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Just been to an event in the LGBT+ FØ house hosted by parents and guardians of transgender people.

They have been working on a leaflet about being transgender, aimed at putting in schools, waiting rooms, homes, etc. and this event marked the release of the leaflet and also of a accompanying website.

I was a bit sceptical, since it wasn't made by transgender people themselves, but their parents. But I my first impression of the leaflet is actually really good!

Every year in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago which is a protectorate of the kingdom of Denmark situated just 230 miles north-west of mainland Scotland - around 1150 small cetaceans, primarily long-finned pilot whales and Atlantic white-sided dolphins are massacred in drive hunts called ‘grindadráp’ (Faroese for the killing of pilot whales). stopthegrind.org

Stop the GrindStop the Grind | End Killing of Dolphins and Pilot Whales in the Faroe IslandsStop the Grind is a global coalition of organisations and individuals working towards a simple mission: To end the inhumane and unnecessary killing of cetaceans (dolphins and whales) in the Faroe Islands. The Stop the Grind campaign is a multi-year initiative that will increase the pressure on the Faroe Islands to ban the Grindadrap.

Undersea kites generate tidal energy in Denmark’s Faroe Islands.

"Electricity company Minesto harvests energy from ocean and tidal currents using nearly frictionless undersea kites."

emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2

"On the Faroe Islands, there is a space program different from all others. Its aim is not to leave Earth and head into space, but to venture out into the depths of the Atlantic..."

iflscience.com/the-faroe-islan

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Today I participated in the Thorshavn's Workers' Union's 1. May event.

We made three banners with a clear message, the current coalition, made up of Javnaðarflokkin (C), Tjóðveldið (E) and Framsøkn (F) are CLASS TRAITORS!

"C and E are CLASS TRAITORS"

"Increasing the pension age is CLASS BETRAYAL"

"Stopping a strike is CLASS BETRAYAL"

#1may#1mai#mayday

Samhugi við Palestina had another solidarity monday! 🇵🇸

This was the most people ever to a solidarity monday yet, upwards to 100 people showed up to show their solidarity with Palestine! ❤🕊

Possibly related: The protest against the zionist event sparked a crazy amount of public discussion😅

Thanks to the speakers @Shariati and Ingilín from Javnaðarflokkin, and also thanks to Kári Sverrisson for his performance ❤

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The news source mentions that Starlink is already used by the Faroese Defence ships: Tjaldrið and Brimil. Which is quite alarming, as that would give Elon Musk, and the US, complete access* to all the traffic from the ships that are going through Starlink satellites.

Smyril (passenger and cargo ship sailing from Denmark - Faroe Islands - Iceland) also has Starlink already, as well as many Faroese fishing ships.