it's been a long time since i have dropped a post > the bad news from palestine were too much ...
farhad's post truly moves me - i mean: let's not forget - for children, everything is a first time, and therefore, life is much harder for children than for grown up adults > that's why children should experience compassion, and they must not suffer from cruelties of any kind
this one thing > the other thing is: good people make yourself better
that does not mean to do everything right or having success all the time (succeeding is rare, failing is the norm) > it's about good intentions, being responsive to criticism, interacting in good faith
damn i can't see anything like that atm in palestine and israel ...
but i can still see it in the fediverse > i keep reading your posts - mostly on kbin.social whose community has grown on me > peeps at kbin ever so surprise me with their openness, accompanied by the absence of cynicism > i still keep learning from them, especially in terms of moderation
that said, i am still here, but i focus more on taking care of communities than posting myself > it remains to be seen whether i return to posting again
German exports of motor vehicles and parts to Kyrgyzstan are up 5500% since Russia invaded Ukraine
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that all this stuff is heading to Russia. Germany has to stop this," says Robin Brooks, chief economist at IIF
“The job of the writer, sometimes, is to remind people that they have feet still capable of dancing.”
— Ibrahim Nasrallah, Palestinian author, on joy as resistance
Hikayat Hang Tuah edisi Balai Pustaka di repositori Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI (Kemendikbud). Aslinya satu buku tetapi dibagi dua ketika dicetak Kemendikbud.
Polish poet and playwright Adam Mickiewicz died #OTD in 1855.
A principal figure in Polish Romanticism, he is one of Poland's "Three Bards" (Trzej Wieszcze) and is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic and European poets and has been dubbed a "Slavic bard". via @wikipedia
Organizing in Israel-Palestine Between Jewish Safety and Palestinian Liberation
In episode 146, Joey Ayoub and Dana El-Kurd talk to Sally Abed, Orly Noy and Amjad Iraqi. Abed is a member of the national leadership of Standing Together (עומדים ביחד نقف معًا), a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. #thefirethesetimes @joey
Which country in Asia has the highest per-capita solar & wind generation?
The answer? Not China. It's actually #Japan. Good luck finding any articles that mention that online.
AND did you know the US has more than 2X the per-capita wind/solar production of #China. You'd never guess this from the incessant China-praise on social media & from environmentalists alongside the (often deserved) criticism of the US & Japan's #Energy & #Climate policies (including from me).
When I learned about apartheid was 40 years ago, and the teacher told us that it was going to be finished before we became adults.
That was true.
But I didn’t expect that another apartheid had been kept by the name of the victims of it. #Gaza Ceasefire must be held longer, forever.
From Along the River During the Qingming Festival 清明上河圖. Version claimed to be Song Dynasty, but likely to be a late Ming forgery. Held in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
abdul-qadir bedil aka bedil dehlavi was one of the greatest poets writing in persian > his place in persian literature is special for many reasons:
bedil's mother tongue was bengali, but he wrote most of his works in persian
during bedil's lifetime (1642-1720), the mughal empire began to fall apart, coinciding with the british east indian company's expansion, outcompeting the dutch east indian company' (voc) once and for all > though bedil does not mention the british, he was a keen observer of his times, and he wrote at length about regional and religious customs and morals undergoing rapid changes
bedil championed both individual and religious freedom, condemning hypocrisy and challenging the clerics > because of this, bedil's writings have influenced many generations of writers especially in central asia (today's afghanistan, uzbekistan, tadjikistan etc) > since the 1980s, bedil also rose to a certain prominence in iran
bedil championed the rights of minorities
being an indian poet, bedil (= the one who lost his heart) is often regarded as very difficult to understand due to the fantastic imagery he employed, expanding the boundaries of the persian language > otoh, many of bedil's verses are written in candid language, which makes them enjoyable until today
here is another couplet by bedil:
It is gratifying that I am not a regular opium-eater,
I have only fancy for Bhang (hashish), and that too now and then.
Smithsonian announced a Human Remains Task Force to determine how to "repatriate" over 30,000 human remains of #indigenous, #PeopleOfColor, and others, returning collections "that never should have been amassed."
some couplet by bedil
One’s worth is measured by the amount of world possessions these days,...