Private Water Only Causes More Woes – Erin Brockovich and Suzanne Boothby

Privatization is irresponsible. By privatizing water and sewer systems, local government officials abdicate control over a vital public resource.

Privatization limits public accountability. Multinational water corporations are primarily accountable to their stockholders, not to the people they serve.

The objectives of a profit-extracting water company can conflict with the public interest. A water corporation has different goals than a city does. It makes its decisions using a different set of criteria, often one that emphasizes profitability. This can create conflict.

Investorowned utilities typically charge 59% more for water service than local government utilities. Food & Water Watch compiled the water rates of the 500 largest community water systems in the country. We found that private, for-profit companies charged households an average of $501 a year for 60,000 gallons of water. That’s $185 more than what local governments charged for the same amount of water. Read the report: The State of Public Water in the United States. …

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The Oil Light Is On! — Filosofa’s Word

Imagine you’re driving your car and the ‘oil’ light suddenly comes on.  Do you … Stop immediately and check the oil Drive to the nearest service station and have them check the oil Say, “Nah, it’s all a hoax to get me to buy a quart of oil” and keep driving Obviously (at least to […]

The Oil Light Is On! — Filosofa’s Word

The Wild Side

The Twisting Tail

He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste of wild air and brackish waters and the seaharvest of shells and tangle and veiled grey sunlight.

Jon Krakauer

…and he dies
alone and wild
in the end

…but, dies happy?
Who can say
of wild things


I was born to be wild
At least that’s the excuse I use
When I pee on the house plants


The term "wild" when applied to plants or plant species refers to those that grow spontaneously in self-maintaining populations in natural or semi-natural ecosystems and can exist independently of direct human action.


At two in the morning
I walked to a nearby golf course

Through
Pitch black darkness

I found my way
To the seventh green
And lay in the evenly cropped grass

Head against the cool earth

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Memória

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Em todos os momentos, a vida é revestida por Memória. A memória é a consciência que se anexa a mente do ser humano, um fato, ou acontecimento que permanece arquivada em nossas lembranças ( memory), e fica guardada a vida toda. É por isso que, todas vezes que existe um evento onde é ativado essa parte da cognição humana referente a um determinado fato, você vai lá na sua ” gaveta” ou seja, aonde guarda as suas informações e busca algum traço de referência com o acontecimento atual. O nosso cérebro guarda muitas informações, e as nossas habilidades motoras, sensitivas intelectual, acabam contando com a ajuda desses dados sobre tudo aquilo que nos ocorre. A verdade é que, fatos, ideias, acontecimentos e situações de modo geral, todos esses eventos, ficam guardados no inconsciente. É por isso que comparei a memória a um arquivo, tudo que você precisa guardar, deixa lá…

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Earliest evidence of amputation found in Indonesia cave – BBC News

A forensic examination of the ancient body, details of which are published in the journal Nature, took place when the person was a child. Growth and healing of their leg bone suggests they recovered and lived for another six to nine years, probably dying in their late teens or early twenties. Source: Earliest evidence of amputation found in Indonesia cave – BBC News

विडंबना / Irony

Kaushal Kishore

हम बोल तो देते हैं कुछ भी
किसी के भी बारे में,
लेकिन हमे पता ही नहीं चलता,
कब हवा का एक झोंका
मोड़ देता है उसे
वापस अपनी ओर…

🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

We say anything
about anyone,
but we never know,
when a gust of wind
turns it back
towards us…

–Kaushal Kishore

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Livros

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Desconheço algo mais significativo a humanidade do que o conhecimento. Um livro por mais simples que seja, ele comporta inúmeras informações. O conhecimento é o faz parte do engrandecimento de qualquer ser humano. Não falo do conhecimento ou saber absoluto, isso é ilusório. Falo do que constitui a nossa natureza humana, política e autoritária. Todas essas razões expressas de forma singular, aumenta ou diminui a forma de como cada pessoa absorve ou ignorar a fração que multiplica ou não o conhecimento, acerca de si ou do mundo. Os livros, tido como símbolo maior do conhecimento, certamente, nos ajudam a ter uma percepção melhor sobre o mundo de maneira sensível ou particular; permitindo que, dentre outras coisas, eu e você, como bons cidadãos que somos, consigamos lidar melhor com o todo e preservar o nosso bem maior que é a liberdade, de modo que a gente não venha sucumbir a nenhuma…

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The Company We Keep: What About Your Friends?

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit:cherylholt

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me

they are silly children, and they have no understanding

They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”Jeremiah 4:22

Have you ever been betrayed by someone you thought was a good friend? Humans seek acceptance, but at what cost is that acceptance beneficial for you? Do your friends, family, colleagues, or individuals within your circle make you a better person? Do they make you feel alive, productive, creative, compassionate, empathetic, and humble? Or do you find the thrill from your inner circle risky, dangerous, diabolical, idolatrous, or divisive? If you need someone to lean on or they need you to lean on, are you supportive and encouraging of each other?

Growing up, I remember my mother warning us to be careful of who we hung out with. Sometimes, you might…

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Vadim Stein — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

Talentueux Photographe Ukrainien : VADIM STEIN qui capture des photos élégantes et gracieuses de danseurs en mouvement, dans des positions envoûtantes. Vadim Stein est un photographe ukrainien, basé à St Pétersbourg depuis plusieurs années. Ayant grandit au sein d’une famille portée par l’art, il a reçu une éducation centrée sur la sculpture et la restauration des objets d’art. S’identifiant plus particulièrement…

Vadim Stein — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE