A Research Vessel Found SpongeBob Look-Alikes A Mile Under The Ocean's Surface

Hong Kong’s Exodus Is Real and Painful
Hong Kong police investigate Olympic chants, China anthem booing
Olympic celebration sees Hong Kong police make first arrest under controversial national anthem law
Olympic celebration sees Hong Kong police make first arrest under controversial national anthem law
Hong Kong crowd booing China's anthem sparks police probe
How Hong Kong’s civil society ‘withered’ under Beijing’s national security purge

Fourth Suicide at the Vessel Leads to Calls for Higher Barriers

Love you, Warren.

"Sometimes, you love a person because of all the reasons they're not like you. And sometimes, you love a person just because they feel like home." - Bridget Jones

Biden administration announces new sanctions on Cuba while eyeing further actions

When you’re overwhelmed by the difficulties around you, when you feel you are lost in the darkness, sometimes all you can do is to breathe consciously and gently with your pain and anguish and know that with this simple gesture you are resetting the compass of your heart. By taking that one simple, mindful breath, you can return again to #compassion and realize that you are more than your fears and confusions. - Jack Kornfield

Belarus leader would 'not hesitate' to invite Russian troops if needed
Belarus opposition leader seeks new US, European sanctions
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says democracy will prevail
Biden 'honored' to meet Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya

Hong Kong's economy shrinks as voucher scheme rolls out
Hong Kong’s $4.6 billion spending stimulus can’t revive retail without tourists

執導《時代革命》仍堅持留港　周冠威因信仰追求自由　扎心之處是香港
Wikipedia wars: How Hongkongers and mainland Chinese are battling to set the narrative
China Mutes Response to Surprise Cannes Hong Kong Doc Screening, But Raises Questions for Venice
China Bans Germany’s Guangzhou Consulate From Social Media for Post About LGBTQ Film Festival

I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do not understand about us. - JOhn Cho

U.S. SEC says Chinese IPO hopefuls must provide additional risk disclosures
Biden: If U.S. has 'real shooting war' it could be result of cyber attacks
Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key China export post

Democrats at odds over extending eviction ban despite Biden plea
Rents Are Out Of Reach For Most Americans Earning Minimum Wage, A Study Says
California lawmakers to vote on guaranteed income grants
Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock
Biden’s new dilemma: How to slash housing costs for low-income borrowers

The disappointing GDP report is a wake-up call for Democrats

If you want to awaken all of humanity than awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self transformation. - Lao Tzu

Openness to life grants a lightning swift insight into the lift situation of others. - Dac hammarskjold

I think that those who would try to make you feel less than who you are, I think that's the greatest evil. - Fred Rogers

Protest repression and the new public/private Federalism

Congress Clears $2.1 Billion for Security, Afghan Visas
Congress Approves $2.1 Billion Emergency Funding Bill For Capitol Police
Senators Strike Bipartisan Funding Deal For Capitol Security And Afghan Refugees
Biden Wants To Raise The Threshold For Products Considered Made In America
Biden Pushes Cybersecurity Upgrades For Critical Infrastructure After Recent Hacks

A Tech Firm Has Blocked Some Governments From Using Its Spyware Over Misuse Claims
Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware

Parents Are Asking TikTok For Access To The Videos Their Kids Are Watching
Glued To Your Phone? Here's How To Rethink Your Relationship With Social Media
Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.

Outspoken billionaire Sun Dawu jailed for 18 years in China
'Pathetic and disgraceful': U.S. lawmakers blast Coca-Cola, Visa and others over Beijing Olympics
Lawmakers demand NBA players cut ties with Chinese firms accused of "human slavery"
Chinese billionaire jailed for 18 years for "provoking trouble"
A Chinese billionaire who dared to speak out against the government has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for 'provoking trouble'
Chinese farmer who praised lawyers sentenced to 18 years
Chinese Billionaire Sun Dawu Is Sentenced To 18 Years For 'Provoking Trouble'

Knowledge consists in the search for truth.. it is not that search fo certainty. - Karl Popper

Saturn Will Soon Put On Its Best Show Of The Year. Here's Where And How To See It

As Megan Rapinoe Promotes CBD Use, Sha'Carri Richardson Sits Out The Olympics
U.S. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson Will Not Compete In The Tokyo Olympics
U.S. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson Is Suspended After A Positive Marijuana Test
Opinion: Sha'Carri Richardson's positive marijuana test one example of how anti-Blackness triumphs in sports
An Abortion, a Missed Drug Test and Altered Records Add Up to Trouble
Sha’Carri Richardson, a Track Sensation, Tests Positive for Marijuana

