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Raison de vivre
Companion animals - a reason for living

For many dog owners the companionship of dogs is often
“literally the only reason to survive,
to get up, to still keep going.
It gives them a reason to get up,
a reason to get out,
a reason to move around and
be in contact a little bit with the world outside."
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Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

"Approximately 69% of households in Australia own pets, with dogs being the most common."
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kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base
#dogs #pets #wildlife #birds #penguins #beach #DogOwners #ProstheticDevices #harm #pollution #GHG #meat #pesticides #faeces #climate #DogAttacks #Australia #community #ReasonForLiving #CompanionAnimals #zeitgeist

NT parliament passes CLP government's territory coordinator bill
The Northern Territory government has passed the territory coordinator bill through parliament, giving it the power to override dozens of regulatory laws relevant to projects of "economic significance".
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abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nt-

The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages

"42% of NT residents speak a non-English language at home. Only half of eligible Aboriginal residents in the NT are enrolled to vote, and voter participation is even lower. Recognition – Rejecting someone’s language means rejecting their identity. Reconciliation is not just something parliamentarians should direct others to do, it’s something that needs to happen within parliament itself."

"The NT is a rich, multilingual society. How can the Legislative Assembly claim to fully represent the breadth of NT society when it chooses to be monolingual?"
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theconversation.com/the-englis
#governance #EconomicSignificance #laws #regulation #conservation #language #IndigenousPeoples #participation #NT #monolingualism #language #mining #extractivism #zeitgeist

ABC News · NT parliament passes CLP government's territory coordinator billBy Jack Hislop

Wie las ich gestern so treffend: "die drängenden Fragen unserer Zeit: Wie sanieren wir das Budget? Wie bringen wir Schwung in die Wirtschaft? Wie verbessern wir unser Bildungssystem? Wie schaffen wir eine funktionierende Integration?" - ja, alles wichtig - aber eine Frage, die drängendste, ist ausgeklammert. Ohren zuhalten, wenn irgendwer das Reizwort "Klima" in den Mund nimmt. Und am besten gar nix drüber reden.

This is so much deeper than everything that  #DemocracyNOW! would ever consider to broadcast. No need to mention that it's true for gatekeepers like Amy Godmann, Cenk at TYT, Rachel at MSNBC, and all talking heads at FOX 'News', PBR and the rest of the #MSM #PRopaganda gang, too.

It's #RevolutionNOW! by Peter Joseph
the director of widely known #Zeitgeist films. In Episode 53 he's sharing a precise analysis of the #statusQuo, the #economic #competition of #marketCapitalism, our destabilized #society, #humanRights, #culture, and #ethnics.

Here You'll find E53 and much more...
revolutionnow.live/episode-53/

www.revolutionnow.liveEPISODE 53 – REVOLUTION NOW! with Peter Joseph
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>> Interesting way of visualising the #Zeitgeist.

#KamalaHarris is conspicuously absent here even though she campaigned vigorously more than 3 months for #Election2024, which itself is flatlined throughout the year, except for a blip in Nov.

This tells a lot about the political malaise in the #US and refutes suggestions that it was #Harris position on any issues that cost her the election.

That she was able to pull in as many votes as she did despite all this is a miracle!