Bev
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Over 60% of respondents in Japan believe the country should not possess nuclear weapons, a poll has found, following recent comments from a senior government official who said Japan should have them. 👉 ebx.sh/jnffTL
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Looking for some Buddhism? Buddhist Meditation: Breaking free of mental activity wp.me/pFy3u-1S Diana St Ruth.
Breaking free of mental activity, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhist meditation is the process of breaking free of mental activity in order to hear what we hear, smell what we smell, taste what we taste and see what we see, without making judgements…
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January 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Buddhist insights: Followers of the way: The more we contemplate life, the more we realise just how mysterious it is. 'Karma: Innocent Action', by Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-4L0.
Karma: Innocent Action, by Diana St Ruth
Karma: The more we contemplate life, the more we realise just how mysterious it is.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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from archives / Buddha heads found in Kerala riverbeds
June 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Perhaps everything is loss
June 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Another No Kings sign conveying how she really feels.
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Possum o’clock.
June 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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What is it that one sees when one looks at the world? 'Two Levels of Truth' wp.me/pFy3u-2Lv Lama Chime Rinpoche.
Two Levels of Truth, by Lama Chime Rinpoche
It is said that for the absolute, one has wisdom, and for the relative, one has compassion. After his enlightenment Buddha did not need to teach people in order for them to become essentially wiser…
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May 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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In Buddhism the language of “not-two” reflects the Buddha’s subtlety. Non-duality implies an opposition to duality, which keeps the mind within the framework of division.

Goodnight sleep tight.
May 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Okay Los Angeles, what was this? 💫

Seen minutes ago.
May 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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📚 ¿y tù? 📖
May 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Morning Meditation — The deep source of realisation comes with constancy.
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Morning Meditation — The deep source of realisation comes with constancy.
'The deep source of realisation comes with constancy.' Hongzhi Zhengjue
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May 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Bumper sticker from Sept 2016, somewhere in Maine - still valid, more than ever, sadly…
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Do not get a pet if you cannot keep it for the entire duration of it's life. Would you give up your kid? Animals have souls, animals feel more than you do. This cat was abandoned and this photo was taken minutes after being adopted. #AdoptdontShop
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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By leaving insecure tracking devices on the open internet, “police have not only breached public trust but created a bounty of location data for everyone who drives by which can be abused by stalkers & other criminals,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @wired.com.
License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.

➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025⁠
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Do you know CPR?

Minnesota woman survives after 25 minutes without pulse, warns others about sudden cardiac arrest.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/minnesota-woman-survives-25-minutes-without-pulse-warns-sudden-cardiac-arrest
March 6, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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That is an extremely utopian view of reality that leads to poverty, slums & disenfranchisement.

Business means a minority setting their own wage, setting workers' wages & manipulating markets.

Control over business by workers = a strong nation.
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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What’s a "tactile internet” and how does it help blind and low-vision users? We talk with @chanceyfleet.bsky.social about the technology in the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
Podcast Episode: Building a Tactile Internet
Blind and low-vision people have experienced remarkable gains in information literacy because of digital technologies, like being able to access an online library offering more than 1.2 million books
www.eff.org
May 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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While responding to a ShotSpotter alert, a Chicago police officer opened fire on an unarmed child in his backyard lighting fireworks.
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal internWe’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, Shotspotter. A recent near-tragedy in Chicago
www.eff.org
March 22, 2024 at 10:59 PM