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More than two years into the civil war in Sudan, at least twelve million people have been forcibly displaced, but experts say the country’s devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the international attention it deserves.
has ido poco por allí. A mi me hicieron sonreír como en la foto de pasaporte 😁 Y cuando rellené el papelito ese donde te preguntan "si has pertenecido al partido nazi" me costó no poner un "check" sólo para ver que pasaba pero me llevaron allí por trabajo y ñeñeñeñeñe.... Pero si fuese hoy me repatriaban desde el aeropuerto.
[...] Mamdani, Lander, and Hanif give people a reason to vote for something. And they give people like me hope that maybe I won’t be locked out of the formal American economy forever. If Zohran Mamdani can be arrested protesting for Gaza, face a barrage of racist Islamaphobic attacks, and still win the mayoral primary in the nation’s biggest city—with the help of his Jewish brother who got arrested defending migrants from ICE—then maybe there is room to fight in this country, still.
In New York City's Democratic primary, Muslim state legislator Zohran Mamdani and Jewish comptroller Brad Lander emerged as top mayoral candidates, demonstrating the potential for criticizing #Israel without political repercussions. Their successful campaign, marked by mutual support and a focus on maturity, challenged prevailing beliefs about career risks for advocating for social causes and navigating anti-Muslim and anti-Zionist sentiment. This outcome, alongside the re-election of Muslim City Council member Shahana Hanif, signals a shift in New York politics and offers hope for those who have faced professional consequences for their activism.
On Tuesday, voters in New York City’s Democratic primary selected a Muslim state legislator and a Jewish comptroller as their first and third respective choices for mayor. Both men have been critic…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid’s story continues.
US President Donald Trump is increasingly disappointed with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over his maximalist demands regarding the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, writes the Financial Times.
In a week, more that 4500 people have pledged over £150k to support Palestine Action's legal acton against the Govt.s moves to proscribe the groups rendering them as 'terrorists'.
If you are concerned this is a fundamental threat to the right to protest and so a threat to our very democracy... then you might want to join me & the 4500 supporting their crowdfunding for their prospective legal costs.
When I hear stories of people being fired from jobs for doing the right thing (Walmart employee for example who filmed ICE detaining an elderly janitor and was himself detained) I get infuriated at the lack of loyalty to employees companies show. And more so than a gofundme I hope someone offers the people in such stories better jobs with employers who stand behind their employees and reward not punish them when they do the right thing. Often the outrage leaves the people in the story behind
While it holds a ceasefire with Israel, Iran is stepping up an internal crackdown with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, officials and activists said. FRANCE 24 speaks to Hussein Baoumi, deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International. #Iran #Israel #executions
While it holds a ceasefire with Israel, Iran is stepping up an internal crackdown with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, officials and activ...
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“Global security remains the paramount concern, particularly at this juncture, when the notorious Doomsday Clock continues to tick ever closer to midnight. It is imperative that we prevent such an outcome.
I am deeply relieved. This must be related to the peacework the chancellor (who has sworn an oath on a constitution that incorporates international law) was talking about, when justifying war of aggression in parliament. One war, not the other, as we know. I will consider donating for the noble causes of the Government. [//sarcasm off]
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the U.N.says the Israeli regime will be held fully accountable for its crimes, especially its policies and practices targeting children.
"The Irish rap trio have recently faced censure and a court case, but have also had support for their pro-Palestine stance. Ahead of a Glastonbury appearance deemed ‘inappropriate’ by Keir Starmer, they argue the backlash against them is a deliberate distraction"
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Switzerland, emphasizing the urgent and safe delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, called for an independent investigation into the massacre of civilians in this area.
UsrMerge is a process that combines the traditional directories like /bin, /sbin, and /lib into their counterparts in /usr, creating symlinks to streamline the filesystem structure in Linux systems. This change aims to improve consistency and organization within the operating system, but it can complicate upgrades and package management. community.linuxmint.com en.opensuse.org
so that kind of directory structure wasnt possible until... 2012? or 2015(ish) when version 0.5 came out (iirc... or maybe 0.6 or 0.7 brought other directory structure changes i've forgot). ... and still, even with the bedrock complexification of my system's directory structure, the usrmerge thing leaves me "not used to". n_n
Ethics-focused phone makers Fairphone and Murena have unveiled their latest collaboration: the Murena Fairphone (Gen 6), a smartphone that pairs repairable hardware with privacy-focused ...
Construindo um Plano Digital para a Soberania NacionalVivemos um momento decisivo para o futuro digital do Brasil. A crescente concentração de poder nas mãos das grandes plataformas, a dependência de infraestruturas estrangeiras e a ausência de políticas públicas robustas no campo da tecnologia colocam em risco a soberania nacional, os direitos fundamentais e a democracia.A regulação das plataformas e da inteligência artificial já estão no centro do debate. No entanto, é preciso ir além. Precisamos de um projeto estruturante, nacional e coletivo, que aponte caminhos concretos para a construção de uma infraestrutura digital própria, baseada em código aberto, tecnologias públicas e controle democrático sobre dados, algoritmos e redes, com foco na soberania popular dos territórios e das pessoas.Nesse contexto, convidamos você e sua organização a participar do encontro Soberania Já! , que acontecerá nos dias 08 e 09 de julho , em Brasília.
(EU foreign policy: 1000 appeals - zero sanctions)
»In the wake of a damning EU review of Israel's human rights record in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slammed his colleagues for not moving to suspend a trade deal with Israel despite what he called "the catastrophic situation of genocide."«
Pedro Sanchez is now the most senior European leader to describe Israel's campaign in Gaza as a genocide, as rescuers reported Israeli forces killed at least 65 people on Thursday.
Si la question est pourquoi les Usa cherchent à renverser, par tous les moyens, le pouvoir au Venezuela, occupent toujours l'Irak et bombardent l'Iran, toujours au nom des valeurs démocratiques, la réponse est à l'intérieur de ce tableau.
**Le Mexique ABAISSE l'âge de départ à la retraite des enseignants. **
**La Présidente de gauche Claudia Sheinbaum a signé pour abaisser l'âge de 58 à 53 ans pour les femmes et de 60 à 55 ans pour les hommes, d'ici à 2034. **
I feel like a few people on #diaspora need this message. I get a lot of differing opinions, but more rarely does anyone just ask "what do you mean by that?" People even used to call me an AI.
I noticed memes expressing a common attitude that a discussion is to be "won", like who "wins" a discussion and how to. Although I think debates are to exchange views, just to know what kind of views are existing.
Should I explain though? I don't know what @unmittelbar had in mind. But as to what the guy in the video says, it's about different people talking with each other, with their different views. But that's become a bit rare here, I think. People don't listen but broadcast and propagate. Maybe like that?
Too much verbal diarrhea...I tend to no longer want long verbal discourses... at least not with the general public. If I find someone who is open to discuss things more (one on one or small groups) I will engage.
I'm also aware of wasting breath on those who are "not open" or who are "defending a particular stance" etc
Now, it's know when to speak, share or "hold my tongue". I don't always get it right 🕊
Maybe it's the language barrier, maybe it's the fact that people have different opinions but don't recognise each other, but it's a fact that a few of us around here have noticed. The refusal to discuss - or to discuss in the way the other person would like - the refusal to debate... It even goes so far that many of us are blocked if we come to 'pollute' their post with a contrary opinion... When the whole point of this kind of place should be to get us out of the isolation of each other... Surprisingly, the few who agree to debate are mostly on the opposite side to me...
I totally agree with you, @Kosmogrammaton ... I think it's important to let people know that all opinions exist and that, to go further, there are multiple paths, multiple games for approaching existence, as many as there are individuals who want to get to know each other. We don't defend our own, we present it, we expose it, we make it known, thinking that it can be useful to others? Just as this or that thinker may correspond to this or that temperament.
Thousands, I think, tens of thousands? Forgot. I mean, any group or institution that somehow wants to manipulate people doesn’t stand on the street corner with leaflets anymore or bribe filmmakers or what. They go online, of course.
Yeah...I have compassion for people who don't want to stop and listen to someone. The situation got full of dregs because the best parts are constantly imbibed by the fuzz or the AI machine.
Surprisingly, the few who agree to debate are mostly on the opposite side to me…
this comes as no surprise. The advancements proposed in the video come from listening, and so often a debate is about proving each other wrong. The fewest people can realize that our words come from emotional expressions which intellectual arguments, no matter how right, will never ever solve.
Indeed. We have the ability to discourse, but instead a few people reduce our stated opinions to likes when they resonate, and just stating another opinion when not. I've seen much worse in D* in the past years...it's good these days. But the point is we should listen to each other. @L'intrus you ask such good questions, I'm still synthesizing my ideas into comment-appropriate responses to this and this.
Würde und völlige Wertlosigkeit haben etwas Unerwartetes gemeinsam: Beide entziehen sich einer klaren Berechnung. Sie lassen sich nicht fassen oder exakt einordnen.
That doesn't mean that good approaches to thought don't exist, but rather that they won't do a lot for an intellectual person, even one with right ideas, if they don't know themselves first. And this means emotional awareness.
@L'intrus my transcendental approach is to advocate for the existence of transcendentals. however not to approach them directly all the time. dignity is an example of something that must be approached, reached in estimation of each other, before we are truly capable of founding a worthy society. however transcendental truths require settling the stirred pot of emotions and convictions until the resonance of what remains, our truest essence, can sound out of us and find the path of best fit. so these are not accessible by force or in many cases even by word.
therefore i tend to see the "many paths" perspective as a derived truth which misses the point that we all walk the way, but the way walks back -- there are paths more accommodating of, for lack of a better word, natural law. and as in the case of dignity, there are human paths better than others, which are to be followed for the sake of our larger intentions, like community or society.
I don't understand much of what you're saying, except that it sounds vaguely religious and that you think there are many wrong ways and only one right way for everyone... How sad... Fortunately that's not the case and, despite the dictators of thought, we can't deny diversity both between species and within each species. I don't know what dignity is - and don't see any point in knowing, any more than honor or pride... I don't believe in a solution that's good for the whole community, for the whole society? That's called dictatorship. All you have to do is open your eyes and ears to realize that everyone is different, that everyone wants to find their own way, which may have nothing to do with their neighbor's way. Some dream of family, some of money, some of security, some of independence, of freedom, of love, of revolution, of religion, of crime, of forgetting, and so on.
@L'intrus Much more recently I started contemplating how the biosphere operates, beyond limited current scientific thinking, this does not mean to say what scientists are discovering is not valuable, just limited... until they discover the next new bit of information which opens the box of "limitations" again.
What I currently realize is, that every life-form - trees, animals, fish, fungi, bacteria (I'm not sure where viruses slot in), from the "bigger picture" are all vitally important to the harmonious unfolding of the future of this Earth, except humans seem to be the ones who are "out of tune" (so to speak).
@iam-elegance thinking about the nature of the non-dual baseline reality can give people a lot of ideas--i try to propagate the principle which leads us to convictions, but not necessarily convictions themselves...unless they are based in this categorical imperative: that the manner in which I come to them is itself reproducible by my species (as they are human with intellects and as they are living beings in a nature-dependent world). So the will to change is relative to my static neurology (and my spirit's acquisitions in past lives--for those who believe), either way I need to choose to let change become a force in my life, therefore the will to change.
I don't know if nature abhors a vacuum--it seems to fill them rather...even the void is really just quantum potential fluctuations. vacuums are relative.
Looking back my "same person" comment seems naive 😀 but in this light, the self as a vacuum held apart in a manifestation space, with energetic decisions as rafters... 🍐 🍋🟩
@unmittelbar maybe we are different species within human bodies and because we find ourselves embodied within "human casings" - that causes us to "limit ourselves to the human dilemma as a human body"?
Have you ever looked into the "scientific concept" of ABIOGENESIS??? How did life on Earth begin??? Utterly fascinating!!!
The other more contemporary "imaginarium" is the movie "Lucy" (quite a few years old and yet, because we are ultimately dreamers, whether we realize this or not, it is all relevant... 🖖
@L'intrus the video suggests older people to listen to younger people, because they have knowledge. You inspire me to extend it based on my knowledge.
I listen to religious people, because they express symbolic wisdom which is soothing for the religiously evolved brains of humans: for the sake of emotions and in case there is a deeper significance to symbols.
I also listen to atheists, because they often focus on real-world problems, which informs me about worldly concerns. In short, atheists often know better where the problems are, but also usually blame religions or stupidity for the problems. I think religious symbols help people with emotional issues, and so I benefit from listening to both sides...what you misinterpret as dictatorial will is really the attempt to remind people that underneath our activity is a powerful source-consciousness which helps us find the paths of best fit, and that these paths are for more than just individuals since they come from the same source. Meditation offers a way to access this by resolving to remain still, dissolving our minds for a time and letting everything go. Religious people do something similar so often, they are rightly criticised as abiding the terrorism of the present society in manufactured bliss. However consumers and atheists do it too, they just melt themselves further and further into their own minds, rather than into the symbolic layer which exists over the source consciousness. This is how I understand it...I am trying to point out a categorical approach to common enlightenment which does not hate individual paths, but rather reminds them to tune themselves regularly to a higher will, and also abide in the knowledge that oneself is not to be taken so seriously as to get offended or angry.
the attempt to remind people that underneath our activity is a powerful source-consciousness which helps us find the paths of best fit, and that these paths are for more than just individuals since they come from the same source.
