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The Trump administration is dismantling the last of the public commons.
It’s cutting billions to state programs tracking disease,
repealing emissions and drinking water regulations,
revoking hundreds of millions in funding for life-saving research,
canceling local food programs for schools and food banks,
rolling back vaccinations,
and shutting down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Commi…

@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social
2025-10-11 13:45:28

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Heliozoans are a group of amoeboid protists found commonly in both fresh and saltwater. They were termed sun-animalcules due to their spherical shape and distinctive radiating microtubules, which support axiopods used to capture food and facilitate movement. Some will also capture symbiotic algal cells which provide energy through photosynthesis. Heliozoa is &quo…

image/png a microscopic image of a spherical yellow organism filled with green dots and having numerous spines radiating from the surface. A scale of 50 microns indicates the sphere is about twice that measure. James L. Van Etten, Irina V. Agarkova, David D. Dunigan CC BY-SA 4.0.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viruses-12-00020-g001_Chlorella_Virus_(C).png#mw-jump-to-license
image/jpeg a black and white diagram of a spherical cell with many radiating spines. The interior of the cell has many dark or white inclusions. Source unknown. 1888. Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ott%C5%AFv_slovn%C3%ADk_nau%C4%8Dn%C3%BD_-_obr%C3%A1zek_%C4%8D._035_wb.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-08-27 21:26:44

Dear Canadians supportive of #Palestine and against the ongoing #Genocide in Israel and the Humanitarian catastrophe that is ongoing.
There is a House of Commons e-Petition e-6751 currently open for signature.
It states:
Whereas:
Under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions, Canada is required to respect international humanitarian law;
Under Article 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel as an occupying power must allow and facilitate humanitarian aid by impartial organizations;
Canada’s own International Assistance Accountability Act requires that all Canadian foreign aid uphold human rights and international legal standards; and
Israel’s policy and actions violate all of these obligations.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to
1. Publicly and unequivocally reject the militarized aid model currently used in Palestine;
2. Request the full restoration of access for UN agencies and established humanitarian NGOs, including UNRWA and the World Food Programme;
3. Insist on safe and immediate entry for Canadian healthcare workers and other international humanitarian personnel to Palestine;
4. Withhold Canadian funding from any entity or model that does not comply with principles of neutrality, impartiality, independence, and humanity; and
5. Ensure that all Canadian aid to Gaza is delivered through internationally recognized humanitarian channels.
#Israel #Gaza #UN #UNWRA
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet