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Els Herten

@KOLA_IPF

Hobby painter & photographer (love my "old" Nikon D60) • Indigenous Rights activist • 🦋 https://teapawt.net/t.co/wM4fcvRsa2 🦋

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Palm oil expansion is not just a forest issue. In Pará, it fuels land conflicts that threaten Indigenous and Quilombola communities. Stand with forest defender Yuna Miriam Tembé. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ Please sign: rainforest-rescue.org/petiti… via @RainforestResq
Brazil: Stop the judicial harassment of Indigenous forest defenders!

Brazil: Stop the judicial harassment of Indigenous forest defenders!

Indigenous leader Yuna Miriam Tembé is urgently calling for help. She is being persecuted on fabricated charges for standing up to palm oil companies’ forest clearing, land grabbing and violence in...

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Take action for the Kawahiva now! They're fighting for their survival in the Brazilian Amazon, forced to live on the run amid invasions, violence & disease from loggers & ranchers. Their genocide will be complete unless their land is protected. act.survivalinternational.or…
Stop the genocide of the uncontacted Kawahiva

Stop the genocide of the uncontacted Kawahiva

Take action for the Kawahiva now! They're fighting for their survival in the Brazilian Amazon, forced to live on the run amid invasions, violence & disease from loggers & ranchers. Their genocide...

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Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis ctpost.com/news/world/articl… via @ConnPost
Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis

Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis

Renowned Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire is receiving palliative care at home in the Brazilian heartland after being diagnosed with cancer at age 94, his institute says. The Raoni Institute said...

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Quote by Prime Minister Mark Carney: The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”. The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

ALT Quote by Prime Minister Mark Carney: The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”. The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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Cofnas is a racist. Racism is punishable by law in Belgium. The Ghent Univ should fire him; and Cofnas should be refused entry to Belgium. So should you Hillbilly Boy White.
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Another icon leaves this world. R.I.P. #YayoiKusama theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations

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You've got to love John Cleese! No lies detected!
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What a life; what a lady. The world needs more people like her. R.I.P. Dolly #DollyParton theguardian.com/music/2026/a…
Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 after cancer diagnosis

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 after cancer diagnosis

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

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For once Lyin’ Leavitt actually spoke the truth! 🤣
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OLE!
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EVERYONE! Stop what you're doing and type "Erling Haaland" into Google and wait 2 seconds. 🤣 This is so cute.
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#Belgium #WorldCup #FIFA2026
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Hehehehe... 1-3 for 🇧🇪
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