Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content isoabout 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/.
Remember: #PsychicABetterWorld and may all that I do be of value and actively BPM used for and by the nonphysical BPM because #KindnessIsThePoint - and activelyopractice nonphysical health, strength and wellbeing
The purposes of this post include:
(1) to provide information, includingonews, 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 frameomy 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 this post will likely be distressing - hence the content warning, to allow people to choose times they have high energy and/or are in a goodostate 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 this post, 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 commentsoby 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-textohyperlinks.
News :
Noting the excellent daily aggregation of globalonews links at https://everythingbriefing.substack.com/
On the existential climate crisis & nuclear threats and environmental issues this week:
One of Australia's neolib conservative parties has shown it wants to be grudging followers when it comes to humanity's survival; “world's largest cargo sailboat makes first transatlantic crossing | REUTERS”; the USA will not contribute to COP30 ... and NEITHER WILL OUR PM - DESPITE CLAIMING TO WANT US TO HOST THE NEXT COP!!! ... and Brazil’s "contradictions" are on display ... and armed groups control areas that need to be considered; a call for effective nature laws in Australia; reportedly the resumed nuclear testing ordered by the USA's leader will not include nuclear explosions ... ; the European Greek and Roman Empires of two millennia or more ago had an awareness of climate change and the impacts on the environment on (micro)climate; “fear [of inadequate voter resolve], not public will, is slowing the green transition”; how the plastics industry duped the world over responsibility ... ; an opinion that “net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels” - while I agree we have to eliminate fossil fuels, I consider net zero an essential step along the way to get humanity to that realisation; gas exports from WA are NOT helping Asia and are leaving Australia short;
In the global struggle against f_sc_sm (and “producerism” and sociocide) - whichoisofought wherever we are (note the advice/examples/guidance on resistance here, here, here, here, here, here, here, this [on the efficacy of nonviolent protest], this book, this book, this, and these) this week:
“UN experts welcome ASEAN declaration on right to development and peace”; six suggestions to fix Australia's excessive secrecy/lack of transparency problems; France has rejected proposals to tax the ultra-wealthy; a call for progressive UK parties to work together; from the UK, “... when a prince can become a commoner, the hierarchy that defines our whole society begins to crumble. The monarchy’s claim to natural privilege has always been the cultural face of economic inequality and the idea that wealth, status, and deference are deserved. Now, that illusion is gone. What happens when the royal mystique collapses? What does that mean for justice, equality, and a new politics of care? And watch to the end for a discussion of philosopher John Rawls’ “difference principle” — and why true justice begins when we stop pretending anyone is born superior”; increasingly, companies are being owned by other companies and thus operated for short term numeric profit at any cost; “Larissa Behrendt's Boyer Lecture argues justice and imagination are an investment in democracy”; “The introvert’s guide to fighting for democracy Six ways to protect democracy — without attending a protest”; expansion of Australia's intelligence/police/department oversight powers; the continuing problem of "crippling" male stereotypes;
- “The John Brown Problem: Why Do Historians Fear Taking Sides?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSn3_7uy08 “Calling it objectivity doesn't make it neutral. It makes it unexamined”
- AI summary: “Historian Tad Stoermer challenges the notion of "objective distance" in historical analysis, particularly regarding violence and resistance. Using John Brown and the Civil War as examples, the video explores how claiming moral neutrality distorts historical understanding. Stoermer argues that centering the perspectives of those who challenged power creates more rigorous history.”
A financial crash "almost as bad as 2008" is "almost inevitable"; a call to avoid using police in emergency situations; “the ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily” (“... the concept of the humble hotel doorman to illustrate how businesses can misjudge the value a person brings to the role”); the UK government allowed big business to act from within the government in a troubling example of undue influence/possible state capture; dangerous mislabelling of Scottish independence desires by the UK government; Australia's ALP government has been (angrily) accused of burying a report on jobs-for-mates; “one in three Australian households went whole days without eating or compromised on meal choices in the last 12 months”; Australia's far right party is showing its similarities to theoUSA'soM_oG_o/orepublicanoparty as Australia's government undermines the presumption of innocence by allowing suspension of welfare before any conviction of wrongdoing; an analysis that the "real" reason behind removing a now former prince from UK royalty was to protect the royalty; also in the UK, “police ‘forced to disclose ethnicity of suspects to counter far-right speculation’” - see also this assessment; the problem of inbuilt bias in AI appears to have been shown by a gay Arab being falsely flagged as a t_r r_r_st;
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding the USA and theiroleader, noting this on “a slight change of activist focus”, include:
The US leader has threatened to invadeoNigeria overoallegations that theofarmer-herderoclashesoare aogenocideoagainstochristians - and South Africa has criticisedotheoUSopolicy of acceptingoAfrikanersoasoallegedlyo"refugees"; another money-based attempt to influence an election result by the current US leader;
elections have strongly swung towards Democrats, including a progressive mayor of New York - and opinions by progressive politicians globally that this shows how to defeat regressives - see also this, this defence of the new mayor and criticism of Israel by Orthodox Jews; governor of New jersey which has been trending to the right until now (the candidate endorsed by the current US leader was clearly defeated), first female governor of Virginia, restrictions on access to guns in Maine, continuation of a Democrat majority on Pennsylvania's supreme court, an assessment that the result shows the government is blamed for the shutdown as the current US leader tries to avoid responsibility, and also this, this (call for Scotland's politicians to be braver), ; “poll shows the ‘No Kings’ protest movement topping M_G_ in public support”;
- Evidence of the USoleader’s and/or his regime's unsuitability (including mentally) this week include: this, THIS GATSBY - MARIE ANTOINETTE PARTY, this (he thinks people need ID to buy groceries ... ), this;
- Actsooforesistance this week include: this, this (extension of bar on troop deployment), this, this (enforcement of court orders to fund SNAP), this, this, this;
§ On migration, border control, rendition, deportations, and associated legal matters, legal action over inhumane conditions at an ICE facility; court evidence has shown the unjustified and extreme violence of ICE thugs - see also this; another group will lose protection; ICE employees have stolen a child - and see also this;
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regardingoUkraine/Russia (et al) include (and note that war is inherently, personally brutal):
Drones have affected an airport in Germany and a military base in Belgium as a new drone defence system is deployed; “Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Court sentences former tax chief to 6 years in prison”; “silence from Ukraine’s allies after ‘politically motivated’ arrest of former top energy official” - and the imposition of control of a city by the national government is of some concern, and the EU is concerned about Ukraine's backsliding on anti-corruption efforts (although a nuclear official has been arrested over bribery allegations - see this on the extent of the problem);
an analysis has shown lessons on air defence and infrastructure from one Ukrainian city - and, as the USA's leader confirms he is not considering providing Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, Ukraine also needs more drone operators to match increased production and realise their potential, but has received more Patriot missile defence systems and missiles from the UK; Ukraine has confirmed that it has also attacked Russian energy infrastructure; as Ukraine plans to stretch its 2026 finances in response to the EU slowing its support, criticism of a winter support package as populist rather than effective ... but Norway has pledged $7 billion in aid for 2026; a Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian POW to life for executing a surrendered Ukrainian POW;
rival factions are targetting each other inside the Russian government/oligarchy; in response to the US leader's comments, Russia is considering resuming nuclear weapons testing; nepotism by Putin;
Venezuela has reportedly asked Russia for missiles and radar as tensions build with the USA; TĂĽrkiye has reportedly cut Russian oil imports as Western sanctions impact Russian oil exports; reportedly China is starting to shun Russian oil; South Africa is investigating how 17 of its men were duped into becoming Russian mercenaries; Bulgaria is preparing laws to allow it to seize and sell a Russian owned refinery to protect its fossil fuel supply against the impact of US sanctions;
On other international affairs/political news matters this week:
Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regardingoWest Asiaoinclude:
An expert's opinion that the world mustoresistoIsrael'sogenocideoinoGaza as was done for the former South African apartheid regime - which is not helped by this Scottish firm help Israel extract Palestinian resources; Israel is threatening to increase its attacks into Lebanon over allegedly slow disarming of H_______h; Israel's internal fault lines are showing - and “Israeli minority facing backlash for speaking out on Gaza”;
the problem of trying to recover over 10,000 bodies in the 61 million tonnes of rubble in Gaza; Israel and H___s have exchanged more remains of people killed;
an assessment indicates regional Arab leaders are likely to continue the trend developing ties with Israel - despite popular sentiment being pro-Palestinian - for economic reasons; a The Guardian exclusive reports that an Australian university “bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments”; disturbing details about hooligans from one Israeli soccer club;
the current US leader “is repeating the long, painful history of US ‘policing’ of Latin America”; “centrist D66 party ousts far right to win Netherlands election, local media reports”; against fatal protests, the disputed election result in Tanzania has returned the incumbent; continuing fears for those in the city in Darfur, Sudan which fell to the RSF last week as some nations call for a ceasefire; North Korea has indulged in more artillery rocket sabre-rattling before a US visit to South Korea; “the Australia Security Intelligence Organisation believes there is a “realistic possibility” a foreign government will try to assassinate a “perceived dissident” in Australia”; the problem of "space t_ror_r_sm"; Canada's PM has, troublingly, apologised to the USA's leader over a Canadian state ad that told the truth; problems in Nigeria with internally displaced people being forced back to areas where t_r r_r_sts are still - or resuming - activities; changes after Norway found the Chinese manufacturer of its new buses could control them to some extent;
On human rightsomatters:
moves in the UK to leave the European Court of Human Rights so it can deport people in contravention of obligations; more secret renditions by Australia; call for urgent measures to protect children trafficked in conflicts - and Australia is failing to protect its children ... see also here and here; Nicaragua has committed systematic human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity, according to experts; a Chinese company has been suspended in France over products that seem to simulate CSA;
from Aotearoa/New Zealand, “the facial tattoos sending a ‘very clear statement’ after decades of suppression”; “the launch of a legal claim from the Indigenous Sámi people against the government of Finland involving climate change and cultural traditions is drawing on an Australian precedent in which Torres Strait Islanders won against the Commonwealth”; calls for change to prevent deaths in custody; a call for Indonesia to recognise its Indigenous people;
more transphobia in the USA - and a possible future reversal of equal marriage; Qld has refused to comply with a legal request before trans children are outed;
unpaid work in Australia is predominantly done by women - and is worth over $400 billion; even neolib/conservative women are horrified by absurd comments by neolib/conservative men about women getting ab_rot__ns to have leave ... ; calls for stronger laws in Mexico after their President is sexually assaulted on a street (and there is also a major femicide problem); “the good news is that boys believe in gender equality. The scary question is: will they forget when they become men?”;
police abuse of a disabled man before he died in custody;
the problems with aged care delivery in Australia;
as an apartment block in NSW institutes class-based apartheid over access, a call for class inclusion in workplaces - and why relying on the housing industry will NOT result in lower prices;
On societal and governanceomatters:
The reason supply and demand assumptions are myths ... and diminishing returns and marginalism (which I thought was absurd when I first heard it, and no-one has ever been able to provide any cogent explanation as to why it should be used); white collar job losses from AI; risks for critical Australian infrastructure and required actions have been reported; tropical storms mostly kill through interruptions to health infrastructure; criticism of Australian universities for perceived greed and "not doing their job"; a military facility will be built on Christmas Island (this sounds like a combination Pine Gap and data centre ... );
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