“ Move into me, into my warmth, All that is good within me I am bringing forth, My arms extended to welcome you... “ - Markéta Irglová, Remember Me

If you're starting to feel like you deserve more o ryou want better for yourself then you're awakening and realizing your true potential. You can no longer just settle and avoid what's possible for you. YOu're upgrading on all levels. Welcome change and be patient with yourself. - Kalina Boston

Washington’s largest tuberculosis outbreak in 20 years connected to at least one state prison

Washington justices unanimously reject Inslee recall effort

Half-naked ski mountaineer sets speed record on Mount Hood: summit and down in 91 minutes

Stay in alignment

The universe will stand on it's head and deliver to you whatever you want, as long as you are not demanding that somebody be different. - Abraham

Oregon voters are pessimistic about the state’s economy, despite big gains

Revolt Brews in Michigan GOP After Elevation of Trump Allies
Redistricting and Democrats' stalled agenda put this blue Arizona House seat in play
Why many Missouri Republicans fear Eric Greitens could win the state's Senate primary
Republicans have the advantage with voters in 2022 elections, poll finds
New York's top court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats
Two Democratic progressives plot new ways to fight back against Republican gains
GOP hopes to make gains with women by highlighting inflation
Immigration advocates warn of midterm risks for Democrats if Title 42 isn't lifted
Poll: Biden approval rating hits all-time low of 33 percent

Michigan man faces hate crime charges after threatening BLM supporters, DOJ says

States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks
Why your USPS mail package delivery is about to get slower
Biden signs Postal Service reform bill into law

Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms
Oyster reefs in Texas are disappearing. Fishermen there fear their jobs will too

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes
The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes

The first human case of avian flu in the U.S. is reported in Colorado
Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu
Health officials warn of 'large' outbreak of serious bacterial illness in Florida
A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay

California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling

Italian children should not automatically receive their father's surname, court says

Your dog is a good boy, but that's not necessarily because of its breed

Hong Kong student jailed for five years under national security law
National security: Transfer of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organisers’ case to High Court adjourned again
Ex-member of Hong Kong independence group loses appeal bid against 12-year jail term over explosives
Political cartoonist Ah To announces departure from Hong Kong citing ‘great mental stress’
90 court cases related to 2019 Hong Kong protests took 300 to 400 days to conclude
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to fraud charges over use of Apple Daily headquarters
Hong Kong nat’l security judge urges speedy trial for 47 democrats, more than a year after most taken into custody
Hong Kong court convicts 3 of rioting during 2019 protests
Hong Kong university student who ran pro-independence Telegram channel pleads guilty to inciting secession
Senior member of Hong Kong pollster leaves city for the UK, citing ‘red lines’
Ex-member of Hong Kong independence group loses appeal bid against 12-year jail term over explosives
Hong Kong activist Benny Tai pleads guilty in election expenses case
Ex-leaders of Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group in court for first time since Covid-19 prison lockdown
Hong Kong man jailed for 14.5 years for biting off ex-District Councillor’s ear, knife attack
2 handed suspended 2-month sentences for inciting others to cast invalid votes in Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ election
PolyU becomes fifth Hong Kong university to fully cut ties with students’ union
Owner of Hong Kong Telegram channel popular during 2019 protests found guilty of inciting others to commit crimes
Hong Kong democrat and DJ Tam Tak-chi jailed for 40 months over 11 charges, including ‘uttering seditious words’
Hong Kong CityU demands responses from students over alleged offences at union farewell ceremony
Hong Kong police take away 2 linked to pro-democracy bubble tea shop to assist with investigation

Facebook shrugs off fears it's losing users

The most important lesson you can learn is that a healthy love doesn not hurt, it heals. - L.E. Bowman

The best revenge is none. Heal, move on and don't become like those who hurt you. - Pamela Short

There is nothing better in this world than having your heart filled with love. Nothing can march it. Nothing, and nothing ever will.It is becasue we are love, we are made from it and we are made whole by it. - unknown

Sometimes I forget how rich I am.
My hot water works on a dime,
my a/c works when need it to,
I can go to any grocery store and
purchase what I please to eat,
I have a clean kitchen to cook in,
I have a clean shower to bathe in.
Sometimes I forget I'm beyond blessed. - unknown

Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. - Chuang Tzu

“To search for happiness
Implies its absence.
This implication is a fundamental flaw.
Happiness is ever present.
It may become obscured,
Such obscuration being temporary...” - Wu Hsin

Learning to be calm when you're disrespected is a super pwoer. - unkown

You can't force someone to respect you, but you CAN refuse to be disrespected.
So when you're with someone and they are disrespecting you, in a calm, powerful way, speak up, if that's not possible or is not in your best interest, simply walk away.
Remember this is not retreating and being a coward, it's actually being brave, loving, respecting yourself completely, and taking really good care of yourself. Calm is your superpower. It is not being a door mat. - Barb Schmidt

Humans all need to know that they are loved and lovable just as they are. When a child feels seen and enjoyed, as they are, something in their whole being comes to life. - Susan Stiffelman

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true. - Ralph Marston

I am attracting everything that is for my highest good. New opportunities, new energy, new mindset, and new connections. - unknown

One of the most freeing things we learn in life is that we don't like everyone, everyone doesn't like us, and that's okay. - David Boht

If we could understand that our love, true love, feeds on love without becoming a parasite. It is only then that true love plants the seeds of new love, so love is renewed. It is then that the world can find its shalom. We must have a love fest. - Daniel H.

Is the Secret to Happiness Having a Gratitude Practice?

The masks, the CDC and the judge — a battle brewing since 1944

Drought triggers water restrictions for 6 million Southern California residents
Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires
After a rough year, new wildfire warnings have Boulder, Colo., on edge
California is getting a very dry start to spring, with snowpack far below average
Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes
Landowners in Iowa resist companies' plans to create carbon-capture pipelines

Jung noted, any real shift in a persons psychological frame will require of the ego a significant if not apocalytpic change of attitude. - James Hollis, The Broken Mirrow

Being a parent doesn't give you the right to be respected by your child, it gives you the responsibiltiy to be respectful of your child. - L. R. Knost

“Everyone can forget us – as long as you remember.” - Ocean Vuong

Alex Jones' trial to determine payments to Sandy Hook families is delayed
Update: Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims reject Alex Jones settlement offer
Sandy Hook ushered in new era of conspiracy and lies, author finds

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to spend months in space

China is ‘arbitrarily detaining’ activist Zhang Baocheng, UN experts say

Boeing CEO laments deal with Trump for Air Force One planes

EU executive takes step to cut funds for Hungary over corruption
EU plan for common worldwide phone charger port takes step closer

More than 120,000 pounds of ground beef is recalled over possible E. coli concerns
Skippy recalls 161,692 pounds of peanut butter

Sri Lanka's foreign exchange problem
Sri Lanka PM offers protesters talks as opposition eyes no-confidence vote
Sri Lanka is suspending payments on its foreign debt as its economic crisis worsens

From weed joke to agreed deal: Inside Musk's $44 billion Twitter buyout
Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal
Elon Musk bought Twitter. Here's what he says he'll do next
Trump insists he has no plans to rejoin Twitter even if Elon Musk reinstates his account
TRUMP’S TRUTH SOCIAL APPEARS OFFICIALLY F--KED, THANKS TO ELON MUSK BUYING TWITTER
2 'key' executives have resigned from Truth Social, Trump's troubled social-media venture, report says
Donald Trump's Truth Social App Is Failing Fantastically, Report Says
Trump denies calling Putin a 'genius'
White House blasts Trump's request for favor from Putin amid Ukraine war

China property firms joined c. bank talks on ways to help sector, sources say

China issues draft rules to control e-cigarette production

“Do not be stilled by anger or grief. Burn them both and use that fuel to keep moving. Look up at the clouds and tip your head way back so the roofs of the houses disappear. Keep moving.” - Maggie Smith, Keep Moving

Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring

“Memory is a bit like magic what is past is now present, and what we love lives again.” - The Last Letter From Your Lover.

