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(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 - the news items helps draw in/helps me find those people and other units in need of any of the help I can provide); 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. Similarly, I generally try to show editorial comments by me in this shade of blue (quotes are in this shade of blue) - and for the times I miss doing so, you should keep your thinking cap on.
URLs of sources of news and/or information are often included as in-text hyperlinks.
News:
On the existential climate crisis and nuclear threats this week:
The US military is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases - which has been hidden until now, and will get worse under the USA’s current imperial expansion plans. Elsewhere, according to a The Guardian exclusive, the US-Israeli war in Gaza has a carbon footprint larger than many nations - it slightly exceeds the emissions of Zimbabwe, with Israel’s military’s emission exceeding those of Eritrea (a nation of 3.5 million people), and rebuilding Gaza will create emission comparable to those emitted by Afghanistan in 2023.
A reminder that the world’s disappearing glaciers support human livelihoods. So far this year natural disasters have cost the Australian economy $2.2 billion - and household insurance costs are becoming untenable, and “Labor [has been] accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved”.
The UK military is considering getting jets capable of carrying so-called “tactical”, or “battlefield”, nuclear weapons - which is being criticised;
In the global war against f_sc_sm this week:
A callous remark by a US Republican representative shows the depths of hate for difference that some people (globally) are afflicted with. Also, “I can’t say “both sides are the same” and that’s because only one side buys into and amplifies the most insane, bat s**t conspiracy theories”.
An assessment of the current US president*s “authoritarian attack on the American mind”.
An important perspective (complete with history) pointing out that while we NEED to be defended from fascists, the biggest fascist threat in and to the world now is the current US president and his infernal (my adjective) regime - and some vitally important ways of doing so are included; and “... new ‘patriotism’ tests for federal job-seekers shouldn’t fly under the radar ... the White House’s new strategy of recruiting “patriotic Americans” is “reminiscent of the loyalty oaths of the McCarthy era.”” and investigations into people the current US president does not like do not have an evidentiary basis.
M_ sk’s failures show that “... reforming the government is not as easy as he thought. That is because, just like almost all the simple-minded people who strike it lucky in business and who, as a consequence, believe they can solve any problem by issuing autocratic instruction which those who work for them must comply with or face immediate risk of losing their jobs, the complexity of government is beyond their comprehension. Government systems are not set up for the limited purposes of keeping bosses happy, if necessary by the supply of misinformation, and of ensuring organisation survival, as is the case with too much private sector enterprise. Instead, they actually try to meet need. This is a goal almost beyond the comprehension of those business leaders who are most critical of government” This is the comment I have been looking for over a period of decades ...
⇒ The current US president and M_ sk have had a spectacular and rapidly escalating falling out - see also this excellent perspective and analysis, this, on the risks of billionaire rule, this, on the sides being chosen, this, on the opportunity for the US Democrats, and also this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this.
Other items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding the USA include:
A warning that the current US president could be weakening the USA and hoping for a t_rr_r_st event to - as other authoritarian despots have - capitalise on for his own benefit. See also this assessment that the US federal government has abandoned action against violent extremism to US states.
With yet another rant, the current US president MAY be preparing his followers for the US supreme court to overturn his tariffs. (The string of court losses shows that, as well as overflowing with animus, those who wrote [and attempted to use/implement] Project 2025 lacked basic competence.) His claim to another court of mental suffering as a result of seeing a rival on TV is being assessed as classic malignant narcissist behaviour. His attempts to weaponise antisemitism have failed owing to the awareness of US voters, but it should also be noted that (a) key people in the current US regime have strong links to antisemites, and, (b) as pointed out in the linked video, “when you elevate hate, hate spreads” (and this gives data on how hate is being promoted against judges and what is being caused [such as death threats and killings of family members] - and the US marshalls cover-up of this data) - and silence is not neutral: it is complicity. (Also, the Jewish Council of Australia's submission to the NSW antisemitism inquiry should be noted.)
- This is an example of the evil being enacted on the streets of the USA - and the spontaneous resistance: “All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as Trump Plan BACKFIRES - YouTube” https://youtu.be/KKjb6L8__-k Every one of those agents, like the agents of South Africa’s apartheid regime, needs to be held to account for the sake of justice - NOT subjected to the same abuse they are handing out, which drags us down to their evil level, but true justice and accountability. (For a view of more positive resistance in the USA, see also this)
- “Marketing Authoritarianism” https://jewishcurrents.org/marketing-authoritarianism-trump-bukele-disappearance-videos “Mimicking his Salvadoran ally Nayib Bukele, [the current US president] is using spectacles of disappearance to project a total power he does not yet possess”
An independent assessment of the current financial bill going through the US Congress shows it is dreadful - estimates are it would lead to 51,000 more annual deaths; the current US regime appears to be seeking a way to overturn former President Biden’s Executive Orders; an examination of one of the many mistakes of DOGE - where a software engineer with no health care or government experience used outdated and inexpensive AI models to produce “results with glaring mistakes. For instance, it hallucinated the size of contracts, frequently misreading them and inflating their value” - and see this on the general use of incompetent people, contrary to claims of meritocracy;
§ On migration, border control, rendition, deportations, and associated legal matters,
⇒ the USA knew most Venezuelans it renditioned to El Salvador had no US crime convictions — making claims they were “the worst of the worst” blatant lies (and the claims continue to fall apart elsewhere - see here - and also these lies); and ...
⇒ the USA has started returning illegally renditioned people - and it has been reported a prosecutor may have quit because the charges against one of those victims were politically motivated;
the US supreme court has just allowed the current US regime to delegitimise half a million people who were following all the rules; the current US regime is working with a notorious data mining company to create a surveillance master database; (alleged) death threats against the families of ICE agents are unacceptable ... but so too is the way ICE agents are acting, and illegal renditions, deportations, refusal to comply with court orders, and abuses (including SA) of travellers at borders - all of which has trashed the USA’s reputation; in a US city police attended a raid by ICE officers (characterised as a drug raid by the city’s mayor - being conducted by ICE agents!!!), despite promises to the community (including directly from the police Chief IN CHURCH to a local Pastor) that they would honour the “sanctuary city” status and not cooperate with ICE; in an echo of his first regime's Islamophobic bans, the current US president has signed an executive order banning people from 12 nations from entering the USA and restricting entry of people from 7 others - which “punishes victims of the U.S. war machine”; the remaining victims of Australia’s illegal offshore detention scheme show how devastating such approaches are even without the torture;
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding Ukraine/Russia (et al) include:
NATO officials have rejected a Russian demand to halt expansion - note this assessment of Russia’s almost mystical and obsessive quest for “Great Power” status from last week, and that the issue of NATO’s expansion has been a major point of contention for decades. Eastern European Poland’s shift to the right could shift EU policies towards “populism” (which is code for “the far right”, or possibly even fascism?) and against Ukrainian membership of NATO (and the EU is about to reimpose trade barriers with Ukraine). And on changes, in an interview a historian points out that “so-called "Trump shock" has plunged Europe into its deepest crisis since 1945, but also presents an opportunity for the continent to forge a “new West”” - one that I hope will be free of colonialism, arrogance, and racism/white supremacism. A poll in May in Russia indicates 64% favour peace talks (up 6% since March), while the number of people who support the war's continuation decreased from 34% in March.
- “In western Ukraine, ethnic Romanians grapple with war, identity, and displacement” https://kyivindependent.com/romanian-election-tests-the-tensions-in-the-western-romanian-speaking-oblast-of-ukraine/
Also related to changing international circumstances, at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s “premiere defence forum”, it has become clear that former Soviet ties between Russia, China, and North Korea are being made re-manifest (my wording), with the addition of Iran, and warnings from several nations to the that the fall of Ukraine would send a clear signal that borders can be ignored and any fabricated excuse can justify invasion - the dangers are global, and unlike the (first) Cold War, this time the USA is not on the side of freedom. In addition, China has completed establishing an international mediation organisation, nominally based on the provisions of the UN Charter, as an alternative to the ICJ aimed at the Global South. However, it's location in undemocratic Hong Kong may wind up being of concern.
⇒ Ukraine’s attacks (including thousands of km away from Ukraine) on Russia’s strategic bombers used to launch missiles at civilians targets in Ukraine is a major blow to Russia’s military capabilities - and impacts military thinking globally - and major boost to Ukrainian morale. See also this historical perspective, note that the USA was not informed in advance, and Russia has now retaliated - against civilians.
Ukraine has also attacked the Russian bridge to Crimea using underwater explosives. “Putin’s ‘disregard’ for troops highlighted as Russian losses approach 1 million, CSIS report shows”; the current US regime is “redirecting anti-drone tech from Ukraine to US forces in [West Asia], WSJ reports ... as the U.S. braces for conflict with Iran as well as H____i militants in Yemen”; Russia wants to send 10,000 troops to Transnistria, which may undermine democracy in Moldova (which it is attempting to breakaway from);
TACO doing a TACO by NOT imposing sanctions meant expectations were low prior to ceasefire talks, and thus no ceasefire was agreed, but another large scale prisoner exchange will, and Russia admitted to taking Ukrainian children.
This deep dive examines the international maritime background (especially relating to insurance), sanctions (which are being affected by lower oil prices in a surprising way), and recent geopolitical issues (especially the response to subsea cable cutting) behind Russia beginning to provide military (naval) escorts to its shadow fleet in the Baltic.
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) elsewhere include:
Timothy Snyder has clarified that he moved to Canada during the Biden administration, for family reasons and to take advantage of a professional opportunity - but see also these excellent remarks about not needing to be present to fight for freedom, being present does NOT mean you are fighting for freedom, the value of self care, etc (also addressed by Timothy Snyder, as well as imperfection, activism, etc); while the current US president stops sales of advanced technology to China, “a technology trail now leads from the United States to oil-producing nations [who “have been granting {the current US president} personal favours. Their presumed goal is to get access to American technology”] and then to China”;
Noteworthy acts of resistance (noting the advice/examples/guidance here, here, here, here, here, here, here, this [on the efficacy of nonviolent protest], this book, this book, this, and these) include:
An excellent assessment of the growing resistance to the current US regime;
On other international affairs/political news matters this week:
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding West Asia include:
Israeli troops have killed at least 21 Palestinians and wounded scores more while they were on their way to or actually at an aid station - see here and here for descriptions of Palestinian experience - and Israel has (stupidly) denied responsibility - see also this analysis of a media interview... and then repeated their same act of evil the next day ... and then DECLARED THE ROADS TO ACCESS THE AID CENTRES COMBAT ZONES!!! For the aid centres ISRAEL helped set up ... which have now been shut down ... and food intake is well below survival level ... A former US official has said that “Israel has without doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza”; “Israel’s government has been accused of arming a Palestinian criminal gang whose members have allegedly looted humanitarian aid, in an apparent attempt to counter H___s in Gaza”;
A former Israeli negotiator has said “Netanyahu wants “permanent war” in Gaza, not a new ceasefire”. Also see this, this, this, and also this and this
an opinion which alleges the IDF military in Gaza have been a “gross military failure” which I consider not quite correct (for a start, the comparison of tactics should have been to Việt Nam, not World War (part) Two (WW2) in Europe - although the mention of Iraq was potentially good as the tactics under the Iraqi army [with less blind artillery fire and more close quarters combat] rather than the US showed that it is possible to do more to protect civilians [that comment is based on articles I found on sites like this, but I cannot now find any of those articles from all those years ago), and “Malaya” [as it was then referred to] in the 1950s should also have been considered, along with definitions of victory based on asymmetric warfare - and the impact of Netanyahu allegedly wanting a forever war (see this, this, this, and also this and this), and the impact of extreme right hardliners in the Israeli cabinet (who are being as destructive as H_t l_r and the German High Command in the second half of WW2), but there IS some apt and important commentary on training failures, low morale, and the circumstances that lead to troops committing atrocities, and the reluctance of Western armies to take casualties - which I consider goes back to Việt Nam, and is not necessarily a bad thing (soldiers are human beings as well), but, in addition to the speculations in the article, also shows the potential power of public opinion - and the potential short coming if that public opinion is narrow minded or lacking in compassion. And as for how killing, mass or otherwise, is conducted in modern war, what is happening in Ukraine is the best indicator of where the trend that started with the first ranged weapon currently is: “Neal Ascherson: Gazans paying the price for Israel's military failure” https://www.thenational.scot/news/world/25212682.neal-ascherson-gazans-paying-price-israels-military-failure/ Note also that “Israel signed a record $14 billion in defence [sale of equipment] deals last year [“54% with Europe, 23% with Asian-Pacific nations, 12% with Arab nations”] despite Gaza war criticism” - and bragged that this was because of what Israel had done since 7th October, 2023;
Norway has warned that “Israel is setting a dangerous precedent for international human rights law violations in Gaza that is making the whole world more dangerous”; a criticism of the UK mainstream press’s changed stance on Gaza as “too little, too late”, and a comment that “the UK’s silence on Gaza will haunt generations to come” (see also this criticism of UK action as inadequate) - which applies to many other nations as well; concerns about an Australian university’s response to pro-Palestinian protests; an examination of right wing media and government obeying pro-Israel directives to act against pro-children/pro-Palestinian celebrities, and the effect this is having; masked people in Israeli military uniforms have stopped journalists in the West Bank; a comparison between Israel’s current censorship and its openness during the 1973 war;
§ On antisemitism, an antisemitic vandalism attack in France; a violent antisemitic t_rr_r_st attack in the USA - the alleged perpetrator has been charged with a hate crime;
§ Elsewhere, the USA wants it allies “in the Asia-Pacific to boost their defence spending in the face of what he described as a possibly “imminent” threat posed by China” - to which Australia responded by welcoming US commitment, but noted the balance of power cannot be left to the USA alone and indicated it discuss increased military spending without committing to a specific number, and, also noting that the “shock and disruption to trade from high tariffs has been costly and destabilising”, called “for the stabilising force of liberal trade in the region”; a warning that the current US president “wants to use tax as a weapon in international trade wars. That could backfire horribly for him”; the current US regime is being inconsistent and contradictory in negotiations with Iran; 16 million people in Syria need humanitarian aid; an expert opinion that Sudan’s current civil/proxy war can only be ended politically, not militarily; “Algeria has pushed back more than 16,000 irregular African migrants to Niger since April”; cooperation but also concerns over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile;
On human rights matters:
During this National Reconciliation Week, “a shameful death after a supermarket scuffle shines a light on Australia’s unfinished business”. The UN Secretary-General has called for reparations for enslavement and colonialism: ‘Justice is long overdue’; Australia is trying to coerce UNESCO into ignoring facts (the report includes an allegation a report had been altered); US police are refusing to consider (incompetence? homophobia?) that the murder of a gay man which included gay slurs and a history of homophobia from the alleged murderer was a gay hate crime;
A debunking of the latest detransition rubbish from the USA - and strong criticism by a major international human rights organisation of the attacks on trans health care; the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission is trying to silence dissent and human rights activism; a British pop musician has challenged the gender-critical movement in her new song “Germ” (“girl, exclusionary, regressive, misogynist”), and argues that cis women need to stand up for the trans community - ‘British feminism needs reshaping’; Qld has created a biased panel designed to come up with the result the transphobes want; more transphobic rubbish from a mainstream US paper failed to hide the fact that the first person to use puberty blockers is now happy and normal in their true gender;
- “The Worst of Both Worlds” https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/the-worst-of-both-worlds “How Straight People Sexualise Queer and Trans People”
This is not what Australians wanted from the NDIS; the experience of living with Tourette syndrome - see also this organisation and this YouTube channel;
The current misogynistic US regime has decided to put the lives of women in need of an emergency abortion at risk; an appalling deliberate series of bashings of a teenager by other prisoners that was allegedly facilitated by probation officers has resulted in a $2.7 million compensation payout;
On societal and governance matters:
a warning that conservatives are rebranding themselves as (status quo maintaining) “extreme centrists” - at a time when we urgently need major and rapid changes; a reminder that all people, NOT only members of multicultural communities, are responsible for social cohesion; a convicted violent homophobe “admitted to police he had been inspired by vigilante-style videos he had seen on” [a social media platform]; a commentary on taxation and economic misinformation in the UK; a cautionary note that “If you ask for references from ChatGPT, make clear you want them for sources that actually exist. Otherwise, it just makes stuff up”; a warning about unregulated tech companies; an example of social media toxic masculinity amathia;
- “Uncertainty, risk and misplaced assumptions on data and rationality” https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06/01/uncertainty-risk-and-misplaced-assumptions-on-data-and-rationality/
⇒ ✰✰✰ From a spiritual perspective: continuing to focus on the “positive” (i.e., BPM) aspects of what should be is vital in creating the world that will be - resistance to wrongs is still essential, but must be lesser to actively building the good - remember #KindnessIsThePoint ✰✰✰
Here are some llinks that might also be of interest or value:
- Some interesting personal thoughts from someone I respect that are an excellent example of a good (IMO) approach to life: “The Summer Of A Better Year” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2025/06/the-summer-of-a-better-year.html
- The “two main types of meditation in Buddhism - Analytical Meditation and Single-pointed Meditation” https://youtube.com/shorts/588OLqdwCb0
- “Humanoid robots pose an ethical dilemma we’ve long prepared for” https://www.thenational.scot/comment/25204822.humanoid-robots-pose-ethical-dilemma-long-prepared/ “... the term “robot” itself comes from the Czech genius Karel ÄŚapek, and his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) – “robota” being Czech for forced labour. ... What does it mean for us to create an entity that we intend will work (or fight) entirely on our behalf? It’s one of the deeper, more civilisational arguments against a humanoid robot. Which is that it revives a master-slave framing from the worst of our past. ... Perhaps I’m operating in a very Western framework. ... animist religions ... do not sharply divide between the animate and inanimate. The robot in Japan is not necessarily monstrous, but can possess “kokoro” (heart/mind). Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy, flying about the comic strips of a traumatised Japan in the 1950s, was a great example of this. A moral child-robot with atomic powers, seeking justice.” This covers a lot of other excellent points, but my concern about this is the flaws of whoever programmes the robots, as their bigotries have been shown to infest whatever they touch now. there is also the possibility of creating a thought form, but that also will reflect the flaws/strengths of those doing the creating, and that isn’t at the moment ...
- “Witch Wars Podcast 2: Identifying Abuse” https://www.youtube.com/live/hzBdEwvPYOk This is very good. The comment about “slapped across the heart” is particularly useful.
- “Magickal Contact and Connections” https://templeofwitchcraft.org/magickal-contact-and-connections/ This a little bit ... hmm. I consider the strength of energies involved also needs to be considered - expecting 10 units’ worth of result from a correlation with around 0.01 units of strength is utterly absurd, amathiac, and unprofessional;
- I found a YouTube channel where at least one parrot is communicating via a speech board, and demonstrating intelligence: “I wonder whether all the little one have tummy ouches when they feel afraid.” https://youtube.com/shorts/feF1mZupGxM and “If this isn’t why we have a speech board, I don’t know what is” https://youtube.com/shorts/2UoEytLQi8w
- “I suspect there’s something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/06/i-suspect-theres-something-poisonous-about-money-thats-why-im-embracing-a-gift-economy “A slow and gentle lifestyle is possible; it’s just not sold to us, so it is harder to listen out for”
- “For the first time in my life I’m in charge of a garden. Is it too late to plant?” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/06/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-in-charge-of-a-garden-is-it-too-late-to-plant
- this week’s “afterlife report” by the Zammits: https://www.victorzammit.com/June6th2025/
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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our MÓ•gan, 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).#PsychicABetterWorld and may all that I do be of value and actively BPM used for and by the nonphysical BPM because #KindnessIsThePoint
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