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Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Many of the Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a group of the world’s most senior climate experts has said.

More and more scientists are now looking into the possibility of societal collapse, said the report, which assessed 35 vital signs in 2023 and found that 25 were worse than ever recorded, including carbon dioxide levels and human population. This indicates a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, they said.

The temperature of the Earth’s surface and oceans hit an all-time high, driven by record burning of fossil fuels, the report found. Human population is increasing at the rate of approximately 200,000 people a day and the number of cattle and sheep by 170,000 a day, all adding to record greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Sally Field recalls her ‘hideous’ illegal abortion at 17 as she urges voters to back Kamala Harris | Sally Field | The Guardian

The Oscar-winning actor first revealed her abortion in her 2018 memoir In Pieces, but wrote in the caption of her video, shared on Instagram, that she had “been so hesitant to do this, to tell my horrific story”.

“It was during a time even worse than now,” she wrote. “A time when contraception was not readily available and only if you were married. But I feel that so many women of my generation went through similar, traumatic events and I feel stronger when I think of them. I believe, like me, they must want to fight for their grandchildren and all the young women of this country.”

Source: Sally Field recalls her ‘hideous’ illegal abortion at 17 as she urges voters to back Kamala Harris | Sally Field | The Guardian

Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Donald Trump took “British naval secrets” to Mar-a-Lago after he left the White House, the former UK spy Christopher Steele says in a new book.

“I was reliably informed by impeccable sources that among the classified documents which Trump, apparently unauthorizedly, took with him to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency were British naval secrets, some of the most sensitive ones in our governmental system,” Steele writes.

“It remains unclear to me, at least, why Trump would have wanted to retain such documents and what eventually happened to them.”

Steele does not say what the secrets concerned.

The former MI6 agent became famous as the author of a dossier of often unverified information on Trump and his links to Russia which caused a media sensation shortly after the 2016 election, in which Trump beat Hillary Clinton in a historic upset.

The dossier has been the subject of controversy ever since. But a US investigation under the special counsel Robert Mueller did establish that Russia interfered in the election to boost Trump, detail extensive links between the former president and Moscow, and produce numerous indictments and convictions.

Source: Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Trump secretly sent Putin Covid testing machines, reports say – US politics live

Trump secretly sent Putin Covid testing machines, report says

Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book “War” also reveals that Donald Trump kept in touch with Vladimir Putin after his presidency ended, CNN reports.

Citing an aide to the former president, Woodward writes that there have been “maybe as many as seven” calls between the two since Trump left the White House.

Woodward also uncovers details of a moment from the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when Trump secretly sent Putin testing machines:

But Putin — who infamously isolated himself over fears of Covid — told Trump on a phone call to keep the delivery of the Abbott machines quiet, Woodward reports.

“Please don’t tell anybody you sent these to me,” Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward.

“I don’t care,” Trump replied. “Fine.”

“No, no,” Putin said. “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don’t care about me.”

Woodward writes that Trump has stayed in touch with Putin after leaving office.

In one scene, Woodward recounts a moment at Mar-a-Lago where Trump tells a senior aide to leave the room so “he could have what he said was a private phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”

Source: Trump secretly sent Putin Covid testing machines, reports say – US politics live

Les hicieron creer que eran superiores – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

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Ciega y engreída, la humanidad se sintió absoluta y superior a toda criatura viviente en el mundo -tanto de animales como de vegetales-, y hasta se atrevió, durante centurias, a atentar contra las expresiones de la naturaleza y la vida; pero un día, en el atardecer de su existencia, mientras se adoraba a sí misma y sepultaba su esencia, lo que verdaderamente le daba sentido, descubrió que los robots, las inteligencias artificiales, las máquinas, los equipos sistematizados y otras cosas la superan, cada una, en capacidad física y mental, y que pronto será desplazada por su propia creación. Los nuevos dioses ya tienen otras creaciones predilectas y no necesitan a las muchedumbres que, desposeídas, medianas o acaudaladas, y con formación académica o sin escolaridad, ya no les sirven; al contrario, les estorban porque las consideran basura que solo consume, igual que los parásitos. Se trata de una minoría de hombres y mujeres con poder económico, militar y político, apoyada por científicos, artistas, intelectuales y medios de comunicación mercenarios, que desprecia a las mayorías, a los seres humanos de rebaño, a quienes pretende exterminar en gran parte y someter a la porción que sobreviva. Ellos, los miembros de la élite global, harán un paraíso de sus lugares predilectos y convertirán en un infierno el hábitat de las mayorías, quienes, por superficiales, necias e ignorantes, transitarán a la barbarie, a ser una especie bruta, estúpida y primitiva. Tal parece el destino trágico de una generación humana que se encuentra en el momento más terrible de su historia, atorada en su propia trampa, en un vacío mortal, casi sin capacidad para reaccionar ante la realidad que hoy enfrenta y mira indiferente.

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Source: Les hicieron creer que eran superiores – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

(30) Hezbollah supports ceasefire efforts in Lebanon, deputy leader says • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

Hezbollah left the door open on Tuesday to a negotiated ceasefire with Israel after Israeli forces raised the stakes in the conflict with its Iran-backed enemy by making new incursions in the south of Lebanon. In what could be the latest in a series of major blows to Hezbollah, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said it appeared the replacement for slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had been “eliminated”. Hashem Safieddine, a top Hezbollah official, was widely expected to succeed Nasrallah. FRANCE 24’s Rawad Taha reports from Beirut.

Offshore wind power gets reimagined – Darcy Hitchcock

Rather than one humongous blade, this floating wind power system in Norway looks more like a checker board with a turbine in each block. It can generate five times as much power as a single 15 MW wind turbine.

Norway’s Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has taken a different path. It claims its mega-array of smaller rotors arranged in a grid would achieve up to 126 MW, or five times the energy of a 15-MW single-rotor turbine, in North Sea conditions – and even more in some other locations around the world.

Source: Offshore wind power gets reimagined – Darcy Hitchcock

SCHAU still mit dem Herzen… – Leben als Mensch

Wie so häufig, und das in letzter Zeit, wende ich mich in gerade „besonderen Situationen“ nach Innen und gehe in ein tiefes Gespräch mit dem Heiligen Geist, mit Jesus oder auch mit GOTT, der QUELLE SELBST.

Das hätte ich mich wohl noch vor einiger Zeit nicht gewagt, so öffentlich in Worte zu bringen. Doch es ist mir mittlerweile solch eine große Hilfe und Unterstützung, die das Leben um ein Vielfaches leichter, zuversichtlicher und fröhlicher gestalten lässt.

Immer schneller erinnere ich mich daran, in die Stille zu gehen und erst einmal tief durchzuatmen, bevor ich weitere „unsinnige“ Gedanken zulasse…

Und so teile ich auch heute wieder ein paar Zeilen mit euch, die mich in der Stille im Herzen erreichten. Sie beziehen sich auf eine Situation im außen, die mir „früher“ im Anblick darauf mit ziemlicher Sicherheit noch Angst bereitet hätte. 😊

 

SCHAU still mit dem Herzen…
Es ist nicht alles so, wie es da scheint…
Schaust du still, mit dem Herzen…
Schaust du in der scheinbaren Unvollkommenheit stets
DAS EINE,
SEINE bedingungslose LIEBE
✨🙏✨

Source: SCHAU still mit dem Herzen… – Leben als Mensch