Unilever rejects boycott movement, CEO tells U.S.-based Jewish groups
Ben & Jerry’s boycott is neither anti-Semitic nor a rejection of Israel | Opinion

Later on in life, we are not the same as we once were. We have had our hearts broken, faced disappointments and tragedies but made it through. This time is likely the most beautiful outside of infancy. Though we are weary travelers with far less energy than before, we still carry within us a spark of hope and a great deal of love. It is with focus and this energy that we can truly live a life fullfilled. - Doe Zantamata

Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the Uyghurs
Russia says Ukraine blocking water supply to Crimea in European lawsuit
Germany commits to action if Russia uses energy as weapon -U.S.
Congress, Europeans trash Russian pipeline agreement
US, Germany seal deal on contentious Russian gas pipeline
Ukraine seeks stronger security guarantees on Nord Stream 2
U.S., Germany strike Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal to push back on Russian 'aggression'
U.S. urges Ukraine to stay quiet on Russian pipeline
Exclusive-U.S., Germany to announce deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline in coming days -sources
Biden and Merkel present united front — but still don't see eye to eye on Nord Stream 2
President Biden: US and Germany 'absolutely united' against Russian aggression
'An exemplary life': Biden lauds German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she prepares to leave office
No deal reached on Nord Stream pipeline as Merkel visits Biden

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. - Zig Ziglar

Matt Damon said he knew 'The Great Wall' was terrible while filming it

The ocean does not apologize for its depth and the mountains do not seek forgiveness for the space they take and so, neither shall I. - Becca Lee

Your life doesn't have to be perfect to inspire people. The world needs to see you be human, not perfect. - unknown

The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love withut measure. - Tibetan Proverb

A feelimg of anger, anxiety, or fear is often an indicator something is our of line between your attached beliefs and inner truth. - Don Miguel Ruiz jr.

I love places where there are crowds of trees. - Nitin Namdeo

Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minorsIy

Group: Jailed Belarus journalist needs urgent hospital care
Belarus shuts more civil society groups in wide crackdown
Belarus leader vows to keep up raids of NGOs, media outlets
Interview: Belarus opposition leader calls on U.S. to be "braver"
Belarus opposition leader seeks new US sanctions on country
Blinken meets Belarus opposition leader as criticism mounts
Belarus conducts more than 40 raids targeting activists, journalists
Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus
Ukraine to sanction top Belarus security officials, Lukashenko's son
Lithuania toughens Belarus border with razor wire to bar migrants
EU vows to help Lithuania amid flow of migrants from Belarus
Belarusian dissident arrested in plane grounding appears to resurface online
U.S. finalizes Belarus air travel restrictions after aircraft diversion
EU condemns Belarus 'pressuring' Lithuania with migrants: Michel
Belarus jails Lukashenko foe Babariko for 14 years in 'sham' trial
Belarus leader threatens to halt transit of EU goods via his country to east
Lukashenko orders closure of Belarus border with Ukraine - BelTA
Angry at sanctions, Belarus orders 2 German entities to shut
Belarus leader has little to fear from EU sanctions - analysts via finance
Belarus leader has little to fear from EU sanctions - analysts
U.S. moves to restrict travel to Belarus over Ryanair diversion
Belarus cuts cooperation on migration with EU over sanctions
Russian oligarch with UK property empire escapes sanctions despite links to Belarus dictator

Ex-Hospital Authority union chair Winnie Yu granted bail ahead of national security law trial
Hong Kong Alliance fined HK$8,000 over unlicensed operation of Tiananmen Massacre museum
Former top editors of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily withdraw bail review
Hong Kong appoints special fraud investigator to probe defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily
Hong Kong: First person charged under national security law found guilty
Sheep, wolves, and the Hong Kong government’s epidemic of ‘so called’
Hong Kong’s press freedom clampdown echoes around the world
Chan Po-ying elected to head Hong Kong’s pro-democracy League of Social Democrats
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Benny Tai charged by anti-corruption watchdog over 2016 election
Hong Kong Baptist University announces mandatory national security classes, stops collecting student union fees
Hong Kong national security police bar reporter who filmed police stabbing from leaving city, home searched
Activist Tong Ying-kit found guilty in Hong Kong’s first national security trial
Free speech or secession? "Liberate Hong Kong" at heart of landmark case
Director of Controversial Cannes Documentary ‘Revolution of Our Times’ Sells Off Rights to Hong Kong Protests Film

