Still… – Anthony’s Crazy Love and Life Lessons in Empathy

Just be still.

Very very still.

Not moving any muscle.

Even breathing in a soft silence,

and, all, stops…

-AAA 08/27/2024

Source: Still… – Anthony’s Crazy Love and Life Lessons in Empathy

Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with United States over Tehran’s nuclear program | AP News

Iran’s supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no harm” in engaging with its “enemy.”

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and renewed his warnings that Washington wasn’t to be trusted.

But his comments mirror those around the time of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which saw Tehran’s nuclear program greatly curtailed in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Yet it remains unclear just how much room Pezeshkian will have to maneuver, particularly as tensions remain high in the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war and as the U.S. prepares for a presidential election in November.

Source: Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with United States over Tehran’s nuclear program | AP News

JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

JD Vance, the Ohio senator and Donald Trump’s running mate, promoted a baseless rightwing talking point in 2022 when he warned of George Soros-funded planes transporting Black women across state lines for abortions.

“I’m sympathetic to the view that like, okay, look here, here’s a situation – let’s say Roe v Wade is overruled,” Vance said in a recently resurfaced podcast interview. “Ohio bans abortion in 2022, or let’s say 2024. And then, you know, every day George Soros sends a 747 to Columbus to load up disproportionately Black women to get them to go have abortions in California. And of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity – uh, that’s kind of creepy.”

The US supreme court overturned Roe in 2022. Vance’s statements echo a common anti-abortion talking point accusing abortion providers and their supporters of targeting people of color.

Black women did seek abortions at a higher rate before Roe fell, but public health experts say that this is far from proof of a racist conspiracy. They point to a number systemic factors – for example, Black women are more likely to live in areas where it’s harder to access contraception. They are also disproportionately harmed by abortion bans.

Vance continued: “And, and it’s like, if that happens, do you need some federal response to prevent it from happening? Because it’s really creepy. And I’m pretty sympathetic to that actually. So, you know, how hopefully we get to a point where Ohio bans abortion in California and the Soroses of the world respect it.”

Source: JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

Dos voos da manhã, vibrei com os pousos. – O Outro Lado

Rezei contando as gotas das teias da aranha amarela que tece rosários no quintal.
A vida tem a delicadeza das coisas extraordinárias em algumas manhãs.
O pássaro laranja que voltou e fez lugar no galho do pé de ipê. A imagem cabe na intensidade do dia.

Mariana Gouveia

Source: Dos voos da manhã, vibrei com os pousos. – O Outro Lado

सीख / Learning – Kaushal Kishore

 

पहले किताबो को पढ़ता रहा, 

अब इंटरनेट में भी पढ़ने लगा हूं, 

नई नई जानकारियों को…

सारे ज्ञान फीके लगने लगे मुझे,

जब मैं ने पढ़ लिया एक असहाय

बच्चे की मासूम आंखों को…

👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️

I once found joy in books I’d read,  

Now the web also fills up my head… 

Yet all that knowledge fades away,  

Before gaze of an orphan’s dismay…

His innocent eyes, so pure and wide,

Taught me more than any book inside…

.

–Kaushal Kishore  

Source: सीख / Learning – Kaushal Kishore

First rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced – Los Angeles Times

A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison.

A police officer who tried to subdue Michael Sparks with pepper spray described him as a catalyst for the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Senate that day recessed less than one minute after Sparks jumped into the building through a broken window. Sparks then joined other rioters in chasing a police officer up flights of stairs…U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who sentenced Sparks to four years and five months, told him that there was nothing patriotic about his prominent role in what was a “national disgrace.”

Source: First rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced – Los Angeles Times