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AFG twitter is a terrible cesspool of low brow, reactionary political discourse. But then I look at every other twitter space and it is of a similar nature.
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We’re going to have a generation of atheists in Afghanistan if this continues
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This video brought a smile to my face. Love wild and mast Bibi Jans 🔥💃
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My grandparents just arrived to Toronto. Went to my family gathering yesterday. Half of my family there was Panjshiri. Half was Pashtun. We all danced to some qarsak and did attan, and I remembered Twitter isn’t real life
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@missfalasteenia
Your post is also ironic especially since you don’t even seem to wear one yourself
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Where did these crazy ass salafis sprout from lmao? She claims women’s day is “western” and celebrating it is akin to eating pork. Also on my life I’ve never seen an Afg woman dress like this.
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@missfalasteenia
I never understood the word “Islamophobia.” Its definition is vague and used to condemn even those who are marginalized … I think there’s a problem with calling people who are critical of how religion can be used as a tool to oppress others “Islamophobic.”
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Pakistanis claiming Pashtun, Baloch, or Kalash culture as their 'own' is like Israelis claiming the culture of Arabs (shawarmas, falafel etc.) as their own, then telling Arabs they have the right to do that, since there are "Israeli" Jews with Arab ancestry.
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@firstqiblah
@jordanbpeterson
So if you’re not Muslim, you can’t visit the mosque? … Sounds a bit discriminatory, especially since the site is sacred in other religions as well and it is built on the southern part of the Temple Mount.
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Online university programs need to open their doors to Afghan women. Internet access needs to become more accessible. Perhaps starlink can help with this?
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Men from AFG love their daughters. They want them to go to school. Here’s me with my dad. My dad would tell me stories of when he’d play Buzkashi. So I wanted to play it. But since we didn’t have horses in Canada, he’d pretend to be one for me lol.
#letafghangirlslearn
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Uzbeki Palow + Chapli Kabob = my kunduzi/mashriqiwal ass described as food. Lol. Anyway check out Mama Bakery and Karahi in Thorncliffe, Toronto. They just opened and their food is SO good.
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@comrademika
Just found out Somalia had a Marxist govt and I’m disappointed in myself for not knowing this
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Israelis who think Jews will be genocided without “Israel” are so delusional.
There are many ethnic groups who don’t have a nation state & the concept of a nation state is inherently a product of colonialism and imperialism.
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Since everyone has been doing this, here’s how I see Afghanistan. LGBTQ+ Afgs exist. Their life is sacred like everyone else’s and should be protected. Happy Pride Month!
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The entire Islamic world tries to beat extremist fundamentalist Islam onto Afghans, so that Afghanistan can be a “real” Muslim country, without wanting this for themselves. It’s disgusting.
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Pakistan is the Israel of South Asia, even Zia Ul Haq attested to this, saying, "Pakistan is like Israel, an ideological state." Both of them were created one after the other.
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Can we stop pretending money doesn’t buy happiness? Thoughts like these normalize poverty. It tells people struggling to put food on the table they should just be as happy as someone with excess resources.
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@MichaelEOHanlon
You don’t even understand the ethnic dynamics in Afghanistan. Every family in Afghanistan has family members in interethnic relationships. Every province has a multiethnic makeup and every ethnic group is connected to the region they come from.
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The Taliban liking twitter because of “free speech” is the most ironic and funniest shit I’ve seen
Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms.
The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.
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I wonder how the Twitter crowd is going to feel when they find out a great portion of people from AFG don't even know what ethnic group they are from.
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I’m pretty sure us mixed Afghans are a major group in Afg but no one has ever done a census on that because you can only pick your dad’s ethnic group
#Afganistan
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Turned 26 today and I realized how humbled I have become by the beauty of absurdity. Life truly is about becoming an empty vessel. I hope to become even emptier this year.
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“Pashtun men hate education.” Meanwhile, Matiullah Wesa, who has dedicated his life to educating children, is imprisoned for this. Some of you sound like Uncle Toms and need to work on healing your internalized racism.