Openly LGBTQ Olympians Would Rank 14th In Medal Wins If They Were A Country
Why There Are Few Openly Gay Athletes In Men's Professional Sports
Tokyo Olympics Will Host A Record Number Of Out LGBTQ Athletes Next Week
Luke Prokop Comes Out As Gay And Makes NHL History
Transgender runner ruled ineligible for US Olympic trials
Japanese Soccer Player Yokoyama Comes Out As Transgender
Louisiana Won't Ban Transgender Athletes On Girls' Teams
Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay
New Zealand Weightlifter Will Be The First Openly Trans Competitor At The Olympics

Olympics-Weightlifting-Taiwan's Kuo wins gold, misses out on world record
Olympic fencing champ says Hong Kong 'insane' after first gold for 25 years
The Philippines Wins Its First Olympic Gold After Nearly 100 Years Of Trying
Bermuda Wins Olympic Gold. It Has The Smallest Population To Ever Do That
The Doctor Will Stab You Now

Republicans are accusing Democrats of dodging a key Jan. 6 question. Congress already held hearings to answer it
The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot
Republicans Are Blaming Pelosi for Jan. 6 Attack. Their Claims Don't Add Up., GOP has no shame
Officers Give Harrowing Testimony On Their Experience Defending The Capitol On Jan. 6
Sgt. Gonell delivers tearful Jan. 6 testimony: 'This is how I'm going to die'
Capitol Police Officer Describes Fighting 'Hand to Hand, Inch by Inch' in Jan. 6 Testimony
A Lawsuit Against Jan. 6 Rally Speakers Forces DOJ To Consider Who's Legally Immune
House begins Capitol attack inquiry as Republicans set to boycott proceedings
House Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speaker
Pelosi considering adding former GOP congressman as adviser to Jan. 6 committee
McCarthy won't rule out booting Cheney from Armed Services
Rep. Cheney criticizes McCarthy over pulling committee picks
Republicans abandon Capitol riot probe after Pelosi rejects Jordan, Banks
Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Nominees For The Jan. 6 Panel, Citing The Integrity Of The Probe
What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6?
Pelosi blocks Republicans Jordan, Banks from Capitol attack panel
Pelosi rejects Jordan, Banks for Jan. 6 committee
GOP Leader McCarthy Taps 5 Republicans To Serve On Jan. 6 Select Committee
Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to weapons charge, destroying Black Lives Matter flag
‘It’s chilling what is happening’: a rightwing backlash to Biden takes root in Republican states
Capitol rioter who breached Senate gets 8 months for felony
Trump Lawyers Who Spread False Election Claims Are Now Defending Themselves In Court
U.S. general feared Trump would attempt coup, book says
Top generals feared Trump would attempt coup after election and had informal plan to stop it: book
How It Went Down: Authors Go Deep Into Doomed 2020 Trump White House

Walmart Offering Full College Tuition And Books For Employees

Everytown launches legal fund to support anti-gun violence lawsuits
Feds launch gun trafficking strike force for NYC, 4 other cities
Gun trafficking 'strike forces' coming to 5 areas across the US, Justice Department says
Biden and Eric Adams to Discuss Curbing Gun Violence
4th Of July Shootings Across The Country Killed More Than 180 People

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Tanzania's Dilemma: It's Not So Easy To Go From Vaccine Denier To Vaccine Embracer
Brazil says China's Sinopharm seeks COVID-19 vaccine emergency-use authorization
With All Eyes On Tokyo, The City Has Just Hit A New High In COVID-19 Cases
Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts
Man with coronavirus disguises as wife on Indonesian flight
China's Sinovac evaluates vaccine plant in Chile
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to require vaccine certificates to attend public events
Bangkok closes public spaces as virus surges in Thailand

The Climate Change Link To More And Bigger Wildfires
Wildfire becomes 3rd largest in state history
The Western Wildfires Are Affecting People 3,000 Miles Away
Is Your Home At Risk Of Wildfire In A Changing Climate? 6 Questions To Ask
'Monster' Bootleg Fire in Oregon grows as dozens of blazes char western US; Oregon announces campfire ban as conditions worsen
Western wildfires: California blaze crosses into Nevada
The Bootleg Fire, The Nation's Biggest, Gives Scientists An Unexpected Experiment/a>
Massive Bootleg Fire burns in Oregon as officials seek outside help; smoke seen as far as New York
Western wildfires spreading smoke to Canada and New York
How Bad Is the Bootleg Fire? It's Generating Its Own Weather.
Wildfires and weather delay hundreds of flights in Denver
The largest wildfire in the US has grown about 1,000 acres every hour
New Oregon fires force evacuations as dry heat and wind persists
Wildfires In The West Are Putting Parched Tribal Lands In Growing Danger
As Wildfires Get Worse, So Are Firefighter Shortages. Climate Change And Low Pay Aren’t Helping
Biden: $13 wage for federal firefighters 'ridiculously low'

'Arthur,' The Longest-Running Kids Animated Series In History, Is Ending

'Abhorrent': State Department to investigate swastika etched into elevator wall at the agency

US, Russia hold 'professional' arms talks despite tensions
Putin hails Russia's air power as new fighter goes on view
Troubled waters: U.S. warship leads drills in Russia's back yard

The true purpose of zen is, to see thigns as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everyone go as it goes. - Shunryu Suzuki

One lesson at a time...

