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A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-india-fights-alone-narrative-wars-western-gaslighting-and-a-missed-opportunity-13891339.htmlFrom the 1st of May until the 20th I was traveling in the US, and thus had to depend on western media (mostly Twitter/X) for news about Operation Sindoor and the aftermath. It was self-evident that there was no point in reading things like the NYTimes, Wapo, the Economist, etc. because one look at their headlines confirmed that they were “manufacturing consent”.Soft PowerGiven the difference in X posts that I read in the US and those in India, I think the algorithms were deprecating posts for me in ways that are hard to detect. In other words, there is a narrative war where India has no say, but lots at stake. India's soft power is seriously wanting. Joseph Nye, the academic who popularized that phrase, passed away this week: following in his footsteps, it behooves India to make a concerted attempt to improve its story-telling.It faces an uphill battle, because Western, especially American, media has shown an ability to gaslight at scale in three major stories in the recent past: the COVID panic, the “Trump-is-a-Russian-stooge” meme, and the “Biden is mentally sharp as a tack” story. They are good at it, have no love lost for India, and so India needs a long-term plan to get its own propaganda story out, for instance developing an Al-Jazeera-style global footprint or an X-style social medium.The entire Western narrative, for self-serving purposes, continues to be against India, for good reason: they do not wish to see India grow into a peer-level competitor at the G3 level. In this, both China and the West are of one mind, and it shows. Besides, the West has every incentive to try to block India from becoming a major arms exporter: they would prefer India to continue to be one of the biggest importers, preferably from them.Narrative warfare is a Western specialty, as I said in Information Warfare, Narrative-Building: That Kind of Warfare. In addition to kinetic warfare, India needs to up its game here too. Narratives have real-life consequences.The Pakistanis have been quite successful in their own narratives, riding on Western media: here is an example from the Nikkei (which owns the Financial Times) from a Pakistani journalist. This is typical of the stories created by Pakistanis and amplified by western media: basically that India took a major hit, with five or six high-end aircraft downed by Pakistani/Chinese weaponry. The story was repeated so many times that it essentially became the Truth.A step change in aerial warfareMy personal belief is that India won a victory on the ground and in the air, humiliating Pakistan, attacking it at will and exposing its Chinese armaments as below-par. Some thoughtful neutral experts support this view: See Calibrated Force and the Future of Indian Deterrence. India also demonstrated surprising competence in the new age of electronics-based warfare. It may no longer be expensive fighter jets (and by extension, aircraft carriers) that tilt the balance, but missiles, drones and integrated air defense.This must be emphasized. There are periodic step-functions in warfare that render earlier, victorious technologies/processes less valuable: this is similar to disruptive innovation, where the ‘insurgent' firm nullifies the apparent advantages of the ‘incumbent' firm. Often that means a point of inflection. An example is the arrival of the longbow in medieval times that made hitherto unstoppable heavy cavalry stumble. Another is the arrival of air power itself.Today there may be another point of inflection. Experts have suggested that warfare going forward will be software-driven, including drone swarms that can autonomously reshape their formations (reminiscent of the murmurations of flocks of starlings). Presumably, there will be plenty of predictive AI built in as well. Given India's poor track record in software products, it was generally assumed that India would not do so well in such a new environment.In reality, there appears to have been a clever integration of indigenous and imported technology to create an “iron dome” of sorts against Pakistan's Chinese missiles, of which an advanced variant, PL-15, was apparently shot down intact.More interestingly, it appears that Lakshya and Banshee drones were programmed to masquerade as Rafales, Sukhois, etc. by emitting their radar signals, thus attracting enemy fire towards themselves. This might explain the claims of five or six Indian aircraft shot down by Pakistan, whereas in reality they may have simply shot down the phantom, mimic dronesThe implications are large: in effect, India was able to attack Pakistan at will: video evidence shows significant damage to terrorist sites in the first round, and to military sites in the second round, including to key Pakistani air bases, as well as, it is said, the entrance tunnel to the nuclear storage facilities in the Kirana Hills. Indian air dominance appears to have forced the Pakistanis to beg for US support to suggest a cessation of hostilities.This skirmish was proof in the heat of battle for India's indigenous weapons, especially the BrahMos (although of course that is a joint venture with Russia). It may result in a number of serious queries from prospective customers especially in Southeast Asia, who will be interested in battlefield performance against Chinese missiles and aircraft. This would be a win for India's arms industry.Conversely, there is a singular sore spot: fighter jets. For a variety of reasons, most especially the fact that the Kaveri engine has not been allowed to complete its testing and development phase, India is still dependent on others for advanced fighters. And this is just fine as far as they are concerned, because the Americans want to sell F-35s, the French want to sell more Rafales, and the Russians want to sell Su-57s.Here's a twitter comment by a military historian who suggests that India's fighter jets are inadequate. He deleted his further comment that indigenization is fine as industrial policy, but it doesn't work for advanced weaponry. This is a typically sniffy attitude towards India, which is grist to the mill for the Chandigarh Lobby's successful efforts to trash local weapons and gain lucrative middleman deals for foreign weapons.Strategic Dilemma: To push on or notThere is also a strategic dilemma. India has an unfortunate habit of wasting its soldiers' hard-won victories at the negotiating table due to bad political calculations. The epitome of this is of course, Indira Gandhi's 1971 give-away of 93,000 Pakistani PoWs in exchange for essentially… nothing. There is some reason to wonder if something similar happened in 2025 as well. A tactical victory was possibly converted into a stalemate, and the old era of hyphenation and the nuclear bogey has returned.What we saw in 2025 was that the Pakistanis were taken by surprise, and India had a massive advantage. But now that cat is out of the bag, Pakistanis and Chinese will regroup and figure out corrective tactics. Thus India has, to use an American expression, “shot its wad”, and the element of surprise is gone forever.The end game for India is the dissolution of Pakistan into four or five statelets, which, one hopes, will then concentrate on Pakistani Punjab as the root of all their troubles. In that case, they will keep each other occupied, and India can live in peace without regular terrorist attacks. Of course, that may be a pipe-dream, given the Ghazwa-e-Hind formula many entertain, but the collapse of the Pakistani state is anyway desirable for India.Should India have continued its offensive? Forget the murky issue of the nuclear assets in Sargodha. Should India have moved the Line of Control forward into some areas, perhaps into Gilgit-Baltistan (with Sharda Peeth and the Kishenganga) and up to the Jhelum River in Pak-occupied Jammu and Kashmir? The problem though, is that once you start moving past the border posts, you have hostile civilians to contend with, and your supply lines start getting stretched.Even though it is tragic to let go of an opportunity to thrash an enemy that's on the back foot, and Pakistan will inevitably use the truce to rearm itself and come back ever stronger (the Treaty of Hudaybiyah is not a meme in the Islamic world for nothing), it is not clear to me what India could have done to militarily make the LOC irrelevant and make Pakistan implode, especially in the context of American pushback.The role of the USWhy was there pressure from President Trump? One of the things I observed during my US stay is the total absence of DOGE and Elon Musk from the headlines after Trump's 100 days, very contrary to their ubiquity early on. Similarly, the security implications of Trump's recent embrace of Syria's President Al-Sharaa contradicts Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's views on Syria as evidenced by her tweets. Further, there are U-turns on tariffs.This means Trump is being mercurial as ever. Furthermore, there might be something to the idea that his family's embrace of crypto may have endeared Pakistan – which is making noises about supporting crypto at scale – to him. All this is red-pilling many about Trump. Indeed, he may be allowing short-term, commercial considerations to drive policy, which may return to haunt the US: that is exactly what Clinton, Bush, Obama et al did with respect to China.On the other hand, there are longer-term considerations, too. Pakistan is essentially a Potemkin nation, which has no particular reason to exist, other than it is being propped up. Initially, it was a British project for the Russian Great Game; then it was taken over by the US Deep State in order to fend off the Soviet Union. Pakistan was a “major non-NATO ally” (MNNA) according to Obama if I remember right, and earlier it was a member of CENTO and SEATO.The IMF loan to Pakistan, approved in the middle of the hostilities, is not surprising, either: this has happened before. In a way, it is a complicated money-laundering activity. Funds from somewhere (possibly Qatar) are channeled to Pakistan, which then buys American arms. Thus the Deep State Military Industrial Complex is the winner.With the end of the Afghanistan wars, Pakistan offers no obvious geographic and strategic value to the US. Unless, of course, the target is no longer Russia, but India. Perhaps in anticipation of its being a check on India, the US had helped Pakistan nuclearize, according to this archived article from the NYTimes: US and China Helped Pakistan Build Its Bomb, from a time when it was possibly more truthful. I am indebted to Brahma Chellaney for this link.This may suggest that Pakistan's nuclear ‘assets' are not theirs, but are managed by American crew. On the other hand, though, the greater possibility is that such assets are loaned by China. Pakistan is a fantastic force multiplier for China.Abhimanyu SyndromeThe bottom line, then, is that India is on its own: sort of an Abhimanyu Syndrome, with nobody to help. The most obvious ‘friend' is Japan (because of the China threat), but it is severely constrained by American red lines: see how there was not a murmur from the Quad after Pahalgam. India's very possible rise is in fact encouraging other powers to put it down: grow so much, but no farther.There really is no alternative for India but to industrialize, manufacture everything possible for its large internal market, and increase the level of strategic autonomy in everything it makes: no more dependence on third parties, which may feel free to use kill switches, or deny spares or components at will. In this round, India did surprisingly well with indigenous technology, and it has articulated a strategy of escalating deterrence. To put teeth into this, innovation at home must continue.Here's the AI-generated podcast about this episode from notebookLM.google.com: 1975 words, 22 May 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Vi gästas av Ellen, som berättar hur det gick i finalen av Falastinvision - den folkmordsfria sångtävlingen, vinnarlåten och bandet bakom! https://falastinvision.com/fv2025/Iranians-for-Palestine/ Förhands om musikalen Änglagård, som spelas på Malmö Arena, följs av mycket nyheter och det händer! Nyhetslänkar: rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/efter-thyberg-det-ska-du-beratta-pa-en-sakerhetsintervju Musik i programmet: Hind´s Hall - Macklemore Human, where are you? (”اِنسان، کُجایی تو؟”)- Iranians for Palestine Leva min dröm - Martin Stokke Mathisen I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry Minn hinsti dans - Pall Oskar Calypso Blues - Calypso Rose

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Jyme Nichols, Director of Nutrition at Bluebonnet Feeds and host of the Feed Room Chemist podcast, for an in-depth conversation about keeping your horse healthy from the inside out. We dive into hydration hacks for hauling and summer competition, break down the three key areas of the horse's digestive and metabolic system, and talk through common signs of hind gut health issues you don't want to overlook. Whether you're on the road or riding at home, this episode is packed with practical takeaways to help your horse feel and perform their best.Episode Resources:Hydrate and Recover: (Tub) Metabolic PH balancer and electrolyte supplementHydrate and Recover: (Travel Paste) Metabolic PH balancer and electrolyte supplementIntensify Omega Force: A low starch, nutrient-dense feed, great for horses in training

(0:00) Intro(2:08) Insaan par Aazmaish aane ki wajah kya hai?(5:11) Kaainat ka wajood kyun aur kaise hua?(6:45) Non-Muslim ka Sochna(7:48) Urdu se Rishta(8:55) Zamaane ke baray mein ghalat fehmi(13:54) Light jana Pakistan mein normal(14:04) Pakistan ko India se masla nahi?(14:40) Heart Attack kaise hota hai?(19:23) Insaan aksar kis umar mein tauba karta hai?(22:02) Gym mein bodybuilder ki death(23:21) NASA Videos aur “Sooraj ki garmi”(30:00) Machhar ki dunya(31:53) Allah ki be-aib takhleeq(33:56) Masjid committee ke Sadr bhai ki lambi zindagi(35:09) Ma'azoor bachon ki pedaish(36:03) Aazmaishon ki wajah kya ho sakti hai?(38:45) Aazmaishon ki 2 qisamain(39:35) Ijtimai aazmaish mein sabr kaise kiya jaye?(41:45) Pakistani Mentality during war(42:54) Mufti Sahab ko Pak Army ki fazilat bayan karne par -ve feedback(46:41) Indian Drone na girne par aitraz(47:59) India ne civilians par attack kyun kiya?(48:14) War mein mulk se ghaddari se bachne ka tareeqa(49:22) Wagah border par Mufti sb ki aamad(50:51) Indian Muslims ki miserable life(51:27) Modi ke zulm(52:25) War ki aazmaish(53:47) Ghar mein shishtem(54:52) Current Indian Govt se Pakistan dushmani(55:15) India-Pak war par Mufti sb ki naseehat to Pakistan(57:07) Fasadi khawateen ka tajziya(57:54) Mufti sb ke ghar mein war jaisa waqia(1:02:40) War ke dino mein positive soch rakhna(1:04:22) Khulasa bayanSawal Jawab(1:04:51) Rafee Bhai ke 2 sawalon ka jawab(1:09:53) Barri umr ki aurat ke liye kam umr mard ka rishta?(1:12:24) Jhooti qasam khane ka kaffara?(1:12:59) Baghloon ke baal saaf karne ka sunnat tareeqa(1:13:52) In 2 hadithon ka matlab?(1:15:02) Leetne se wudhu toot'ta hai?(1:15:44) Namaz qubool hone mein vehmi hona?(1:16:33) Wrestling se kamai halal hai?(1:17:31) Debit card par discount lena?(1:17:55) Lay palak bache ka masla(1:19:58) Brailvi imam ki peeche namaz parhna?(1:21:24) Mufti sb ka channel India mein ban(1:21:37) Pak-India war mein baandiyan(1:22:12) Martial arts ki dressing aur earnings?(1:24:17) Indian channels ke jhoot(1:26:39) Elections mein vote ka tareeqa (Pak-India)(1:27:56) Pak war memes — Mazahiya ya be-adabi?(1:28:50) 3 Sawalat(1:31:50) Hafiz ya Imam agar darhi na rakhe to?(1:33:56) Mufti Abdul Raheem sb ka recent bayan on Ghazwa-e-Hind(1:35:08) Qabar par tilawat ki niyyat se jana(1:36:20) Ghazwa, Jang aur Syria(1:37:05) Aise alfaaz se talaq ho jati hai?(1:38:48) Pak-India war mein Indian Muslims ki shahadat(1:40:55) 2 More Sawalat(1:43:00) Rukhsati se pehle talaq ka case(1:46:31) Jihad ka mauqa milne par(1:46:58) Agar dost beizzati kare to kya karein?(1:47:54) Burai se bachne ke liye shaadi(1:49:21) Hostel mein Brailvi roommate ko namaz padhne ka kaise kahain?(1:50:24) Mobile mein Qur'an padhna(1:50:29) Walaikum Assalam WRWB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hello Interactors,This week, the European Space Agency launched a satellite to "weigh" Earth's 1.5 trillion trees. It will give scientists deeper insight into forests and their role in the climate — far beyond surface readings. Pretty cool. And it's coming from Europe.Meanwhile, I learned that the U.S. Secretary of Defense — under Trump — had a makeup room installed in the Pentagon to look better on TV. Also pretty cool, I guess. And very American.The contrast was hard to miss. Even with better data, the U.S. shows little appetite for using geographic insight to actually address climate change. Information is growing. Willpower, not so much.So it was oddly clarifying to read a passage Christopher Hobson posted on Imperfect Notes from a book titled America by a French author — a travelogue of softs. Last week I offered new lenses through which to see the world, I figured I'd try this French pair on — to see America, and the world it effects, as he did.PAPER, POWER, AND PROJECTIONI still have a folded paper map of Seattle in the door of my car. It's a remnant of a time when physical maps reflected the reality before us. You unfolded a map and it innocently offered the physical world on a page. The rest was left to you — including knowing how to fold it up again.But even then, not all maps were neutral or necessarily innocent. Sure, they crowned capitals and trimmed borders, but they could also leave things out or would make certain claims. From empire to colony, from mission to market, maps often arrived not to reflect place, but to declare control of it. Still, we trusted it…even if was an illusion.I learned how to interrogate maps in my undergraduate history of cartography class — taught by the legendary cartographer Waldo Tobler. But even with that knowledge, when I was then taught how to make maps, that interrogation was more absent. I confidently believed I was mediating truth. The lines and symbols I used pointed to substance; they signaled a thing. I traced rivers from existing base maps with a pen on vellum and trusted they existed in the world as sure as the ink on the page. I cut out shading for a choropleth map and believed it told a stable story about population, vegetation, or economics. That trust was embodied in representation — the idea that a sign meant something enduring. That we could believe what maps told us.This is the world of semiotics — the study of how signs create meaning. American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce offered a sturdy model: a sign (like a map line) refers to an object (the river), and its meaning emerges in interpretation. Meaning, in this view, is relational — but grounded. A stop sign, a national anthem, a border — they meant something because they pointed beyond themselves, to a world we shared.But there are cracks in this seemingly sturdy model.These cracks pose this question: why do we trust signs in the first place? That trust — in maps, in categories, in data — didn't emerge from neutrality. It was built atop agendas.Take the first U.S. census in 1790. It didn't just count — it defined. Categories like “free white persons,” “all other free persons,” and “slaves” weren't neutral. They were political tools, shaping who mattered and by how much. People became variables. Representation became abstraction.Or Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish botanist who built the taxonomies we still use: genus, species, kingdom. His system claimed objectivity but was shaped by distance and empire. Linnaeus never left Sweden. He named what he hadn't seen, classified people he'd never met — sorting humans into racial types based on colonial stereotypes. These weren't observations. They were projections based on stereotypes gathered from travelers, missionaries, and imperial officials.Naming replaced knowing. Life was turned into labels. Biology became filing. And once abstracted, it all became governable, measurable, comparable, and, ultimately, manageable.Maps followed suit.What once lived as a symbolic invitation — a drawing of place — became a system of location. I was studying geography at a time (and place) when Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIScience was transforming cartography. Maps weren't just about visual representations; they were spatial databases. Rows, columns, attributes, and calculations took the place of lines and shapes on map. Drawing what we saw turned to abstracting what could then be computed so that it could then be visualized, yes, but also managed.Chris Perkins, writing on the philosophy of mapping, argued that digital cartographies didn't just depict the world — they constituted it. The map was no longer a surface to interpret, but a script to execute. As critical geographers Sam Hind and Alex Gekker argue, the modern “mapping impulse” isn't about understanding space — it's about optimizing behavior through it; in a world of GPS and vehicle automation, the map no longer describes the territory, it becomes it. Laura Roberts, writing on film and geography, showed how maps had fused with cinematic logic — where places aren't shown, but performed. Place and navigation became narrative. New York in cinema isn't a place — it's a performance of ambition, alienation, or energy. Geography as mise-en-scène.In other words, the map's loss of innocence wasn't just technical. It was ontological — a shift in the very nature of what maps are and what kind of reality they claim to represent. Geography itself had entered the domain of simulation — not representing space but staging it. You can simulate traveling anywhere in the world, all staged on Google maps. Last summer my son stepped off the train in Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in his life but knew exactly where he was. He'd learned it driving on simulated streets in a simulated car on XBox. He walked us straight to our lodging.These shifts in reality over centuries weren't necessarily mistakes. They unfolded, emerged, or evolved through the rational tools of modernity — and for a time, they worked. For many, anyway. Especially for those in power, seeking power, or benefitting from it. They enabled trade, governance, development, and especially warfare. But with every shift came this question: at what cost?FROM SIGNS TO SPECTACLEAs early as the early 1900s, Max Weber warned of a world disenchanted by bureaucracy — a society where rationalization would trap the human spirit in what he called an iron cage. By mid-century, thinkers pushed this further.Michel Foucault revealed how systems of knowledge — from medicine to criminal justice — were entangled with systems of power. To classify was to control. To represent was to discipline. Roland Barthes dissected the semiotics of everyday life — showing how ads, recipes, clothing, even professional wrestling were