over” and other tweeted links…

Arundhati Roy: It’s Hard to Communicate the Scale and the Shape of This Shadow Taking India Over http://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/28/arundhati_roy_it_s_hard_to

Indigenous Protectors Are Defending the Amazon and “Paying With Their Lives” http://www.democracynow.org/2019/12/3/seg_4

Community mourning after 5-year-old Leimert Park boy accidentally shoots himself https://abc7.com/family-mourning-after-boy-shoots-himself-in-leimert-park/5714643/

CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN BASS ON BURKINA FASO ATTACKS: THE WORLD MUST PAY ATTENTION TO SAHEL. Photo Credit:... https://www.globaldiasporanews.com/california-congresswoman-bass-on-burkina-faso-attacks-the-world-must-pay-attention-to-sahel/

The al-Shabab armed group has claimed responsibility for Saturday's car bombing in #Somalia's capital #Mogadishu that killed at least 81 people. https://twitter.com/Shamshadnetwork/status/1211850059916152834/photo/1

WIRED: The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It's About to Get Worse. https://www.wired.com/story/gop-conspiracy-theories-trump-ukraine/

via @GoogleNews

Small share of U.S. adults produce majority of tweets on national politics http://dlvr.it/RJyJqp https://twitter.com/HackersPews/status/1198398961381339136/photo/1

16 arrested as American Airline workers protest for better wages, health care on Century Blvd. near LAX amid busy travel season https://abc7.com/traffic/century-boulevard-protests-causing-traffic-delays-near-lax/5721315/

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers strike across California | http://abc7.com/ https://abc7.com/health/kaiser-mental-health-workers-strike-across-california/5758656/

137 women have been killed by their partners in France this year. Critics blame a 'deeply sexist society' - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/europe/france-femicide-intl/index.html

'Meth is king in California': Golden State is major hub for Mexican drug cartel activity. Great job by SAC Bill Bodner ⁦@DEALOSANGELES⁩ as the Mexican Terror Cartels spread their poison around America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://abc7.com/meth-is-king-in-california-due-to-mexican-drug-cartel-activity-dea-says/5766623/

@sassysn0wflake @AlexBerenson NETHERLANDS: The Dutch are Waking Up to Discover They Live in a 'Narco State’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/drug-traffickers-pot-growers-ecstasy-makers-and-money-launderers-are-turning-netherlands-into-a-narco-state

"The Netherlands is at risk of becoming a narco state,” Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus warned in August. ...

#UCLA community on edge after 2 violent attacks on campus | http://ow.ly/sgCc30pZkIV http://ow.ly/eaNH30pZkIW

I am so upset right now. I saw an article about a 16 year old girl getting kidnapped with her mother nearby. She was pushed away as her daughter was taken. I can't imagine the suffering she is going through and I pray for her daughter's safe return. https://abc7.com/video-teen-girl-kidnapped-in-front-of-mom-in-new-york/5762275/

“One study found that the typical blood-seller derives a third of their income from selling blood.”

https://boingboing.net/2019/12/09/leeched.html https://twitter.com/brianrahmer/status/1204887421378281472/photo/1

Kids in Finland Commuting to School by Bicycle and Sled, in Snow, at Negative-22 Degrees https://www.core77.com/posts/91450/ via @Core77

Nearly 9K SCE customers without power in mountain communities around Arrowhead https://abc7.com/nearly-9k-without-power-in-ie-mountain-communities-/5727804/

Amazon executive was killed after colliding with a van delivering the company's packages, report reveals https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-joy-covey-killed-company-delivery-van-report-2019-12

Infuriating. Imagine waking up to find nearly 2 dozen vehicles in your neighborhood spray painted, and some also had their tires slashed. That's what happened in Calabasas. https://abc7.com/cars-tagged-damaged-along-mulholland-highway-in-calabasas/5765545/ via @ABC7

As Congo Burns Due To MONUSCO’s Incompetence, Kagame’s Militarism And Threats Adds Threat To Region http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/africa/as-congo-burns-due-to-monusco%E2%80%99s-incompetence-kagame%E2%80%99s

Shea Butter market Analysis Reveals Explosive Growth by 2025 key players Bunge Loders Croklaan, Bunge Loders Croklaan, Olvea Group https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/shea-butter-market-analysis-reveals-explosive-growth-by-2025-key-players-bunge-loders-croklaan-bunge-loders-croklaan-olvea-group-2019-12-07

Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/top-scientists-warn-of-an-amazon-tipping-point/2019/12/20/9c9be954-233e-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html via @endangered https://twitter.com/MTraziWilliams/status/1209112156903313408/photo/1

Australia's Bushfires Have Emitted 250m Tonnes of CO2, Almost Half of Country's Annual Emissions. https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/12/13/1410251/australias-bushfires-have-emitted-250m-tonnes-of-co2-almost-half-of-countrys-annual-emissions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

As smartphone uptake and Internet connectivity grows across Africa, so does the often unhealthy trend of young people betting on sports using their phones.

https://www.iafrikan.com/2019/12/17/smartphone-gambling-sports-betting-online-mobile-phone-africa-millenials/

Ethiopia, with the assistance of China, has launched its first satellite into space. The Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS-1) will help improve and transform the country's agriculture sector.

https://www.iafrikan.com/2019/12/22/ethiopia-china-launch-satellite-space-technology/

A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies - Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla - by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed while mining for cobalt https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths

Intel, in Rare Move, Shares Data Showing Pay Inequalities http://ow.ly/CTcm30q0WCb via @bloomberglaw #

The Human Brain Evolved When Carbon Dioxide Was Lower https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/carbon-dioxide-pollution-making-people-dumber-heres-what-we-know/603826/?utm_source=DamnInteresting https://twitter.com/DamnInteresting/status/1209500325947641858/photo/1

Startups BRCK and Swvl Partner On Free Wi-Fi for Kenyan Ride-Hail Buses @TechCrunch : https://allafrica.com/stories/201908020620.html?utm_campaign=allafrica%3Aeditor&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=promote%3Aaans%3Aabkwtb #Kenya https://twitter.com/allafrica/status/1158003482118500353/photo/1

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Flooding a Struggling Recycling System With Cardboard - https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/12/02/2338208/the-amazon-effect-is-flooding-a-struggling-recycling-system-with-cardboard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Hey @arstechnica, in your article “State ignored worker death to lure Amazon business, report says” https://arstechnica.com/?p=1624473, why is the State of Indiana handing something from a fulfillment center in Plainfield, Illinois? https://twitter.com/iamnotelvis/status/1200343344372703232/photo/1

Zillow is beginning to buy homes themselves. How will you gain more business if Zillow and http://realtor.com/ are not options?

https://abc7.com/realestate/zillow-will-buy-your-la-orange-county-home/5741823/

#realestate #realty #realtor #realestateagent #homeforsale #newhome #househunting #listing #broker #forsale #loanofficer

The Largest Scientific Structure Ever Powers Up in Africa | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/square-kilometre-array-largest-scientific-structure-ever-africa/ #science #innovation #technology #arrays #radiowaves https://twitter.com/brandwingman/status/1207647317035298816/photo/1

Final full moon of the decade to rise at 12:12 on 12/12 https://abc7.com/weather/final-full-moon-of-the-decade-to-rise-at-1212-on-12-12/5744507/ via @abc7

Kenyan Startup, Mookh Africa Wins US$50,000 Visa Everywhere Initiative - https://founder360mag.com/kenyan-startup-mookh-africa-wins-us50000-visa-everywhere-initiative/

Apple cancels theatrical premiere of its Oscar hopeful, The Banker http://dlvr.it/RJp69P https://twitter.com/DonWonder98/status/1197606116579897344/photo/1

NY FILM FORUM WILL SHOW ‘SYSTEM K’ ON CONGO’S DYNAMIC STREET ART STARTING JANUARY 8. Photo Credit: Gl... https://www.globaldiasporanews.com/ny-film-forum-will-show-system-k-on-congos-dynamic-street-art-starting-january-8/

How One Bronx Book Club Helps Build A Community Of Readers @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2019/02/06/how-one-bronx-book-club-helps-build-a-community-of-readers/#6a633a8522e1 https://twitter.com/ebookclassics/status/1093207787268640768/photo/1

'Laziness Has Won': Apostrophe Society Admits Its Defeat. https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/12/02/1423217/laziness-has-won-apostrophe-society-admits-its-defeat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #google

An alternative point of view of Paris!

Join us in an unexpected, fascinating and authentic side of Paris!

http://blackpariswalks.com/en/ https://twitter.com/KinteSpace/status/1209723662393212928/photo/1