I'm going to begin this with a reminder that the work of this blog is:
- clearing nonBPM nonphysical units (in a sense, doing the shadow work of the world), including doing spirit rescues,
and
- BPM strengthening BPM units - some nonphysical, some incarnated people . . . and one of, if not the, best ways that is done is strengthening people's connection with their own Higher Self (which is often not what they interpret as their conscience).
Having made that point, here are some links that you, Dear Reader, may find of interest or value:
- a reflection on the history of how financial interests got out of control at the expense of the majority of people;
- suggestions on how to improve one's practice of Wiccan-style witchcraft;
- a useful reminder that life on other planet's is UNLIKELY to be humanoid;
- an article reports a "theory" that extraterrestrials have avoided contact because of our violence - which is well known to people such as the CE-5 movement;
- "an overview of evidence to support an afterlife";
- an online video "you don't need a psychic to see signs from lost loved ones";
- a comment that Russia's statements about Ukraine have not shown how military action would comply with international law (I have a few thoughts here, and there is a good overview in the media here). Also, the UK has accused Russia of wanting to install a puppet regime, and, in a significant indicator of expectations of violence, the US and UK have ordered families of diplomats to leave Ukraine, Australia has called for its citizens to leave, NATO (including the USA) has reinforced forces in eastern Europe, and the USA is threatening to use the Magnitsky Act (which has a history of being effective) against Putin - but the situation is different to when Russia invaded in 2014, and an invasion is less likely to be successful (there are also reports the massed troops have not been organised into combat formations). Furthermore, as Russia points out responses to date have ignored its main concerns, a reminder that "Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter prohibits aggressive war. This renders illegal any aggressive war on the part of Russia. Moreover, article 51 gives all states the right to self-defence on behalf of one. That is, this right authorizes “collective self-defence” by the international community of states against aggressive war";
- a call to rethink nuclear weapons strategies (e.g., to a "deterrence only" approach);
- a useful reminder that nations are complex and play a wide range of roles (i.e., they're generally neither all good nor all bad) with Russia playing an intermediary role between Iran (which is facing internal unrest over the prospect of talks) and the USA;
- Ethiopia will lift the state of emergency that was imposed in response to the uprising in Tigray;
- the largest incursion to date by mainland China's airforce into Taiwanese airspace;
- Chile has shown enlightened implementation of gender equality in its Cabinet appointments;
- suppression of criticism in Kyrgyzstan and continuing murders of journalists in Mexico;
- many Australians do not know of our inglorious connections to the Holocaust;
- as Australia's corruption ratings plummet, "Malawi’s president dissolves cabinet over corruption allegations";
- fossil fuel companies have withdrawn from Burma over the junta's human rights record;
- an oil spill in Peru blamed on the tsunami caused by a recent Tongan eruption is being cleaned up, but has caused significant environmental damage, and sanctions may be imposed;
- "long-duration energy storage systems are writing coal’s death certificate"; - but "changes in mindset and boosts in funding are key to achieving a swift transition to a climate-smart economy" (there are no technical blocks);
- a family of Indian refugees have died of exposure on the US-Canadian border, leading to calls for reform;
- dozens of refugees are missing, feared drowned, after a human smuggling boat capsized on the way from Cuba to the USA;
- criticism of Europe's border agency at a conference meant to resolve that agency's human rights abuses;
- Nigerian police continue to commit abuses;
- a Victoria Police search without suspicion operation has been criticised for missing the fact that poverty is the real problem (I continue to hold that the oath
police swear is the cause of a lot of these elitist-favouring problems -
that, and the low-level cumulative psychological damage of policing);
- the national neolibs will boycott one of the more concerning (Chinese owned, in this instance) social media platforms after the PM's account was hacked (no, apparently it was SOLD - how the **** can that be???!!!) and turned into a CCP propaganda outlet for some time;
- the national neolib nitwits' proposed enable-religious-discrimination bill "will ‘clog’ [the] court system and deny access to justice";
- the national neolib nitwits are still denying an Indigenous voice through their lip service attempt at formalising an Indigenous Voice to the Parliament;
- on reconciliation, "to tell the truth, our flawed emotional logic must be laid bare";
- a correction that the national neolib nitwits haven't "freed" the Indigenous flag - that "transfer" of copyright was more "a violent appropriation of what Aboriginal people deem to be a symbol of reverence";
- after a recent notorious visa case involving a sports "celebrity", a court has found that the visa case a popular refugee family being held in extended (and expensive) detention lacked fairness;
- the organisers of a sporting event in Australia have been called out for their human rights hypocrisy after T shirts asking where a Chinese female sports player (who criticised a sexual abuser and then disappeared after allegedly recanting) was - an apt question, given the CCP's history and style of suppressing dissent (the organisers recanted, but remain contemptible, IMO - and there are serious questions about the police reportedly involved in this: why are they acting as agents of foreign repression?);
- the violent bigots who have power in Afghanistan are probably succeeding in their quest for political legitimacy by being included in an international conference to solve the humanitarian crisis that the bigots have created - although the intent is that aid be linked to respect for human rights;
- as Burkina Faso undergoes a military coup, a reflection on why - beyond the internal politics and structure - the UN Security Council "stumbles in responding to coups", and Ghana has "implored" ECOWAS and West African governments to "proactively tackle the underlying causes of military takeovers in the sub-region to avert their increasing effect on security and socio-economic development";
- a more easily stored and transported vaccine against COVID - which will be of immense benefit to places like Africa;
- a sports club has received a token fine for its fans' homophobic abuse, another club's homophobic fans could face hate crimes charges, a hate crimes unit is investigating online homophobic abuse of a player, and a sports organisation has been criticised for setting an effectively transphobic policy;
- a West Asian airline is allegedly trying to silence its pilots raising safety concerns;
- a warning to learn from mistakes around other social media when considering using the "meta" verse;
- how a powerful and honest speech led to Germany facing its history under hitler;
- "teaching tolerance in schools cannot avoid controversy";
- children of smokers are worse off than children of non-smokers;
- a thoughtful reflection on whether an Australian national identity is outdated;
- based on what has happened recently, a call for our society to base work on a four day working week.