soaked in signs pretending to be natural.Guy Debord, in the 1967 The Society of the Spectacle, argued that late capitalism had fully replaced lived experience with imagery. “The spectacle,” he wrote, “is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images.”Then came Jean Baudrillard — a French sociologist, media theorist, and provocateur — who pushed the critique of representation to its limit. In the 1980s, where others saw distortion, he saw substitution: signs that no longer referred to anything real. Most vividly, in his surreal, gleaming 1986 travelogue America, he described the U.S. not as a place, but as a performance — a projection without depth, still somehow running.Where Foucault showed that knowledge was power, and Debord showed that images replaced life, Baudrillard argued that signs had broken free altogether. A map might once distort or simplify — but it still referred to something real. By the late 20th century, he argued, signs no longer pointed to anything. They pointed only to each other.You didn't just visit Disneyland. You visited the idea of America — manufactured, rehearsed, rendered. You didn't just use money. You used confidence by handing over a credit card — a symbol of wealth that is lighter and moves faster than any gold.In some ways, he was updating a much older insight by another Frenchman. When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s, he wasn't just studying law or government — he was studying performance. He saw how Americans staged democracy, how rituals of voting and speech created the image of a free society even as inequality and exclusion thrived beneath it. Tocqueville wasn't cynical. He simply understood that America believed in its own image — and that belief gave it a kind of sovereign feedback loop.Baudrillard called this condition simulation — when representation becomes self-contained. When the distinction between real and fake no longer matters because everything is performance. Not deception — orchestration.He mapped four stages of this logic:* Faithful representation – A sign reflects a basic reality. A map mirrors the terrain.* Perversion of reality – The sign begins to distort. Think colonial maps as logos or exclusionary zoning.* Pretending to represent – The sign no longer refers to anything but performs as if it does. Disneyland isn't America — it's the fantasy of America. (ironically, a car-free America)* Pure simulation – The sign has no origin or anchor. It floats. Zillow heatmaps, Uber surge zones — maps that don't reflect the world, but determine how you move through it.We don't follow maps as they were once known anymore. We follow interfaces.And not just in apps. Cities themselves are in various stages of simulation. New York still sells itself as a global center. But in a distributed globalized and digitized economy, there is no center — only the perversion of an old reality. Paris subsidizes quaint storefronts not to nourish citizens, but to preserve the perceived image of Paris. Paris pretending to be Paris. Every city has its own marketing campaign. They don't manage infrastructure — they manage perception. The skyline is a product shot. The streetscape is marketing collateral and neighborhoods are optimized for search.Even money plays this game.The U.S. dollar wasn't always king. That title once belonged to the British pound — backed by empire, gold, and industry. After World War II, the dollar took over, pegged to gold under the Bretton Woods convention — a symbol of American postwar power stability…and perversion. It was forged in an opulent, exclusive, hotel in the mountains of New Hampshire. But designed in the style of Spanish Renaissance Revival, it was pretending to be in Spain. Then in 1971, Nixon snapped the dollar's gold tether. The ‘Nixon Shock' allowed the dollar to float — its value now based not on metal, but on trust. It became less a store of value than a vessel of belief. A belief that is being challenged today in ways that recall the instability and fragmentation of the pre-WWII era.And this dollar lives in servers, not Industrial Age iron vaults. It circulates as code, not coin. It underwrites markets, wars, and global finance through momentum alone. And when the pandemic hit, there was no digging into reserves.The Federal Reserve expanded its balance sheet with keystrokes — injecting trillions into the economy through bond purchases, emergency loans, and direct payments. But at the same time, Trump 1.0 showed printing presses rolling, stacks of fresh bills bundled and boxed — a spectacle of liquidity. It was monetary policy as theater. A simulation of control, staged in spreadsheets by the Fed and photo ops by the Executive Branch. Not to reflect value, but to project it. To keep liquidity flowing and to keep the belief intact.This is what Baudrillard meant by simulation. The sign doesn't lie — nor does it tell the truth. It just works — as long as we accept it.MOOD OVER MEANINGReality is getting harder to discern. We believe it to be solid — that it imposes friction. A law has consequences. A price reflects value. A city has limits. These things made sense because they resist us. Because they are real.But maybe that was just the story we told. Maybe it was always more mirage than mirror.Now, the signs don't just point to reality — they also replace it. We live in a world where the image outpaces the institution. Where the copy is smoother than the original. Where AI does the typing. Where meaning doesn't emerge — it arrives prepackaged and pre-viral. It's a kind of seductive deception. It's hyperreality where performance supersedes substance. Presence and posture become authority structured in style.Politics is not immune to this — it's become the main attraction.Trump's first 100 days didn't aim to stabilize or legislate but to signal. Deportation as UFC cage match — staged, brutal, and televised. Tariff wars as a way of branding power — chaos with a catchphrase. Climate retreat cast as perverse theater. Gender redefined and confined by executive memo. Birthright citizenship challenged while sedition pardoned. Even the Gulf of Mexico got renamed. These aren't policies, they're productions.Power isn't passing through law. It's passing through the affect of spectacle and a feed refresh.Baudrillard once wrote that America doesn't govern — it narrates. Trump doesn't manage policy, he manages mood. Like an actor. When America's Secretary of Defense, a former TV personality, has a makeup studio installed inside the Pentagon it's not satire. It's just the simulation, doing what it does best: shining under the lights.But this logic runs deeper than any single figure.Culture no longer unfolds. It reloads. We don't listen to the full album — we lift 10 seconds for TikTok. Music is made for algorithms. Fashion is filtered before it's worn. Selfhood is a brand channel. Identity is something to monetize, signal, or defend — often all at once.The economy floats too. Meme stocks. NFTs. Speculative tokens. These aren't based in value — they're based in velocity. Attention becomes the currency.What matters isn't what's true, but what trends. In hyperreality, reference gives way to rhythm. The point isn't to be accurate. The point is to circulate. We're not being lied to.We're being engaged. And this isn't a bug, it's a feature.Which through a Baudrillard lens is why America — the simulation — persists.He saw it early. Describing strip malls, highways, slogans, themed diners he saw an America that wasn't deep. That was its genius he saw. It was light, fast paced, and projected. Like the movies it so famously exports. It didn't need justification — it just needed repetition.And it's still repeating.Las Vegas is the cathedral of the logic of simulation — a city that no longer bothers pretending. But it's not alone. Every city performs, every nation tries to brand itself. Every policy rollout is scored like a product launch. Reality isn't navigated — it's streamed.And yet since his writing, the mood has shifted. The performance continues, but the music underneath it has changed. The techno-optimism of Baudrillard's ‘80s an ‘90s have curdled. What once felt expansive now feels recursive and worn. It's like a show running long after the audience has gone home. The rager has ended, but Spotify is still loudly streaming through the speakers.“The Kids' Guide to the Internet” (1997), produced by Diamond Entertainment and starring the unnervingly wholesome Jamison family. It captures a moment of pure techno-optimism — when the Internet was new, clean, and family-approved. It's not just a tutorial; it's a time capsule of belief, staged before the dream turned into something else. Before the feed began to feed on us.Trumpism thrives on this terrain. And yet the world is changing around it. Climate shocks, mass displacement, spiraling inequality — the polycrisis has a body count. Countries once anchored to American leadership are squinting hard now, trying to see if there's anything left behind the screen. Adjusting the antenna in hopes of getting a clearer signal. From Latin America to Southeast Asia to Europe, the question grows louder: Can you trust a power that no longer refers to anything outside itself?Maybe Baudrillard and Tocqueville are right — America doesn't point to a deeper truth. It points to itself. Again and again and again. It is the loop. And even now, knowing this, we can't quite stop watching. There's a reason we keep refreshing. Keep scrolling. Keep reacting. The performance persists — not necessarily because we believe in it, but because it's the only script still running.And whether we're horrified or entertained, complicit or exhausted, engaged or ghosted, hired or fired, immigrated or deported, one thing remains strangely true: we keep feeding it. That's the strange power of simulation in an attention economy. It doesn't need conviction. It doesn't need conscience. It just needs attention — enough to keep the momentum alive. The simulation doesn't care if the real breaks down. 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durée : 03:00:21 - Le 6/9 - par : Ali Baddou, Marion L'hour, Benjamin Dussy, Mathilde Khlat, Elodie Royer - Aujourd'hui à 7h50 dans le 6/9, nous recevons Hind Meddeb, journaliste documentariste, auteure du documentaire “Soudan, souviens toi” en salles le 7 mai et 8h20, l'écrivain Dany Laferrière, nous rejoint, pour parler de son livre “Grand Intérieur Nuit” (Grasset). - réalisé par : Marie MéRIER

