The One-Man State: Viktor Orbán and the Fall of Democracy in Hungary – DER SPIEGEL

Source: The One-Man State: Viktor Orbán and the Fall of Democracy in Hungary – DER SPIEGEL

The Orangutan with the golden hair: A short story by Setia Budhi @setiabudhi18 — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

Orangutan with the golden hair: A short story by @setiabudhi18 about plantations, how pesticides seep into the groundwater killing people and animals @global_witness @GreenpeaceUK @EIA_news Tweet He’s a golden haired orangutan, at least that’s what the villagers called him…. He is a male of the species of Pongo pygmaeus. This orangutan appears[…]

The Orangutan with the golden hair: A short story by Setia Budhi @setiabudhi18 — Palm Oil Detectives

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Manastir Dobrun, Višegrad, Republika Srpska – Dobrun Monastery, Visegrad, Republika Srpska

Myrela

Dobrun je najstariji pravoslavni manastir očuvan na području Republike Srpske. Smješten je istočno od Višegrada, na Rzavu, nedaleko od srednjovjekovnog utvrđenog grada sa istim imenom. Osnovali su ga početkom XIV vijeka župan Pribil i njegovi sinovi Stefan i Petar. Dobrunska crkva je jednobrodna zasvedena građevina bez kupole. Građena je od pritesanog kamena, a dovratnici i pragovi sačinjeni su od jedne vrste crvenkastog mermera. Pribilov sin Petar je, kao monah Jovan, 1383. godine dozidao prvobitnoj crkvi vanjsku pripratu, a deset godina kasnije, prilikom provale turskih trupa u Podrinje, Dobrun je stradao. Krajem XVIII ili početkom XIX vijeka manastir je opustio. Crkva je restaurisana 1884. godine kada je porušena vanjska priprata, dozidan masivan zvonik na zapadnoj strani, i na fasadama izrađene ukrasne lezene i nizovi arkadica. Miniranjem 1944. godine crkva je gotovo sasvim razorena. U naknadnoj obnovi dovedena je na izgled iz XIX vijeka, a u njenoj unutrašnjosti, u zapadnom dijelu, sačuvao…

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Opinion | I’m Done Trying to Understand or Educate the Unvaccinated – The New York Times

There was a point, earlier on in the pandemic, when vaccines were still scarce, when I tried to be tolerant with the holdouts, tried not to shame them, tried not to be angry with them, tried to allow them time to educate themselves about the benefits of getting vaccinated.

But that time has long since passed for me. Call me one of the intolerant. That’s what I am. I will not coddle willful ignorance anymore. I will not indulge the fool’s errand of “I’m still doing my own research” anymore, either.

This virus has already killed nearly 800,000 Americans and infected nearly 50 million. We are now averaging about 120,000 new cases a day.

This virus is deadly and unrelenting. The only way out of this situation, for our country and the world, is through the vaccines. We must dramatically shrink the number of people vulnerable to the virus — or else we risk allowing our population to act as a petri dish for the growth of variants.