Don’t Hesitate – Mary Oliver

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway, that's often the
case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. - Mary Oliver

A lot of the ways that I feel and a lot of the things tht I offer have their roots in the care my early caregivers gave tot me. - Fred Rogers

Who Ended the Travel Mask Mandate? A Vaccine Critic, a Florida Judge and 2 Anxious Travelers

Most Americans have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, the CDC reports
These airlines are letting passengers banned for mask violations back on planes
Battle over CDC's powers goes far beyond travel mask mandate
Why the government's slow move to appeal the mask decision may be a legal strategy
Most people in US want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll
Justice Department appeals mask ruling after CDC says mandate "remains necessary for the public health"
The U.S. is extending a vaccine rule for international travelers at its land borders.
The DOJ will appeal the recent mask ruling by a federal judge
The judge who tossed mask mandate misunderstood public health law, legal experts say
What to know about Judge Kathryn Mizelle, who struck down the travel mask mandate
These airlines are dropping mask mandates after a federal judge's ruling
Delta updates its statement calling COVID a 'seasonal virus' after a backlash
Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes and Public Transit
Masks no longer required at Portland airportFreeUpdated 30 mins ago
CDC shakes up COVID travel advisory system, removes every country from its 'Do Not Travel' list
A Florida judge overturns the CDC's mask mandate for planes and other public transi
Two new omicron variants are spreading in N.Y. and elsewhere. Here's what we know
U.S. govt to cut back on 'do not travel' COVID advisories
CDC extends transportation mask mandate until May 3
Airlines cancel hundreds of flights due to COVID-19 after dropping mask rules
21 states sue the Biden administration to end the federal travel mask mandate
DeSantis to sue Biden administration over transportation mask mandate

Calls mount for U.S. to sanction Vladimir Putin's rumored girlfriend Alina Kabaeva, Russia's "Secret First Lady"

Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books
A Look Inside the Textbooks That Florida Rejected
Florida rejects 54 math books, claiming critical race theory appeared in some
Florida's anti-woke crusade has a new target: math textbooks
Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills
Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban
Jen Psaki Shuts Down Fox News Reporter On Florida's 'Heartbreaking' 'Don't Say Gay' Law

Thousands of nurses at Stanford hospitals are striking over wages and mental health

Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children
Pfizer asks FDA to authorize booster shots for kids ages 5 through 11
White House pushes to increase use of Pfizer’s Covid treatment Paxlovid
Biden will make Paxlovid, a highly effective COVID drug, available to more pharmacies
Moderna says its new 'bivalent' vaccine shows promise against COVID variants

Texas court orders a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio to review the case

In a lawsuit, a group of Texas library patrons says a book ban amounts to censorship

You should probably get your plane tickets soon
Airlines are slashing flights due to staffing shortage: 'The summer will be chaos'

Vice President Harris has tested positive for COVID-19

25 Iconic Portland Dishes and Drinks

Once a year, go someplace you've never been before. - Dalai Lama

Ruins of an ancient temple for Zeus were unearthed in Egypt

#IAmAnAMERICAN #IAmAAPI

I Am an American – Exhibition

On June 19.....

No charge: Portland Art Museum has free entry Sunday

'Everything is halted': Shanghai shutdowns are worsening shortages
JB Hunt says Shanghai’s lockdown will spell trouble for US ports again in July
Five grocery items with big price jumps amid high inflation
Texas Gov. Abbott reverses course on truck inspections at Mexico border
Texas Gov. Abbott reverses course on truck inspections at Mexico border
Inflation is hammering the voters who will soon decide some key midterm races
Why there are growing fears the U.S. is headed to a recession
'Recession shock' is coming, Bank of America warns

Massive DNA study of human cancers offers new clues about their causes

Equality watchdog defends stance on ‘brownface’ after chairman claims not all cases discriminatory
‘Treat us fairly’: Meet the domestic worker YouTuber raising awareness of helper rights
Representation matters in Hong Kong: Why brownface in TVB drama is offensive
Actress behind TVB brownface row apologises after darkening skin to play Filipina domestic worker
Video: Hong Kong TVB drama ignites ‘brownface’ row with Filipina role

‘Prisoners of conscience’: Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong among Hong Kong activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
What’s With the Far-Right’s Interest in Ball Tanning?

Michael Cohen Explodes After Trump's Latest Boast About His Intelligence

When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses

India’s exports to Russia are costing businesses a fortune
India is suddenly the center of global wartime diplomacy
U.S. warns India, others against sharp rise in Russian oil imports -official
UK's Truss to visit India on same day as Russia's Lavrov
India is snapping up cheap Russian oil, and China could be next
Why it matters if Saudi Arabia sells oil in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars
Saudi Arabia Invites China’s Xi to Visit Kingdom Amid Strained U.S. Relations

Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death, so why is no one talking about this?

