Saturday, 17 May 2025

Post No. 3,116 - Reflections on the past week, and some interesting reading/viewing [Content Warning - oppression/bigotry/hate/violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

 

The purposes of this post are:   

(1) to provide information, including news, which may be of interest, value, or use to Readers;   

(2) to identify both BPM and nonBPM opportunities to do the work of this blog (particularly clearing nonBPM nonphysical  units,   BPM  healing,   and   BPM  strengthening of BPM units - the news items helps draw in/helps me find those people and other units in need of any of the help I can provide);   and   

(3) to help engage and frame my emotional, mental, and other nonphysical (psychic, spiritual, Higher Self, BPM  Guides, etc) aspects both for doing my weekly PWR and for doing the work that flows from the PWR - which may also occur for some others. 

Some of the news information will likely be distressing - hence the content warning, to allow people to choose times they have high energy and/or are in a good state to view these, or to ensure they have access to support resources if they may be triggered, or to choose to either temporarily or permanently skip viewing this post or the “News” sections, as is best for their health and wellbeing. 

Within the news section, I generally try to identify what is considered “good” news in green, possibly also with green background, but owing to time, energy, and health limitations, may not always be able to do so. 

URLs of sources of news and/or information are included as in-text hyperlinks.  


News:   

On the environment, and existential climate crisis & nuclear threats this week:      artisanal gold miners (of all ages and genders) in Senegal are facing major health problems from the use of mercury;      Vienna is showing the way for cities on climate action;      as the criminals who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap are sentenced, their crime has been described as ‘stealing joy’ (and also shows the problem of people wanting notoriety);       ““Red meat and cars”: French men’s carbon footprint 26% higher than women’s, study finds”;      in a tr_ mp style move, Queensland’s LNP government will break an election promise and cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office;      “Dengue and chikungunya may soon be endemic in Europe due to global warming, research shows”. 


In the global war against the radical right/f_s c_sm (including their social Darwinists and their networks, and their agents - who can, must, and will be held to account for their sadistic abuses and usurpations that have been so egregiously destructive of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness) this week (and for links on what can be done - now, see Resistance Labs, “How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement” (The Bulwark), here [Indivisible], Hands Off 2025, and Dem-Optimism and this [Robert Reich] and this [AOC] and this [Devon Price] aand this [PBS Voices] and this [on burnout] and this [efficacy of nonviolent protest] and this book and this book and this and these links ):      

§   Fascist attempts to control of sexuality/gender identity,   a powerful critique of the recent wave of anti-trans hate following the deeply flawed UK supreme court decision - which REFUSED to allow ANY pro-trans evidence, and the fascist connections/aspects of the anti-trans haters, with a call to do what we can so the world will be left a batter place for those who come in the future;      

§   On democracy,    attacks in the USA on habeas corpus and other legal matters as a call is are made for lawyers to accept their duty to be courageous;      

§   Fascist attempts to compel universal application of their attitudes,   the far right wing opposition that initiated an arts-based culture war in Slovenia is using n_ z_ phrasing about degenerates;        the problem of authoritarian personalities;     

§   On resistance,    encouragement and perspective for those who feel overwhelmed or that they are not doing enough, and some thoughts on how those of us (such as myself) outside the USA can help the USA;      some thoughts on moral clarity (and courage, and the need for accountability of goons, IMO);      Germany has banned the largest group of “an extremist far-right organisation that ... seeks to undermine the country’s democratic order, and arrested four of its leaders”;      an opinion that “protecting democracy is not enough”, which proposes five things to aim for as others note the current US president’s desire to control what people think is “full-on fascism” and recommend resisting with others;      a guide to surviving authoritarianism;      an example of how extremist hate groups can remain hidden - and what to do about this, including the role of toxic  shame;     

Overall/in summary, reviewing a range (remember, this is global, not USA-focused) of press reports and commentary has left me with the following impressions:   sleight of hand is being tried more (along with the usual blatant, outright lies), but people are becoming more aware   


Also in the USA, where their current president, who has been persistently  sanewashed by the mainstream  media, has committed abuses and usurpations that are egregiously destructive of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, this week, we have:      

an analysis shows that what has been happening under the current US regime is exactly as set out in Project 2025;       the current US president has raised the troubling prospect of a an illegal third term again;      

§   On rendition, deportations, and associated legal matters,   more lies and incompetence from M_ G_ ;       very grave concerns about the conduct and claims - which appear to be blatant misrepresentations - of masked and seemingly violent ICE agents about an event where a mayor was arrested and threats of arrests of Congress members have been made;      community resistance to abductions (i.e., warrantless arrests by masked people claiming - without ID - to be federal agents) is growing;      ICE abandoned a child on the sidewalk after abducting the child’s parent ... ;     

§   On ethics,   a major and growing  scandal - even amongst the M_ G_ faithful - about a $400 million (which will cost around $1 billion and take years to make fit for purpose) luxury jet “gift” (including questions about the AG’s involvement & decision making) from Qatar - see also this, this, and this - after a $5 billion development deal between the business interests of the US president and Qatar, and subsequently a US-Qatari defence and aviation deal, with the USA and Saudi Arabia subsequently signing a $142 billion arms deal;      

