James Webb’s First Deep Field is galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI We have seen the startling images provided by the $10 billion James Webb telescope, images relentlessly hyped as an incredible scientific breakthrough by those involved in the research–but of no conceivable relevance or benefit to humanity as a whole. […]
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Whatever our differences, beliefs and prejudices we can all agree that peace is a good thing, can’t we, don’t we? All rational decent human beings would, I’m sure, nod enthusiastically, and who among us would admit to not being rational or decent…..even the despots believe they are – rational, just misunderstood. So why are human […]
Premise The following is a light piece on a man. The dream of becoming a tap dancer. A white kid from West Virginia (via San Fran and Guam) who got the Big Apple bug, that is, the Great White Way bug to be a hoofer on Broadway. The man comes to me via my volunteer […]
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When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the […]
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As history repeatedly shows, it is under deteriorating social and economic conditions that the most unscrupulous, the most opportunistic–i.e., the very worst people–end up on top. And because they are the worst, they demand even more, take even more, and abuse and intimidate and/or bribe anyone who stands in their way. Such persons, clearly sociopathic […]
From Ochelli.com In the first hour, Chuck and Mike discuss the brave new world of AI-linked communications via the Alexa program. In the second hour, Pearse tells a tale of inhumanity under the city in New York. Are disconnected realities connected to the grand scheme of the divide and conquer masses? Download episode
The idea of education being imparted without any compulsion to declare one’s religion is definitely a welcome thing Principal’s office of Bethune College, Kolkata, which included Humanity as an option under the religion category. Image Courtesy: college dunia A college admission form introducing new options under ‘religion’? Talking about humanity, secular, non-religious, atheism! Well, in … Continue reading Picking Humanity Over Religion: A Small but Critical Step →
If you haven’t seen it yet – take a look at In Search of Greatness from @gabepolsky. The unbeatable power of creativity and passion at the heart of sport. @greatnessmovie
“He realized the limitations of his own physique and developed a whole new style of boxing that suited him.”
The thread I have published below appeared on Twitter today and I think it is worth sharing. My experience of visiting the Moria “refugee camp” on Lesvos Island in Greece in June 2016 was equally shocking. This was a concentration camp. Barbed wire curled above the two deep cages of iron that enclosed thousands of…
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