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भरोसा / Trust – Kaushal Kishore

भरोसा तुम पर
इसलिए नहीं किया मैं ने
कि तुम वही करोगे
जो मैं चाहता हूं,
बल्कि इसलिए
कि तुम वही करोगे
जो मेरे लिए सही होगा…

 

I trust you,
not because
you will do what I want,
but because you will do
what is right for me…

–Kaushal Kishore

Source: भरोसा / Trust – Kaushal Kishore

Opinion | Biden’s America Finds Its Voice – The New York Times

Zelensky and his fellow Ukrainians have reminded Americans of the values and causes we used to admire in ourselves — the ardent hunger for freedom, the deep-rooted respect for equality and human dignity, the willingness to fight against brutal authoritarians who would crush the human face under the heel of their muddy boots. It is as if Ukraine and Zelensky have rekindled a forgotten song, and suddenly everybody has remembered how to sing it.

Zelensky was not subtle about making this point. He said that what Ukraine is fighting for today has echoes in what so many Americans fought for over centuries. I thought of John Adams, Frederick Douglass, Theodore Roosevelt, George Marshall, Fannie Lou Hamer, the many unsung heroes of the Cold War. His words reminded us that America supports Ukraine not only out of national interest — to preserve a stable liberal world order — but also to live out a faith that is essential to this country’s being and identity. The thing that really holds America together is this fervent idea.

TEA considers rule change after approving felon to train school boards | The Texas Tribune

Records show James Dunn was convicted twice for defrauding federal government agencies. He registered his school board training, which he described as an alternative to “woke” programs, with the Texas Education Agency this fall.15858668.gif

Source: TEA considers rule change after approving felon to train school boards | The Texas Tribune

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge – Los Angeles Times

Over the weeklong period ending Wednesday, the nation’s most populous county recorded 147 deaths — up 37% from the prior week’s tally of 107. Since Oct. 2, there have been 875 COVID-19 deaths reported countywide. L.A. County’s COVID death toll number in the last week is nearly as high as that for all of California from flu in the past two and a half months. Since Oct. 2, 160 flu-related deaths have been reported statewide, including 31 in L.A. County.

Source: Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge – Los Angeles Times

Taliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies – Los Angeles Times (Me: Not an acceptable “defense”)

“We told girls to have proper hijab but they didn’t and they wore dresses like they are going to a wedding ceremony,” he said. “Girls were studying agriculture and engineering, but this didn’t match Afghan culture. Girls should learn, but not in areas that go against Islam and Afghan honor.”

He added that work was underway to fix these issues, and universities would reopen for women once they were resolved. The Taliban made similar promises about high school access for girls, saying classes would resume for them once “technical issues” around uniforms and transport were sorted out, but girls remain shut out of classrooms.

 

Source: Taliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies – Los Angeles Times

History’s First Named Author Was a Mesopotamian Priestess – Atlas Obscura

HISTORY’S FIRST RECORDED AUTHOR WAS a woman named Enheduanna. Born sometime in the latter half of the 23rd century BC, Enheduanna was the high priestess of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur. It was a political role as well as a religious one; as the daughter of a powerful king, Enheduanna was no stranger to affairs of the state. In her writing, she wielded her pen for peace, working to unite a fractured kingdom.

Source: History’s First Named Author Was a Mesopotamian Priestess – Atlas Obscura

In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers

  • Liberia has abundant mineral resources and legislation aimed at preventing the most environmentally destructive forms of mining but little capacity to enforce those regulations.
  • In the gold mining camp of Sam Beach, Mongabay observed damaged forests and rivers as a result of poorly regulated mining operations.
  • Traditional landowners say they have little ability to participate in negotiations when mining agreements are made, while the community faces the environmental and social fallout of a mining boom.

Source: In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers

I will write something positive…

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Right, from today…Only positive things until after Christmas. Then I go to a place where I can’t access the internet for a couple of days, so no problem there.

I will apologise though. Since getting back from Sydney, I’ve had to keep going. I’m still working this week and next week. This time of year, there is always someone to see or have to talk too. I haven’t had a “quiet” time yet. I am planning on that tomorrow. Wrap some pressies. Try to make myself a bit more “untired”.

Watching the transphobes melt down over the GRA/GRR in Scotland, makes me happy though =D

I absolutely love that Zelensky showed the Republican’s for the kind of people they are, mainly Putin butt kissers. I don’t know how they don’t feel so freaking stupid right now. There was one Republican…

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