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

World Lion Day

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*I have to apoligise, I became sick yesterday. Hopefully I can do something with this*

This celebration of the animal kingdom’s most beautiful and fearsome creature was founded by Big Cat Rescue, the world’s largest accredited sanctuary dedicated to big cats. World Lion Day is the brainchild of co-founders Dereck and Beverly Joubert, a husband-and-wife team with a passion for big cats. They began the initiative in 2013, bringing together both National Geographic and the Big Cat Initiative under a single banner to protect the remaining big cats living in the wild.

I have a tiny thing for Lions, lol . Anthea Wright – Illustrations I keep hoping that Scar changes his mind, lol.

Some facts about the Lion World:

  • A Pride is actually the group of Lionesses, not the males.
  • A group of male lions is called a coalition.
  • The roar of the…

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Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls | Brazil | The Guardian

Hundreds of thousands sign pro-democracy manifesto amid fears the president will promote Trump-style insurrection against democracy Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Tue 9 Aug 2022 07.00 EDT They were cruel, brutish years. Dissidents languished in torture chambers. Rebels were shot in cold blood. Artists fled abroad. “It was a time of constant sorrow and fear,” the Brazilian lawyer and former justice minister José Carlos Dias said of the military dictatorship that hijacked his country in 1964 and would rule for more than two decades. “Violence wasn’t just something the torturers enjoyed. It was government policy.”

Source: Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls | Brazil | The Guardian

A Bright Spot … Maybe?

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Could you use a little ray of hope for the upcoming November mid-term elections? I think we all could. Dan Pfeiffer was a senior advisor to President Barack Obama for a number of years, and is the author of three books about politics in this new, uncharted “Maga Era”. His newsletter on Substack is called The Message Box and today’s was an astute assessment of why there is hope for the Democratic Party to maintain a majority in the House and Senate after the mid-terms. Read on …


Why Dems Could Win This Fall

An uncharacteristically optimistic take on how recent events have upended the midterms

Dan Pfeiffer

Optimism does not come naturally to me. If I had a family crest, “Prepare for the worst, be surprised by the best” would be the motto emblazoned on it. I have tried to avoid telling people what they want to hear about…

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Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Jealousy is Not Love…

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        Last week we met family and neighbors in the first 15 minutes of Bölüm 1/Episode 1: Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother): Love is Love…

As I noted previously, the Youtube video has CCs in English and Turkish…), and having the Closed Captions available makes it easy to go back and read the words missed in listening, greatly speeding my language learning.  I hope it does the same for you.

   This week, we meet Sadik’s boss, a jealous and unkind man: b1Omur

“…and I will drink with the lovely mother of this useless man being married by Betus!”

He seems perfectly suited for Dudu, even if he is human.  Too bad both Betus and Sadik will have to put up with this asinine boss, for a while, anyway.

One month later, Dudu continues working to separate them, in vain.  She is closely watched…

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Write to Your Younger You

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We have heard people ask, “What would you say right now to your younger self?” “What advice would you give to your younger you?” What would you change or not change if you could talk to your inner youth right this moment, where you are in your self-care zone? How do you respond to yourself?

Becoming adults, we sometimes ruminate on our youth, our experiences, our triumphs, and even occasionally our regrets. Sometimes we find ourselves fizzling and worn around the edges and wonder how we ended up where we are, whether it was by choice or chance.

So why not write a letter to your younger self? (Dear Younger Self) – will you be able to finally free and forgive yourself of things that were holding you hostage for far too long? Even if that younger you is from five or ten years ago, write anyway…

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संतुलन / Balance — Kaushal Kishore

एक ओर मंजिल है तो दूसरी ओर मोहब्बतएक ओर हसरत है तो दूसरी ओर आदतदिल और दिमाग के बीच चलती जंगहालात को और भी बिगाड़ देती है,तलाश रहा हूं एक रास्ता बीच काजो इधर भी जाए और उधर भी… ♎ ♎ ♎ ♎ ♎ ♎ There is destination on one sideand love on the other,on […]

संतुलन / Balance — Kaushal Kishore

Extra — Kaushal Kishore

Like the honey beeswho even after their honeygetting plunderedand their hive brokenstick with the hive builtwith a dream in their eyeswith their concerted effortsfor a better and safer future… I see huts and shantiesdemolished to builda palace, museum or tramor just to broaden the roadand the landless dwellerssuddenly find themselveson the roadwith a great void […]

Extra — Kaushal Kishore