Pato Kelesitse
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Of course the elite who harm women and children for fun also plan and execute heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity including genocides at unimaginable scales for their day jobs!
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
February 3, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Of course the elite who harm women and children for fun also plan and execute heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity including genocides at unimaginable scales for their day jobs!
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
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UPDATE: according to reports from Tigray regional state television, drone strikes targeted trucks in two north-east Tigray towns at 4AM local time. A driver was killed, another is injured.
These would be the first civilian casualties of drone strikes in Tigray, since the Tigray war ended in 2022.
These would be the first civilian casualties of drone strikes in Tigray, since the Tigray war ended in 2022.
3.5 years after a ceasefire ended a brutal Ethiopian civil war that killed hundreds of thousands in two years...Ethiopian forces and Tigrayan rebels clashed on Thursday, marking the most serious fighting since the war ended.
Ethiopian Airlines has suspended all flights to Tigray.
Ethiopian Airlines has suspended all flights to Tigray.
Clashes between government troops and Tigrayan forces erupt in Ethiopia
'Deteriorating' situation causes suspension of flights, security and diplomatic sources say.
www.aljazeera.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 AM
UPDATE: according to reports from Tigray regional state television, drone strikes targeted trucks in two north-east Tigray towns at 4AM local time. A driver was killed, another is injured.
These would be the first civilian casualties of drone strikes in Tigray, since the Tigray war ended in 2022.
These would be the first civilian casualties of drone strikes in Tigray, since the Tigray war ended in 2022.
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It’s the anniversary of Citizens United today so I’m back in my bullshit about the role of oil companies in the corporate free speech movement and how they are trying to expand it even further at the moment. We did a whole podcast season on it: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S9, Ep3 | The Next Citizens United Will Be a Climate Case
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 AM
It’s the anniversary of Citizens United today so I’m back in my bullshit about the role of oil companies in the corporate free speech movement and how they are trying to expand it even further at the moment. We did a whole podcast season on it: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
With our high unemployment rates, I don't understand why we still have retired civil servants, getting their time extended via contract. I appreciate wanting to keep institutional knowledge, but why is there no succession plan that kicks in!? Someone retiring is not a tada. We need to do better.
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
With our high unemployment rates, I don't understand why we still have retired civil servants, getting their time extended via contract. I appreciate wanting to keep institutional knowledge, but why is there no succession plan that kicks in!? Someone retiring is not a tada. We need to do better.
We need to get more philanthropic NGO funding in Botswana. I feel because a lot NGOs are government-funded in/directly, it stifles their potential criticism of government. Criticism could be beneficial to both government and push social justice. But then, "O ja ka o he, o bua ka o he" basically.
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We need to get more philanthropic NGO funding in Botswana. I feel because a lot NGOs are government-funded in/directly, it stifles their potential criticism of government. Criticism could be beneficial to both government and push social justice. But then, "O ja ka o he, o bua ka o he" basically.
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Nobody is perfect. Nobody speaks perfectly. We need to have grace for each other.
And we need to believe people when they tell us or show us who they are.
And when we see evil, we need to call it evil.
"It is what it is".
And we must not tolerate it.
Call it out & reject it.
And we need to believe people when they tell us or show us who they are.
And when we see evil, we need to call it evil.
"It is what it is".
And we must not tolerate it.
Call it out & reject it.
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Nobody is perfect. Nobody speaks perfectly. We need to have grace for each other.
And we need to believe people when they tell us or show us who they are.
And when we see evil, we need to call it evil.
"It is what it is".
And we must not tolerate it.
Call it out & reject it.
And we need to believe people when they tell us or show us who they are.
And when we see evil, we need to call it evil.
"It is what it is".
And we must not tolerate it.
Call it out & reject it.
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Trump is doing a lot of things that we once thought impossible by ignoring rules and conventions. What if we took the same approach to solving climate change?
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Trump is doing a lot of things that we once thought impossible by ignoring rules and conventions. What if we took the same approach to solving climate change?
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🎉Good news: the European Union has signed the Belém Declaration on Information Integrity and Climate Change.
This is an important step forward in the fight against climate disinformation.
www.unesco.org/en/informati...
This is an important step forward in the fight against climate disinformation.
www.unesco.org/en/informati...
Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change
Drafted by members of the Steering Committee of the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change after discussions with its Advisory Group.
www.unesco.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🎉Good news: the European Union has signed the Belém Declaration on Information Integrity and Climate Change.
This is an important step forward in the fight against climate disinformation.
www.unesco.org/en/informati...
This is an important step forward in the fight against climate disinformation.
www.unesco.org/en/informati...
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If MN can make being outside acting together shift from obligation for some activists to FOMO for people of common decency in the freezing cold, think all we can do in more hospitable weather.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
If MN can make being outside acting together shift from obligation for some activists to FOMO for people of common decency in the freezing cold, think all we can do in more hospitable weather.
It is absolutely crazy to me that people talk about crying 3 to 5 times a week and consider it a normal part of work culture. Insane to me.
January 23, 2026 at 6:38 AM
It is absolutely crazy to me that people talk about crying 3 to 5 times a week and consider it a normal part of work culture. Insane to me.
Of late, under the new administration, we keep using the term "Indigenous People" in Botswana, which is not institutional recognised by the government. I hope we move it to text quickly under the current administration that has finally embraced the phrase.
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Of late, under the new administration, we keep using the term "Indigenous People" in Botswana, which is not institutional recognised by the government. I hope we move it to text quickly under the current administration that has finally embraced the phrase.
Botswana CSOs are struggling to get climate action funding. We have a plastic levy that we've been collecting for years and are lead to believe is sitting untouched. Perhaps levy funds as grants to CSO for climate action? 🤷🏾♀️
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Botswana CSOs are struggling to get climate action funding. We have a plastic levy that we've been collecting for years and are lead to believe is sitting untouched. Perhaps levy funds as grants to CSO for climate action? 🤷🏾♀️
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Often times when people travel to a poorer country when they say “everyone was so nice” they mean “everyone was so solicitous”.
December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Often times when people travel to a poorer country when they say “everyone was so nice” they mean “everyone was so solicitous”.
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When in doubt for those last minute Holiday gifts, follow The Buyerarchy of Needs ✨🎄
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December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
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Some people seem not to be able to grasp - even now! - that it's up to us to not sacrifice anyone in our own communities. Solidarity means everyone. If someone decides not to claim us- fine! That's on them and is out of our control. But these people will take any opening to eliminate all of us.
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Some people seem not to be able to grasp - even now! - that it's up to us to not sacrifice anyone in our own communities. Solidarity means everyone. If someone decides not to claim us- fine! That's on them and is out of our control. But these people will take any opening to eliminate all of us.
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🚨BREAKING: World leaders have been UNABLE to reach an agreement at the Global Plastics Treaty talks for limits on plastic production.
Over 234 fossil fuel and plastic industry LOBBYISTS came to the talks to hijack progress.
Who else thinks lobbyists should be BANNED from future talks?
Over 234 fossil fuel and plastic industry LOBBYISTS came to the talks to hijack progress.
Who else thinks lobbyists should be BANNED from future talks?
August 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨BREAKING: World leaders have been UNABLE to reach an agreement at the Global Plastics Treaty talks for limits on plastic production.
Over 234 fossil fuel and plastic industry LOBBYISTS came to the talks to hijack progress.
Who else thinks lobbyists should be BANNED from future talks?
Over 234 fossil fuel and plastic industry LOBBYISTS came to the talks to hijack progress.
Who else thinks lobbyists should be BANNED from future talks?
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The apparent collapse of global plastic treaty talks yet again is a disgrace.
Fossil fuel interests are holding the world hostage while plastic chokes our oceans and threatens future generations.
The UK must stand firm and demand a treaty that cuts plastic at the source.
Fossil fuel interests are holding the world hostage while plastic chokes our oceans and threatens future generations.
The UK must stand firm and demand a treaty that cuts plastic at the source.
Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The apparent collapse of global plastic treaty talks yet again is a disgrace.
Fossil fuel interests are holding the world hostage while plastic chokes our oceans and threatens future generations.
The UK must stand firm and demand a treaty that cuts plastic at the source.
Fossil fuel interests are holding the world hostage while plastic chokes our oceans and threatens future generations.
The UK must stand firm and demand a treaty that cuts plastic at the source.
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Happy to announce that I'll be serving as a lead author for Chapter 2 (titled "Large-scale changes in the climate system and their causes") of the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report, alongside 21 other scientists from around the world: apps.ipcc.ch/report/...
August 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy to announce that I'll be serving as a lead author for Chapter 2 (titled "Large-scale changes in the climate system and their causes") of the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report, alongside 21 other scientists from around the world: apps.ipcc.ch/report/...
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Recognising a hollowed state after allowing two years of genocide is hollow self placation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says two-state solution is ‘humanity’s best hope’ to end suffering in Gaza.
Australia to recognise Palestinian statehood, New Zealand may follow
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says two-state solution is ‘humanity’s best hope’ to end suffering in Gaza.
bit.ly
August 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Recognising a hollowed state after allowing two years of genocide is hollow self placation.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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they are murdering the people who tell the truth.
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
they are murdering the people who tell the truth.
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people who complain about those of us who are anti-climate doom fail to ever mention that we have been trying their approach for decades and we have lost
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
August 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
people who complain about those of us who are anti-climate doom fail to ever mention that we have been trying their approach for decades and we have lost
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…