A difficult love relationship is no gift, but it may be a psychological necessity. Not because suffering is the only path to growth, but becuase we're at a stage, as a species, where we often need to learn the hard way. This is particularly true with respect to love relationship. Very few of us grew up with anything approaching healthy relatedness. Our ancestors were trapped inside of centuries of generational dysfunction. They had no clue. So, its left to us to figure it out. We are the pinoeers of a new way of relating. The key is to not beat yourself up when love gets difficult. Instead, see it as a laboratory for your own expansion. You are forging the tools you need from your own imaginings. One lesson at a time.. - Jeff Brown

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways. - Rumi

The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth. - Maria Montessori

Democracy Is Teetering In Tunisia, The Country Where The Arab Spring Began

How Subtle Barriers Can Keep You From Voting, Doing Your Taxes Or Even Unsubscribing

A Man Accused Of Killing 8 In Atlanta Area Spa Shootings Pleads Guilty To 4 Deaths

Britain’s racism problem—we’ve made progress, but not enough
UK to ban online racists from games after Euro 2020 uproar

Wow.. voting to give yourself a raise..

A Group Of Michigan Lawmakers Used Coronavirus Relief Funds For $65,000 In Bonuses

Senators scramble to save infrastructure deal
Democrats may scrap matching funds from infrastructure bill over wage issue

Rome Gets Its First Pizza Vending Machine. Will Romans Bite?

Cuban embassy in Paris attacked by gasoline bombs
Biden administration sanctions Cuban regime in wake of protests
In Cuba, families fret over loved ones held after historic protests
Mexico readies navy ships to bring food, supplies to Cuba
Cuba's fight for freedom finds a voice on social media
U.S. imposes Magnitsky sanctions against Cuban officials over protest crackdown
U.S. Sanctions Cuba Over Protest Crackdown
Shifting from campaign promises, Biden announces Cuba sanctions after protest crackdown
Biden says 'just the beginning' on Cuba sanctions for crackdown on protests
US imposes new Cuba sanctions over human rights abuses
Cuba: US protest narrative paving way for military incursion
Exclusive-U.S. expected to take initial steps soon in aftermath of Cuba protests -officials
Amid wave of repression in Cuba, Biden says he won’t lift restrictions on remittances
Cuba's President Has Made A Rare Mea Culpa, Admitting To Failures That Fueled Unrest
A Popular YouTuber Is Detained By Cuban Police On Live TV In A Roundup Of Critics
Demonstrations break out in Miami as protestors march against government in Cuba

THere seems little dobut that the application of the principles of ecology to human affairs, whether personal, national or world- wide, would go far in solving the problems that beset us. - Edith Clements

“Faith is the daring of the soul to go further than it can see.” - William Newton Clarke

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.” - Lao Tzu;

The Flowers For Olympic Medalists Carry Deep Meaning In Japan
Australia's Male Olympics Chief Lectured A Female Premier. It Didn't Go Over Well
Another Olympic Opening Ceremony Hitch — The Director Is Fired For Holocaust Comments

Every day may not be good, but there's good in every day. - Mr. Rogers

Hundreds flock to downtown Portland as officials tout grand reopening
Welcome back to the heart of Portland

I hope you find someone who wakes up every day and knows you are the adventure they want to live for the rest of their days. - Dane Thomas

Never give up on someont you can't go a day without thinking about. - unknown
Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them. - Eckhart Tolle

It's the reciprocity for me. I deserved to be filled the same way I pour. - unknown

You are allowed to change your mind as often as you needed in order to find more joy. - unknown

Somebody is going to catch your vibe, and love it, be patient. - unknown

Half of lift is lost in charming others. The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others. Leave this play, you have played enough. - Rumi

To wish to forget how much you loved someone - and then to actually forget - can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitant of your heart.- Maggie Nelson

The prvilege of a lifetime is being who you are. - Joseph Campbell

We are all born so beautiful. The greatest tragedy is being convinced we are not. - unknown

You were not made to live small, like a post it note of a person. - KJ Ramsey

You've convinced yourself you've trapped but the only thing holding you in place is your own stubborn grip. - unknown

