The human condition.
- An Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent and a photojournalist working with him have been wounded in an Israeli air strike near Rafah, in southern Gaza.
- CIA chief William Burns is in Cairo for the latest round of discussions on a truce that would temporarily halt fighting in exchange for the release of captives and Palestinian prisoners.
- Jordan’s King Abdullah II tells US President Joe Biden the world “cannot afford” Israel’s planned ground invasion on Rafah, where more than 1.4 million people are sheltering.
- Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 28,473 Palestinians and wounded 68,146 others since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139.
“Will you free my Palestine”
Sticker spotted in Brunswick, Victoria
With vanilla extract being a meme, I wanted to share some black history of Edmond Albius a black slave who revolutionized vanilla pollination.
He used a technique he learned of pollinating melons to polinate the orchids to create the vanilla beans. Vanilla was rare and a luxury mainly due to only being able to be pollinated by its natural pollinator in Mexico.
unfortanely, he didnt receive any money for his discovery despite being called the main man who revolutionized pollination, he died in poverty…
everyone say thank you Edmond
Quick reminder for those tagging this as US History, this isn’t US American history. this is BLACK history. Edmond was from a french island territory near Madagascar called La Reunion.
NOT EVEN A YEAR
Christopher Eccleston rn: