The policeman shouting "on the ground" while constantly pointing a gun at the heroic airman Aaron Bushnell who had set himself alight to protest the genocide in Gaza symbolizes all that is currently wrong with the US, while Aaron Bushnell's tragic sacrifice symbolizes all that the US can be. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/26/suicide-vs-ge…

Suicide vs genocide: Rest in power, Aaron Bushnell | Israel War on Gaza | Al Jazeera

Bushnell’s extreme act of protest has put Western corporate media to shame.

Surreal: Tate & Lyle finally removes the dead lion from its brand - it's the 21st century after all - but the Church takes offence as the lion was that killed by Samson in the Bible. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13107957/Church-E…

Entitled "Courage to Change", the European Green Party Manifesto for the EU 2024 Elections is interesting both in what it includes and what it does not. A lot is common sense and will be welcomed by ecologically-minded voters. But there are some naive (change via tax and spend) and annoying bits such as the agnosticism towards Capitalism (mentioned twice in 47 pages and only in connection with IT... Show more

A cautionary tale for small tourism businesses wasting their advertising budget on corporate social media www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/x-paid-po…

Take the money and run? I tested X’s paid-promotion model, and it was woeful | Gene Marks | The Guardian

Granted, a $50 investment wasn’t going draw in millions of clicks, but I expected more than just a few bots to show interest

It's 2024 and the DMOs of many tourism-dependent small island states still use women, usually scantily dressed, as props! Is this the type of tourist they are really after?

Tourism (and non-tourism) mega corporations: Stop saving us and start paying! Few really expect corporates to "save the world" or even the so-called "destinations" (actually someone's home) they are active in. If these corporations really wanted to help, rather than pretending to play the role of the government, they could start paying meaningful amounts of local taxes (rather than enjoying local... Show more

Fascinating, but is the status quo really capable of changing its thinking on Cosmos if it cannot change its thinking on Wars? If it still believes that 10,000 dead children are just legal, collateral damage? www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749

Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos

Scientists discover a huge, ring-shaped structure in space which questions our ideas of the universe.

The "war on drugs": it is hard to say if it is failing or succeeding without examining the real, original motives (meddling and propping up an economic model). A book to help you decide: www.akpress.org/drug-war-capitalism.html

Good to read that tourism is recovering in Sri Lanka after decades of war and the pandemic, however some of the ideas mentioned in the article, such as developing remote islands and airports for the ultra wealthy are not the way to go, if you are to spread the benefits to all. Community-based and owned tourism should be prioritized. www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/19/a-nice-feeli…

Bombs to buzzing beaches: Sri Lanka sees tourism surge after long crisis | Tourism | Al Jazeera

Hotel attacks, COVID-19 and an unmatched economic crisis devastated Sri Lanka’s tourism. Now, visitors are returning.

"Stop, thieves, of lives" Televised theft of recent Banksy artwork probably staged by the artist to draw further attention to the ongoing carnage in Gaza? www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-67802939

London onlookers watched as man removed Banksy art

Banksy, believed to have been born in Yate, included three drones on a stop sign in his latest piece.