We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors. - Jorge Luis Borges

If you continue to carry the bricks from your past, you will end up building the same house. - unknown

Take your heart out into vast fields of light and let it breathe. - Hafiz

It's that heart of gold, and stardust soul that make you beautiful. - unknown

If it is for your highest good, it is for your highest good for everybody. - unknown

Have gratitude for every experience that comes your way. It's all necessary. It's all on divine purpose. A gift for you, even if you don't understand it yet. - Soledad Francis

Prioritze love and its many expressions through you so diligently that you never even notice who's watching, supporting, or critizing. - Miliana Snow

Heal, so you can hear what's being said without the filter of your wound. - unknown

Difficult truth: a lot of people are practicing emotional avoidance and calling it a positive minsdset. - unknown

The more one does the more one can do. - Amelia Earhart

Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal
Israel forms damage control team after NSO Pegasus spyware reports
Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO spyware allegations/a>
Mexican president decries alleged spying, says no longer happening
Hungary’s spyware scandal is a crisis for Europe

U.S. delegation sent to Haiti departs shortly after arrival
Gunfire prompts Biden's UN ambassador to abruptly leave Haitian president's funeral
Protests Erupt Outside Haitian President's Hometown Funeral
U.S. appoints special envoy to promote peace in Haiti after assassination of nation's president
Haiti's Slain President Presided Over The Collapse Of Security In His Country
Ariel Henry Will Become Haiti's Prime Minister, Ending A Power Struggle
Haiti, Urged by Foreign Powers, Announces New Government
Haiti's Interim Prime Minister Will Step Down To Honor Its Slain President's Wishes

4 days of Aloha

Day of Love

Tu B'Av

Iraqi officials discuss US military presence on Washington visit
Cyprus appeals to UN Security Council over Varosha, Turkey defiant
Mali opens probe into attempted assassination of interim president
King Abdullah of Jordan gets his D.C. victory lap
Stabbing attempt on Mali interim president
Erdogan presses hard line on Cyprus, pushes to reopen ghost town
Pentagon carries out first air strike in Somalia under Biden
Mozambique facing food crisis and humanitarian catastrophe as conflict grips northern region
Tunisia pushing U.N. action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed
France to pull more than 2,000 troops from Africa's Sahel
2 US military service members hurt in rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base

Critical Race Theory and the threat to Democrats
Biden Is Reviving An Effort To Change How The Census Asks About Race And Ethnicity

Yellen Warns Congress About Failure to Act on Debt Limit
Yellen to Congress: Raise the debt ceiling or risk 'irreparable harm'
U.S. deficit to hit $3 trillion in 2021, then fade as stimulus relief expires, CBO says
Dems hit McConnell, who says GOP won't back debt limit boost
Republicans renege on deal with Democrats, strip funding for IRS in gift to rich tax cheats

Indicted trump ally Thomas Barrack to be released on $250 million bond, must appear in New York next week
Trump inaugural committee chair to be released on $250M bail
Tom Barrack indictment adds new perspective on foreign schemes to help Trump win election
Trump ally Thomas Barrack accused of trying to use influence to help United Arab Emirates
A Former Trump Adviser Is Charged With Acting As An Agent Of The United Arab Emirates
Trump inaugural committee chair Thomas Barrack charged in illegal lobbying effort with UAE
Tom Barrack's arrest puts the spotlight on United Arab Emirates' crucial role in Trump's foreign policy
Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Indicted on Lobbying Charge
Kremlin Leak Appears to Confirm Existence of Trump ‘Kompromat’

Bolsonaro once said he’d stage a military takeover. Now Brazilians fear he could be laying the ground for one.
A Rural Teacher Wins Peru's Presidency After The Longest Electoral Count In 40 Years
Reuters poll: Brazil's economy in 'jobless recovery' after inflation surge
Brazil 2022 election will take place; 'It's that simple,' says Senate president

Olympics-Frenchman seeks Macron's help over 'abduction' of his children in Japan

Typhoon to bring heavy rains to Taiwan, China over weekend
China blasts dam to divert floods that killed at least 25
Chinese army warns dam battered by storms could collapse
Devoured: How sand mining devastated China's largest freshwater lake