§   Also,   an opinion that the current US president has a reputation for backing down under pressure;      in an extremely concerning move, two experienced intelligence officers have been fired over lack of personal loyalty to the current US president;      


This week, noting this call to bear  witness (further noting the cautions on hate speech here, here, here, and here,   and this and these “links for activism”,   see the decision on the “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”, and note this pending [and disputed] case [South Africa v. Israel] regarding alleged genocide and this pending [and disputed] case regarding the “Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organisations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory” from the ICJ), the Israel-Palestine war has seen:      

thoughts from the ICG on saving Gaza from starvation as a warning is made that the 250,000 currently starving could end up as 470,000 deaths (and even the current US president has acknowledged the starvation and need for aid), and concerns are raised about Israel’s NGO registration requirements;      more “displacement” (ethnic cleansing?) orders from Israel;      academics have confirmed that Israel’s occupation of Palestine meets the criteria for apartheid. 


In other international news, including the illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine (noting the pending [and disputed] alleged genocide cases for The Gambia v. Myanmar, with seven States intervening,   Ukraine v. Russian Federation,   Sudan v. United Arab Emirates at the ICJ and these “links for activism”):      

§   on the India-Pakistan tensions in response to a mass fatality attack on tourists in Kashmir,   an uneasy  ceasefire has been established (with the minor influence [attempted to be blown up into something it wasn’t] of an initially indifferent USA) in Kashmir and the surrounding areas and seems to be holding so far, with both nations claiming victory although there are concerns about censorship in India;      

§   on Ukraine,  As the EU provides Ukraine with over one million shells and over $2 billion from frozen Russian assets, an explanation of the practical problems stopping Ukraine building its own version of US Patriot missile systems - although the USA will now allow Germany to transfer long-range missiles, and  Patriots to Ukraine.      Concerningly, the USA’s envoy has been using the Russians translator ...      Meanwhile, an escaped journalist has said “most Russians ‘don’t care about the war’”, and are just meekly accepting propaganda.      France’s President has said he “does not want to unleash ‘World War III’ over Ukraine”.      EU and UK sanctions against hundreds of oil tankers in Russia’s shadow fleet - which have been criticised for being insufficient for the current world situation.      Russia’s alleged ceasefire only came with a reduction, NOT a cessation of attacks.      Russia’s sabotage across Europe is continuing.     

§   on Ukraine-Russia ceasefire/peace talks,  As the week began and progressed, after European allies and the USA finalised a proposal for 30-day unconditional ceasefire and sent leaders to support the officially endorsed proposal (and the notion of a demilitarised zone is finished), they backed their demands for Russian agreement with pledges of harsher sanctions on Russia’s banking and energy sectors (including a deadline from Germany) if Russia refuses ... which Russia did refuse, albeit with a call for direct talks in Türkiye - which Ukraine  accepted (possibly to Russia’s surprise), after pressure from the USA (at Europe’s expense), and with a challenge (supported by the USA) for Russia’s president to turn up in person.   Russia will send a delegation ... but not Putin (which Ukraine has indicated they would consider a “final” indication of Putin’s lack of genuine desire for peace) nor, as a result, the US  president, who, Ukraine’s President said, “needs to understand that Putin lies [and] blocks peace efforts”.   Nevertheless the talks will proceed ...      but nothing is expected to happen ... See here for a consideration of what each sides demands might be.  

§   On the USA’s tariff war against its own citizens and the rest of the world,    the US and China have agreed to a 90 day pause on tariffs   ...   but China is continuing to build its economic ties with others, notably South and Central America;     

§   On the USA’s attempt to suppress other nations’ sovereignty and force the USA’s perverted attitudes on the rest of the world,    Stockholm, Sweden is latest city to refuse 'bizarre' US request to abandon diversity;      

§   Elsewhere,   Mexico is suing a major tech company for not using the correct and most widely accepted name Gulf of Mexico, and Italy is suing the same company over alleged anti-competitive practices;      suppression of dissent in Việt Nam, Tanzania, Kenya, and two opposition figures in Mali may have been forcibly disappeared prior to Mali has dissolving all political parties and banning a French TV channel for covering a pro-democracy protest, and problems with freedom of the press in Russia (which is also suppressing democracy & dissent), Greece, Niger, Ethiopia, South Sudan, on the US presidents jet (no wire service reporters), Tajikistan, and India (but India’s supreme court has, on freedom of expression grounds, reversed a takedown order against Wikimedia), but, worst of all, journalists are being killed in large numbers in Gaza;      “6 Bulgarian nationals sentenced in the UK for spying for Russia”;      Sudan - where more than 600,000 people face famine - has said attacks on Port Sudan threaten safety in the Red Sea, and blames a third party;      the USA will  lift all sanctions on Syria - which will take time to effect, and possibly decades for the benefits to be realised;      a backgrounder on the current problems in Haiti and the resource limitations preventing those problems being dealt with effectively;      Hungary is considering a law to ban groups seen as threat to national sovereignty, which could also allow the shut down of all independent media and NGOs;      a call for a ban on “killer robots”;      more than 130 nations and international partners have backed UN peacekeeping as global threats mount. 


