Saturday, 31 December 2022

Post No. 2,340 - Reading and other links [Note: Content Warning for news links - reader discretion is advised]

Im going to begin this with a reminder that the work of this blog is:

and

  • BPM  strengthening of 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 possibly not what they interpret as their conscience).

Also:

Black Lives Matter! Be Anti-Racist, Anti-Sexist, and Actively Inclusive in ALL Areas.
The Climate Crisis is real, urgent and
existential!

The Pandemic is Real, and Vaccinations save lives. Stay safe - wash your hands, wear a face mask in public if prudent to do so, and follow informed medical advice.

We also need to be more human being rather than human doing. 

Having made those points, here are some links that you, Dear Reader, may find of interest or value (articles by others unless stated otherwise)

In preparation for tomorrows psychic weather report, I do a weekly summary of news links - every one of which is an opportunity to do the work of this blog, which I outlined at the start of this post. That can be accessed at: 

One part of the post covers natural and other disasters, which are always an excellent opportunity to do the work of this blog, so I will copy that section here: 

  • on NATURAL and OTHER DISASTERS (noting Article 1(3) of the UN Charter)
    • massive winter storm in the USA - see here (F24), here (CNN), here (ABC), here (DW), here (TND), here (has reached California) (TG), here (some homes encased in ice) (CNN), and here (TG) - and wouldn’t it be marvellous if other disasters in the world received the same levels of coverage;   an avalanche in Austria (TND);   continued impacts from the tropical low in the NT (ABC) & SA (TND) and - from other causes - floods in SA (TG) - see also this (TG) and floods also in the Philippines (ABC), and see also this (ABC);   drought in Kenya (UN);   a fire at an entertainment venue in Cambodia (TND) - see also this (CNN);   a warning to Australia to prepare for grassfires (TG);   a petrol tanker has exploded, killing and injuring people and damaging a hospital, in South Africa (ABC);   a bus accident in Spain (TND);   hundreds of cars have been involved in a traffic accident in China (CNN);   a light plane has crashed in the NT (TG);  

Another part lists a few key points from the news, which are also an excellent opportunity to do the work of this blog, so I will also copy that section here: 

  • there is a website/database on inequality in the world, with a report stating “inequality is a political choice, not an inevitability” - Australias data here (found via Thomas Piketty's latests book: A Brief History of Equality);   “extremism experts have raised concerns about the presence of a child at a neo-Nazi event in Melbourne’s north-west, saying it indicates far-right groups are indoctrinating children with hateful ideology during vulnerable periods in their intellectual development (TA);   in an act of staggering hypocrisy (especially given their transphobic lies) in the USA, “28 Republicans vote against [a] bill to protect child sex abuse survivors” (Huffington Post);   “the intellectual poverty of transphobes” (I agree wholeheartedly with that article) (M) - see also this, on why smart people can be stupid (Aeon);   three foreign NGOs have stopped working in Afghanistan in response to the ban imposed by the violent misogynist extremists in power there on women working (DW);   the insights of a whistleblower witness - including the pressures against telling the truth, and why she nevertheless chose to do so (TG);   how a Muslim man forgave and actively advocated for a less punitive form of justice for the racist woman who attacked and nearly killed him (TG);   “the pendulum swung against globalisation in 2022 – and that’s no bad thing (TG);   a call for courage to honour the brave (TG);  
I generally do the PWRs on Sunday in Australia, with an aim to get it online by 8pm on the Australian east coast - which, in the southern winter, is midday in Geneva, 11am in London, 6am in New York, and 3am on the US west coast.

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