The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows
Why the Delta variant is so dangerous for the unvaccinated
Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, study finds
Lambda variant of COVID-19 identified at Texas hospital. Is it worse than delta?
Biden diverges with Canada and extends border restrictions until at least Aug. 21
U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders through Aug. 21
'I'm sorry but it's too late' - unvaccinated patients beg for shot; here comes the lamda variant: COVID news
Delta variant: Doctor cautions Americans about traveling to Florida
The Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie
Everyone Should Wear A Mask In Schools, Vaccinated Or Not, U.S. Pediatricians Say
Texas hospital reports its 1st case of lambda COVID-19 variant
Delta variant: ‘A perfect storm is brewing’ in certain parts America, health official explains
Delta variant accounts for 83% of new cases in US, CDC director says
Nearly 120,000 children in US have lost a primary caregiver to COVID-19: Internal CDC data
Should Business Mandate Covid Vaccines For Employees?
Summer Travel Options Outside The U.S. Are Still Up In The Air As COVID Cases Rise
Mask mandates make a return - along with controversy
Rising coronavirus cases fuel resurgence fears as Biden ramps up vaccination push
Indiana University's Vaccine Requirement Should Stand, Federal Judge Rules
With The Delta Variant Spreading Fast, Is It Time To Mask Up Again?
U.S. COVID Deaths Are Rising Again. Experts Call It A 'Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated'
To Mask, Or Not To Mask: Epidemiologists Debate Rules For K-12 Students This Fall

Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war
Eritrean refugees under attack in Ethiopia's Tigray war

The Supreme Court Injects Partisan Politics Into Independent Agencies
The Supreme Court's Term Appeared To Be Cautious. The Numbers Tell A Different Story

On Abortion, Mississippi Swings For The Fences, Asks The Supreme Court To Reverse Roe
A Federal Judge Has Blocked An Arkansas Law Banning Most Abortions
Contraception Is Free To Women, Except When It's Not
Oregon Pro-Choice Advocacy Group Loses National Backing
More Abortion Restrictions Have Been Enacted In The U.S. This Year Than In Any Other
How An Anti-Vice Crusader Sabotaged The Early Birth Control Movement

Biden signs bill to bolster crime victims fund
California Sues Gaming Giant Activision Blizzard Over Unequal Pay, Sexual Harassment

Democrats pushing for changes to bipartisan infrastructure deal
Senate Infrastructure Deal in Sight After Medicare Agreement
Infrastructure bill expected to fail first test vote
Biden wants spending to boost economy, but GOP to block vote
Lindsey Graham's threat to flee Washington is part of a troubling trend
Infrastructure deal in precarious state as endgame nears
Americans Are Leaving Unemployment Rolls More Quickly in States Cutting Off Benefits
Workers plan to sue Florida for ending unemployment early — part of a growing movement
Democrats' Budget Deal Would Invest In The Child Tax Credit, Health Care And Climate
Democrats propose $3.5T budget to advance with infrastructure deal
Biden admin lobbies Colorado environmental leaders on infrastructure

Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are; it solely relies on what you think. - Buddha


Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder. - Henry David Thoreau

If it makes you happy it doesn't have to make sense to others. - unknown

Find the courage to love yourself enough to make the changes that will bring you happiness. - unknown

Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of travelling. - M. L Rundeck

U.S. seeks 'reliable, predictable' way forward with N. Korea
Japanese envoy says Tokyo 'struggles every day' with China
U.S., Japan, South Korea send clear message to N.Korea - U.S. diplomat
Japan, S.Korea leaders summit in limbo amid uproar over sexual innuendo
Britain to permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters
Britain to permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters
Analysis: Caught between China and the U.S., Asian countries stockpile powerful new missiles
U.S. Defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
Wonder Where World War III Might Break Out? Try Taiwan
Air Force to send dozens of F-22 fighter jets to the Pacific amid rising tensions with China
Pacific Rim leaders discuss economic way out of pandemic

China sanctions Wilbur Ross, 5 other Americans over Biden's Hong Kong warnings
Hong Kong police arrest 5 trade union members for sedition
Hong Kong court jails seven over train station mob attack
巫堃泰已離港赴英申請政治庇護 曾涉發起「光復元朗」被捕
Why Hong Kong’s proposed doxxing law alarms Google and Facebook
Hong Kong police arrest 5 trade union members for sedition
Jail for men who attacked commuters in Hong Kong
繼續追尋 7.21 ── 大數據回溯可疑文宣　閉路電視定格蛛絲馬跡
Verdict awaited as first Hong Kong security trial ends
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily editor in chief-medial
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily senior editor
Taiwan, Lithuania ties grow despite pressure from Beijing
港台即日起涉台灣新聞須以「領導人」取代「總統」

There is no one way. At times we are awakened by the flame of a candle, and others, by a bolt of lightning. - Pru

Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful. - Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peacec
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. - Dalai Lama

Love is the bridge between you and everything. - Rumi

Love is the meeting of two souls, fully accepting the dark and light within each other. - Unknown

“Be like a flower that gives fragrance, even to the hand that crushed it.” - Hazrat Ali

