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 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 a confirmation of folk wisdom, a pagan (Roman) altar has been found under a neochristian cathedral (TG);
- an excellent podcast episode interviewing a woman who, amongst other matters, sells paranormal equipment, which, after around half an hour, has some very good comments on the importance of considering mental health and being objective and ETHICAL;
- an article on diabetes and obesity which misses what I consider the main cause: we don’t want to live frantic, disconnected lives, and we’ll become ill as a result - partly to have an excuse to slow down;
- my thoughts on: the aspiration paradox;
- this week’s “afterlife report” by the Zammits.
In preparation for tomorrow’s 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. Before I get in to that, a CONTENT WARNING - some of the news links are about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Content shown in green (which may be only part of a news story) is about what is generally considered “good news”, but personal history may still make such events triggering. 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]).
The news post 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):
- ongoing fear in Türkiye and Syria (F24) - see also this (DW), and the limits of seismic forecasting (Nature); the EU will set up an air bridge to fly aid to the DRC (DW); 10,000 Rohingya have been left homeless by a fire at a refugee camp in Bangladesh (ABC); storms in the USA (ABC) - see also this (TG); floods in Malaysia (ABC) and Qld (TG) (with crocodiles) (TND); rain and landslides in Indonesia (ABC); flood recovery is continuing in Pakistan (UN); a tropical cyclone is threatening Malawi (UN) and, for a second time, Madagascar and Mozambique (UN) and aid is going to Vanuatu (ABC) to aid recovery from a cyclone; cholera in Malawi (AP); heatwave in NSW (ABC) - which is also facing a massive bushfire risk (TND); drought in east Africa (AP) - see also this (UN); an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria (F24); protests in Greece in response to the recent train disaster there (ABC); a train-bus collision in Nigeria (Channels TV); a fuel storage fire in Indonesia (ABC);
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:
- the far right is now an existential threat to decency everywhere - but there is also progress being made by decency in standing up to the far right's fascistic abuses;
- a US state “seeks to jail trans kids’ parents, authorize out-of-state kidnappings” (M) - see also this (Mother Jones) ... but another state has protected (ABC News) trans health care and will be a trans refuge (Them); concerns that Israel may be heading towards committing a genocide (PVG) - or civil war (MEE); “the hard right aren’t democratic opponents — they’re enemies of democracy” (infinite8horizon blog) - and their supporters in the media are unethical (TG) liars (TG); the USA’s “top 1% has taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90%” (Time); a violation of the KKK Act in the USA (Law and Crime); the US republican party is “about hate” (M), and a republican state has voted to allow child abuse in the form of child marriage (AP); “at CPAC, a creepy obsession with trans kids, and a speaker’s call to ‘eradicate’ transgenderism entirely” (Huffington Post) - see also this (M); one US state will now openly allow anti-LGBTIQA+ discrimination (ProPublica); “we’re watching [US] fascism become nazism right before our eyes ... what do you call an organised political movement dedicated to … ending people’s rights to exist?” (M); “the massacres of [15th March] 2019 at two Christchurch mosques confirmed the far right remains a constant threat to public order and safety in New Zealand, and that this threat was largely overlooked by security and intelligence agencies” (TC); “how anti-woke became a cowardly slogan for a racist crusade” (M); the US far right extremists also want to criminalise wearing a mask for health reasons (SS - JW);
from a few years ago, a “historian of fascism offers lessons for democracies on how to resist authoritarianism” (YT) - see also this (RNS);
“Tunisia's anti-migrant discourse: 'A way to distract from the country’s problems'” (F24), as “World Bank halts Tunisia partnership programme over president's ‘hate speech’” (MG);
focusing on renewable power sources may make aid more effective (CSIS); an excellent article on the patronising and superficial (my terms) problem of the “Disability Dongle: A well intended elegant, yet useless solution to a problem we never knew we had” (Platypus - The CASTAC Blog);
“the aspiration paradox: the proclivity of people to vote for the sort of life they wish they lived rather than the one they materially do” (TG); “I’m still angry at the architects of robodebt, and furious that they have faced no consequences” (TG); an opinion that the world is in a “behavioural sink” (SS - JW); “hustle culture doesn’t understand trauma” (M); a sports player has “apologise[d] for making [a] 'throat-slitting' gesture during [a sports] match” (this is toxic masculinity at its worst - and apologising after the fact isn’t enough: this sort of vile behaviour has to be PREVENTED) (ABC);
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