In each moment of this Yuletide, we hope you find inspiration, warmth, friendliness, fellow feeling, laughter andb good cheer so that your love and compassion can shine like a star in the night of these uncertain times.

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BBC Reith Lecturer, Rutger Bregman, in the video below, explains why and how pledging 10% of his income to Giving What We Can changed his life for the better.
At the moment I'm only on a trial pledge of just 1% and hope I can increase that amount over time.
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Free speech looks like it is only for the rich and powerful!
Rutger Bregman‬
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The BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
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Free speech? Or only for the rich and powerful!

Start a Moral Revolution! Rutger Bregman is giving the BBC flagship talk this winter (see schedule below)
Apparently Trump got upset at the title of the first talk! No mention of his name! If the cap fits....
Rutger Bregman's book Moral Ambition is truly inspiring!

Great to see Rupert Reed and James Cooke having a conversation! Nondual recognition must be the bedrock of any viable response to the polycrisis!
youtu.be/R2qnmTtSnsU?...

AGI (or whatever you call it) is coming faster than you think. Here's how to keep it safe for humanity and out of the hands of the governments, corporations and the profit focused few....
yoshuabengio.org/2025/06/03/i...

Blue Marine Foundation is doing the work suggested in David Attenborough's "Ocean" documentary which is why I have donated £150 today. It may be our last chance!
Please support Blue Marine Foundation's vital work with a donation, big or small. bluemarinefoundation.enthuse.com/donate?&key=...

It was such a great birthday present to hear of this new film from David Attenborough!!
www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2025/04/30/t...

Stop Dartington Trust destroying world renowned Forest Garden.

I don't blame them. If only we could get back our EU citizenship!

More Americans are now seeking UK citizenship. Three of them tell us why www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Doom and gloom or common sense? I vote for the latter....There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump making America irrelevant on the world stage apart from dangerous Gaza, Greenland and Panama ideas. A huge opportunity to China to use its soft power with all that might mean? The decline of the USA and with it the West has probably accelerated.
What changes do you think this might herald?

A bit of rock art in the Hamada rocky desert in Morocco....

Here's a few photos from our trip so Morocco so far. Currently near Talouine we're heading further into the desert.

Well it's heartening that so many millionaires say this but disheartening that they have to and even more so that they'll probably be ignored... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fascinating. Personally I think the evidence is growing of a non physical ie non neuronal basis to consciousness. Better put that consciousness is the basis of everything. This video explores further. youtu.be/YvoT_05JgbE?...