Saturday 15 July 2023

Post No. 2,499 - 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):

  • a nice short story set in Africa, which touches on Ubuntu (Wikipedia): Yogi Tarchin and the cheetah (David  Michie);   
  • brain waves synchronize when people interact (Scientific American); 
  • in a delightful combination of irony and ingenuity, “crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests” (The Guardian);   
  • on the role/effect of wind in the world - including mythology (The Conversation); 
  • my thoughts on:   equality phobia, fear of grieving at chance/emotional addiction, from a comment during a radio show asking about changing the tidal wave of hate sweeping the world - see here;   a game changer: evidence of a direct causal connection between unemployment and suicide (The Conversation + one other link);   Bastille Day;
  • from Medium this week:  
  • from YouTube:  
  • from my favourite Druid  blogger:  
  • this weeks afterlife report by the Zammits

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. 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]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/.  

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) including COVID-19 AND OTHER PANDEMICS
    • “hunger and famine are not accidents — they are created by the actions of people  (Nature);         heatwaves in Europe (F24) and the USA (TG);   “UN issues global alert to combat severe sand and dust storms” (UN);         floods in India (TG) and the USA (TG) - and flash flooding globally (DW);  

Another part provides an overview/commentary, which is a useful guide to doing the work of this blog, so I will also copy that section here: 

  • the world is getting better at supporting nations on the frontline of the struggle against hate in the form of fascism, but continues to struggle with the struggle against hate in other forms.
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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Finally, remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing.