Saturday, 1 March 2025

Post No. 3,043 - 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);   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.  

PS - I have given up trying to take the clickbait use of caps out of YouTube video titles, as I am posting too many to have the time to adjust that. Nevertheless, I still dislike that practice.


News:   

On the existential climate crisis this week:      in Australia, “Eight Labor ‘climate champions’ to get election help from party’s grassroots environment action group | Labor party | The Guardian”;      “Extreme heat is leading to a rise in a range of mental health and social issues [‘Mood changes and cognitive impairment’]. Experts say its effects need to be taken more seriously”;      the Climate Change Authority chair has pointed out his job is to provide ‘frank and fearless advice’ after the opposition suggested - in what has been described as “a cynical attempt to put ideology over facts” - he could be sacked because he criticised their nuclear energy proposal;      “more than 100,000 seeds from across Africa have been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the world’s repository for specimens intended to preserve crop diversity in the event of disaster”;      the USA’s NOAA has slashed staff numbers ... . 


In the global war against the radical right/f_s c_sm (including their networks) this week (and for links on what can be done - now, see here [Indivisible] 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 these links ):      


Overall/in summary, reviewing a range (remember, this is global [five nations/regions plus several generic themes this week], not USA-focused) of press reports and commentary has left me with the following impressions:      abuse of power - especially threats of physical violence against families, but also illegal/unethical concentration of power (which includes suppression of dissent) including at national level, active press censorship & possible book bans, corruption & possibly dangerous conflicts of interest, lying about accomplishments and the reality of the world, major economic  problems, ignoring legal/moral authority/power, and networking à la “Autocracy, Inc.” are still problems, BUT there is a growing push back, including a range of scales of networking (and more “buyer’s regret”, but that is of highly doubtful value), and thuggishness being held to account - but also showing the failures of many bystanders.      


This week the Israel-Palestine war/ceasefire has seen:      

  • a comment that political courage is needed to end that war;     
  • Israel has put on hold releasing any more Palestinian prisoners until there are guarantees the spectacle of last wekk - which was objected to strenuously by the UN - will never occur again ... leading to H___s pausing further negotiations on the next phase of the ceasefire - but Israel wants to extent the first phase provided talks progress ... and, after H___s released further bodies (in a dignified manner), Israel released hundreds of prisoners   ...   and Egypt reports the next phase is now being negotiated;      Israel’s expanded operations in the West bank will continue for a year;      shortly after calling for demilitarisation, the IDF attacked sites in southern Syria;      reports that hasher treatment of Palestinian prisoners by Israel led to harsher treatment of Israeli hostages - and see also this;      a report details abuse of Palestinian medical staff by Israel, including sexual abuse;      the members of a family who lost three members who were abducted during the 7th October, 2023 attack have called on “‘all Israeli officials’ to take responsibility for deaths of Gaza hostages   ...   Our disaster as a nation and as a family should not have happened, and must never happen again. They could have saved you but preferred revenge”;     
  • near completion of the polio vaccination campaign;      leaders from Arab countries have met in Saudi Arabia to agree on a recovery plan for Gaza to counter T_’s ethnic cleansing proposal to turn Gaza into a West Asian “Riviera” under US control (and Tr_ mp has released an appalling  video on that);      
  • an Australian Defence Force officer has been stripped of security clearance over the potential for being compromised by loyalty to Israel ahead of Australia;      “Australia’s domestic spy chief has criticised an alleged attempt by News Corp staff to provoke workers at a Middle Eastern restaurant into making prejudicial comments as “mind-blowingly stupid” and “unhelpful” during a Senate estimates hearing”   ... to which the newspaper responded by sacking the leaker - to the anger of their newsroom;      “Jewish Council of Australia slams universities’ adoption of dangerous, politicised and unworkable antisemitism definition”   https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish-council-of-australia-slams-universities-adoption-of-dangerous-politicised-and-unworkable-antisemitism-definition   Includes discussion on the specific points of concern - see also this review. 