Analysis: Loss is victory for far-right in France's election
France's youngest president wins again, troubles and all
Why France's presidential election matters far beyond its borders
U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge

Afghan defence minister says will not tolerate 'invasions'

I love you , Warren.

Al-Qaida-linked group in Mali says it has captured Russians

Opposition wins Slovenia vote, defeating right-wing populist party
Slovenia's populist leader loses power as trend continues
Slovenia centrists win national election, defeating right-wing populist incumbent

15 China-backed coal plants cancelled since Xi’s ban on ‘new projects,’ but loopholes remain

Michigan GOP moves forward with 2020 election-denying secretary of state and AG
This weekend's Michigan GOP convention marks a key moment for election denialism
DeSantis' power is on full display as he pushes lawmakers on Disney and redistricting
Florida lawmakers let DeSantis draw a congressional map after he vetoed the last one
Republicans face a test of extremists' power in Idaho's primaries
Trump takes aim at ‘Big 12’ Republican incumbents ahead of 2024 election
GOP governor makes Trump “mental institution” jab at Gridiron roast
At DC roast, NH's GOP governor skewers Trump as 'crazy'
Republicans think being ghosted by the White House is a Deep State conspiracy
Trump wanted a piece of White House photographer’s book: report
White House blasts Trump's request for favor from Putin amid Ukraine war
Trumpian Conservatives Hold an ‘Emergency’ Meeting Over Russia
Chris Wallace rips Putin in first appearance on CNN
Romney: NATO would rethink U.S. relationship if Trump wins in 2024
Only NATO can save Putin

Opinion: The failed promise of 'never again

Obama pressures Big Tech on disinformation in Silicon Valley speech

Healing isn't a short-term process. It's a long-term practice. Because it's not just about healing the wound itself. It's also about retrieving what has been lost. Integrating new parts, maturing in the places that the trauma obstructed. It's about developing into the truest version of yourself possible, after yeats buried below the weight of adaptatio and disguise. It's about catching up to your self, after ywars on the run. Healing is a long-term practice. - Jeff Brown

Why the CDC issued an alert on liver damage in children
Rare, severe liver damage reported in kids in U.S. and Europe

Biden will order a study of old-growth forests in an Earth Day executive action

Here are 5 ways to live more sustainably on Earth Day
How young people are taking action against climate change
VIDEO: Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? People On The Front Lines Say Maybe Not

Florida's move to punish Disney World could hurt local taxpayers
Florida Senate votes to eliminate Disney’s self-governing authority and tax break
DeSantis wants to end Disney World's special status in Florida

Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing
Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume
UAE summons Israeli ambassador to protest against clashes in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Jordan's King Abdullah warns Israeli moves in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque are threat to peace
Erdogan tells Herzog he is 'very upset' by injured or killed Palestinians
Palestinians and Israeli police clash at major holy site
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at major holy site

Conservatives Furious After WaPo Exposes Woman Behind Twitter Account Mocking 'Libs' On TikTok
Libs of TikTok has become central to right wing politics

From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dad

Shoot em up! How TV fell in love with video games

We are not out are..we are our energy. - unknown

"So, creation really is more about loving yourself.

It’s more about feeling your worthiness, it’s more about appreciating a friend, it’s more about enjoying the sunset, it’s more about enjoying the beautiful flowers.
It’s more about finding reasons to relax into Well-Being, rather than gather up your strength and valiantly go forth to achieve your tasks, and serve your cause;
because your 'cause' is, to be the receiver
and radiator of the Love and Well-Being that is you.

You are an extension of Source Energy. You are one who loves, and you are one who loves to think, and you are one who loves to create, and you are one who loves to contemplate.

You’re one who enjoys stimulation of thought. You’re one who enjoys choosing; you enjoy considering, you enjoy pondering, you enjoy fashioning. You enjoy putting things together.

You enjoy figuring things out. You enjoy knowing. You enjoy not being sure and then becoming more sure.
You enjoy the evolution of a thought. You enjoy the expansion of an idea. You enjoy the expansion of life experience.
You enjoy the pleasure of being this genius; focused in the most creative environment that has ever existed, for the fulfillment of things that satisfy you.
You are liquid love in physical bodies, wanting, more than life itself - because it is life itself - to adore the vessel that’s you through which this Source Energy flows.
You are Source. You are God. You are Creator." - Abraham

Job numbers in Clark County hit record high

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. - Lao Tzu

Happy Earth Day!