And where does this statement come from? What is this source? I don't understand much of your mysticism. You seem to pigeonhole people into a very small number of simplistic categories: religious, atheist, consumer... When there are lots of other ways. I don't believe in a higher will. Sorry, but I'm totally impervious to your religiosity. My example is Diogenes, my practice is Cynicism (kunicism), the opposite of all that.
good to know! there are some philosophies which will always be true for themselves, and I underestimate their ability to self-convince.
to me the categories are for your benefit as they are said for the purposes of discursive reason, which relies on arguments. to me these are patterns on the quilt which covers all humanity. we can only dignify what we know, so i open up to discursive reason the comparing and contrasting of different life-choices by humans, but it is very hard to release people from the bondage of categories -- for this reason I spend some necessary thought-energy in every sociological sphere bringing the knowledge back to the base of our common humanity.
Is there even such a thing, except by consciously agreed upon "beliefs" (cynicism, religious, atheist, religious, philosophical, mystical, sociological etc) or "tolerance" - ideologically we don't agree and maybe it is better for you or me to sidestep each other, except we can still INTEND that we each have-experience the most beneficial lives we each can experience.
i think the only proof of common humanity comes when we pause abiding by reason and experience silence, stillness, and other forms which transcend discursive intellect. It’s not something which I would seek to argue by example, but rather indicate as accessible by other means than reason. If we share the notion, we can begin to gather evidence – but it is indeed a basis one reaches by prerequisite.
Even if we can see how symbols recur in different human cultures, the pure knowledge of our commonality does not need to be believed by humans to make them human: it is accessed by transcending or sublimating what distinguishes us as humans: our intellect. So paradoxically the basis of our common humanity is divinity, and by definition this is common. I resolve the paradox by stating: it is our privilege to have knowledge, for by virtue of releasing ourselves from its burden we return to a “naturalness” which is oneness with existence: this common basis I call divine, yet the unique human aspect I call transcendent knowledge. So what binds us together is the ability to return from source to and with knowledge and develop it in the collective experience transcendence–which retains and reminds us of our connection to source and allows us to develop it individually.
when we pause abiding by reason and experience silence, stillness, and other forms which transcend discursive intellect<
Only for this self... I can no longer do this, "common humanity stuff"... Because we have to dissolve all those boundaries - human and other... That's why our world "feels" so "human-centric" (ego-centric), .and is in the mess that it is in... Of course this too is passing, changing, morphing and I don't expect intellectuals to comprehend non-intellectual methods of migrating through difficulties...(personally or globally).
I'm sorry... I don't want to lose this "Self" in words that only move it further and further away from the Heart of Wisdom within this self. So this will be my last comment on this post 🙏💚
when we pause abiding by reason and experience silence, stillness, and other forms which transcend discursive intellect<
On the one hand:
Heaven is eternal, earth is everlasting. The reason they can be eternal and everlasting is that they do not foster themselves; that is why they can live forever. For this reason sages put themselves last, and they were first; they excluded themselves, and they survived. Was it not by their very selflessness that they managed to fulfill themselves?
So I mean accessing transcendent knowledge is not our privilege, but rather our responsibility is to use appropriate words when discussing them. Nevertheless, there can also be self-full reasons given to avoid the possibility of appropriate terms. That would be the belief in the #endofphilosophy.
I can no longer do this “common humanity stuff”… Because we have to dissolve all those boundaries
So on the other hand:
Good construction does not fall down, a good embrace does not let go; their heirs honor them unceasingly. Cultivate it in yourself, and that virtue is real; cultivate it in the home, and that virtue is abundant; cultivate it in the locality, and that virtue lasts; cultivate it in the nation, and that virtue is rich; cultivate it in the world, and that virtue is universal. So observe yourself by yourself, observe the home by the home, observe the locality by the locality, observe the nation by the nation, observe the world by the world. How do I know the world is as it is? By this.
