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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

A call to action for equitable care for trans and non-binary people – The Lancet

The current social and political storm will amplify the pre-existing health disparities for trans and non-binary patients if the medical community does not take a stand. Governing bodies, institutions, and individuals all have a responsibility to ensure that trans and non-binary patients receive the care and support they deserve. The time for passive allyship is over.

Source: A call to action for equitable care for trans and non-binary people – The Lancet

The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » 5:22 | Barbara Crane Navarro

Source: The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » 5:22 | Barbara Crane Navarro

Myanmar Infantry Division Surrenders in Laukkai, Shan State: Reports

Myanmar Infantry Division Surrenders in Laukkai, Shan State: Reports Troops from the 55th Light Infantry Division (LID) stationed in Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State, have surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), according to military analysts close to sources on the ground.

An analyst monitoring the fighting in northern Shan State reported, “Based on a video clip on social media and accounts of residents, it is believed that three battalions of about 60 soldiers each from the 55th LID [were stationed around Laukkai].

Source: Myanmar Infantry Division Surrenders in Laukkai, Shan State: Reports

I’m terrified of people and loneliness – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

I’m terrified of people and loneliness
I understand it has something to do with separation
but I can’t say that I love you
or that I’m sorry

my tears of joy
It is love deceiving me
over a couple cups of coffee
and exchange of words

I wish I could keep a hold of myself
so that I’m not constantly
in trouble with you
I’ve been obsessed for so long
to the point where my pulse is barely there
forty beat a minute
the rest is all this glaring light
the sun constantly calculating
and recalculating the amount

I feel as though I’m no different to a child
I’m always scared of what’s outside
the wind and the shadows

I lined up in front of your door
across from Hà Huy Tập
the light flickering even though everyone were gone and
I’m the only one left, my mother’s strength is all I have left
to fight off the oblivion

I was cut down in front of the door of my own home
the tears like water, they poured
please, someone help me

I was so scared
I thought I had enough strength to be alone
now in my own home, I am scared
someone please, please help me

The day after Boxing Day, 2023

Source: I’m terrified of people and loneliness – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Tom Lehrer DAT Recordings : Tom Lehrer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Featuring multiple-take solo-piano studio recordings:

> (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
> The Love Song of the Physical Anthropologist
> I Got It From Agnes
DAT2, Side A: Mixes 10.26

Featuring orchestral arrangements recorded live in studio:
> (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
> N Apostrophe T
> Selling Out
> Only God Can Make a Tree

Source: Tom Lehrer DAT Recordings : Tom Lehrer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive