It's October 7th. Many people with far more understanding of the complexities of the conflict in Israel, Gaza, and by now the entire region, have written about it today and in the past weeks.

I will post some writings below, but after my earlier post about #StandingTogether ( https://tukkers.online/@erikkemp/113210979026430392 ) I just became a donating friend.

I'll tag them here as well:
@omdimbeyachad
-> by the way, why is Mastodon not in the email? ;)

Let's go for human rights, international law and solidarity!

Next week I will be in Brussels for the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek). I will be traveling to Brussels with a delegation of ~70 local government officials from #Twente.

In Brussels I will be speaking about my experiences in the #BELC-network: - see https://building-europe-with-local-councillors.europa.eu.

I'll also attend many sessions from the general program (https://regions-and-cities.europa.eu/), join informal sessions with people from the Twente delegation, the @EP_GreensEFA , and of course other #Volt-ers :)

Vanmiddag de prachtige film #DeWildeNoordzee gekeken. Echt een aanrader! Zowel prachtige onderwaterbeelden, leerzaam als mooie verhalen.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/_s9-Xu4jUKk?si=ohnXViKrEbaYCxui

Voor als je morgenochtend nog niets te doen hebt, hij is door heel Nederland te zien: https://www.dewildenoordzeefilm.nl/

Na mijn bericht gisteren over walvis-oorsmeer zit ik dit weekend in zee-modus!
(Dat was deze: https://tukkers.online/@erikkemp/113248618061432942 )

Ik heb nog nooit gedoken maar wil nu ook wel een keer in Zeeland gaan snorkelen :)

A fascinating video with @helenczerski !

Whale earwax can be used to gather historical information like with tree rings, and here Helena Czerski shares that the cortisol levels ( how much stress they had at each point during their lives ) correlates with the amount of whaling around the world!

Incredible!

Helena's entire talk: https://iai.tv/video/how-oceans-shaped-the-world-helen-czerski

Historical whaling numbers: https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/fall-2017/whale-effect-ocean-life-ecological-and-economic-value-cetaceans

Sign to free #PaulWatson: https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/freepaulwatson/

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-dauert-49016075_biodiversity-nature-environment-ugcPost-7247871506242768897-WY_U?

Shocking article about #WimHof:

"While Wim Hof was becoming one of the most famous health gurus in the world, his family at the time had to endure his physical and mental aggressiveness. Now that a movie about his life is in the making, his ex, their son, and her other children speak out."

https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2024/the-outside-world-knows-wim-hof-as-the-eccentric-iceman-his-family-suffered-domestic-violence~v1176564/

I am very sad for his ex-wife and the children, and I find the contributions from #JaneMoncktonSmith extremely valuable.

Please boost to create awareness on #DomesticViolence...