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The Baal Shem Tov, the 17th century founder of Hasidic Judaism, notes in his ethical testament, Tzavaat HaRivash, that the swaying in prayer is similar and connected to the act of copulation. He writes, "prayer is zivug (coupling) with the Shechinah. Just as there is motion at the beginning of coupling, so, too, one must move (sway) at the beginning of prayer. Thereafter one can stand still, without motion, attached to the Shechinah with great deveikut."

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ESA tracks rare interstellar comet


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Artist impression of ‘Oumuamua

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of a rare celestial visitor: a comet from beyond our Solar System.

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, this newly identified interstellar object is only the third of its kind ever observed, following the famous 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.

#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Don’t think he was on anyone’s radar for the dead pool.

Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs' and ‘Kill Bill' actor, dead at 67

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Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front korybko.substack.com/p/lots-of…

Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour


Jeremy Corbyn has hinted he could launch a political party alongside other leftwing independent MPs in an attempt to offer “an alternative” to Labour, before the next general election.

Speaking on ITV’s Peston programme, the former Labour leader confirmed discussions were under way among the Independent Alliance group of MPs that he co-founded last year.

Asked directly whether they were preparing to form a new party, Corbyn did not rule it out. “That grouping [of independents] will come together, there will be an alternative,” he said.

Don't remember why I don't like Grimerica, so giving that another chance. Also trying the Millennial Media Offensive. And some random podcasts from a libertarian podcast list.

I'm looking for podcasts
- with good sound quality
- that are entertaining
- that leave me feeling smarter at the end.

Point 1 is the real struggle. A lot of podcasts are poorly recorded, and I have no tolerance for that. Also, I usually listen in the car, so there's a lot going on, aurally.

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BTW Russia is coming up the Southern Pivot -- I know I say it all the time -- but looks like they finished taking the last town that spans the coastal edge of the next to the last defensive line guarding the major Eastern supply route to the South (1/2). Once they get fire control there then they can collapse the last real defensive line. :shrugz:

Ukraine is still scrambling to send men down to defend, but looks like it's going to be too late to hold off a late Summer sweep. Likely why the US halted arms shipments as they will just be in Russia's hands as much as we have no stock left.

Herido un trabajador tras la explosión de una máquina de embotellar gases en Burgos burgosconecta.es/provincia/her… via @burgosconecta.bsky.social

█ El cap de Franco com a pilota: un partit de futbol antifeixista obre el festival Ex Abrupto ▓▒░ El festival ha iniciat la seva edició d'enguany amb un partit de futbol antifeixista pensat per "celebrar" el cinquantè aniversari de la mort del dictador
ccma.cat/324/el-cap-de-franco-…

#franquisme #324cat #art #franciscofranco #memoriahistorica #moianes #antifeixisme

Houseplants are such a barometer of self care, although the flower pictured here is one I made from paper.

I have a weekly alert to water the houseplants, but it’s usually just a backup to remind me if I’ve been preoccupied. If I’ve been taking time for myself, I’ll water when they catch my attention by loosing their alertness, like a drooping ficus leaf or a leaning peace lily spike.
This week both the plants and I have been thirsty, despite the break from the heat. I’m noticing I’m drinking more water, even though I’ve been avoiding going out during the hottest part of the day. Are you staying hydrated?
Despite the bright hues, this color combination feels cooling to me. The green section below the “flower” unravels. I hid gifts inside the paper heliconia as I glued the spathes together. #bloomscrolling #color #fediart #houseplants

This Is Not a Drill: Living the Climate Emergency

🌡️ Japan had hottest June on record

🌡️ Spain records highs of 46C

🌡️ Portugal recorded 46°C in some regions

🌡️France recorded 41.9°C in Vinsobres on June 30, with dozens of monthly records broken.

🌡️Greece reported a high of 43.2°C with minimum temperatures exceeding 31°C in some areas.

🌡️Turkey hit 45°C, with minimums as high as 33°C in some areas.

#climatechange #extremetemps 😓

"It began with #ICE raids at parishes. It might end with padlocks on hosp doors.

Trump-Vance assault: on the #CatholicChurch:🚨moved from intimidation to destruction.

It’s about criminalizing the Church’s mission.

New funding levels would give IMM #detention: ~entire fed prison system. And Catholic hospitals are left holding the bill—until they can’t.

The bishops are trying to fight back. Cardinal McElroy denounced: leg."

T/V: fake Christians, so...
#Immigrants #USPol lettersfromleo.substack.com/p/…

Please read about the #BDS #boycotts if you haven’t already!

I know, as #anticapitalist we’re not likely to be the biggest #consumers, and that many of these #companies targeted for #boycott, #divestment, and #sanctions, are not #consumer brands anyway.

But, the #Palestinian BDS National Committee has identified list of companies that support #Israel and which profit off the #genocide in #Gaza!

More #information and #specifics here: bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-B…

#brd #israel #palästina : #krieg / #gaza / #kriegsverbrechen / #genozid / #ghf / #medien

„Matthias Monroy zu Recherchen über Hinrichtungen an Hungernden in Gaza“

nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192362.…

Siehe auch:

„Gaza: GHF dementiert Berichte über Tote an Verteilzentren“
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/ga…

„US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza“
apnews.com/article/palestinian…

„Mörderisches System“
jungewelt.de/artikel/503276.kr…

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I very much admire Lara Logan. She is a fine journalist with keen instincts, but I have mixed feelings about the cleavage-revealing wardrobe she favors for her appearances and interviews.

One would dismiss her credentials at their peril if they base their opinion on how she dresses, and maybe that's a strategy on her part.

But I find it curious....

@Phil - you can thank me later for being the straight man for whatever you're going to say...

📢 Muy importante el informe de Albanese denunciando a las empresas que "se han beneficiado de la ocupación israelí, de la expulsión de la población palestina de sus tierras y, en última instancia, de la limpieza étnica"

⚫ #BoicotIsrael
🔴 #Sanciones
🟢 #EmbargoIntegral

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Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft and rocket designs in wind tunnels have flipped that childhood pastime, using computers to generate images from “numbers-by-paint” – pressure sensitive paint (PSP), that is. Now, advances in the use of high-speed cameras, supercomputers, and […]

Now -#WeAreAllYvetteCooper
The Guardian view on proscribing Palestine Action: blurring civil disobedience and terrorism is a dangerous step | Editorial | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Considering what the BBC has said today about their broadcast of Bob Vylan from Glastonbury, I can only assume that in future if any musical artist makes a political statement the broadcast will immediately be cut.

And that, chums, is simple authoritarian censorship.

#bbc #censorship #ukpol #fascism

The Devil in the Details of Trump’s "Final Proposal" for Gaza Ceasefire

www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-netanyahu-hamas-united-states-israel-ceasefire

A Hamas official accused Trump of aiding an Israeli “deception operation,” but the movement says it wants to bridge the gaps and make a deal.

Help connect to Mastodon through Lemmy


I thought Activity Pub enables you to connect to all Federated servers. Why am I having difficulty subscribing to Mastodon feeds?

“You are killing our people and our forests, and our friends and our medicines. We cannot continue to survive… unless we stop this.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #Ontario #COO

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The United States flag adorns an aluminum plate mounted at the base of the mast, or “head,” of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. This image of the plate was taken on June 28, 2025 (the 1,548th day, or sol, of the mission), by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera on the […]

#antireport
Τι συνέβη έξω από το νέο κυλικείο της Νομικής με την "εργαζόμενη" του ΕΜΠ Γεωργία Τύρου , που τελικά έχει τρία κυλικεία

