Russia interferes in abortion issue as part of war on West | openDemocracy

The Kremlin is waging a war against the West on many fronts, and supporting ultra-conservative demands – no abortion and no equal treatment for LGBTIQ people – is a strategic element of it. Russia is seeking to co-opt so-called ‘culture wars’ within countries into its own, overarching, anti-Western war. A war in which Ukrainians are now dying, but also one in which women are the victims: three women have died in Poland since the 2020 law came into force, due to infections from dead foetuses that hospitals had refused to remove. Source: Russia interferes in abortion issue as part of war on West | openDemocracy

Lê Vĩnh Tài | WHEN THERE’S NO ONE AT HOME (212) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | WHEN THERE’S NO ONE AT HOME (212) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

🌞 Rise and Shine

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Cottonbro

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius

This morning, the alarm clock went off, and perhaps you pushed the snooze button or maybe not. Yet whether or not you wanted to get out of bed, you probably had to. You may not feel like going to work or wherever you need to be this morning, but why waste the day moping, zapped from the energy to make the day count with productivity from the opportunity this day presents? Too often we miss the precious chances that could elevate us to a new level simply because we just didn’t feel like getting out of bed.

So today, take a moment to reflect on the possibilities that could champion you to look better, be better and do better…

View original post 13 more words

lavender lines by Jeff Flesch

MasticadoresUsa // Editor: Barbara Leonhard //

Photo by AnnaliseArt, Pixabay

lavender lines

by Jeff Flesch, Monthly Contributor
site: Develop. Inspire. Transform, and on Twitter.

tumbleweeds thread the head of a pin

while the size of our love’s always been
reminiscent of the dreams laden in your hands

like the flavor of morning dew
know that I’ve always seen you

in my mind

a place in my heart you always reside

while lavender fills the lines
and the love within me shines

together with the sun, the moon, and the stars
awaiting the next time

we hold hands under a canopy of two hearts
forevermore entwined

@Jeff Flesch

Jeff grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where he works in Educational Leadership. Jeff’s interests and passions include personal and professional development, developing new ways to increase access to higher education, and creating inspiration, transformation, and more equity throughout society. You can…

View original post 45 more words

Two Thought Thursday -La Casa de Papel (Money Heist), on Empathy for the Sociopaths in our Lives??

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

       My questions today are some I’ve asked before, but not gotten a response (pardon if I’m forgetting someone’s reply):

        1.)  Ought we to work toward having empathy for those, like a Sociopath such as Berlin, or a sociopath, such as Arturo, who have no empathy?   

        2.)  Why, or why not?   

           My reaction this week tries not to spoil the episode:  Cuestión de eficacia, and gives random reactions in the original Spanish, and most of the time in English, for the majority of my current readers:

—           

cap. 12

Y el escondite del Profe ya no tiene nada de comprometidor.   

 

Of course:  the Prof. knew he’d be searched!

 
Y Ángel conduciendo muy borracho.

 

Pero dónde han metido las cosas electrónicas del Profe?
 
Oops:   Nada de relaciónes…
 
Y todavía conduciendo borracho, Angel, aunque…

View original post 297 more words

Salute e Benessere

Napoli ieri oggi e domani

Farro -Triticum spp.
Atlante delle coltivazioni erbacee- Cereali

Classe: Monocotyledones
Ordine: Glumiflorae
Famiglia: Graminaceae (Gramineae o Poaceae)
Tribù: Hordeae
Specie: Triticum spp.
Farro piccoloTriticum monococcum L.
Farro medioo semplicemente Farro Triticum dicoccum Schrank – Sin. Triticum dicoccum Schübler
Farro grande, o granfarro ospeltaTriticum spelta L.

Origine e diffusione

Farro è denominazione generica attribuita indifferentemente a ben tre specie diverse del genere Triticum, comunemente chiamate “frumenti vestiti”. Fino agli inizi del ‘900 la loro coltivazione era diffusa in alcune valli dell’Appennino e in diverse zone montane d’Italia; in seguito è quasi scomparsa. Caratteristiche comuni ai tre tipi sono la fragilità del rachide della spiga e l’aderenza delle glume e delle glumelle alla cariosside, in conseguenza delle quali durante la trebbiatura il rachide si disarticola facilmente liberando spighette intere contenenti cariossidi che rimangono avvolte (“vestite”, da cui il nome di grani vestiti) dagli involucri glumeali. Per ottenere la granella nuda è necessaria…

View original post 199 more words