Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared
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"All things are a flowing, Sage Heraclitus says; But a tawdry cheapness Shall outlast our days." Canto XIV, E. Pound "all things processed in their circle and thus the empire is complete" The Prince, Machiavelli Background sunrise opposite Annapurna.
I shot street photography - Pune years ago. Pune a historic city w/ lovely people yet during the Ganesha festival the situation can turn ugly as the frenzy intensifies. After this photo a few men realized the situation & surrounded me for protection. These men were hostile. @ektashahmd.bsky.social
EktaShahMD@ektashahmd.bsky.social · 2w agoHello dummies do you get it yet? They aren’t fighting for indigenous rights they are fighting for the right to colonize and commit imperialism everywhere Thread 🧵 www.instagram.com/p/Dd3g5isgbw... 1/
He snores a lot? He looks as expected. Those aren't the Guns of Navarone rather the Guns of provolone. Since he is locked and loaded let's toss him over the border wall into Ciudad Juarez.
Disaster in Thailand. News focuses on Bangkok yet much of the country is under severe flooding and landslides. Help if you can. Some reputable charities: Red Cross Society TH, Royal Chaipattana Foundation,The Freedom Story, Save the Children TH, GlobalGiving, UNICEF TH, IRC youtu.be/EatPHQDmZcM?...
Chaos in Nan, Thailand today! Massive floods swept away Homes, Cars in Pua District!
YouTube video by Nature's Fury
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There is a disaster unfolding in much of SE Asia. Much of the news is focusing on Bangkok which has been declared a state of disaster. The rest of Thailand is experiencing massive floods & landslides. Meanwhile developed nations continue to ignore climate change.
Thailand should consider this given the civil engineering failures over the past few years, the annual flooding and pollution, and that the PM is a licensed civil engineer.
Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2w agoHad to block Caelan Conrad, of all people, for being an insufferable asshole about this.
Rabbi Dovid Feldman spoke on Mayor Mamdani‘s behalf yesterday
Voting from abroad, especially if you are from California, is incredibly easy. Make sure you are registered in your county & the board of registrars will take care of you with timely updates. I voted last night and it took me 20 min as I needed to research a few ballot measures. #democratsabroad
Sound familiar? K. Hahn was a great educator who founded a number of schools including the Outward Bound School. In 1920 Hahn and Prince Max founded Schule Schloss Salem, a private boarding school in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany,
I am in Bangkok for 3 days. Two fit guys from the Carolinas were lost & asked for help. They were looking for the bus back to the USS Lincoln. I walked them there. They didn't talk much. I asked them are things as bad as I read. They responded, "much worse". Stoic guys instructed not to talk.
Condolences to the people of Nepal and Tibet. Climate change is real. Best of luck and respect to the rescue teams. english.news.cn/20260827/56c... thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/at-lea...
At least 162 dead, hundreds missing in flash flood
A flash flood ripped through the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts on Wednesday morning, killing at least 162 people as of 6:00 am of Thursday and leaving hundreds missing, according to a Nepal Police spok...
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Definitely worth hearing - blunt feedback from those who know:
Amy@ajmurano.bsky.social · 2mo agoNo notes.😳 Sharing too keep. It is worth a listen. April, this year.
Compassion should never be selective. During a 2003 lecture at the University of Waterloo, Jewish-American scholar Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein offered a powerful reminder about compassion and the conflict. “If you truly had compassion in your heart, your tears would also be for the Palestinians.”
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. 1/2
If you’ve been wondering where Mitch McConnell disappeared to… Well Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man & the Lion head were sent to the Emerald City to investigate 😂 The Wizard of Was is political satire at its finest!! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #DefendersOfDemocracy
Our soon to be AI overlords & their tech industry masters are driving up RAM + DRAM costs as tech companies compete for AI chips. The demand for chips are driving up costs due to scarcity & to secure profits. More "benefits" to come. www.tomsguide.com/computing/ra...
RAM prices keep going up — what is RAMageddon, and why is it getting worse?
Pretty much everything tech-wise is affected
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RIP Dr. Robert Thurman a tireless advocate and learned scholar. religion.columbia.edu/news/memoria...
In Memoriam: Robert A.F. Thurman (1941-2026) | Department of Religion
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Julian Assange warned us: Digital archives let them erase history with one click. One day: "Page not found." The next: "it never happened." They control what you remember. Save physical books. Archive offline. Don't trust the cloud. This is how 1984 wins.
The Parthasarathy Temple, Chennai, is one of the city's most spiritually and historically significant landmarks. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, it is believed to have been built in the 8th century by the Pallava King Narasimhavarman I. #street_photography #chennai #hindu #streetphotograpby_india
River Life - Central Vietnam This area produces some outstanding boutique fish sauce. No factories, no additives except a lot of small fish. Subtle and not overly salty. #street_scene #street_photography #analog_photography #provia #vietnam_life
Wuhua Tower (Tower of Five Glories) located within Dali Ancient City. Built during the Tang dynasty era (856 AD) & was an important structure of the Nanzhao Kingdom’s capital. This photo was taken the day after COVID-19 was announced, hence no people. #streetphotography #street_photography_china
Monk leaving a Prayer Wheel (Thardo Khorlo) Swayambhu #streetphotography #street_photohraphy #buddhist #swayambhu #kathmandu
I asked Claude what HL Mencken would have written about Trump. The output: Mencken would recognize in Trump the archetype he spent his career anatomizing: the confidence man as folk hero. 1/3
Pensioner Yi People Weishsan semi-autonomous Yi and Hui People County Yunnan #streetphotography #street_photography #street_portrait #street_china Alt Text
Pure Jungle - Dangrek Mountains or Phanom Dangrek from Surin, TH towards Cambodia. Caution is advised as the vast area contains mines. This area experienced intense fighting over border disputes, corruption, & transnational crime orgs. #photograpby #cambodia #thailand #borderlands See ALT for more