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes. - Mark Nepo

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Seeking a Father for My Child (Relationship Optional)

Japan says disputed islands 'illegally occupied by Russia'

I can respect any person who can put their ego aside and say, I made a mistrake, I apologize, and I am correcting the behavior. - Sylvester McNutt III

Meet Patron, a bomb-sniffing Jack Russell terrier who has become a Ukrainian hero
Polish women band together to give Ukrainian women car rides to safe refuge
Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.

Amid high gas prices, N.J. weighs lifting its self-service gas ban

Shanghai gov’t reports 400,000 Covid cases and 25 deaths as lockdown set to ease
Migrant workers in China find new jobs — and precarious conditions — in COVID control
Shanghai's Low COVID Death Toll Revives Questions About China's Numbers
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 as official toll rises to 10
Shanghai firms push for production to resume as Chinese city logs 7 more Covid-19 deaths
Shanghai reports first COVID deaths amid sweeping lockdowns
Growing defiance of COVID curbs in China brings wave of arrests
Shanghai factories sputter towards reopening as city aims to ease lockdown
‘It’s probably worse than Wuhan’: Experts warn China’s COVID-19 lockdowns will once again cripple global supply chains
Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday - sources
China’s New COVID Crisis Could Spawn the Worst Variant Yet
Covid-19: Shanghai starts to ease restrictions in some neighbourhoods
Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise
US pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai amid COVID surge
Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive children from families, as frustration at virus controls grows
Panic buying and lockdowns as Shanghai sees steep rise in Covid-19 cases
Firms in Shenzhen nurse wounds after COVID 'war' - Chinese survey
Why are Shanghai's COVID infections nearly all asymptomatic?
CORRECTED-Transport locked down in China's Shanghai as asymptomatic COVID cases surge
China is locking down most of Shanghai, its largest city, to fight COVID
Shanghai starts China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years
China locks down city of 9 million as Omicron continues to challenge zero-Covid strategy
'Refuse quarantine!': frustrations mount as China replays COVID controls
How China's soaring COVID numbers put the rest of the world at risk
China shuts business center of Shenzhen to fight virus surge
COVID Finally Spins Out of Control in China as New Variant Takes Hold
China locks down millions of people as COVID cases spike
China's daily cases of symptomatic COVID more than triple
China orders 51 million into lockdown as COVID surges
China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
Shanghai steps up defences against wave of asymptomatic COVID cases
China Reports Most Daily Covid Cases Since Wuhan Outbreak
Chinese city of Qingdao reports Omicron outbreak among students
Mainland China daily local COVID cases climb to 2-year high

Every storm runs out of rain. - Maya Angelou

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. - John Muir

Open and alert, you respond sensitively to the world around you, and it causes you a great deal of pain and tremendous trepidation. But, of course, these are the natural byproducts of a closely examined life. - Carrie Mae Weems

Joy... follows rightly confronted despair. Joy is the experience of possibility, the consciousness of one's freedom as one confronts one's destiny.. after despair, the one thing left is possibility. - Rollo May

Love and kindness are two simple ingredients that can change the world. - Tracey Smith

When someone else's happiness is your happiness, that's love. - unknown

Black, Asian law students call for professor to be suspended over racist remarks
Penn Law prof says Black and Asian people resent Western achievement

Geriatric leaders in DC prove it’s time for an age limit

It is a serious thing jsut to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world. - Mary Oliver

Do not pay any attention to what the past whispers if all it’s doing is bad-mouthing what today has to offer. There are times when you need to release the bitterness and grab a firm hold of happiness, without permission and without reason. The only way to get over the past is to leave it behind. If you spend your time re-living moments that are gone forever, you might miss the special moments that are yet to come. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

F.D.A. Warns Patients About Some Prenatal Genetic Tests

U.S. Capitol Police say an 'extremely unusual' oversight triggered Capitol evacuation

CNN+ will shut down a month after the streaming service's buzzy launch

Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills
Drug overdose deaths are at a record high. Here's what the White House plans to do
Fentanyl's lethal toll continues. Nearly 10 million pills were seized last year

