Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.

Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.

  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    Don’t worry, probably they are going to jail for protesting. Soon we won’t have any more rabble disturbing the blissful zen of self extinction.

    Under a new law, the protesters risk up to six months of jail time.

    • prototypez9er@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      I can’t believe all these people who still don’t get it. We are so fucked. It’s not even a joke at this point, we are completely fucked as far as curbing climate change.

      These protestors didn’t even cause any damage, they just made a slight convenience and now they’re going to go to jail for up to 6 months.

      Meanwhile, we continue to have record carbon emissions year after year. It’s as if people using paper straws isn’t enough or something…