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending. - Marie Robinson

One of the best signs of growth is seeing yourself no longer worried or hurt by the things that once used to drain you. - unknown

In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. - Fred Rogers

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Chinese Booted For COVID, But Not A Peep About Unvaxxed
As Virus Resurges, GOP Lawmakers Allow Vaccine Skepticism to Flourish
Trust in Fauci and U.S. Health Agencies Resilient in a New Study
‘If Anybody Is Lying Here, Senator, It Is You:' Watch Fauci Clash With Rand Paul On Capitol Hill
Rand Paul threatens Fauci with criminal referral after heated clash
Fauci, Rand Paul get in shouting match over Wuhan lab research
Hannity pleads with his viewers to get vaccinated: 'I believe in the science of vaccination', so wrong.. what a scumbag.. a denier turned believer.
Growing number of Republicans urge vaccinations amid delta surge
Twitter Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene And People Want To Know 1 Thing
Conservative hostility to Biden vaccine push surges with Covid cases on the rise
Greene gets 12-hour Twitter suspension over COVID-19 misinformation

Australia Prepared to Pay Price in Dispute With China, Trade Minister Says
UPDATE 1-USTR backs Australia in trade disputes with China

Low-key US-China meeting will address high tensions in relationship
Senior U.S. diplomat Sherman to visit China amid strained ties
Biden, Democrats' lack of urgency towards China poses significant threat to America's security
No. 2 US diplomat Sherman to visit China as tensions soar
Sasse calls China's Xi a 'coward' after Apple Daily arrest
To China, Trump Was Bad. Biden Seems Even Worse.
U.S. House committee advances China bill without Republican backing
GOP snag complicates Schumer's China bill — again
Senate advances a rare bipartisan deal on countering China
House conservatives take aim at Schumer-led bipartisan China bill

C.D.C. Director Warns U.S. at ‘Another Pivotal Point’ in Pandemic
Democrats Want To Hold Social Media Companies Responsible For Health Misinformation
Public Health Experts Call On CDC To Change Its Mask Guidance
Florida, Missouri and Texas now account for 40% of new coronavirus cases in U.S.
Why Vaccinated People Are Getting ‘Breakthrough’ Infections

YouTube takes down videos from Brazilian president's channel, citing coronavirus misinformation

Brand selling 'improved' congee 'for the Western' palate stirs up controversy
White woman making 'improved' congee apologizes, continues sales

華仔出道40年吐心聲：我也是普通人

As a writier, you should not judge, you should understand. - Ernest Hemingway

Sitting and comtemplating pleasureable thoughts is the most productive things you can do. - Abraham

If you don't transform your suffering, you will transmit it. - Richard Rohr

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realise we only have one. - Tom Hiddoleston

Democrat stalls Biden's border nominee

A New Analysis May Have Just Solved A Decades-Old Mystery Of The Space Race

A Major Internet Outage Appears To Have Knocked Down Amazon And Dozens Of Other Sites

Pentagon chief to restore advisory panels after purge of Trump loyalists

‘A little wiggle room’: GOP candidate winks at base as he tries to win Dems

Colombia says attack on president was planned from Venezuela
New self-defense militia appears in Chiapas, Mexico to fight organized crime
Venezuela's Maduro calls Vatican letter a 'compendium of hatred'

Russia launches lab module to ISS

Israel to reimpose coronavirus 'Green Pass' as Delta variant hits
Taiwan to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop
COVID-19 death rates soar in three Southeast Asia nations
Chinese government rejects second phase of WHO Covid-19 origins study
Vietnam produces first batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Taiwan bumps BioNTech vaccine order to 15 million with Buddhist donation
Thailand to join COVAX, acknowledging low vaccine supply
Sinopharm's COVID-19 shot induces weaker antibody responses to Delta -study
India's Pandemic Death Toll Estimated At About 4 Million: 10 Times The Official Count
China reports spike in new coronavirus cases on border with Myanmar
England Has Lifted Most Of Its COVID-19 Restrictions, Even As U.K. Cases Are Up 41%
Southeast Asian Countries Struggle To Contain A Devastating Third Wave Of COVID-19