'Navalny' documentary spotlights the Russian who dared to take on Putin
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's support for Putin's Ukraine war has fractured his church
Ukraine War Divides Orthodox Faithful
A Russian woman is jailed for replacing store price tags with anti-war messages
U.S. calls for the immediate release of a vocal Kremlin critic detained in Moscow
Russian teachers are being punished for making anti-war comments after their own students reported them
Russian family prefers exile to 'unbearable' pro-war mood at home
As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
Sanctioned or not, Russians abroad find their money is 'toxic'

A 4-year-old can run errands alone ... and not just on reality TV

More than 137 million Americans live in areas with poor air quality, report finds
Climate change fueled extreme rainfall during the record 2020 hurricane reason
How much energy powers a good life? Less than you're using, says a new report
It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how
How the war in Ukraine could speed up Europe's climate plans
Here’s a simple way to convince people to eat less meat

A civil rights memorial in Alabama expands to document lynching victims' stories
Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts

Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix

What's In A Dad?

Fullfillmetn comes when we do something to help someone else. - Simon Sinek

I’m Jeff Yang, not Jeff Chang! The everyday horror of having to say ‘Sorry, wrong Asian’
Ali Wong's divorce news causes another case of #wrongasian
A Chinese student Americanized her name to fit in. It took more to feel she belonged
Asian American Wrongfully Accused of Spying Recounts Damage of Racial Profiling

Marvel Celebrates Its Asian and AAPI Heroes and Creators in Special One-Shot
Race, queerness, and superpowers in 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once'
‘We believe in us’: Michelle Yeoh on why more wonderfully messy Asian stories are being made
Gemma Chan To Play The First Chinese American Star Anna May Wong In Upcoming Biopic; Read
Pink donut boxes are canvas for artist portraying kids of Cambodian-American refugees

Elon Musk says he has secured the money to buy Twitter
'Love Me Tender' and poison pills: Unpacking the Elon Musk-Twitter saga
Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash
Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter for $54 a share
Will Elon Musk turn activist at Twitter?
Elon Musk and the fear of the activist investor
imageElon Musk to address Twitter staff after internal outcry
Elon Musk just became Twitter's largest shareholder

In the Murdoch family succession battle, Fox News and democracy hang in the balance

Airbnb plans legal action against guest who booked property where a shooting happened

Ex-Honduran President Hernández will be extradited to the U.S. on drugs charges

Pizza Week 2022
Pizza Week Is Happening NOW! $3 Slices at 28 Locations? Yes, Please!

China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine

You are enough for one day to hold. ❤️ - Susan Frybot

I thought I was climbing, turns out I'm the mountain.
I thought I was flyinh, but I was the sky all along.
I'mn not the sun or the stars, I'm the cosmos surrounding.
I am not a lone voice, I'm an entire song. - Dianne Aikey Kaplan

Anything mentionable is manageable. You can find a helper to listen to you, and you can be a safe friend by listening, too. - Fred Rogers

Those people who see clearly the necessity of changed thinking must themselves undertake the discipline of thinking in new ways and must persuade others to do so. - Kathleen Lonsdale

Be like the earth. When the rain comes, the earth simply opens up to the rain and soaks it all it. - Thich Nhat Hanh

World of Henna

Better Pay and Career Paths Drive U.S. Workers’ Decisions to Quit

Report: Chinese credit card processor rebuffs Russian banks
China says it is on the ‘right side of history,’ following US criticism over Russia-Ukraine war stance
‘Help to end this war’: US Treasury Secretary warns China over its stance on Russia
Yellen says China faces consequences if it fails to help stop Russia's war in Ukraine
China's Echoes of Russia's Alternate Reality Intensify Globally
It’s China’s ‘Nobel Prize Moment’ to Stop War, UN Official Says
China, Pakistan share concern about sanctions on Russia, China says
U.S. sets red lines for China helping Russia dodge sanctions
Biden tells China's Xi of the implications of assisting Russia in call, official says
Biden tells China's Xi to keep his distance from Russia's war effort
Defense & National Security​ — Biden sends new warning to China

Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. = Naomi Shihab Nye

Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. - Iris Murdoch

The more your study delight, the more delight there is to study.. I felt my left to be more full of delight. Not without sorrow or fear or pain or loss. But more full of delight. - Ross Gay

The disturbed mind and affections, like the tossed sea, seldom calam without an intervenign time of confusion and trouble. - Charles Dickens

Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp.. the ultimate mystery of Life itself. - Rachel Carson

To live in your passion is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself, and to the world. Let your love for life be the reason someone smiles today. - Rumi

It isn't what we sy or think that defines us, but what we do. - Jane Austen

1.4 million Hong Kong SIM cards linked to real names in first month since compulsory registration enforced
Frances Hui says she is first Hong Kong activist to gain political asylum in the US
Hong Kong schools see over 5,000 teachers leave this academic year, marking 50% increase in ‘drop-out’ rate

U.S. is concerned about lack of transparency of China pact with Solomon Islands –White House
Solomon Islands says China security pact will not undermine peace
Pacific leader urges Solomons to rethink China pact
Document indicates China could boost military in Solomons
New Zealand's Ardern says Solomon Islands-China deal 'gravely concerning'
China and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Alarm in the Pacific
Philippines summons Chinese envoy to protest naval intrusion

McDonald’s and Burger King are being sued for use of ‘forever chemicals’ in packaging

Abercrombie & Fitch was America's hottest brand. It became 'what discrimination looks like'

Michigan state senator hits back at GOP colleague accusing her of 'grooming' kids
GOP lawmaker says homeless people should look to Hitler for inspiration

A false start and a Russian loan: Macron-Le Pen debate takeaways
Macron, LePen set for rematch in French presidential election
France's Le Pen outlines foreign policy vision, leaving Russia door ajar
How France's presidential election could impact Ukraine war
France's Le Pen warns against sending weapons to Ukraine
Macron and Le Pen head to a runoff in France's presidential election
French Election Opens Up as Marine Le Pen Surges
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The next step is right there inside of you, divinely imprinted on the souls of your feet. - Jeff Brown

W, this is why I know...

Perhaps the most difficult relational pattern to shift is the tendency to be attracted to unavailable people. Often rooted in the early life unavailability of one or both parents, this stubborn primal pattern can easily obstruct any possibility of partnership. Because if you are only drawn to those who are not drawn to you, you can spend your whole life chasing the impossible. It's kind of like looking for a dance partner in an empty ballroom. You are trying to get the attention of someone who is not actually there. To heal this pattern, it is imperative that you do deep, somatic work around your early experiences. There is something inside you that longs to be healed, and until it is, it will be difficult to take seriously those who take you seriously. It will be difficult to feel an energetic charge toward those who feel one for you. Because they are reflecting back to you something that you have yet to believe—your inherent worth and beauty. You see, they know something that you don’t—they know that you are worthy of love. Now you have to do the work to see it, too. - Jeff Brown

Empathy is an interesting world, often mistaken for something quite different- unhealthy boundaries, not knowing where we end and the other begins. I think of how often I remained connected to hurtful people (and others to me, when I was hurtful) because I imagined myself empathic. And maybe I was- but that didn’t have to mean that I endured their madness. Our empathic capacity can be as misdirected as any other ability. Just because you can feel where someone is coming from, doesn’t mean that you have to put yourself at risk. When we allow 'empathy' to keep us invested in that which brings us suffering, when we confuse it with a boundaryless way of being, it becomes just another word for misplaced faith and self-hatred. It is empathy run amok. It abuses your gift. Better to not turn our compassionate nature against ourselves. Empathize with humanity, but shield yourself from harm. - Jeff Brown

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Fear

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,v she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean. - Khalil Gibran

Let everything you do be done in love. - Corinthians 16:14

Love the earth and sun and the animals.. have patience and indulgence toward the people.. re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul. - Walt Whitman

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Babies don't cry to manipulate you in an evil way. They cry to have their needs met. It's that simple. - Tracy Cassels

Everyone has a history.
What you do with it is up to you.
Some repeat it. Some learn from it,
The really special ones use it to help others. - Jm Green

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know until you lived through it.
Honor your path. Trust your journey.
Learn, grow, evolve, become. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

The secret to life is that you already have the power! If you can change your mind, you can change your life. You don't need any amount of money, connections, or education. You just need to be in control of your mind. All you're really doing is programming your mind.
This is the secret so many people overlook in life. The key to success is overcoming your self limiting beliefs and aligning yourself with the energy you want in life. You can be, do and have anything. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

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