Peter Terpstra (Kesang Neljor)
@peter-terpstra.bsky.social
Birder, Buddhist practitioner, Cycling enthusiast, Humanist and Classical Guitarist.
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By understanding consciousness not as a stable entity but as a dynamic process, we open the door to profound insight into the nature of existence.
Goodnight 😴 sleep tight.
Goodnight 😴 sleep tight.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
By understanding consciousness not as a stable entity but as a dynamic process, we open the door to profound insight into the nature of existence.
Goodnight 😴 sleep tight.
Goodnight 😴 sleep tight.
Andrey Khrzhanovskiy (Andrey X), Russian Jew, fled from Russia to Israel in 2022 when the war with Ukraine started.
He is now reporting on settlers violence against the Palestinians. Interview hosted by Mohamed Hashem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mV...
He is now reporting on settlers violence against the Palestinians. Interview hosted by Mohamed Hashem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mV...
Andrey X fled Russia for Israel. Now he documents settler violence against Palestinians | Real Talk
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Andrey Khrzhanovskiy (Andrey X), Russian Jew, fled from Russia to Israel in 2022 when the war with Ukraine started.
He is now reporting on settlers violence against the Palestinians. Interview hosted by Mohamed Hashem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mV...
He is now reporting on settlers violence against the Palestinians. Interview hosted by Mohamed Hashem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mV...
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Pilated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Woodpeckers #Aves #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Woodpeckers #Aves #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Pilated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Woodpeckers #Aves #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Woodpeckers #Aves #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
Reposted by Peter Terpstra (Kesang Neljor)
California just confirmed a new wolf pack in Plumas County—the Grizzly Pack. A hopeful sign after last month’s lethal removal of the Beyem Seyo Pack. Wolves are rebounding, but Congress is still pushing anti-wolf bills. Demand a National Recovery Plan at TeamWolf.Org!
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
California just confirmed a new wolf pack in Plumas County—the Grizzly Pack. A hopeful sign after last month’s lethal removal of the Beyem Seyo Pack. Wolves are rebounding, but Congress is still pushing anti-wolf bills. Demand a National Recovery Plan at TeamWolf.Org!
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tell your Representative to co-sponsor H.Res.876 -- the new resolution for the US to recognize Israel's genocide in Gaza and meet its obligations under international and US law. It takes just a minute to send a letter:
punishgenocide.org
punishgenocide.org
Tell Congress: Recognize and Punish Israel's Genocide in Gaza
Ask your Representative to co-sponsor the new resolution that would formally recognize Israel's genocide in Gaza and push the US to fulfill its legal duty to prevent and punish genocide.
punishgenocide.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Tell your Representative to co-sponsor H.Res.876 -- the new resolution for the US to recognize Israel's genocide in Gaza and meet its obligations under international and US law. It takes just a minute to send a letter:
punishgenocide.org
punishgenocide.org
Pilated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Woodpeckers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Woodpeckers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Pilated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Woodpeckers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Woodpeckers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
“Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.”
-Alan Wilson Watts
(With thanks to Zen Peacemakers for sharing this)
-Alan Wilson Watts
(With thanks to Zen Peacemakers for sharing this)
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.”
-Alan Wilson Watts
(With thanks to Zen Peacemakers for sharing this)
-Alan Wilson Watts
(With thanks to Zen Peacemakers for sharing this)
Douglas's Squirrel
(Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Squirrels #Rodents #Wildlife #Nature #Photography
(Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Squirrels #Rodents #Wildlife #Nature #Photography
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Douglas's Squirrel
(Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Squirrels #Rodents #Wildlife #Nature #Photography
(Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Squirrels #Rodents #Wildlife #Nature #Photography
Common Garter Snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Wildlife #Nature #Snakes #Photography
(Thamnophis sirtalis)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Wildlife #Nature #Snakes #Photography
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Common Garter Snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Wildlife #Nature #Snakes #Photography
(Thamnophis sirtalis)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Wildlife #Nature #Snakes #Photography
Brussels Briefing: Francesca Albanese Warns “There Is No Ceasefire in Gaza”
YouTube video by Liberty East 1
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The Amazon rainforest now produces more carbon emissions than it removes from the atmosphere.
The Race to Save the Amazon: Top Brazilian Scientist Says Rainforest Is at “Tipping Point”
As we broadcast from the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, we are joined by one of Brazil’s most prominent scientists, Carlos Nobre, who says the Amazon now produces more carbon emissions than it...
www.democracynow.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Amazon rainforest now produces more carbon emissions than it removes from the atmosphere.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warns that Palestinians are being coerced into leaving Gaza, saying the halt in hostilities without the enforcing of international law risks enabling “ethnic cleansing through other means.”
youtube.com/shorts/XrHD4...
youtube.com/shorts/XrHD4...
UN Rapporteur: Israel 'coercing Palestinians' into displacement
YouTube video by TRT World
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warns that Palestinians are being coerced into leaving Gaza, saying the halt in hostilities without the enforcing of international law risks enabling “ethnic cleansing through other means.”
youtube.com/shorts/XrHD4...
youtube.com/shorts/XrHD4...
Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo By Myōra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7w...
Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo
YouTube video by MYŌRA
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo By Myōra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7w...
Reposted by Peter Terpstra (Kesang Neljor)
Use all criticism and bad reputation, whether it is your mistake or not. Use it to destroy one’s ego, one’s self-cherishing thought...which blocks one to achieve enlightenment. As long as self-cherishing abides in one’s heart it stops one achieving enlightenment.
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Use all criticism and bad reputation, whether it is your mistake or not. Use it to destroy one’s ego, one’s self-cherishing thought...which blocks one to achieve enlightenment. As long as self-cherishing abides in one’s heart it stops one achieving enlightenment.
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Belted Kingfisher
(Megaceryle alcyon)
Lake Washington, WA
#Birds #Aves #Kingfishers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Megaceryle alcyon)
Lake Washington, WA
#Birds #Aves #Kingfishers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Belted Kingfisher
(Megaceryle alcyon)
Lake Washington, WA
#Birds #Aves #Kingfishers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
(Megaceryle alcyon)
Lake Washington, WA
#Birds #Aves #Kingfishers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Spotted Towhee
(Pipilo maculatus)
Magnusson Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
(Pipilo maculatus)
Magnusson Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Spotted Towhee
(Pipilo maculatus)
Magnusson Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
(Pipilo maculatus)
Magnusson Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
Reposted by Peter Terpstra (Kesang Neljor)
Genuineness, love, and compassionate insight are qualities that bring wellbeing now and into the future, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #love
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Genuineness, love, and compassionate insight are qualities that bring wellbeing now and into the future, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #love