Bodhipaksa
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Scotland's most prolific Buddhist author. Currently living in New Hampshire. Author of books on meditation and Buddhist practice. Fan of Scots language. Learning […]
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
I watched the first 2 episodes of The Walking Dead with my son last night. A few things struck me:
• The first zombie we see picks a doll off the ground. They don't do that later.
• She's also a little girl. The demographics of walkers tend to skew older.
• The zombies move fast! Some of them […]
• The first zombie we see picks a doll off the ground. They don't do that later.
• She's also a little girl. The demographics of walkers tend to skew older.
• The zombies move fast! Some of them […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I watched the first 2 episodes of The Walking Dead with my son last night. A few things struck me:
• The first zombie we see picks a doll off the ground. They don't do that later.
• She's also a little girl. The demographics of walkers tend to skew older.
• The zombies move fast! Some of them […]
• The first zombie we see picks a doll off the ground. They don't do that later.
• She's also a little girl. The demographics of walkers tend to skew older.
• The zombies move fast! Some of them […]
If smuggling drugs makes you a narcoterrorist, and therefore(?) subject to extrajudicial execution, then anyone buying illegal drugs is "giving aid to a terrorist organization."
Since Trump claims these supposed narco-terrorists are at war with the US, then […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Since Trump claims these supposed narco-terrorists are at war with the US, then […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If smuggling drugs makes you a narcoterrorist, and therefore(?) subject to extrajudicial execution, then anyone buying illegal drugs is "giving aid to a terrorist organization."
Since Trump claims these supposed narco-terrorists are at war with the US, then […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Since Trump claims these supposed narco-terrorists are at war with the US, then […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Yikes! I was working away on MacBook and noticed the emoji key wasn’t working, so I had to copy and paste an emoji I wanted to use. No big deal.
Then I realized the entire keyboard wasn’t working except for the delete key. Well, it’s been months since I restarted it. Let’s give that a go.
Then I realized the entire keyboard wasn’t working except for the delete key. Well, it’s been months since I restarted it. Let’s give that a go.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yikes! I was working away on MacBook and noticed the emoji key wasn’t working, so I had to copy and paste an emoji I wanted to use. No big deal.
Then I realized the entire keyboard wasn’t working except for the delete key. Well, it’s been months since I restarted it. Let’s give that a go.
Then I realized the entire keyboard wasn’t working except for the delete key. Well, it’s been months since I restarted it. Let’s give that a go.
RE: https://toot.yosh.is/@yosh/115636179939389381
This is a good lesson for life, and for me it's a timely one. If you schedule yourself for 100% capacity, you'll inevitably let yourself and others down when unexpected things crop up. You'll be unreliable.
Building slack into your schedule […]
This is a good lesson for life, and for me it's a timely one. If you schedule yourself for 100% capacity, you'll inevitably let yourself and others down when unexpected things crop up. You'll be unreliable.
Building slack into your schedule […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
RE: https://toot.yosh.is/@yosh/115636179939389381
This is a good lesson for life, and for me it's a timely one. If you schedule yourself for 100% capacity, you'll inevitably let yourself and others down when unexpected things crop up. You'll be unreliable.
Building slack into your schedule […]
This is a good lesson for life, and for me it's a timely one. If you schedule yourself for 100% capacity, you'll inevitably let yourself and others down when unexpected things crop up. You'll be unreliable.
Building slack into your schedule […]
The other day I saw someone on Mastodon refer to "Olde English" and I didn't say anything.
If the Nobel Peace Prize committee needs to get hold of me, my DMs are open.
If the Nobel Peace Prize committee needs to get hold of me, my DMs are open.
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The other day I saw someone on Mastodon refer to "Olde English" and I didn't say anything.
If the Nobel Peace Prize committee needs to get hold of me, my DMs are open.
If the Nobel Peace Prize committee needs to get hold of me, my DMs are open.
Reposted by Bodhipaksa
Reposted by Bodhipaksa
So back in 1944, a German U-Boat Commander named Heinz-Wilhelm Eck did exactly what US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered US military forces to do - kill the survivors of a destroyed boat at sea.
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So back in 1944, a German U-Boat Commander named Heinz-Wilhelm Eck did exactly what US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered US military forces to do - kill the survivors of a destroyed boat at sea.
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
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Commanders specifically ordered Navy SEALs to fire on and kill two survivors of (alleged) drug boat sinking in September. "The order was to kill everybody".
Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as homicide or as a war crime is, of course, necessary, but at the same time it seems morally […]
Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as homicide or as a war crime is, of course, necessary, but at the same time it seems morally […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Commanders specifically ordered Navy SEALs to fire on and kill two survivors of (alleged) drug boat sinking in September. "The order was to kill everybody".
Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as homicide or as a war crime is, of course, necessary, but at the same time it seems morally […]
Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as homicide or as a war crime is, of course, necessary, but at the same time it seems morally […]
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Another flagrant example of Trump apparatchiks ignoring a federal court's explicit order and doing what the judge told them not to do.
At what point will judges start, you know, doing something about this repeated lawbreaking? […]
At what point will judges start, you know, doing something about this repeated lawbreaking? […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Another flagrant example of Trump apparatchiks ignoring a federal court's explicit order and doing what the judge told them not to do.
At what point will judges start, you know, doing something about this repeated lawbreaking? […]
At what point will judges start, you know, doing something about this repeated lawbreaking? […]
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@BellaCaledonia/115623728905212674
"For the colonial conqueror, it was not enough to introduce an additional language to any community. Imperial languages had to be planted on the graveyard of the languages of the dominated." Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
(And it's good to see […]
"For the colonial conqueror, it was not enough to introduce an additional language to any community. Imperial languages had to be planted on the graveyard of the languages of the dominated." Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
(And it's good to see […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@BellaCaledonia/115623728905212674
"For the colonial conqueror, it was not enough to introduce an additional language to any community. Imperial languages had to be planted on the graveyard of the languages of the dominated." Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
(And it's good to see […]
"For the colonial conqueror, it was not enough to introduce an additional language to any community. Imperial languages had to be planted on the graveyard of the languages of the dominated." Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
(And it's good to see […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's sister-in-law has been detained by ICE.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-ice-rcna246000
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-ice-rcna246000
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE
The mother of Leavitt's nephew is subject to deportation, sources said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's sister-in-law has been detained by ICE.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-ice-rcna246000
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-ice-rcna246000
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Trump regime, including DoJ on its own behalf, has identified to Judge Boasberg the individuals who together disobeyed his orders to return Venezualans in mid-flight to U.S. when the regime first acted to remove them pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act. 1/ #lawfedi […]
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mastodon.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Trump regime, including DoJ on its own behalf, has identified to Judge Boasberg the individuals who together disobeyed his orders to return Venezualans in mid-flight to U.S. when the regime first acted to remove them pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act. 1/ #lawfedi […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Carl_Zimmer/115610419052435274
Carl Zimmer's article on interoception is fascinating, and everyone with a body should read it.
Carl Zimmer's article on interoception is fascinating, and everyone with a body should read it.
mastodon.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Carl_Zimmer/115610419052435274
Carl Zimmer's article on interoception is fascinating, and everyone with a body should read it.
Carl Zimmer's article on interoception is fascinating, and everyone with a body should read it.
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From Mark Kelly’s office, in response to threats from Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
From Mark Kelly’s office, in response to threats from Hegseth.
Reposted by Bodhipaksa
Oof! Read this.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Oof! Read this.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115603857093887049
Danish has this beat. Read the comments for details.
Danish has this beat. Read the comments for details.
mastodon.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115603857093887049
Danish has this beat. Read the comments for details.
Danish has this beat. Read the comments for details.
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“Otherworldly beauty” probably isn’t what comes to mind when thinking of American factories. And yet such a description is appropriate for the images photographer Christopher Payne snapped from inside the walls. Witness it for yourself in this feature from @Smithsonianmag […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Otherworldly beauty” probably isn’t what comes to mind when thinking of American factories. And yet such a description is appropriate for the images photographer Christopher Payne snapped from inside the walls. Witness it for yourself in this feature from @Smithsonianmag […]
"How could he have given up his child?"
Solvej Balle, "On the Calculation of Volume, Part III" translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
Solvej Balle, "On the Calculation of Volume, Part III" translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"How could he have given up his child?"
Solvej Balle, "On the Calculation of Volume, Part III" translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
Solvej Balle, "On the Calculation of Volume, Part III" translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
I love these sentences in “On the Calculation of Volume, Part 3”:
“There is something alarming about the thought of being bound to a random person. There is the certainty of having gained a travel companion, but also the sense of having been assigned some of the responsibility for their baggage.”
“There is something alarming about the thought of being bound to a random person. There is the certainty of having gained a travel companion, but also the sense of having been assigned some of the responsibility for their baggage.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I love these sentences in “On the Calculation of Volume, Part 3”:
“There is something alarming about the thought of being bound to a random person. There is the certainty of having gained a travel companion, but also the sense of having been assigned some of the responsibility for their baggage.”
“There is something alarming about the thought of being bound to a random person. There is the certainty of having gained a travel companion, but also the sense of having been assigned some of the responsibility for their baggage.”
Usha Vance visiting a Marine Corps base in North Carolina a couple of days ago. Notice anything missing from her left hand?
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Usha Vance visiting a Marine Corps base in North Carolina a couple of days ago. Notice anything missing from her left hand?
Dear Guardian journalists: do we even need to ask these bullshit "both sides" questions?
You wouldn't write, "Twenty witnesses saw a man they all knew well rob the bank. But he denies it. Who's telling the truth?"
There aren't two sides here.
You wouldn't write, "Twenty witnesses saw a man they all knew well rob the bank. But he denies it. Who's telling the truth?"
There aren't two sides here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Dear Guardian journalists: do we even need to ask these bullshit "both sides" questions?
You wouldn't write, "Twenty witnesses saw a man they all knew well rob the bank. But he denies it. Who's telling the truth?"
There aren't two sides here.
You wouldn't write, "Twenty witnesses saw a man they all knew well rob the bank. But he denies it. Who's telling the truth?"
There aren't two sides here.