The selfwards look is always in the same direction, even if its contents are different. Selflessness is meaningful if it is able to transcend itself, but only to the degree it can to simultaneously contain itself. Dissolving the borders in a belief of no-self is an example of transcending and containing, but it also requires belief--I try and contain the same experience and report on it with words, but do not require belief. Hence I can agree with parts of your speech while still keeping firm to what I say: we return to the same when we experience selfnessness. The reason it seems otherwise is the simultaneous existence of co-incident boundaries which should not be dissolved: self, home, place, people, world. The ability of any language-speaking nation-like group of people to become the people of world depends (1) on them conforming to the prior three qualities and (2) on their accessibility as a culture for other peoples to become one with.
(1) is the coincident simultaneous culture along the necessary spheres of life: otherwise we would have nothing but our values and beliefs to transcend to: a marketplace of ideas depends on a currency of attention, full of paupers begging for nihilism, and no chance of fostering the foundation for ideas to grow.
(2) nothing accessible. Today we are at the mercy of ill-defined intellectual values like selflessness as "selflness-less" or "common humanity" as "come-on humanity!" I try to rigorously define everything I say, but if you use your own definitions for things then you will return to your own opinions, as I hear from
I’m sorry… I don’t want to lose this “Self” in words that only move it further and further away from the Heart of Wisdom within this self.
or if your values are more resilient as I hear in
cynicism
or if my reasons are unsound and I cannot listen to you, then certainly we will disagree. But I continue to listen, and my heart also says to protect its wisdom.
For no heart of wisdom can be toppled by reasons and there is no risk, but it can refuse to beat to others drums.
when we pause abiding by reason and experience silence, stillness, and other forms which transcend discursive intellect<
also I would use the word sublimate rather than transcend...another reason to avoid social media debates is the lack of real-time correction...good day!
The practice of zazen does not fight against God,On the contrary, it is His great vector.In that it rids the disciple of all the conceptual heaviness with which centuries have enveloped God,It dist…
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The recent Friends of Socialist China delegation to China contributed to a parallel session of the Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilisations, organised by Schwarzman Scholars of Tsinghua University, on the theme of Youth power in …
J’établis clairement un lien puissant entre sobriété extérieure et effusion intérieure.Au point que l’entretien de l’un est la condition nécessaire de l’émergence de l’autre.Voilà certainement la r…
Les @Cemea_France recrutent un·e formateur·rice sur les outils numériques libres et éthiques qui s'inscrira dans un parcours d'apprentissage ou de contrat pro. Accompagné·e pendant 1 an, il·elle visera à se former et à former, à sensibiliser et à développer les offres de formation sur ces sujets. En appui à zourit.net et des propositions d'outils libres, il·elle sera amené·e à se déplacer régulièrement sur tout le territoire. temp.cemea.org/r/Gd02sy3bCX#dZ…= MP si besoin de précisions.
¿A nadie más le choca escuchar lo de "jueces progresistas" y "jueces conservadores (aka franquistas)"???? Como si fuesen del Barsa o del Madrid y así se justifican sentencias y movidas basadas,no en la aplicación de la ley, si no en la ideología del juez.
We are living in an increasingly lawless, shadowy world—where international conventions and institutions are not just ignored, but actively undermined, as
In the annals of national suicide, the present dismantling of the American state will surely rank high. It may not reach the apogee attained by Russia in
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consistently declares his ambition to "change the face of the Middle East." Yet, his repeated assertions seem to
This is kind of an admission by #Trump that the so-called "war" in #Gaza (that is, the #genocide) is still going on just to save #Netanyahu's ass. I'm curious to see if the Israeli courts will follow Trump's will (which would nullify the claim that #Israel is a democracy)
"Trump calls for Netanyahu's trial to be canceled"
For Said, intellectuals--those who are alive to thinking critically and acting bravely-- must engage critically with the world, confronting its injustices and inequalities, and using their positions to challenge power.
The modern global order is driven less by diplomacy and more by ancient myths, militarized theology, and a gospel of endless war masquerading as divine
A lot of things started to go wrong with the various delusions of omnipotence of freedesktop many years ago, and it was obvious already with systemd that it could only get worse.
THIS. I gonna save this to just post it every time one of those entitled FOSS-bros crosses my path.
If the only way for people to use a computer is to either become a developer yourself or suffer through exploitation by big corporations it isn't an individual failure of those people, it's an absolute failure of the FOSS / Linux community to build good software. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you… #Linux #Accessibility
Dearest FAmily, thank you for all the kind words of comfort you've sent to me. I am so overwhelmed with love from my friends its unreal.
Right now puppy, my youngest and I are on the road. We're heading back to DC for my mom's memorial service, because we have connections there that go back 40 years and more. I need to be with my peeps! Brisket just isn't enough at this time.
I am planning a great celebration service for my mom and a luncheon afterwards with all of her favorite foods.
There are family tensions a-brewing, so I ask you to keep me in prayer. My brother did not want to have a service in DC, he wants it to be in Texas. He is very angry that I'm moving forward with my DC plans.
Scripture teaches us to not let a bitter root spring up (inside ourselves) because it can defile many others. This is so true!
I am practicing radio silence to starve this off (no oxygen, no fire). I don't need to defend myself, and I won't. And I am praying that he will attend.
My relationship with my brother has been acrimonious at best for over 40 years. This bruhaha over our mom's memorial service is just the latest iteration.
My mother wanted my brother to be close to her, and she treated him as if they were. She always was prone to fantasize about how good a son he is. I am a realist. That's partially why a great deal of the problems between us were about the inconsiderate way he's treated our mother since we were kids. He hates that I don't see him her way.
He was never there for her during any of the hospitalizations and surgeries that resulted from her health issues-- lobectomty, triple by-pass, DVTs, diabetes, stroke, and finally pancreatic cancer.
I admit I've struggled with contempt over the years and even --jealousy?‐‐ as my mother continued to overlook his obvious disengagement and long for his visits.
I moved to TX, in part, so my mom could be closer to him. He never made an effort to come to DC. That worked, but it took a toll on me.
I'm not a glutton for punishment and I won't tolerate abuse from anyone. I avoid my brother because he has the personality of a meat-ax and is like a bull in a china shop. I wouldn't have him in my life at all, if my mother didn't live with me. He is the only person Hattori has bitten in defense of me.
I only was around him these past 4 years for my mother's sake, and every occasion was hard.
I understand my mom's longings because I'm a mom too and my relationship with my daughter sucks.
With that understanding, I've tried to be compassionate and think of her, not myself. He's been in my house only because of that. I don't like him and tolerated him only because of our mother.
Because those rules still apply, even after mom's death, I hope that he will come to the memorial service because our mom would have wanted him there.
I think he's trying to cause a family fight because it would be a convenient way to excuse why he didn't attend. So, I won't let him pull me into one.
I am praying that we will have a good service that honors mom and that somehow my brother will attend.
After that, I am free from my obligations to my mom and I will put up my boundaries again.
My friends have always been more my real family than my own. In my book, family is as family does.
My FAmily is part of this circle of support, which I have really needed!, and I want you all to know just how much I appreciate your kindness to me, and my mom, and my son. I thank and bless you all!
I know I've always been thinking about you, praying and hoping God gave you the strength to care for your mom. He did. Now lean on Him to help carry your grief as He helped you through those difficulties. That's why He's there. God bless! And don't fret about the service. It'll be the way it's supposed to be. Light a special candle for all your FA friends, there in spirit! We love you!
Oh I’ve missed your posts and incredible writing skills. While the words you write may be painful at times, they are instructive and deliver so much wisdom for the rest of us.
I send my sincerest, heartfelt prayers for peace and grace during this time of transition for the whole family.🙏
The United Nations warned that the rapid depletion of remaining fuel stocks “threatens efforts to maintain vital supplies to Gaza,” noting that Israeli authorities continue to restrict access to fuel in and throughout the Strip, “effectively choking
"The time is right for a DOM templating API" by @justinfagnani@fosstodon.org https://justinfagnani.com/2025/06/26/the-time-is-right-for-a-dom-templating-api/
I agree.
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Jesus Margar
in reply to fanta 🐌 • • •Disisdeguey🔻Pavlichenko🇵🇸
in reply to Jesus Margar • • •Y cuando rellené el papelito ese donde te preguntan "si has pertenecido al partido nazi" me costó no poner un "check" sólo para ver que pasaba pero me llevaron allí por trabajo y ñeñeñeñeñe....
Pero si fuese hoy me repatriaban desde el aeropuerto.
Jesus Margar
in reply to Disisdeguey🔻Pavlichenko🇵🇸 • • •