We cannot live in the past nor in the future, so the only moment we really have is here and now. Once we become aware of that, we stop worrying and begin to grow.

We cannot live in the past nor in the future, so the only moment we really have is here and now. Once we become aware of that, we stop worrying and begin to grow.

Y así son las ilusiones, sueños que cautivan y envuelven con dulzura, caricias que se imaginan o que realmente se sienten, sonrisas inolvidables que invitan a ser dichosos, flores que regalan perfumes y texturas, gotas de lluvia que empapan una mañana, una tarde o una noche inolvidable de amor, convivencia y alegría. Y así son las ilusiones, privilegios que concede el infinito, tesoros celestes que brotan del alma, sentimientos reservados a ti, a mí, a ella, a él, a ustedes, a ellos, a todos los hombres y mujeres que decidan abrir las compuertas de sus seres. Y así son las ilusiones, un obsequio exclusivo para seres humanos, al que las inteligencias artificiales y todos los sistemas e inventos sintéticos jamás podrán experimentar, a pesar de que finjan sentirlas. Y así son las ilusiones.
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Source: Y así son las ilusiones – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Everyone coordinated in blue and smiling happily except for our visitor. And I assume that the unpleasant Minister Warmington (far right) was there to talk about highways? (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade)Source: China’s Foreign Minister warmly welcomed to Jamaica – Petchary’s Blog
She regretted her silence. She regretted not putting up a fight. She regretted blankly staring into the off-white frame holding one of the happiest moments of her life... While he was giving her one of her worst
Source: 0918 – Anonymously Hal


… aber dann bekommt die Geschichte am Ende eine ganz andere Wendung.
… Sometimes it is difficult for a child to watch out for a grandmother’s safety… but then the story gets a completely different twist at the end.
Source: Ein Dienstagslächeln / … A Tuesday smile – Stella, oh, Stella
Hewes was arrested in November 2022 and charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. He has worn the tag since January 2023 after being held on remand at Wandsworth Prison for six weeks, and has to keep it on until his trial begins in February 2025. Tags must be worn at all times for as long as the court decides.
While he denies the charge, Hewes’s tag prohibits him from going on the M25 and taking part in or organising climate protests. Following previous action with other climate campaign groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Christian Climate Action, he says he has faced increasingly harsh treatment from the police and justice system.
Hewes was arrested on a Sunday afternoon in November 2022. He said he had just put his collar on as he prepared to take part in a church service when he looked out of the window and saw his garden “swarming with police”.
“They shouted up: ‘If you don’t come down and open the door, we’re going to break it down now.’ And they got what they call a ‘big red key’, which is a euphemism for the battering ram. It was scary.”
He added: “Sunday afternoon was just never the same for me.”
Hewes says climate activists are being heavily criminalised in order to silence and discredit them.
“Suella Braverman talked about Just Stop Oil in the same breath as terrorists,” he told openDemocracy. “That’s outrageous. We’re peaceful protesters. The climate crisis is an existential threat.”
Braverman, the former home secretary who was forced out after inciting a far-right mob to storm the Cenotaph in November, referred to the activist group as “extremists” in 2022 and said they were “out of control” following a series of protests on the M25.
Marcin Wawrzyn, 42 – who was arrested after 20 minutes of ‘slow marching’ with Just Stop Oil in November – told openDemocracy that being given a tag felt “unfair” and “disproportionate”.
“It felt like a punishment and for what?” he said. “I was marching in the road – where else would you protest? The judges of ECHR say roads are the most appropriate places for protests and anything under 90 minutes cannot be seen as disruptive.”
Mentally, it was harsh – I felt like a dog on a leash
Wawrzyn was charged under section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, which bans any act that “interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure”. He has pleaded not guilty, and his case is expected to begin in 2025.
Under the conditions of his tag, Wawrzyn was prohibited from crossing the River Thames from his home in Wandsworth, south-west London, and from going into north London for a month. Though his tag has now been removed, he described feeling isolated.
“Despite my work being in north London, I was excluded from my office for a month, which is something a court shouldn’t do. But that’s what happened to me. Mentally, it was harsh – I felt like a dog on a leash.
“I felt detached and like I was prevented from having human contact with people I really care about.”
Hewes agreed. “I’m a marked and tracked man,” he said. “It’s really frustrating. As activists, one of the things that helps our mental health is the fact that you are trying to do something, however feeble it might appear to other people.”
Last month, Just Stop Oil wrote to the Met Police after the force claimed that policing the group’s protests cost almost £20m. Just Stop Oil said that “arresting non-violent grandmothers, teenagers, vicars, medics, engineers” was a “waste” of resources.
But Wawrzyn added that campaigners have not been deterred by the crackdown. “The fact that the state reacts in such a way only emboldens us and gives us the assurance that they’re actually noticing what we’re doing and they are actively fighting us,” he said. “If anything, we’re galvanised and we’re drawing more and more people in.”
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Source: Priest among Just Stop Oil climate activists given ankle tags for peaceful protest | openDemocracy
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