In other international news, including the illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine:      

  • T_ has admitted that Russia invaded Ukraine and the USA’s envoy to Ukraine has hailed Zelenskyy as an ‘embattled and courageous leader’ - see also   “The Reality of Ukraine”   https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-reality-of-ukraine   “A larger meaning of the largest contemporary war   The divide in politics today is between unreality and reality. Those who seek to rule the world blur human experience and smudge memory, making cooperation and friendship laughable and unthinkable. Rather than possessors of truths, we are to serve as lonely nodes in a power network.   Ukraine resists an unreality war”   by Timothy Snyder;      after an attack using thrown explosive devices against a Russian consulate in France two men have admitted their guilt and been jailed;      live to Tr_ mp’s face fact checking by France’s President   ...   and the UK’s Prime Minister;         reconstruction of Ukraine will cost over US$500 billion over a decade (I hope that includes mine and UXO clearing);      a warning that a peace must NOT reward the aggressor;      Russia has reiterated that, contrary to a statement by Tr_ mp, NATO troops will NOT be accepted in Ukraine;      the UK has cut aid spending to boost military spending   ...   and what if it has to defend itself against the USA?;      Ukraine says an agreement has been reached with the USA that includes access to its rare earth minerals - but NOT the outlandish demand for US$500 billion as compensation (see also this analysis and this);      the USA has said Ukraine will never be part of NATO;      Latvia’s Foreign Minister that Putin will seek other ways to weaken the USA;      the week ended with a disgraceful  argument between the USA’s now clearly completely and utterly Russian-aligned lowlife white house and Ukraine’s President,
  • T_ has signalled a shift towards possibly more assertive support (or even defence) of Taiwanese independence - but that is likely intended to manoeuvre China into a position of economic benefit to T_, and thus is of doubtful reliability/certainty for Taiwan;      “China’s defence ministry spokesperson has warned Taiwan “we will come and get you, sooner or later”, after [Taiwan] announced an expansion of military exercises”;      realignment of the USA internationally has now positioned it with what was one described by the USA as an “axis of evil”;      the USA has indicated it will cut 90% of US AID spending;      a Russian disinformation campaign targetted Germany’s election - see also this examination of the disenchantment of some voters;      as DRC proposes a unity government, the UN Security Council has urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebels in eastern DRC - who are blocking aid - and the conflict risks becoming regionalised;      rebels have established a (criticised) parallel government in Sudan - which is at risk of an explosive catastrophe;      Eritrean troops are continuing to commit human rights abuses with impunity in Tigray;      conservatives have the largest vote after Germany’s elections, with the radical right (who all major parties have agreed to NOT ally with) second - but, as this video points out, the same percentage voted left/progressive as voted fascist, 80% of people did NOT vote fascist, and 40% of people have recognised that neoliberalism is a failure;      Germany’s likely new chancellor has called on Europe to move on from the USA;      sanctions on Syria have been eased;      Australia’s major political parties are stubbornly - and cowardly - staying focused on local issues as the world goes to hell (so much for the examples of Curtin, Chifley, Evatt, Whitlam, and Hawke);      an examination of Australia’s options now that the predictable US retreat from globalism and the end of the rules-based order is here;      the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish group has called on the group to disarm - which is being described as a major change after four decades of guerilla warfare, but there would be problems to resolve first, and it should be noted that the group was close to winning what it wanted a few years ago (as mentioned in the article) before some Kurdish hot head decided to resume violence, so this would have to stick to open the door they want;      as attempts are underway to avert tariffs, Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures to the USA. 


In human rights news:         