In human  rights  news:      

§   On racism,   the current white supremacist regime in the USA will welcome a group of white  South Africans as ‘refugees’ - to which South Africa’s president said “there are no South African citizens that can be classified as refugees to any part of the world, including the US” - while rejecting other asylum-seekers, which has caused a backlash   and has been critiqued and criticised here   (and a social media AI chatbot has been ordered to accept the non-existent white genocide as real - and is saying so ... ). This may be connected (or partly so ?) to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel ... ;         the USA has just put Afghan refugees at major risk of refoulement and death;      an appalling incident of unprofessional and abusive behaviour, which appears to be racist misconduct, by an ACT police officer - supported by other officers - has been described as “deliberate incitement to an Aboriginal child to end his life”;      a UN rights committee has found Guatemala responsible for transgenerational harm to Mayan peoples;       three Māori MPs in Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Parliament whose protest last year against (ultimately soundly rejected) proposed racist changes to the foundational Treaty  of  Waitangi included a haka have been  suspended for up to three weeks - on the basis that the haka intimidated other MPs, thereby raising questions about ALL official uses of the haka by the government;     

§   On migration and refugees/asylum seekers/IDPs,   a concerning, racist/xenophobic, and divisive  speech by the UK’s Prime Minister will cause one in eight of existing nurses to quit, and possibly reduce nursing intakes by a quarter. This was followed by an interesting examination of the word stranger, which finds religious commands to protect the sojourner, and a pointed poem;      aid cuts may lead to forced refoulement/repatriation;     

§   On LGBTQIASB+ issues, especially TGDNB,    another major US newspaper has completely lost its head, competence, and integrity by endorsing conspiracy fantasy anti-trans hate;      there is a need for a massive campaign to correct the lies being told about TGDNB people;      a Republican Mayor in the USA has lost their re-election bid after running anti-trans ads which were used against that Mayor by the challenger;      trans rights have started reducing overall in Europe and Central Asia;      a prominent UK anti-trans and domestic abuse activist has been found guilty of decades of abuse of children;       political parties have been banned from four Pride events until trans needs are addressed;      a US state judge has permanently struck down a law which banned gender affirming care for youths, but allowed the exact same procedures to be available for cisgender youth and youth with innate variations of sex characteristics (also known as intersex);      an anti-trans group has lied about having met Democrats;      a gym is casting trans women as all aggressors and deliberately breaching state and national anti-discrimination laws;      a US judge has allowed workplace discrimination against LGBTQIASB+ people;     


§   On sexism, misogyny, and misandry,   nation wide protests against gendered killings have been held in Australia, and an egregious femicide has shocked Mexico;     

§   On other matters,   Human Rights Watch has said that major digital labour companies “misclassify gig workers as independent contractors in the US[A], avoiding employer responsibilities” in honouring labour rights;      AI interviews for jobs creates discrimination risks;      African resistance is ready for US anti-human rights campaigners;      


In societal and governance matters:      a consideration of the various wings of politics;      a reminder that “‘collective action by working people has transformed Australian history time and again’”;      a Brazilian newspaper has turned a city’s rough sleepers into journalists;      a powerful, comprehensive critique of a regressive anti-rough sleepers action by a Democrat governor (showing his second major failing) in the USA ... and against health care for undocumented immigrants is his third major failing;      “over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system”;      the NSW government wants to reward incompetent managers by cutting their victims (those caused psychological harm by overwork) off from any relief, and by introducing savage barriers to sexual harassment claims;      the devastating impact of online hate against sports players;      given the failures of childcare, a call for an overhaul of Australia’s privatisation ideological obsession.  

 

From a spiritual perspective:      challenging lies is of great importance - publicly, abrasively if necessary, but definitely not nicely   

 

 

Here are some llinks that might also be of interest or value:

  • “Unstatus: How to Stop Playing a Game You Don’t Want to Win”   https://www.joanwestenberg.com/unstatus-how-to-stop-playing-a-game-you-dont-want-to-win/   “A backlash is taking shape against the traditional markers of success and social position.   I call it "Unstatus" – the deliberate rejection of conventional status symbols in favour of something more elusive, more authentic, and (perhaps) more suited to our complex modern psyche.”      

  • “Angry Witchcraft: How Rage Can Make Your Spells Work”   https://youtu.be/tFxKqNISk1k   This also includes discussion on the potential problems with anger     
  • a research project, working with “the medium and trance channelling community”, has developed a Code of Ethics, which I have posted about here;
  • “Who’s in charge of who gets to be Christian?”   https://youtu.be/aLxRr2EGisY   The answer, from this interesting (Mormon, I think) Bible scholar (Dan McClellan), is: no-one - which is potentially quite significant when countering the neochristian hate mongers      And while we’re at it, this video by an Anglican minister points that, in the Christian faith, their God is already everywhere and thus does NOT need a special invitation prayer at the start of any meeting ...       
  • also from YouTube:
    • from YouTube and elsewhere on neurodivergence: 

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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).
 

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