Direction : Abu Dhabi, la capitale fédérale des Émirats arabes unis, située dans l'émirat du même nom, le plus important de tous. Là se tient depuis 1981 une grande foire internationale du livre où sont annoncés aussi les prix littéraires Sheikh Zayed en hommage à l'homme d'État émirien, fondateur de l'union des sept Émirats en 1971. À l'occasion de ces deux événements, gros plan sur les liens entre la culture arabe et la culture française. Grand reportage sur place. C'est donc la 34e édition de la foire du livre international d'Abu Dhabi qui se déroule actuellement jusqu'au 5 mai. Considéré comme l'un des grands rendez-vous littéraires du monde arabe, cet événement rassemble cette année environ 1 500 exposants venus d'une centaine de pays. Du Proche et Moyen-Orient, mais également d'Asie, avec une participation importante de la Chine, jusqu'aux Caraïbes, invités d'honneur, sans oublier quelques éditeurs du continent africain et d'Europe. Si, bien entendu, la majorité des stands propose des livres en langue arable, il n'en reste pas moins que la langue française est aussi présente, comme en témoigne ce reportage.Intervenants : Robert Chaker, un des responsables de Culture & Co, la seule librairie française des Émirats arabes unis Frédérique Mehdi et Nisrine Al Zahre, de l'Institut du Monde arabe à ParisFocus sur le Prix Sheikh Zayed 2025.  Dr. Ali Bin Tamin, secrétaire général des Prix Sheikh Zayed Juergen Boos, membre du jury et président de la foire du livre de Francfort Rana Idriss, directrice des éditions Dar Al Adab à Beyrouth Latifa Labsir, écrivaine marocaine, lauréate du Prix Sheikh Zayed pour la jeunesse Hoda Barakat, écrivaine libanaise installée en France et lauréate du prix 2025 pour son roman en arabe Hind ou la plus belle femme du monde (traduction en français à venir)

L'émission 28 minutes du 30/04/2025 Plongée au cœur de la révolution de la jeunesse soudanaiseHind Meddeb commence à travailler comme journaliste en France, une profession dont elle se détourne considérant qu'"on ne peut pas dire certaines choses, on ne maîtrise pas son récit et nous sommes souvent dans la vitesse". Depuis, elle réalise des documentaires : "Soudan, souviens-toi", son dernier-né, sortira en salles le 7 mai. Elle y suit le soulèvement de la jeunesse soudanaise contre le régime d'Omar el-Béchir, de la révolution pacifique en 2019 au début de la guerre civile, en 2023. Peu médiatisé, le conflit a fait, depuis 2023, 150 000 morts et 13 millions de déplacés. La moitié de la population souffre également d'insécurité alimentaire aiguë due au conflit. Panne géante en Espagne et au Portugal : un monde sans électricité est-il possible ?Mardi 29 avril, à 12h33, cinq secondes auront suffi à plonger l'Espagne et le Portugal dans le noir. Pendant douze heures consécutives, la péninsule ibérique a vécu une panne électrique sans précédent : plus de feux de signalisation, de trains ou encore de télévision. Le courant est rétabli le lendemain sur 99 % du réseau espagnol et 95 % du réseau portugais. Mais les causes de cette panne restent pour l'heure inconnues. Alors que le spectre d'une cyberattaque s'éloigne, les regards se penchent sur le fonctionnement du réseau d'électricité espagnol. Il ne permet pas de transférer un trop-plein d'électricité, faute de raccords suffisants avec ses voisins. Une partie de l'électricité espagnole est générée par les énergies renouvelables, dont la production ne peut pas être régulée. Quelles leçons la France peut-elle tirer de cette panne ? Xavier Mauduit nous emmène au Cachemire et retrace l'histoire de cette région disputée, qui est le théâtre depuis la semaine dernière de tensions croissantes entre l'Inde et le Pakistan. Marie Bonnisseau nous raconte la résurrection de l'entreprise Duralex. Placée en redressement judiciaire il y a un an, elle souffle aujourd'hui avec vigueur ses 80 bougies. 28 minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Élisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement 30 avril 2025 Présentation Élisabeth Quin Production KM, ARTE Radio