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The racism I see among people from AFG towards people from the South Asian subcontinent for generally having a darker skin tone is disgusting. Y’all are like one or two shades lighter on avg and still perceived as brown people by the world
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Extremely ironic seeing so called anti-Taliban supporters from the “Khorasani” camp give their support to Iran over Afghanistan, as if Iran’s government isn’t nearly the same as the Taliban, ideologically speaking - with countless human rights abuses on their hands.
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I remember when the Tbn replaced the flag, I cried. My father laughed. He said he has seen the flag change so many times through his life. He said the Tbn’s flag will also go & the regime will change. And through it all, and after it, our love for our home will stay.
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Wonder when we’re going to be ready to talk about Arab imperialism/colonization.
If you think imperialism is just a Western thing, think again.
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AFG men love their daughters & want them to go to school. My step-grandfather married my widowed grandmother to adopt my mom, and raise her as his own. He would take her to school every morning before going to work & even taught her how to ride a motorcycle.
#letafghangirlslearn
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I love the diversity that comes with being from Afghanistan so much.
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Love how some Central Asians break their fast with a shot of vodka lmao ✨💕.
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My elderly grandparents just arrived to Toronto from Afg, and diaspora Afgs made Afghan food for them & newly settled refugees. It made them cry to eat their own food. We need to be there more for Afg refugees and show them support
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Men hate feminism because they must confront the fact that they have played a part in oppressing women, and that they have not necessarily earned their place in society through merit.
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It’s so cringe seeing how so many Iranians (who supposedly care about “women’s rights” in Iran) are pro Israel.
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I don’t understand how women can support the Taliban, or how people who have daughters can do so. The cognitive dissonance of people sending their daughters to school or going to school themselves while supporting the Tbn is alarming.
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Thread on Sufism and Mullahs
The Sufi, Bayazid came from a Zoroastrian family. While in ecstasy, he proclaims in his poem, “I am God.” What he said was not correct Islamically. Ghani Khan in one of his poems says that “heaven and hell” belong to the clergy. This type of poetry is common in our region.
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@Shattered_0
I know many atheists too from both urban and rural areas in AFG. I’d say there are a good number of atheists/agnostics or irreligious people spread around the country, and that number is growing due to the taliban’s extreme take on religion
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LOL apparently she’s a German citizen and loved to Afghanistan recently. Jesus Christ
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Afghans in the diaspora need to become better allies for Afghans in Afghanistan. Stop pitying them and start listening to them. Don’t assume what they need. Don’t speak on their behalf — amplify their voices
#Afghanistan
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I’m so glad this tweet triggered all the musty incels 😂🤣. Afghan women wear purdah, but these are not Afghan clothes. Even the other Afghan women around her in this video think her ideology is beyond ridiculous. Are they not Afghan then? 😂.
Where did these crazy ass salafis sprout from lmao? She claims women’s day is “western” and celebrating it is akin to eating pork. Also on my life I’ve never seen an Afg woman dress like this.
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Pro-Talibs like it point out that women were sexually abused in the previous regime. They still are. They just can’t be vocal about it. What do you think will happen if they tell a Talib they’ve been raped?
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War is brutal for everyone. My mom was kidnapped when she was a child by a USSR soldier who was having a mental health crisis. He was delusional and thought she was his daughter. He locked her up with himself in the tank and gave her chocolates and kept calling her Katerina.
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The Sufi, Bayazid came from a Zoroastrian family. While in ecstasy, he proclaims in his poem, “I am God.” What he said was not correct Islamically. Ghani Khan in one of his poems says that “heaven and hell” belong to the clergy. This type of poetry is common in our region.
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Might come as a surprise but supposedly Ahmad Shah Massoud has paternal Pashtun ancestry (from the Nowruzkhel tribe, which is a sub tribe of Tarakai Pashtuns).
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I’m not mourning today. The USA withdrawal in Afghanistan was always an inevitability. Afghans were not shocked or surprised. The USA never had our interests in mind. Many of those who still mourn are mourning the lies they had told themselves while supporting a USA backed regime
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It's interesting how both of these states are currently going through similar issues. States based on religious identities cannot survive. They crumble when their populations begin to seek other non-religious identities.
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The AFG community on twitter consists of misogynistic men, and women who have internalized misogyny, attacking other women on the basis of their appearance or for their achievements. Pitiful to see.
