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Useful news for all to advance knowledge of the world and how it works

« Look at the world from a different perspective! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Amazon forest « The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological […]

« Look at the world from a different perspective! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Sobrevoo na bacia do Rio Tapajós mostra grande destruição causada por garimpo ilegal, extração seletiva e monocultura da soja! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

Graças a um esforço do pessoal do ClimaInfo (as imagens são da lavra de Christian Braga) é possível ver os resultados de um sobrevoo realizado na bacia do Rio Tapajós, principalmente nos municípios paraenses de Itaituba, Santarém e Trairão, como mostram as imagens logo. This slideshow requires JavaScript. O que essas imagens eixam claro é […] […]

Sobrevoo na bacia do Rio Tapajós mostra grande destruição causada por garimpo ilegal, extração seletiva e monocultura da soja! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

Pueblos Indígenas piden a la humanidad actuar con urgencia para salvar el Amazonas — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Imagen de archivo de reses pastando en la ribera del río Amazonas, en Brasil. EFE/Fernando Bizerra Jr. Amazonas Amazonas | 2 Sep. 2022 Más de 500 pueblos indígenas de la cuenca amazónica claman desde Lima en un llamado de emergencia para que la humanidad sea consciente de la urgencia de actuar frente a las amenazas […]

Pueblos Indígenas piden a la humanidad actuar con urgencia para salvar el Amazonas — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Minbari Mondays: “Conflicts of Interest” (B5:s4e12), and Lifting Every Voice

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

Tears of joy right at the start of this episode!

and then,

Garibaldi now has a clear conflicting issue from his past, while B5’s Voice of the Resistance needs power from a source whose perception may be in conflict, depending on your point of view: Epsilon 3.

The captain’s words ring loudest and true:

“If we do nothing, their blood will be on our hands.”

History Matters.

Truth Matters.

Action Matters.

Last Monday’s review was s4e11: ,

and

Next Minbari Monday will review: s4e13: …

Neatnik gives a more thorough and traditional reviewof this episode.

Nih sakh sh’lekk, sleem wa.

I come in peace, I am your friend.

Action Prompts:

1.) Share your thoughts on how we Human Beings might start to build a more fully inclusive society for all of us, and how this episode of Babylon 5 could help that process.

2.)…

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Kinder der Welt – mein Lieblingsmotiv auf Reisen — Senioren um die Welt

Mein absolutes Lieblingsmotiv auf Reisen sind Kinder, die noch völlig unbefangen sind und natürlich und offen reagieren. Wenn ich ein Kind fotografiere, frage ich vorher immer die Eltern oder Erzieher um die Genehmigung zu fotografieren, aber ich habe es noch nie erlebt, dass die Betreffenden nicht damit einverstanden waren, dass ich ihre Kinder ablichtete. Sie […]

Kinder der Welt – mein Lieblingsmotiv auf Reisen — Senioren um die Welt

“Fascist” is a description, not an insult. — The Weekly Sift

https://www.creators.com/read/andy-marlette/09/22/332870 After two years of claiming Joe Biden is senile (and deceptively editing videos to prove it), falsely claiming that his presidency is illegitimate, and pretending that “Let’s Go Brandon” and “FJB” are clever things to display on t-shirts, flags, trucks etc.; after declaring that liberals in general are groomers, pro-pedophile, communists, libtards, and baby-killers […]

“Fascist” is a description, not an insult. — The Weekly Sift

Operation Downfall – part one — Pacific Paratrooper

Plans for Japan – click to enlarge The original idea for the invasion of Japan was approved in July 1944 and received constant, precise detailing up until the actual signing of the surrender. Operation Downfall was broken into two separate plans, Operation Olympic which would be followed by Operation Coronet. With all the devastation already […]

Operation Downfall – part one — Pacific Paratrooper

Operation Downfall, part two — Pacific Paratrooper

Operation Downfall/Olympic In a memo from the Undersecretary of the Navy, a project named “Dagwood” was mentioned, but I am unable to locate any details. MacArthur sent out a deceptive message (with slip-shot secrecy) to be intercepted by the Japanese called “Pastel Two.” This showed a detailed “plan” about Allied landings on the China coast. […]

Operation Downfall, part two — Pacific Paratrooper