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Rainer on mänginud värsket South of Midnighti, aga ei saa me üle ega ümber ka Nintendo Switch 2-st. Sest teada on nüüd selle Eesti hinnad ja veel hulgaliselt detaile, mida me eelmisel nädalal ei teadnud. Mõned uudised on veel mujalt ka. Rainer on mänginud üht huvitavat pinballi mängu ja Martin on läbi teinud paar väiksemat asja. Soovituseks on Humble Bundle'i boomer shooterite pakk. Lingilist: https://www.eurogamer.net/switch-2-has-10x-the-graphics-performance-of-the-ni ntendo-switch-claims-nvidia https://www.eurogamer.net/switch-2-edition-games-will-be-complete-on-the-card-without-a-download-nintendo-confirms https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-2-doesnt-actually-run-original-switch-games-natively https://www.eurogamer.net/hades-2-is-coming-to-switch-1-2-as-a-timed-console-exclusive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMOrd3X0wdE https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-nintendo-switch-exclusive-disney-game-is-coming-to-ps5/  

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This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 7th of April and here are today's headlines.Domestic benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plummeted over 5 per cent this morning, following a sharp decline in US futures triggered by United States President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs last week. The BSE's 30-share Sensex nosedived 5.19 per cent, dropping 3,914 points to open at 71,449.94. Meanwhile, the broader Nifty slipped 5 per cent, or 1,146.05 points, opening at 21,758.4.How Asian markets opened? As trading resumed Monday, Asian stock markets crashed and the sell-off was widespread with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 dropping nearly 8%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 falling over 6%, and South Korea's Kospi shedding 4.4%. Oil prices also continued their downward slide, with the US benchmark crude dropping 4 per cent. The sharp declines followed a massive meltdown on Wall Street on Friday, as Trump's tariffs and retaliatory measures from China stoked fears of a full-blown trade war and heightened concerns over a potential global economic recession. US companies with significant exposure to China saw some of the steepest losses.Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday said that he will take a call on listing petitions challenging the changes made to the waqf law. The CJI conveyed this to senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who brought up the matter before a Supreme Court bench presided by him. Sibal said that a petition had been filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, president of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, a body of Muslim clerics. The CJI pointed out that a system is already in place to request listing of cases by emailing the court and said it should be followed and oral mentioning should be avoided. Sibal said he had sent the email request, following which the CJI said that he will examine it in the afternoon.As Indian stock markets plunged 5 per cent, the Congress Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that both United States President Donald Trump and he are experts in causing “self-inflicted wounds” to their respective economies. The bloodbath tracking Asian markets came in the wake of concerns over escalation in trade wars following the reciprocal tariff announcements by the US. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh wrote: “It is no wonder that Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump describe themselves as good friends. Both are experts in giving their economies self-inflicted wounds.”Ahead of this year's Hajj pilgrimage, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to citizens of 14 countries. The government will refrain from the issuance of Umrah, business, and family visit visas until mid-June 2025, which coincides with the conclusion of Hajj. The ban comes amid efforts to manage overcrowding associated with the Hajj pilgrimage and to prevent individuals from attempting to perform Hajj without proper registration, as stated by Saudi officials. This measure aims to avert a recurrence of last year's Hajj stampede, which resulted from extreme heat and the influx of unregistered pilgrims. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has directed authorities to enhance visa regulations. According to the revised rules, the final day to apply for an Umrah visa this year is April 13, 2025. Furthermore, no new Umrah visas will be issued until after Hajj concludes.That's all for today. This was the CatchUp on 3 Things by The Indian Express.

Lõpuks ometi on see aeg käes ja me teame kõike Nintendo Switch 2 kohta! Hind, väljatulekukuupäev ja detailid esimeste mängude kohta! Peale Raineri ja Reinu on meil abis neid uudiseid analüüsimas üle pika aja Euronicsi mängupoole spetsialist Jan Rist.  Peale Switchi on meil ka mõni mänguteemalise filmi uudis ja Rainer jätkab seikluseid Assassins Creed: Shadowsi maailmas.    Lingid:  https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-everything-we-know-after-the-direct-announcement-195136505.html https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/all-the-nintendo-switch-2-games/2900-6128/#3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO2hj2jsjd4 https://www.eurogamer.net/new-resident-evil-film-will-be-unlike-any-of-the-previous-adaptations-says-director-as-euphoria-actor-eyed-for-starring-role

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La condamnation de Marine Le Pen dans l'affaire des assistants parlementaires européens a également un impact politique sur le statut de Jordan Bardella. Pour Ruth Elkrief, c'est l'enfant sacrifié de l'affaire parce que, de fait, il n'y a pas réellement de plan B comme Bardella. Elle se dit frappée par l'annonce de Marine Le Pen au JT 20H de TF1, qui a écarté la mise sur orbite à sa place de son dauphin. Même si Jordan Bardella ne possède pas la même expérience que Marine Le Pen, elle affirme que les électeurs sont déjà intégrés qu'il est un remplaçant possible, 35 à 36 % des intentions de vote pour le 1er tour. François Lenglet a évoqué une étude qui montre que la France est redevenue un pays d'héritiers. La part de la fortune héritée dans le patrimoine total est passée de 35 % dans les années 70 à 60 % aujourd'hui. D'après lui, cette fortune se concentre surtout sur les tranches d'âge les plus âgées. Les héritages passent des très vieux au vieux. Cela a été rendu possible grâce à la paix. La longue période de paix qui a suivi fige les statuts sociaux. La croissance des inégalités de patrimoine, c'est le résultat de nombreuses forces très difficile à contrer par la seule augmentation de la fiscalité sur l'héritage, conclut-il. Abnousse Shalmani est revenue sur la nomination de Hind Kabawat, l'opposante historique à Bachar Al-Assad, au poste de ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail du nouveau gouvernement syrien samedi soir. C'est non seulement la seule femme du gouvernement, mais aussi la seule chrétienne. Elle incarne une Syrie inclusive qui pourrait offrir une réelle opportunité de bâtir une nouvelle Syrie. Du lundi au vendredi, à partir de 18h, David Pujadas apporte toute son expertise pour analyser l'actualité du jour avec pédagogie.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Hannah Hurnard, author of the classic "Hind's Feet in High Places," ultimately embraced unorthodox beliefs, including reincarnation and universalism. Despite her initial appeal in Christian literature, her later writings reveal a drift into apostasy. This serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of straying from sound doctrine and true faith.Links mentionedChristianity Today did a short bio of her lifeHere is a longer treatment of Hannah's life, "FROM HIGH PLACES TO HERESY: Evaluating the Writings of Hannah Hurnard", by G. Richard Fisher.Further ReadingApostasy from the Gospel, book by John OwenApostasy and how it Happens, essay by Sinclair FergusonWhat is an Apostate? short answer by John MacArthur

Sovjetunionens invasion av Afghanistan den 24 december 1979 inledde ett tio år långt blodigt krig och en ny konfrontation mellan väst och öst under kalla kriget. Det tidigare samförståndet efter Kubakrisen 1962 var nu borta, och USA rustade för att knäcka Sovjet.Kriget i Afghanistan bidrog på många sätt till att undergräva den sovjetiska regimen och den slutliga kollapsen av Sovjetunionen. Men innan dess hade 14 500 sovjetiska soldater stupat, och någonstans mellan 75 000 och 90 000 mujaheddin-gerillasoldater hade dödats. Därtill kom en formidabel humanitär katastrof, där mer än fem miljoner människor tvingades på flykt utanför landet och ytterligare två miljoner inom landets gränser. Beräkningar uppskattar att minst en miljon civila miste livet i konflikten.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden tar Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved sig an ett krig som är mer aktuellt än någonsin med tanke på Ukrainakriget. Högst aktuella är de beordrade utskrivningarna av reservister i Ryssland till kriget i Ukraina. Förlusterna och utskrivningarna under kriget i Afghanistan på 1980-talet ledde till några av de första riktigt öppna protesterna mot den sovjetiska regimen. Vid utskrivningar och, inte minst, begravningar av stupade samlades anhöriga och andra för att protestera på ett sätt som tidigare varit otänkbart.Kriget inleddes efter att en kommunistisk kupp i Kabul fört Hafizullah Amin till makten. Sovjetledarna ville ersätta honom med en mer lojal regim och samtidigt krossa den gerilla som bekämpade centralmakten i Kabul. Det handlade om att få kontroll över ett strategiskt viktigt gränsområde och förhindra en regim man inte litade på. När invasionen inleddes var en av de första åtgärderna den omedelbara likvideringen av Amin och skapandet av en ny marionettregering.Trots att mer än 100 000 sovjetiska soldater deltog i kriget och trots Sovjets överlägsna militärteknik lyckades de aldrig ta fullständig kontroll över landet. I de avlägsna bergstrakterna – som utgjorde omkring 80 procent av Afghanistans yta – kunde olika mujaheddin-grupper successivt bygga upp sin styrka och så småningom samordna sin kamp mot inkräktarna. I skyddade baser, särskilt i Pakistan, genomfördes utbildning, medan frivilliga strömmade till och vapen levererades från bland annat USA, som såg sin chans att underminera Sovjetunionens krigföring.De sovjetiska styrkorna var starkt beroende av vägnätet, vilket gjorde dem sårbara för plötsliga eldöverfall. Soldaterna var tränade för blixtkrigföring på de mellaneuropeiska slätterna, där stridsvagnar, artilleri och flyg kunde samverka effektivt. Men i Afghanistans bergiga terräng var deras utrustning illa anpassad, och de hade svårt att hantera gerillans smidiga taktik. De dåliga vägarna försvårade snabba förflyttningar, och motståndarna kunde slå till snabbt och sedan försvinna. Stridsmoralen bland de sovjetiska soldaterna sjönk, och alkohol och droger blev allt vanligare i leden.Under mitten av 1980-talet började den sovjetiska armén trots allt få viss kontroll över striderna, mycket tack vare nya attackhelikoptrar. Som svar på detta fick mujaheddin från 1986 tillgång till amerikanska STINGER-robotar, som enkelt kunde bäras av enskilda soldater och visade sig mycket effektiva mot de sovjetiska HIND-helikoptrarna. Kriget ebbade ut i takt med Sovjets successiva nedmontering, och det slutliga sovjetiska uttåget skedde i februari 1989. Kort därefter kastades Afghanistan in i ett inbördeskrig.Lyssna också på Sovjetunionens sammanbrott.Bild: Sovjetiska styrkor efter att ha erövrat några Mujahideen 1985. Wikipedia, Public Domain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ralph welcomes New York Times journalist, David Enrich, author of “Murder the Truth” an in-depth exposé of the attack on freedom of the press as protected by the landmark Supreme Court decision “Sullivan v. The New York Times.” Also, Professor Michael Graetz a leading authority on tax politics and policy joins to discuss his book “The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America.” Plus, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, updates us on his latest efforts to push for the impeachment of Donald Trump.David Enrich is the business investigations editor for The New York Times. He writes about the intersection of law and business, including the power wielded by giant corporate law firms and the changing contours of the First Amendment and libel law. His latest book is titled Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, an in-depth exposé of the broad campaign—orchestrated by elite Americans—to overturn sixty years of Supreme Court precedent, weaponize our speech laws, and silence dissent.When all the institutions are crushed by a dictator in the White House, it's only the people that can save the people.Ralph NaderThe interesting thing was that Fox, and these other right-wing outlets for years had been kind of banging the drum against New York Times v. Sullivan and against the protections that many journalists have come to count on. And then they get sued and their immediate fallback is to very happily cite New York Times v. Sullivan.David EnrichThese threats and these lawsuits have become an extremely popular weapon among everyone from the President down to mayors, city council members, local real estate development companies, on and on and on…And the direct result of that will be that powerful people, companies, organizations, institutions are going to be able to do bad things without anyone knowing about it.David EnrichPeople keep asking me what they can do, what they should do. And I think the answer is really to try and understand these issues. They're complicated, but they're also getting deliberately misframed and misrepresented often, especially on the right, but sometimes not on the right. And I think it's really important for people to understand the importance of New York Times v. Sullivan, and to understand the grave threats facing journalists, especially at the local level right now, and the consequences that could have for our democracy.David EnrichMichael Graetz is professor emeritus at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School and a leading authority on tax politics and policy. He served in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy and is the author and coauthor of many books, including Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth and The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right. His latest book is The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America.I spent a lot of time asking people to name the most important political and social movements of the last half century. And no surprise, they named the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the LGBTQ movement, the Christian Evangelical movement, the MAGA movement lately, but no one ever mentioned the anti-tax movement. And unlike the other movements I've named, the anti-tax movement is really the only one that has not suffered a serious setback in the past half century.Michael GraetzThe anti-tax movement has always relied on a false dichotomy between “us” (those who pay taxes) and “them” (those who receive government benefits).Michael GraetzThe Democrats now don't want to tax 98% of the people and the Republicans don't want to tax 100% of the people and the question is: how do you get anywhere with those kinds of firm “no new taxes” pledges? And that's a problem. And I think it's a problem that the Democrats have fallen into basically based on the success of the Republicans antitax coalition.Michael GraetzYou're going to see individuals' budgets pinched because the federal government refuses to treat its budget with any degree of seriousness.Michael GraetzThe label they use to justify tax cuts for the rich and the corporate they call them the “job creators.” Well, that has not been proven at all.Ralph NaderBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.Certainly, the current Congress is not going to act without citizen involvement, pressure, clamoring that they do something to save the processes which are the heart and soul of our civilization as opposed to the law of the jungle.Bruce FeinNews 3/19/251. The AP reports that on Tuesday Israel broke the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, launching airstrikes that have killed over 400 Palestinians. These strikes, which have killed mostly women and children, are described as “open-ended and expected to expand.” This new offensive began the same day Prime Minister Netanyahu was scheduled to appear in court to provide testimony in his corruption trial; according to Israeli broadcaster KAN News, Netanyahu used the surprise attack to annul this court date.2. This new offensive endangers the lives of some two dozen Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. These hostages would have been released as part of the prisoner exchanges brokered through the ceasefire agreement. In order to dissuade further escalation, journalist Dimi Reider reports “Israeli hostage families are trying to make a human chain around Gaza to physically block a ground incursion.” This human chain includes prominent Israeli activist Einav Zangauker, whose son is still held in Gaza and who has made herself an implacable opponent of Netanyahu.3. On the home front, a new round of state-backed repression is underway, targeted at pro-Palestine activists on college and university campuses. The Mahmoud Khalil case has received perhaps the most attention and with good reason. Khalil is a legal permanent resident of the United States and is married to a U.S. citizen who is eight months pregnant. He has long been active in pro-Palestine organizing at the college, which White House officials have claimed make him a “threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.” The Trump administration has refused to honor Khalil's Constitutional rights – including refusing to let him meet with his lawyer – and has admitted that they are persecuting him on the basis of political speech, a clear-cut violation of the First Amendment. A White House official explicitly told the Free Press, “The allegation…is not that he was breaking the law.” In addition to Khalil however, Columbia has taken the opportunity to expel, suspend and revoke the degrees of 22 students involved in the Hind's Hall occupation last year, per the Middle East Eye. This raft of penalizations includes the expulsion of Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. Per the UAW, “the firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University.” The timing of this expulsion is suspicious to say the least.4. Yet, even in the face of such repression, pro-Palestine campus activism perseveres. Democracy Now! reports that on March 14th, Harvard Law School students “overwhelmingly passed a referendum calling on Harvard to divest its more than $50 billion endowment from ‘weapons, surveillance technology, and other companies aiding violations of international humanitarian law, including Israel's genocide in Gaza and its ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine.'” The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee adds that the referendum passed with approximately 73% of the vote, an unquestionably decisive margin. Even still, the university is unlikely to even consider adopting the resolution.5. The resilience of student activists in the face of state-backed repression highlights the fecklessness of elected Democrats. The political leadership of New York for example has not mobilized to defend Mahmoud Khalil from authoritarian overreach by the federal government. Even locally, none of the current mayoral hopefuls – a rather underwhelming lot including the comically corrupt incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, infamous for killing thousands of seniors via his Covid policies and for the pervasive culture of sexual harassment in his office – have forcefully spoken up for Khalil. That is except for Zohran Mamdani, the DSA-endorsed mayoral candidate steadily climbing in the polls thanks to his popular message and well-crafted political ads. His advocacy on behalf of Khalil seems to have won him the support of perhaps the most principled progressive in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, who likewise is leading the meager Congressional effort to pressure the administration to rescind the disappearance of Khalil.6. In light of their anemic response to Trump and Trumpism, Democratic discontent is reaching a boiling point. A flashpoint emerged last week when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer opted not to fight the Republican budget proposal and vote for cloture instead of shutting down the government. Democratic voters were so incensed by this decision that Schumer was forced to postpone his book tour and the Democratic Party registered its lowest ever approval ratings, with just seven percent of voters saying they have a “very positive” view of the party. As this debacle unfolded, House Democrats were at a retreat in Leesburg, Virginia where AOC “slammed…[Schumer's]…decision to ‘completely roll over and give up on protecting the Constitution.'” One member told CNN Democrats in Leesburg were “so mad” that even centrists were “ready to write checks for AOC for Senate.” And Pass the Torch, the grassroots progressive group that called for President Biden withdraw from the 2024 campaign is now calling for Schumer to resign as minority leader, the Hill reports. In their statement, the group writes “[Schumer's] sole job is to fight MAGA's fascist takeover of our democracy — instead, he's directly enabling it. Americans desperately need a real opposition party to stand up to Trump.”7. In the early evening on Tuesday March 18th, Trump unlawfully dismissed the two remaining Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, POLITICO reports. One Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, tweeted “The President just illegally fired me.” Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was also ousted from her post. In her statement, she wrote that her dismissal violated “the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent. Why? Because…[Trump] is afraid of what I'll tell the American people.” Trump similarly violated the law when he dismissed National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox who filed a lawsuit which prevailed in federal district court. POLITICO reports she returned to work last week. Biden's superstar FTC Chair Lina Khan, already ousted by Trump, commented “The @FTC must enforce the law without fear or favor. The administration's illegal attempt to fire Commissioners Slaughter & Bedoya is a disturbing sign that this FTC won't. It's a gift to corporate lawbreakers that squeeze American consumers, workers, and honest businesses.” On March 19th, Bedoya added “Don't worry…We are still commissioners. We're suing to make that clear for everyone.”8. Trump's radical deregulatory agenda could not come at a worse time. Amid a streak of horrific aviation accidents and incidents, it now appears that Elon Musk is seeking to permanently worm his way into the Federal Aviation Administration. Forbes reports that the Campaign Legal Center has filed a legal complaint with the Office of the Inspector General of the Transportation Department alleging that Musk may have violated conflict of interest laws through his “involvement with a deal between the Federal Aviation Administration and his own company Starlink.” Per the Washington Post, the FAA is “close to canceling” its existing $2.4 billion contract with Verizon in favor of working with Starlink, and according to the legal complaint, Musk “appears to have personally and substantially participated” in these negotiations. This matter will have to play out in court, but the risks are very real. As Representative Greg Casar put it, “Musk is trying to make our air traffic control system ‘dependent' on him by integrating his equipment, which has not gone through security and risk-management review. It's corruption. And it's dangerous.”9. In more Musk news, President Trump has announced that he will institute a new rule classifying any attack on Tesla dealers as domestic terrorism, Reuters reports. This comes in response to the peaceful, so-called “Tesla Takedown” protests, which urge participants to “Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines.” Any connection between the protests and isolated cases of vandalism against Teslas or Tesla dealerships is tenuous at most. Instead, this theatrical display of support for the auto manufacturer seems to be a response Tesla's declining stock value. Reuters reports “Tesla's market capitalization has more than halved since hitting an all-time high of $1.5 trillion on December 17, erasing most of the gains the stock made after Musk-backed Trump won the U.S. election in November.” It seems unlikely that invoking the iron fist of the state against peaceful protestors will do much to buoy Tesla's market position.10. Finally, in a humiliating bit of tragic irony, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long maintained a personal brand as a crusader against junk food, is being deployed by the Trump administration to boost the fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake. Ostensibly, the endorsement is predicated on the chain using beef tallow rather than seed oils to prepare their French fries – the company called it “RFK'ing the fries” – yet even that claim appears shaky. According to NBC, “the chain's move inspired some in the [Make America Healthy Again] world to look deeper… finding that [Steak ‘n Shake's] fries were precooked in seed oils.” Nevertheless, RFK's endorsement has been echoed by many others in Trump-world, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kari Lake, Charlie Kirk, and others. NBC adds that in February, Tesla announced it had signed a deal to build charging stations at Steak 'n Shake locations. Funny how Musk's fingers seem to appear in every pie, or in this case grasping at every tallow French fry.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