Sadness does not come to punish you, or reveal to you what a ‘spiritual failure’ you are. Sadness is not a sign that you are unevolved or far from healing, awakening, enlightenment, even peace. The presence of sadness is not an indication that you’ve done something wrong.
Sadness only whispers, “May I come in? I am tired, I long for rest”.
And you reply, “But sadness, I don’t know how to allow you in!”
And sadness replies, “It’s okay. You don’t need to know. I’m already in”.
And we bow to sadness then, we recognise how it’s already allowed in, how there’s enough room in us for sadness, how we are not ‘the sad one’, not contained within sadness, but the room for sadness, it's space, it's home, it's salvation, it's loving embrace; not as a goal, but as our nature – consciousness itself, already free.
Don’t heal yourself from sadness; let sadness heal you. Let it show you the way when you have forgotten. Let it reveal to you the mysteries of love. Let it remind you of your vast heart, your refusal to split off from any part of your ancient Self, that bigger Happiness you danced when you were young.
Your pain, your sorrow, your doubts, your longings, your fearful thoughts: they are not mistakes, and they aren’t asking to be ‘healed’. They are asking to be held. Here, now, lightly, in the loving, healing arms of present awareness. - Jeff Foster

1st U.S. Athlete Set To Compete In Olympics Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Japan

Athletes At The Tokyo Olympics Are Being Given Condoms, And Warnings Not To Use Them
Tokyo Reports Its Highest COVID-19 Numbers Since January As First Olympic Games Start
Tokyo Olympics CEO Doesn't Dismiss The Idea That Games Could Still Be Called Off
Breastfeeding athletes will be able to bring children to Tokyo Olympics
Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads
An Alternate For U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Tests Positive For Coronavirus
'Anti-Sex' Beds in the Olympic Village? A Social Media Theory is Soon Debunked
Tokyo Olympics: U.S. women's gymnastics alternate tests positive for COVID-19 in Japan
What It Takes To Get To Tokyo To Cover The Olympics
Two Athletes Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 Inside The Olympic Village
U.S. Tennis Star Coco Gauff Tests Positive For Coronavirus And Will Miss Olympics
Coco Gauff won't compete at Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19
Olympics COVID cluster at Olympic hotel as Tokyo cases surge
Olympics IOC chief, Tokyo governor to meet as COVID cases rise
Athletes Will Have To Put On Their Own Medals At This Year's Olympic Games
Even With Cardboard Beds And Recycled Medals, Olympics Take Flak Over The Environment
The Tokyo Olympics Will Take Place Under A State Of Emergency And Without Spectators
Tokyo scraps Olympic torch relay legs in capital
As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

Top general responds to reports he feared Trump would use military after losing
Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power
Yes, Donald Trump's final days in office were even worse than we thought
Trump 2020 legal adviser Jenna Ellis leaving Republican Party in protest
Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election case
Texas Legislature takes up contentious voting bills in special session
In Michigan, Pro-Impeachment Republicans Face Voters' Wrath
'Your vote matters': Harris announces $25 million DNC voting rights campaign
US Supreme Court hits a home run for civil rights
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
Texas Lawmakers Return For A Second Shot At Tighter Voting Laws
Voting rights suppression 'is a story as old as the South,' Senator Jon Ossoff says
Arizona Republicans Strip Some Election Power From Democratic Secretary Of State

Deeply disappointed...

Jackie Chan, Andy Lau Celebrate China’s Communist Party Anniversary as Hong Kongers Are Arrested

Pandemic goes on for the unvaccinated, Biden tells Trump-area town hall

President Biden Wants To Make It Easier For You To Get Your Broken Smartphone Fixed

Men's Spending Habits Result In More Carbon Emissions Than Women's, A Study Finds

In a year when many of us were unable to actualize our gifts, it is important to remember that the soul doesn’t know a thing about deadlines...

Sometimes the people with the greatest potential often take the longest to find their path because their sensitivity is a double edged sword, it lives at the heart of their brilliance, but it also makes them more susceptibel to life's pains. Good thing we aren't being penalized for handling in our purpose late. The soul doesn't know a thing about deadlines. - Jeff Brown

Striking To End 'Suicide Shifts,' Frito-Lay Workers Ask People To Drop The Doritos

Here Is Who’s Behind the Global Surge in Single-Use Plastic

No one else can live the life you live. And even though no human being is perfect, we always have the chance to bring what's unique about us to live in a redeeming way. = Mr. Rogers

We ruminate on suffereing, regret, and sorrow. We chew on them, swallow them, bring them back up, and eat them again and again. If we're feeding our suffereing while we're walking, working, eating, or talking, we are making oursevlse victims of the ghorst of the past, of the future, or our worries inthe present. We're not living our lives. -Thich Nhat Hanh

What you seek is seeking you. - Rumi

Today...just being...

Today I will just be
Be in this moment
I let go of the past
regrets & resentments
I stay out of future
scenarios of worry
I release control
of what is not mine
My awareness is here
on how I can serve
with gratitude
with kindness
with love - Lori S.

Wherever you are be all there. - Jim Elliot

Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about un- becoming everythign that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. - Paulo Coelho