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Wordless Wednesday – 100CountryTrek.com

The Smooth Green Snake is a bright emerald green colour with a creamy white belly. He is in my garden and he is staring at me

Source: Wordless Wednesday – 100CountryTrek.com

Más de 43.000 madres con protección policial por violencia de género, un 15 % más – Stigmatis

Madrid (EFE).- Más de la mitad de los casos de violencia de género con protección policial en España corresponden a víctimas con hijos e hijas menores de edad a su cargo, 43.899, que son 5.810 más que hace un año, un crecimiento del 15,2 %.
Vecinas de Abla (Almería) colocan flores en la puerta del colegio donde estudiaba una de las niñas presuntamente asesinadas por envenenamiento por su padre. EFE / Carlos Barba

Source: Más de 43.000 madres con protección policial por violencia de género, un 15 % más – Stigmatis

The Poetry of Civility and Compassion | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: AndPan614

 

What inspires me to write the things I write and share the things that I share? There isn’t one particular thing, but a culmination of many facets occurring each day throughout life. For one, outside of other social media platforms, this WP community I am happy to be a part of showcases how we can communicate effectively as adults even if we are different racially, by gender, politically, economically, demographically, or scholastically.

Civility, empathy, understanding, love, peace, patience, and compassion are components we see heavily compromised and gradually deteriorating these days and times in society. We see evidence of polarization, complicity, and complacency that seem to overshadow the heart of humanity. And it does to an extent.

I Lose if I Don’t Use

If I lose my ability to see, I become blind
If I lose my ability to hear, I become deaf
If I lose my ability to touch, I become numb
If I lose my ability to be peaceful, I self-destruct in chaos
If I lose my ability to understand, I become knotted in confusion
If I lose my ability to love, I am lost in the ethos of hate.

©Kym Gordon Moore

Today my friends, as I ruminate about this awesome gift of life we have been given this very moment, why waste it on frivolous and trivial things that don’t add value to your life, to the lives of others, and living? Sometimes the very things we are looking for we already possess. We just need to mobilize them in ways that have laid dormant for a while. Yes, the world seems like it’s crazy, but it’s not the world that’s crazy, it’s the people who live in it who are.

We are not accountable for the crazy things that other people do, but it’s what we do that will make a difference. Crazy is just making more noise, we have to counteract that noise with more good and productive noise of our own. It is refreshing and comforting to see the type of camaraderie we share, where civility and compassion are poetic ingredients in our human connection. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Free Friends Hugging in Group Stock Photo

Image Credit: PNW Production 

Source: The Poetry of Civility and Compassion | From Behind the Pen

Ugandan Constitutional Court refuses to Strike Down Anti Homosexuality Act – O-blog-dee-o-blog-da

“This conditions are becoming increasingly dangerous. This judgement will serve to continue to embolden both state and non state actors in the ongoing violence and persecution perpetrated against Uganda’s LGBTI community.”

Uganda’s constitutional court today refused to annul or suspend the Anti-Homosexuality ACT of 2023 (AHA)  that includes the death penalty for so called “aggravated homosexuality”, but found some of its provisions inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights, noting  that what they struck down protects mostly the straight people in Uganda.
“We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement,” said lead judge Richard Buteera, reading the judgment on behalf of his four colleagues. However, the court struck down certain sections it said were “inconsistent with right to health, privacy and freedom of religion”.

Source: Ugandan Constitutional Court refuses to Strike Down Anti Homosexuality Act – O-blog-dee-o-blog-da

‘Aid organisations have been railing against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing’ – France 24

'Aid organisations have been railing against what they say is Israel's indiscriminate bombing'
‘Aid organisations have been railing against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing’ © France 24

“Aid organisations have been railing for weeks against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of civilian and not just military targets”, says France 24’s international affairs commentator Douglas Herbert, follwoing an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven charity staff. ” Also for what they say is a failure to allow much-needed access to Gaza for relief workers”, he adds.

Source: ‘Aid organisations have been railing against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing’ – France 24

Aftermath video of deadly World Central Kitchen strike is consistent with Israeli targeting, expert says – Egypt Independent

Chris Cobb-Smith, a former British Army artillery officer and munitions expert, told CNN the heavy damage to three vehicles seen in video and images from the scene was consistent with the use of “highly accurate drone-fired missiles,” adding it was “hard to believe” the tragic incident was accidental.

The drone that fired the missiles would have been operated in conjunction with a surveillance drone, Cobb-Smith said, meaning the Israeli military would have had total visibility of the cars. At least two of the vehicles were branded with the WCK logo on their roofs, the group has said.

Source: Aftermath video of deadly World Central Kitchen strike is consistent with Israeli targeting, expert says – Egypt Independent

Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy

  • Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday is today, April 3, 2024. To mark the occasion, Goodall sat down with Mongabay Founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler at his home in California.
  • In the conversation, Goodall delves into the evolving consciousness regarding environmental degradation and the loss of biodiversity, while stressing the importance of fostering hope amidst the doom and gloom often associated with these issues.
  • “I’ve come to think of humanity as being at the mouth of a very long very dark tunnel and right at the end there’s a little star shining. And that’s hope,” she said. “However, it’s futile to just sit and wonder when that star will come to us. We must gird our loins, roll up our sleeves, and navigate around all obstacles that lie between us and the star.”
  • The conversation also touches upon the transformative power of youth engagement in environmental activism. Goodall highlights the influence young people can have on older generations, emphasizing the importance of voting in elections as a means to support candidates who prioritize environmental concerns.

Source: Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy