Peace Pagoda
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Peace Pagoda
@peacepagoda.bsky.social
Philosopher. Buddhist. Humanitarian. Pragmatist. Social commentator. Kindness matters.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Time, in the form of the present moment, is the most valuable commodity any of us will ever have. Yesterday may inform who we are today, but what you do today is what matters the most.
December 9, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Focus on what's most important to you. Who knows when you'll lose the ability to do it?
December 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
www.theolivepress.es
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM
There's a difference between understanding the nature of doing and understanding the nature of being.
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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There’s only one surviving document signed by the first four US presidents (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison) and it’s a 1793 subscription list, now at the American Philosophical Society, raising funds for André Michaux’s botanical expedition—remarkable proof of early US support of science
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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"Trump also wants a say in school curriculum, vowing to fight for 'patriotic' education. He promised to reinstate his 1776 Commission, which he created in 2021 to promote patriotic education."

This has nothing to do with teaching history. It's indoctrination. 🗃️ apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”
apnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Robert Kennedy Jr
Is on record saying that he would stop
Investment on infectious disease research for eight years
Can you imagine how many more people would’ve died during the pandemic if we didn’t have science research for infectious diseases???
November 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
A #government is only #civilized when it does a good job of ensuring that all of its citizens have easy access to #food, #water, #clothing, #shelter, and good #health.
November 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Be like Mark Hamill.
November 15, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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When I said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being DHHS Secretary would kill people, you all understood that I was being literal, right?

To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.
How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa
He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Do people realize that this is a public acknowledgment by Israel that it illegally interfered in the 2024 presidential election by taking into account which actions would or would not—and when—benefit the Trump campaign?

And that it did this as Trump and Netanyahu were having regular private calls?
Jared Kushner's private equity firm has taken in billions in investments from Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.

He should not be anywhere near negotiations on policy in the region.
Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say
An Israeli government minister discussed the proposal with Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday before traveling to the White House for talks.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Anybody surprised?
"He wasn't vetted."

Whoa.

Not only is Fox News host Pete Hegseth wholly unqualified to be the Secretary of Defense, there are now allegations sexual assault, including an investigation in 2017 by police in Monterey.

And Team Trump is now scrambling.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Pete Hegseth Said to Face Previous Sexual Misconduct Allegation
Sources say Donald Trump’s transition team leadership met with the former Fox News host, who is a left-field pick to head the Department of Defense, about the claims on Thursday.
www.vanityfair.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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I have not lived with #cancer for 11 years to be killed by a baby bear killing anti-vaxxer running a muck in the DHHS.

Fuck that guy and fuck that noise.
November 14, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Someone asked me what miraculous ability of Jesus I would want. I said "walking on water." But after thinking about it, the miraculous ability I would truly want is the courage to tell others to do the right thing, even at the risk of being nailed to a cross.
November 13, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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I promise you that when 99% of Americans hear "mass deportations" they envision a fictional rough neighborhood in a city they've never been to in a state they don't live in & will be shocked when their favorite neighborhood restaurant suddenly closes & a bunch of their kids' friends suddenly vanish
November 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
2016 election: Here are the problems you need to fix.

2024 election: You didn't fix those problems, and now you have to live with the consequences.
November 11, 2024 at 2:43 PM