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Lmao I’m at a popular Afghan restaurant (Naan & Kabob) and they’ve placed these in the bathroom.
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It’s strange how the people who always give the most support to the Islamic theocracy in Iran and Afghanistan are not from these countries but other Muslims from the “Ummah.” When Afghans or Iranians voice their disdain at their governments, they are ridiculed and shamed
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I feel like a lot of toxic diaspora Afghan men enjoy travelling in Afghanistan now compared to before, because they have fragile egos & witnessing the oppression of women helps them feel more masculine.
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Lmao White Karens. They left this review for an Afghan restaurant I frequently visit and left a one star LOL
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Areas in AFG that are less fertile and experience more drought also experience more terrorism and instability. There is a strong correlation between food insecurity and terrorism. Nakamura understood this, which is why he focused on freeing people in drought-stricken areas ...
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Why do pro-Taliban religious fanatics in the diaspora (and AFG) care more about humanitarian crises in other countries instead of their own? The Taliban even donated millions of Afghanis to Turkey :/
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Lmao, getting attacked by both Pashtun and Khorasani supremacists is a good sign
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Yeah Kabuli Palow is definitely Arabic … love the cultural erasure here
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I don’t agree with the
#bantaliban
movement because I’d rather have access to their point of views, even if I vehemently disagree with them, and discuss things with them. Pushing them away and removing them from the internet can create a North Korea out of Afghanistan.
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The diaspora should support Afghans in Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds and by amplifying their voices, but they should not make choices for them, or act as their representatives.
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Apparently not getting educated and not being able to work is a “minor issue”? Gtfo. This is not collectively “our* culture and don’t speak for all of us. My Afghan grandmother founded a school with her father’s help & was a principle there long before you were born.
@theDemiHester
Our women have rights based on our religious beliefs and cultural codes except from education.
There are some other minor issues as well like participating in social activities and going outside for work.
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Arab supremacy masked as religiosity
Good luck!
They will grow up to be good nationalists with pride in their culture!
The rest of the Muslim Ummah would not know what their names mean and would think that they might be non Muslims for having such names.
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“Watan ishq e tu iftikharam” was one of my fave songs growing up. The song is super nostalgic for me. The guy who sang it, Ustad Madadi, looks so clean-hearted with his little borot. He’s our national treasure 💕
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I am so glad I am from Afghanistan sometimes. What I love about us is our diversity of opinions, and pride in who we are. Sometimes the pride can get out of hand, but it definitely helps act as a barrier against becoming mentally colonized by the West.
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The UN pulling out of Afghanistan thinking the Taliban care about a starving population is hilarious. Neo-libs are either extremely ignorant or despicably evil
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We need to think of non violent methods of resistance. Afghans have been resisting with violence for decades and it has only led to death and pain
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People who are still supporting the Taliban and who still believe that they will eventually let girls go to school are beyond delusional.
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This white guy came up to me asking me if I was Afghan omg lmao finally someone guessed my background correctly 😂
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Me: Poverty fuels instability and terrorism & can create a culture of violence.
Someone who thinks that an entire people are inherently vicious without acknowledging colonial factors and the material conditions of their reality: That’s a very simplistic explanation!
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Why do you think Afghan Farsi and Iranian Farsi diverged over time? I’m assuming Iranians in the past spoke in a dialect similar to the Farsi dialect spoken in Afg.
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Mullahs were never sought for guidance in the past in Afg... Sufi pirs instead were sought for guidance. The British gave money to Mullahs and empowered them to brainwash people in the frontier regions. Pakistan used the same tactic on Afghans. Now, we have this mess
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AFG twitter is starting to feel like Groundhog Day. It feels so repetitive, so redundant. The same arguments get recycled ad infinitum. I wish we could have more holistic dialogues and talk with each other about culture, art, spirituality, etc. What can we do to change this?
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My mom was also kidnapped another time by another Russian soldier due to her features lol, but I can’t remember the details of that story. For reference, she was kidnapped at this age.
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Lol neckties don’t have anything to do with Christianity wtf. It was a fashion statement that was borrowed from Croatian mercenaries by Louis XIV. It helped hold the top of people’s jackets together.
Also, Hindus wear turbans too. Should we stop wearing them?
