Review: Purgatoire Des Innocents, Empathy for Heroic Thieves, and Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak

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Purgatoire des innocentsPurgatoire des innocents by Karine Giébel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

(English after French…)

Honte d’avoir survécu, haine contre soi même de n’avoir pas su se protéger, envie abandonner. Effrayant, vachement important à lire.

-Addendum:  This book features an unlikely pair of heroes:  two brothers who go from jewelry theft to saving a young girl’s life, at their own horrific expense, as they repair their sins by stopping an even worse person (mostly) from killing an innocent.  But their suffering is not quite enough for a system that lacks empathy.  Here is the original review:

Guilt for surviving, self-hated for being unable to protect yourself, just wanting to give up. Gut-wrenching, horrifically important to read.

Shira HoloceneHuman Era Destinie
2 Septembre, 12015 èH (HE: Universal Holocene Calendar)

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B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/Protector,  Lupin, or La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Reviews

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Do Better: Can Time Bank Currencies Help?

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      This section essentially repeats from earlier, even though it is important:  I suspect that most readers will be more annoyed than happy with the repetition.  Given the difficulty in starting and running a scrip based currency like Ithaca Hours, and the greater level of transparency and stake-holder governance participation in Time Bank decision-making regarding issuance of the currencies, I think that Time Dollars, or Hours, would be more helpful, but having all volunteers join a Time Bank that could share its hours across other Time Banks in the country was not easy some years ago, and may still not be worth the effort.  It will be up to those in place at that time to decide.   

Phase IV will build new tools with a US twist, modifying tools introduced in Phase III. As a local means of facilitating the work, communities may choose to…

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Uvalde, Texas School Shooting: Live Updates and News – The New York Times

In a tense and at times emotional news conference outside of Robb Elementary School, a top Texas state police official acknowledged that the decision by local police officers on the scene of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, not to breach the classroom for more than an hour as the rampage was taking place was “the wrong decision.”

“Obviously, based on the information we have, there were children in that classroom that were still at risk,” said Steven C. McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. “From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision. Period.”

We know what the problem is (easy access to guns)

America is reeling from yet another devastating spate of mass shootings. In the last 10 days, shooters have targeted a Taiwanese church in California, a grocery store in a Black neighborhood in New York, and an elementary school in Texas. Although opponents of sensible gun control—the kind that prevails throughout most of the civilized world—continue to put the spotlight on the shooters’ motivations or unstable mental states, these are cynical diversions from the one obvious truth: The common thread in all of the country’s revolting mass shootings is the absurdly easy access to guns. The science is clear: Restrictions work, and it’s likely that even more limitations would save thousands of lives. So why not take the laws much further, as other countries have done? The alternative is painfully obvious—living with more and more senseless carnage, courtesy of the National Rifle Association and their well-funded political lackeys.

Source: We know what the problem is

Loup: Nicolas Vanier

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Loup(English is below…)

Cette histoire de devenir adulte faisait plaisir à lire. (J’aimerais voir le film de 2009.) Vanier a réussi très tôt de faire sentir l’empathie pour un prédateur qu’il montre tel comme il est, et avec des détails. Il m’a réussi d’étonner, aussi, côte émotionnelle chez les hommes, en montrant qu’il est bien possible qu’an homme aussi peut se sentir abusé sexuellement par une femme, même après avoir fait l’amour volontairement. Jamais trop douce, on sent la dureté des deux mondes, humain tant que lupin, en sentant aussi (pour moi, au moins) connecté avec tous les deux. Du bon boulot émotionnelle et aussi d’un point de vue écolo.
(Si vous avez, les Amies, des corrections pour mon français, j’accepte volontiers…)

This was a very interesting and well-written coming-of-age story. (I’d like to see the 2009 film version.) Vanier manages early on to build reader sympathy for a predator…

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Wild, Wild Ramps

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Fab Foodstuff: Wild, Wild Ramps! “We have become foragers!”, my daughter-in-law proudly proclaimed as they walked through the front door. My son extended his hands with a large bouquet of wild ramps, as though they were a dozen long stem roses. “You can eat the tender bulbs as well as the leafy greens!”, they said in unison. Imagine my surprise. Little did I know that every Spring, foodies as well as seasoned chefs embark on a quest to unearth this subterranean gem known as Wild Ramps. What I learned that day is that ramps are simply wild leeks. Their flavor mimics garlic and onion. The fleshy leaves are a savory delight when sautéed in olive oil and butter. I promptly washed and trimmed the precious globular buds before serving them with breakfast. How unexpectedly delicious! It was only later, while traveling, I discovered their value…

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Nesta semana, os Yanomami comemoram 30 anos da demarcação oficial de seu território em 25 de maio de 1992, mas dezenas de milhares de garimpeiros ilegais aliados a quadrilhas criminosas armadas estão operando impunemente em seu território, contaminando rios com mercúrio e intimidando e prejudicando a comunidade! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Criança Yanomami brincando no rio (antes da invasão dos garimpeiros)foto: Barbara Crane Navarro « Meus avós pescavam neste rio para alimentar a comunidade. Agora é tudo contaminação por lodo, gasolina, diesel e mercúrio. Os peixes estão morrendo e nossa terra Yanomami está morrendo. Nós Yanomami estamos sofrendo, não temos paz. Os garimpeiros destroem nossas casas (Yanopë), […]

Nesta semana, os Yanomami comemoram 30 anos da demarcação oficial de seu território em 25 de maio de 1992, mas dezenas de milhares de garimpeiros ilegais aliados a quadrilhas criminosas armadas estão operando impunemente em seu território, contaminando rios com mercúrio e intimidando e prejudicando a comunidade! — Barbara Crane Navarro

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