  • more than 100 prominent Australians, community groups, and health services have joined forces in an open letter to urge an overturning of the Queensland Government’s controversial ban on hormone treatments and puberty blockers for trans and gender diverse young people, which they called “unreasonable, unnecessary and disproportionate” and said was endangering lives;      more concerning revelations about possibly transphobic/LGBTQA+-phobic police;      a viral pronouns protest from the USA - and see also this protest by hundreds despite a heavy police presence;          
  • “the final findings of the “horrendous“ eight-year long “massacre map”, tracing the violent history of the Australian colonial frontier” include AT LEAST 10,374 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people killed in 425 massacres (half by settlers, half by police or “other government agents“ - the military were no longer used after perpetrators of the Myall Creek massacre in 1838 were punished), and 160 non-Indigenous colonists were killed by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people in 13 massacres;         the NT government is planning on removing anti-vilification protections;  
  • the arrogance and amathia and hate of some self absorbed, self centred, greedy, social status addicted capitalists;      a social media platform has been fined nearly $1 million by Australia’s watchdog authority for a prolonged delay in reporting about problematic (extremist) material;      a Colombian city is facing the worst violence since the cartel unrest of the 1990s from rival armed groups, with concerns that nation may slide back into violence;      horrific abuses of (now freed) scam workers in Burma/Myanmar;      the impacts of mass deportations (back to the 1950s) from the USA;      concerns about the human rights record of the private company running the deportee (concentration?) camp at Guantanamo Bay;      Australia admits we may have wrongly detained 220 children as adult people smugglers;      a call for legal changes to close the deny, deflect, justify loopholes around bombing hospitals in war;      doubts that straight white men will be able to reclaim the world;      an editor has left a large newspaper after the owner imposed a - potentially paper-ending - compulsory “markets and personal liberties” bias;      Australian rugby has lost White Ribbon as a partner after inviting a convicted sexual abuser to a match overseas;      Thailand has deported dozens of Uyghurs, who have been detained for more than ten years, to China - despite the risk of imprisonment, torture, and disappearance;      Saudi Arabian border forces have again been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian “migrants”;     
  • the damage done by the neoliberals successful attempt to do to having-a-home (in a word, landlordism) what they failed to do to Medicare (in a nutshell, Americanise it) is well described in this:   “Older women like me are the ‘missing middle’ in Australia’s housing crisis”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/older-women-like-me-are-the-missing-middle-in-australias-housing-crisis   “Many of my generation are stuck in a vicious cycle – too wealthy for public housing but too financially strained for long-term private rentals or mortgage finance”   There are staggering numbers in that article.      Also, consider:   “It’s time we asked: what is the cost not just to the budget, but to society, when the richest are helped to get richer?”   https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/feb/27/its-time-we-asked-what-is-the-cost-not-just-to-the-budget-but-to-society-when-the-richest-are-helped-to-get-richer   “The question ‘how do we pay for it’ only seems to come up when the government spends money on things that help low and middle-income earners”. 


In societal and governance matters:      a The Guardian exclusive reports that an energy company is disputing the amount of a fine for wrongly taking welfare money from hundreds of people as ‘excessive’;      the connection between excessive wealth and excessive power;      a warning that, if Australia went down the path of nuclear energy, they would become targets during war. 

 

From a spiritual perspective:      the need for courage is of paramount prominence, this week ... 
The bindrune below is for courage

 

 

 

On the resistance to fascism:

  • “What War Is”   https://snyder.substack.com/p/what-war-is   “A poem by Ostap Slyvynsky, (published by permission of the author, Ostap Slyvynsky, in an original translation from the Ukrainian by Amelia Glaser)”      
  • “Emerging patterns What thematic trends have emerged at the global level over the past six months?”   https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/region/global   Discusses representation (elections, including foreign interference, surprise results, suppression), rights (repression, but also some victories related to historical crimes),   rule of law (violence and a global pattern of battles between courts and other branches of government - and the martial law attempt in South Korea), and participation (including mass protests)      
  • “The Political Arena Has Changed And We Have To Adapt”   https://substack.com/home/post/p-157831970   “We Have To Get Behind People Who Can Connect With The Working Class”   An excellent assessment and sound advice for progressives      
  • “How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech”   by Joan Westenberg   https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2/   “The world can no longer trust American tech.   ...   there can be no guarantee that an authoritarian U.S. government will not compel American cloud, email, productivity, and messaging providers to open their databases and records to partisan law enforcement   ...   The EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) - a legal mechanism established in 2023 to enable transatlantic data flows while ensuring EU citizens' data maintained adequate protection under GDPR when transferred to the U.S. - has been all but abandoned by the United States”   Alternatives are discussed      

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

  • “Responding To Comment About Religion Being Used To Control The Masses”   https://youtu.be/XEhwXiZi7uw   A nuanced and well argued consideration of this point      
  • “1946’s Biggest Lie: How the World Misread ‘Universal Human Rights’”   https://youtu.be/IB7t_8BnC28   This is the best summary of human rights issues and problems in around 20 minutes that I have ever come across - I suspect these two presenters are well worth watching     
  • “Hail Caffeina! - Best of Midday With Rev Don”   https://www.youtube.com/live/CzlJuj9xDi4   Interesting - and I would also note the possibility of mass consciousness contributing to egregores/group mind/etc       
  • also from YouTube:

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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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