youtube.com/watch?v=4LVuOCUoPR…

Πέμπτη (3/7), δεύτερη μέρα ανοίγματος του χώρου, ήμασταν και πάλι εκεί. Αυτή τη φορά το μαγαζάκι άδειο, με τρείς ΔΑΠίτες που δεν έμειναν και πολύ. Φωνάζοντας συνθήματα προσεγγίσαμε τον χώρο και ανοίξαμε το πανό μας μπροστά στην είσοδο. Αυτό δεν άρεσε πολύ στους κυλικιάρχες, που μας έβγαζαν βίντεο, έπαιρναν συνεχώς τηλέφωνα και μας επιτέθηκαν επανειλλημένα. Πολλές φορές προσπάθησαν να αρπάξουν το πανό, και η Γεωργία Τύρου, ούσα εκπαιδευμένη άλλωστε στις επιθέσεις, με το μένος της μία φορά σχεδόν τα κατάφερε, ενώ χρειάστηκε η επέμβαση του θυρωρού για να ηρεμήσει και να εμποδίσει τα χειρότερα... Παρόλα αυτά αργότερα ο συνέταιρός της δεν δίστασε να ρίξει χλέπες στον συγκεντρωμένο κόσμο.

...φάνηκε ξεκάθαρα ότι στρατηγική τους ήταν να προβοκάρουν για να προκαλέσουν ένταση ώστε να μπορούν να εδραιώσουν την παρουσία τους μέσω της θυματοποίησής τους και προκαλώντας την λύπηση προς το πρόσωπό τους διασπείροντας ψεύδη. Ξέροντας τον τρόπο που λειτουργούν και πώς στήνουν ψευδείς δικογραφίες τραβήξαμε και δικά μας βίντεο, στα οποία φαίνεται ότι τα αφεντικἁ-φίλοι-των-πρυτάνεων ξαναεπιτέθηκαν σε φοιτητά και σε αγωνιζόμενο κόσμο μέσα σε πανεπιστήμιο.

Two Supporters of Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Have Been Disappeared Amid Pakistani Crackdown on Dissent dropsitenews.com/p/pakistan-un…

#gaza #genocide #journalists
#IsraelWarCrimes
@palestine

The genocide in Gaza "coincides with a ban on international media and a calculated extermination campaign to assassinate the limited number of people left to document and expose Israel’s atrocities"
"In Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli soldiers consistently threaten journalists and their families"
“As Palestinian journalists, we can’t separate ourselves from Gaza or the struggles that we lived"

theintercept.com/2025/07/03/is…

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thinking about someone I should not bother thinking about


Once upon a time, I was friends with a guy named Jim. A very, very few of you might know him. Almost all of you won’t.

I walked away some years ago, blocked him on the socials over his support for the fascist, because I said that the fascist’s promises absolutely, positively, literally required American concentration camps, and that’s what he was supporting by supporting the fascist, and I could not abide that…

…and yet, he carried on, saying I was a fool, and that none of it would ever happen.

(I asked him then why did he support someone he insisted was lying to him. I do not remember getting an answer, before I quit.)

So now that we have American concentration camps…

…and now that people with direct access to the fascist are talking about sending literally every American citizen of Latino heritage there to die…
Laura Loomer on X, screencap-quoted on Bluesky:"Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now."El Norte Recuerda on Bluesky, who posted the screencap:"The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us."
(it will require more concentration camps than that, of course, but that’s a detail which makes no difference)

I wonder…

…has he yet been moved to repentance?

Or is he still a good and solid member of that wretched cult?

It’s immaterial now, of course. We are long past the point where the pebbles’ opinions matter, and crimes already done cannot be undone.

But once in a while, I think of it.

And for a moment – a pointless, irrelevant moment – I still wonder.

#fascism #politics #uspol #uspolitics #writing

Acabo de ver la imagen más horrible del genocidio en GAZA. Y llevo casi dos años viendo imágenes horribles desde Gaza
El cuerpecito carbonizado de un bebé acurrucado entre los bracitos de otro niño también asesinado por #IsraelTerroristState
Y luego quieren que una frase como DEATH TO THE IDF me haga sentir mal. Y quieren que me importe una mierda que se inventen antisemitismo donde no lo hay. Y que no me cague en todos los muertos de los Sionistas monstruosos.
PUTO USRAEL Y LOS DEMONIOS QUE LES APOYAN.
#GazaGenocide

Edito: acabo de enterarme que esta entre los brazos de su padre,no un niño. Terrible.

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The MSM want you afraid of your “indoor air quality”. Here’s why. off-guardian.org/2025/07/03/th…