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

Peștișorul de aur

ore de drum

Barbate, 2016

Poate ar trebui să-mi fac un blog separat în care să scriu doar despre orașe de la granița sudului.

Blogul Sudului.

Revin, mereu și mereu, în Andaluzia. De data aceasta nimeresc, aproape la voia întâmplării, la Barbate. M-a fermecat de la prima vedere, însă o prietenă spaniolă m-a sfătuit să nu mai vorbesc așa elogios despre această destinație, pentru că risc să nu fac impresie bună. Spaniolii își amintesc că, în anii 70, Barbate a fost stațiunea preferată a dictatorului Franco.

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În contextul în care dimineața mi-o petrecusem în palatele și grădinile Alhambrei, iar la sfârșitul după-amiezei ajungeam la Barbate, vă puteți întreba cum de a fost posibil să-mi pice cu tronc. Și eu mă întreb.

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Plaja era goală, iar pe promenada pavată trecătorii se scăldau în luminozitatea apusului maritim.

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Asa cum la noi în sud se prind bulgarii, pe măsură ce te apropii de Barbate, la radio…

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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/24

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I’m just now getting around to sharing TokyoSand’s cartoon post from Saturday … sorry for the delay!  As always she has scoured the Internet and found the cream of the crop!  The topics this week range from the strange Tokyo Olympics to the Republican’s about-face regarding the COVID vaccine to anti-vaxxers and much more!  Thank you, TS, for pulling these together for us!  Here is a sampling …

Be sure to check out the rest of the ‘toons over at Political Charge!

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Questions about the Catastrophic Weather Events — FunWritings

Fixing the climate change problem is what we should all be trying to do So many people are struggling trying to make it through

Questions about the Catastrophic Weather Events — FunWritings

Coincidió el hoy con el ayer y el mañana

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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El hoy pintaba, cada día, los rincones del mundo, derramaba perfumes, esculpía formas y aplicaba sabores, cuando de improviso, al voltear atrás, descubrió la presencia sigilosa del ayer, oculto entre piedras y varas dispersas en un paraje umbrío, quien le expresó: “a diferencia tuya, querido presente, que decoras los instantes y conviertes los espacios en bellos remansos que poca gente aprecia y disfruta, en mis rincones sombríos deambulan incontables hombres y mujeres, intoxicados por el arrepentimiento, la confusión, el dolor, la amargura, los recuerdos, la tristeza y los sentimientos, las oportunidades, los pensamientos, las vivencias y los sueños desperdiciados y perdidos. Están rotos. Los percibo incompletos, totalmente irreconocibles. Lloran y se aferran a permanecer encadenados en mis celdas, tras los barrotes que ellos fabrican cotidianamente. Son esclavos de sí mismos y, no obstante, me culpan. Ofrezco estampas pasadas y…

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Mushrooms can help you fight Covid-19 – Better Life Info

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The health benefits of mushrooms are well known. They are high in fiber, protein, and antioxidants while being low in calories. Due to this, they can help you lose weight by burning the fat in the body. But you may not be knowing that this vegetable which looks like a mini umbrella to me can provide a shield to you from many other diseases, not just obesity. I have just learned that mushrooms can also help you fight the dreadful corona virus.

But, the best thing I like about this vegetable is that people of all ages like its taste. You can use mushrooms as a key ingredient in many dishes, ranging from starters to soups and main dishes regularly

Researchers found in a 2016 Johns Hopkins study that psilocybin-assisted therapy alleviated anxiety and depression in adults with terminal cancer diagnoses.

The current study’s findings suggest that psilocybin may be…

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Inner Illumination

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My former guru cautioned his students to remain skeptical of their own enlightenment because it could very well be just another ego trip. Indeed, if a particular state of mind is judged to be high on an hierarchical scale of mental states, our egotistical nature will likely become attracted to the concept. The teacher further cautioned us students to beware of teachers who claim to be enlightened or possess elite spiritual insights because we might flatter ourselves by believing we are attaining exclusive, arcane wisdom. Hence, spiritual pride is an obnoxious form of egotism.

Interactions between the conscious and the subconscious mind are tricky matters. There is much that laypersons and experts still do not understand regarding our thoughts and behaviors as may derive from subconscious processes.

Certain individuals believe they are uniquely gifted to be able to traverse between these “realms” effortlessly. They claim to have attained exclusive types…

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Changing is the sign of a open mind

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Really, age SHOULD change who you are. If you’re not changing, it means either you’re dead. OR you’ve had had a close mind your whole life. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that the majority of TERFs, if not all, have been Karen’s all their lives. Change is a sign of a open mind.

You cannot change without a open mind, and you cannot have a open mind if you never change.

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Don’t compare yourself to strangers

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We often fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to others as we scroll through various different social media. We also make judgements about how we don’t/can’t measure up against them. Unfortunately, social media is a place that triggers that unpleasant self-disdain, and this, as I’ve seen is so very unhealthy. In our modern world, social media exists as a tool to highlight the best parts of us and our lives, meaning comparisons have become stronger, but also more unfair.

Sonja Lyubormirsky, a psychologist at the University of California, said that “people who are happy use themselves for internal evaluation.” While in many cases comparisons help us learn from each other, other times, they rob us from gratitude and fulfilment in our own lives. When I find myself thinking that someone is better than me on social media, what I really find myself doing is trying to meet unrealistic expectations…

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Autoconhecimento

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“Autoconhecimento” – é a palavra que nos ajuda a traduzir o nosso ‘estar no mundo’. Quando você consegue identificar claro – a ideia dessa alienação que temos sobre nós mesmos na maioria das vezes, digo do que você se submete: riscos, causas impossíveis ( às vezes na cabeça da mulher é ter um amor) para completar essa ideia de felicidade que temos de acreditar e reconhecer como o fator mais importante de estarmos no mundo, você consegue produzir respostas que, em geral, te fazem ancorar numa realidade diferente, muitas vezes de um pensamento ingênuo que antes, se alimentava. Então, o Autoconhecimento, ele nos ajuda considerar o que há nas nossas inquietações, e buscar o nosso bem-estar pessoal.
Nas situações de violência, é o nosso principal aliado contra essa displicência muitas vezes que há de nossa parte, do nosso pouco conhecimento, vou dizer assim. Além disso, ele é quem provoca o…

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