So, hello. I'm using my platform here now to inform about what's happening in my country. I'm from Cali, Colombia. The city that's been burning for 5 days now and being massacred by its own government.
We need your help to spread awareness on this. As of yet, there hasn't been a lot of international news coverage about it, and our own news are too biased in favor of the government to be of any help.
How did it all start?
On April 28, a national strike was called for people to raise their voices against a tax and health reforms proposed by president Iván Duque, during an economic and social crisis exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic.
Among other things, this reform wanted to tax us for funeral services (during a pandemic). They also wanted to increase the price of food and water, when most of the population has a salary that does not allow a family to live with dignity. Moreover, another nefastous health reform has yet to be taken down.
But the response of the national government to these protests has been to deploy military forces against the civilian population. A violent, disproportionate, and arbitrary action that incurs in serious human rights violations. My city, Santiago de Cali, has been one of the most affected places. During the night hours of the last few days, in different areas of the city, the police and the mobile anti-riot squad (ESMAD) have burst into peaceful demonstrations attacking with firearms, tear gas, and leaving a balance of dead and wounded that has not yet been counted. They have also captured many demonstrators, some of whose whereabouts are unknown.
My state is threatening the lives of the Colombian population in full view of the world. Please, don't let them silence us!
Here I am thinking I've done so well quitting weed, it's been four days.
Deleting and blocking political stuff. Too much of a cesspool to wade in. Keep Tumblr fun.
Any geologically active body in the solar system, and that includes your mom. This is the type of assertion I want from the scientific community in 2022. Enough with the bullshit, time to kick ass.
I tossed a general insult towards the entire Twitch "streamer" scene on Reddit, and was downvoted into oblivion. People really take their trash content intake seriously.
War has returned between white Christian countries.
Who is surrounded by family yet still feels alone?
New York is about to kill a whole lot of landlords
New York is about to kill a whole lot of landlords
News appears on Associated Press, Fox, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, and Newsmax.
Tucker Carlson: "Why isn't the mainstream reporting on this?"
The people that see JRR Tolkien's orcs as racist are projecting their own sentiments. I think Stewart takes this in a similar direction.