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

Patel’s citizenship-stripping bill would accelerate UK race to the bottom | openDemocracy

Now Home Secretary Priti Patel also wants the power to deprive people of their citizenship without notice. Not only is this an attack on fundamental principles of justice and international law, it will inevitably target minorities and those of migrant heritage overwhelmingly. Attempting to justify the tactic, the Home Office has resorted to a discredited and alarming argument: that citizenship is a privilege, not a right.

Source: Patel’s citizenship-stripping bill would accelerate UK race to the bottom | openDemocracy

Real Dreams in Dream Reality

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

The song ‘Sweet Dreams’ by LaBouche was released in the mid-’90s and was a major hit. I still remember it was the second song on side B of one of my recorded cassettes. It takes me back to my glory days and makes me smile{not dream 😉 }. And, just like all my music-inspired poems, I suggest playing the song{which I have embedded below for your convenience} as you read; it truly elevates the experience!

Real Dreams in Dream Reality poem by Ruelha

Dreams are reality; reality is just a dream! When I close my eyes, nothing is as it seems Dreams are reality; reality is but a dream! When my peepers are shut, everything fits within my colour scheme Sweet dreams of rhythmic passion Laced with non-verbal interaction Dancing through the night As if everything were alright Fantasy is a form of relief When reality is all about grief…

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Recipe: Banana Pancakes/ Banana Fritters

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

Bananas are easily available everywhere here. It’s the cheapest of all the fruits, just 3 bucks for one, loaded with potassium, minerals, vitamins, and fiber. But unfortunately, they ripen so quickly and cannot be stored too long. Sometimes, we’re left with overripe bananas that are unsightly with those blackened spots and mushy texture. But honestly speaking, they’re a lot healthier that way. I cannot discard food; I cannot waste food. I have too much respect for it. Usually, I just make a banana cake or banana fritters/pancakes. Pancakes and fritters are a whole lot quicker and easier than cakes, so …..

Ingredients: makes 2 pancakes/8-10 fritters

  • 1 overripe banana, mashed
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp butter {optional, but it’s lovely with}
  • 100ml milk approximately, to adjust the consistency {little thinner than cake batter}
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3- 4 tbsp. Sugar
  • 2 pinches of baking soda

Method:

Mash…

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Deadman

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Logan Staats’ beautiful new song, “Deadman” is another example of the power of art to call attention to injustice. The track comes alongside a visual accompaniment partially shot at the site of a former residential school.

Logan was beaten and arrested by the RCMP while supporting the Wet’suwet’en peoples. I was only peacefully singing our water song and hugging/protecting a 70-year-old matriarch.I was free’d and remain steadfast and committed to defending the land from sea to sea all across Turtle Island.

Mohawk singer-songwriterLogan Staatsmakes his return with the new single “Deadman,” which signals the storyteller and activist’s debut release under the Indigenous-owned label,Red Music Rising.

“I wrote ‘Deadman’ while in rehab. It’s not about a girl; the culture is the love that I’m asking for,” he revealed in a press release.

The love Staats pleads for in the song is not romantic but rather…

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short narrative nonfiction: Some Tours are Worth It

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

      …  Memories of an UnSat Plebe’s Cost Benefit Analysis…

     I was chopping down the hall after breakfast, almost to my room.  No upperclassmen around.

 

“Miss Jones!”

 

     Him.  And of course, I’d not had time to memorize that damned menu for tomorrow’s evening meal.

 

“Yes, Sir!”

 

“Hit a bulkhead!

 

“Ay, ay, Sir!

 

     Before I had even gotten to the side of the hall, he was standing there, waiting.  What did this guy do, camp out in his classmate’s room by my door?  F***’in-A!

 

“Miss Jones, did you try to hip-check Mr. O?”

 

     That fat Firstie I ran into on the way to Morning Meal Formation?  Seriously?  He’s twice my weight!  Actually, almost every upperclassman was twice my weight.  This one probably weighed three of me.  Why on earth would I ever try to hip-check the guy?

 

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No Holiday for Web Security

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Another day, another insurer getting hacked. This time its a smaller one, True Health New Mexico, with a little more than 60,000 customer records exposed. The hacker broke into a network server in early October for reasons not yet known.

We may have to emend Franklin’s pithy remark about the inevitability of death and taxes. We know people who evade taxes, or try to do so. Hackers however seem to be forever.

Source:

  1. https://www.databreachtoday.com/medical-data-exposed-in-breach-at-true-health-new-mexico-a-18001?rf=2021-11-26_ENEWS_SUB_DBT__Slot1_ART18001&mkt_tok=MDUxLVpYSS0yMzcAAAGA_BekJ_UmnH_Z5RkHp5oV0_SB9IP6PKlUE_cmgmGyX5HgzG5iSO-Dk-PLgvcsKBx7nVGbnm7TWK_vKq7iKOtrIRKs11u7krIlsxOjP0B82PtgfcI

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Growing Amazon Deforestation a Grave Threat to Global Climate | Inter Press Service

For three weeks, the Brazilian government concealed the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by nearly 22 percent last year, accentuating a trend that threatens to derail efforts to curb global warming.

The report by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) based on the data for the year covering August 2020 to July 2021 is dated Oct. 27, but the government did not release it until Thursday, Nov. 18.

It thus prevented the disaster from further undermining the credibility of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, already damaged by almost three years of anti-environmental policies and actions, ahead of and during the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the climate change convention, held in Glasgow, Scotland from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13.

Source: Growing Amazon Deforestation a Grave Threat to Global Climate | Inter Press Service

Should Manufacturers Help with Recycling Or Consumers and Government Must Allow Things to Continue in the Same Old Way? — FunWritings

If Manufacturers could take on more of the responsibility to recycle more plastic we could have a clean environment The post Should Manufacturers Help with Recycling Or Consumers and Government Must Allow Things to Continue in the Same Old Way? appeared first on FunWritings.

Should Manufacturers Help with Recycling Or Consumers and Government Must Allow Things to Continue in the Same Old Way? — FunWritings

Laponija, Švedska – Lapland, Sweden

Myrela

U malom laponskom gradu Jančeping od 1942. godine postoji Folkogskola. To je škola u kojoj mladi Sami (Sámi), pored praćenja uobičajenog švedskog nastavnog programa, pohađaju časove na svom maternjem jeziku i obučavaju se tradicionalnim zanatima. Povrh svega, izučavaju istoriju gajenja irvasa, od njegovih početaka pa sve do danas, jer ono predstavlja osnovu njihovog načina života. Zaštita samske kulture – a samim tim i gajenja irvasa, kojim se bavi deset odsto od 20.000 Sama (Sámi) koji su stalno nastanjeni u švedskom dijelu Laponije – bila je razlog što je Unesko odlučio da oblast od skoro 9.400 km², koja uključuje devet zaštićenih oblasti, uvrsti na Listu mjesta svjetske baštine. Ova regija je, takođe, teritorija gdje se odvija sezonska migracija irvasa. Sami (Sámi) tradicionalno žive u gotovo simbiotskoj vezi sa irvasima. Od te životinje dobijaju meso i mlijeko, njene tetive koriste za šivenje odjeće, a kožu i tetive da bi napravili lajtok (tradicionalni…

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