En este episodio hablaremos del Bhagavad Gita, el texto que revolucionó la filosofía hindú y que hasta la fecha es uno de los más importantes en la filosofía oriental. Hablaremos de sus temas principales y le daremos un poco de contexto histórico a este texto tan importante para el yoga. ¡Espero te inspire!

Yapay zeka ile hazırlanan Siyer podcast serimizin 10. bölümünde, Mekke'nin fethinin İslam tarihindeki dönüm noktasını ele alıyoruz. Hz. Peygamber'in (s.a.v) yıllar sonra özlem duyduğu beldeye dönüşü, Kabe'nin putlardan arındırılması ve tarihe geçen büyük af… Ayrıca, Halid bin Velid'in (r.a) Mute'deki ilk savaş dehası, Ebû Süfyan'ın (r.a) iman edişi, Vahşi ve Hind'in pişmanlık dolu dönüşü ve İkrime'nin (r.a) mucizevi kurtuluşu gibi önemli olayları detaylıca inceliyoruz. Mekke'nin kapıları açıldığında kimler kurtuluşu seçti, kimler direndi? Bu bölümde, tarihî dönüm noktalarına ve Peygamber Efendimiz'in (s.a.v) merhametine yakından şahit olacaksınız. Kaçırmamak için dinlemeyi, takip etmeyi ve bildirimleri açmayı unutmayın!