Video: Mohammad Hashim Shaheed Wror, General Director of the Invitation and Guidance Directorate (an independent body that determines religious policies within the interim govt), said that the necktie originated from the Christian cross and that it is “ordered in Shariah that you
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I find it ironic how Pakistanis are passionate about the Palestinian genocide when Pakistan has the blood of Baloch, Pashtuns and Sindhis on their hands. Israel was also inspired by Pakistan:
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Diaspora Afghans really need to spend more time having conversations with non-diaspora Afghans.
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I remember when I was in AFG as a kid, they’d tell me the goats and animals that were wailing were excited while being slaughtered because they knew they were going to go see God lol
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I’m so fucking done with imbeciles hating on either Pashto, or Farsi. Both are beautiful languages and closely related. None of y’all invented any of these languages and were accidentally born into a household that speaks them. Y’all need therapy fr
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It’s pretty wild how we live in a world where we’ve gone to the moon & developed AI and some people still believe it’s OK to stone people to death and/or control women’s bodies. The 21st century is a time of great division. It is as if we are inhabiting two worlds, and not one.
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@depletionmode
@olivercookson
There are a lot of ethnic groups that don’t have a nation state lmao. Doesn’t mean they have the right to make it on other people’s land!
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I really want to see Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and KPK one day. Wish I could travel solo as a female to places like that ugh.
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Why are European afghans (and Muslims in general) more religious than North American ones ??
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Why are Afghans in Afg less close minded than Afghans in the diaspora? I’ve been in conversation with refugees who’ve come to the west and they’ve noticed this phenomenon as well …
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@TheHomira
Can you tell me how this statement helps bring awareness to the Hazara genocide in a way that facilitates respectful discourse? Or are we just disparaging a dance that belongs to a certain culture to encite further bigotry and hatred? How is this tweet helping your cause?
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My two great aunts (they’re both sisters) were widows without kids but had money left from their inheritance. They raised a lot of street kids. One of them is now an adult and lives in Denmark. Just heard he sponsored them and will be taking care of them now in their old age
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Afghans are some of the most multilingual people I know. Was grabbing a shawarma and the dude making my shawarma switched from speaking in English to Farsi with me. He switched to Turkish when a Turkish customer walked in & then switched to speaking in Russian on his phone
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As Afghans in the diaspora, we’d hear our parents speak about their trauma and the political situation in Afg all day. They sounded like broken records. All talk. No action. We thought we’d be different but we’re just like them. We need to move beyond criticism.
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I recommend reading this book to see the parallels between Pakistan and Israel:
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Diaspora Afgs have not connected to their land, so to gain a connection to the land, they construct their identities based on the pieces of what they’ve heard about what Afg is like. The problem with this approach is that identity also incorporates the West’s perspective of Afg
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Realistically many in the diaspora aren’t really from their country of origin — some have never even set foot in it — and I think the experience many have is similar to feeling stateless.
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At least Pakistanis are finally realizing how they live under a military dictatorship. Maybe this will finally make them listen to the voices of marginalized groups in Pakistan, hopefully, such as the Baloch, Sindhis and Pashtuns.
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My mother’s family are actually Farsizubans who are Pashto-phobic. My father’s family are also Pashto-phobic. Both my parents taught me both languages, however, and in my family gatherings, I always hear my Pashto-phobic relatives ridiculing the language…
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The Vedas is one of the oldest texts, which have been preserved. It was written in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the sister language to Avestan, the language of our ancestors. The religious discourse of both groups was similar, as they had a shared ancestry.
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My mom also told me it was quite common back then for orphaned Afghan kids with lighter features to be adopted by Russians and taken to the USSR. It happened to some of her friends who were orphans. Can anyone verify this? I wonder if these Afghans can share their stories
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Fun Fact: I’m in charge of designing an app for American banks that showcases to them the likelihood of a property going under water due to floods caused by climate change. If climate change wasn’t real, banks wouldn’t be changing their mortgage risk management practices.
60%+ of animals gone.
80%+ of insects gone.
We're deep into a Permian-like extinction event but 500x faster plus habitat destruction & toxification.
1 trillion tonnes of CO₂ +other GHGs
24ZJ of ocean heat
Sea ice 75% gone
Air pollution shielding us from half of global warming
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