Welcome to Episode 153 of The Scale Model Podcast Sponsored by CultTVMan and Sean's Custom Model Tools HostsStuartTerryGeoffThanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.***************************************LATEST NEWS48 in 48 hour build March 14-16thHeritagecon 17 March 23rd***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com.Hey guys,Not really sure how often you guys get feedback on the literature section of the podcast but I just wanted to reach out and say thank you.I recently finished Chris Hadfield's “The Defector” and I was worried about where I would get my next space fix from. The Apollo series he created is amazing from my point of view.But in the meantime, Baxter will scratch that itch!Keep up the great work,Tyler ***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSMaster Box's two new kits of March/AprilThe Ohio & a brand new Hind from Trumpeter in MarchTwo 48th scale german WWII icons from Hobbyboss in MarchField guns of WWI from different countries1/24 TAMIYA SCALE RENAULT 5 TURBO RALLYSd.Kfz.165 Hummel 1/16Ferrari 412T2 from Model Factory Hiro1-72 Northrop M2-F3 from AMP1/35 ARTPLA Maschinen Krieger P.K.A. Kangaroo (2 Kits) & Maintenance CrewNew 48th scale US Weapon Loading Cart Set from Zimi ModelHobbyboss April update, a 1/350 Lord Clive gunship What's new at Scalemates.com ***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man***************************************WHAT'S ON THE BENCHStuart - Work continues on the 1/48 Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind. Pick up several items from an estate sale, including a 1/700 escort carrier, a 1/72 Airfix A26, a 1/72nd P61 Black Widow and several Matchbox 1/76 armor kits.Geoff - Finished a little Polish light plane in 1/72, just because it was so tiny, then started an even smaller Soviet seaplane from WW2. Also picked up a few kits from the same estate sale, including the old Airfix Refueling Set and Recovery Set, a Matchbox Victor K2, a Heller Douglas DC 6B, a tiny Airfix bag kit of the Cessna Bird Dog and several more!Terry - getting final pictures sorted out for the Moosaroo. I suppose I can reveal it now. Also I'll get the Phalanx assembled for some final touches. The Crusher Joe Harpy is in the same spot, those should both be done by the weekend. Probably. Beyond that, deciding on the next shelf queen to finish, assembling some Reaper Minis dragons since I'm back in a bit of the mythical beasts painting groove.[foogallery id="3921"]***************************************WHAT WE ARE READINGStuart - Still working on Stephen Baxter's TracesGeoff - reading? What's “reading”?Terry - Adam Savage's Every Tool's a Hammer. My friend Emily said it was very good and gave me her copy. So far it is. More from his approaches to starting and maintaining projects, asking for and giving help etc. I've implemented his checklist approach at work and it's pretty useful. Reading the second to most recent light novel of My Happy Marriage, and while different from the anime in organization it's every bit as good. ***************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools ***************************************THINGS WE'VE SEENMatters of Scale detail bits. I've ordered the P-47 engines and some B-26 parts. ***************************************THE LAST WORD For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.comPlease leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we're doing!Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website. Inbox reviews are available at http://blackfire.ca/We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble 

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Observer's Calendar for March 2025 on Episode 472 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I'm Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.   March 4th is Pancake Tuesday March 5 - Moon 0.6-degrees N of Pleiades but 6-7 degrees E of M45 for us March 6 - Lunar X & V visible March 7 - Lunar straight wall and Walther Sunrise Ray visible on Moon March 8 - Mercury at greatest evening elongation 18-degrees from Sun in W. &  Mars 1.7 degrees S of Moon March 9 - Jewelled Handle Visible on Moon March 11 - 2 Satellites Visible on Jupiter at 8:42 pm EST March 12 - Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition m=9.5 - Discovered by Hind in 1847 is is the innermost large asteroid and the seventh brightest. Name was proposed by John Herschel for the latin goddess of flowers and gardens. Parent of the Flora family of asteroids. Mixture of silicate rock, nickel-iron metal. March 12 - also, - Wargetin Pancake Visible on Moon March 13 - M 93 well placed this evening March 14 - Lunar Eclipse for NA - Just before Midnight on the 13…for us it's best around 2:45 CST. March 20 - Spring Equinox March 22 - Zodiacal Light becomes visible for a. Couple weeks in W evening sky March 23 - large tides this week March 24 - Mare Orientale visible on Moon - 6am March 27 - 2579 nebula and cluster well placed for observing this evening - Galaxy NGC 2784 March 28 - Friday, best weekend this year for Messier Marathon March 29 - Partial Solar Eclipse - Centred on Northern Labrador and Baffin Island. - Gegenschein visible from a very Dark Site high in S at midnight March 30 - More Large Tides - Sirius B, “The Pup” - Current separation about 11 arc seconds max in 50 years. https://www.rasc.ca/sirius-b-observing-challenge   Concluding Listener Message: Please subscribe and share the show with other stargazers you know and send us show ideas, observations and questions to actualastronomy@gmail.com   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

In this episode of the C-Suite Series of the Big Careers, Small Children podcast, Verena Hefti MBE speaks with Steph Hind, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Heka, an employee wellbeing platform.Steph shares her journey of scaling a business while raising two young children, the lessons she learned from not taking maternity leave with her first child, and how she ultimately restructured her leadership style to prioritise wellbeing, family, and sustainable success.Together, they discuss:Why burnout isn't a badge of honour and how to avoid it.The challenges of running a company with your partner and setting boundaries.Why many women founders feel pressured to skip maternity leave, and how this must change.How parenthood can make you a more decisive and efficient leader.The practical steps leaders can take to switch off and be fully present with their families.This insightful and honest conversation is for anyone navigating leadership, entrepreneurship, and family life without wanting to sacrifice wellbeing in the process.What You'll Learn in This Episode:✔️ How to set boundaries at work and at home - without guilt.✔️ Why taking breaks makes you a better leader and business owner.✔️ The power of switching off: Why Steph removed work apps from her phone.✔️ How to manage the pressures of leadership while prioritising family.✔️ Why parenthood can be an advantage in business and not a barrier.✔️ How to build a supportive culture that values wellbeing and performance.✔️ Practical strategies for avoiding burnout and staying present.Show Notes:Connect with Steph Hind on LinkedInLearn more about Heka Learn more about the Leaders Plus: Big Careers, Small Children podcast and explore additional resources at leadersplus.org.Follow Leaders Plus on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Bluesky.Connect with our CEO, Verena Hefti MBE on LinkedIn.Find out more about the work of Leaders Plus by signing up to our Newsletter.Our multi-award-winning Leaders Plus Fellowships support parents committed to career growth while enjoying family life. Expertly designed to keep parents on the leadership path, our programme tackles gender pay gap issues and empowers parents to thrive. Learn more here: Leaders Plus Fellowship.More BCSC episodes you might love:Episode 199: (C-Suite Series) Elizabeth Willetts - How to Break the Glass Ceiling While Juggling Career Ambitions and Parenthood

At the beginning of the Pandemic, we met Eric Greening. He wanted to start a craft cannabis operation just outside our hometown of Dauphin. We check in with Eric and see how pandemic construction has been going, and as a preview for our eventual facility tour! Trevor and Kirk also discuss what Trevor is and is not allowed to tell patients about cannabis as a pharmacist.Our My Cannabis story is HiND. They make special jars for your cannabis and other fashion items.Greencraft Cannabis - WebsiteEric Greening- LinkedInHiND - WebsiteMusic by:Emma Peterson - Hurt Like Hell - YouTube(Yes we got a SOCAN membership to use this song all legal and proper like)Additional Music:Desiree Dorion desireedorion.comMarc Clement - FacebookTranscripts, papers and so much more at: reefermed.ca

Two bright orange stars pass high across the south this evening: Betelgeuse, at the shoulder of Orion the hunter; and Aldebaran, the eye of the bull, well to its upper right. An even redder star perches below Orion’s feet, although you need binoculars or a telescope to see it. Hind’s Crimson Star is one of the most remarkable stars in the galaxy. It pulses in and out like a beating heart. Each beat changes the star’s size by tens of millions of miles. The star is quite near the end of its life. It no longer produces nuclear reactions in its core, although it does produce them in a thin shell around the core. At a minimum, Hind’s Crimson Star is hundreds of times wider than the Sun. But the star is unstable. The energy from the shell around the core heats the star’s outer layers, causing them to puff up. As these layers expand, they cool, then fall inward again. Each cycle takes about 14 months. The surface of the star is so cool that it shines reddish orange. But that’s not the only reason for its color. A lot of carbon has been dredged from its interior and pulled to the surface. The carbon absorbs blue light, enhancing the red. Some of the carbon and other elements are being blown into space, forming a cloud of dust grains around the star. Eventually, the star’s outer layers will all blow away, leaving only its hot, dense core – a tiny stellar corpse known as a white dwarf. Script by Damond Benningfield

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La ciudad india de Prayag (también conocida como Prayagraj o por su antiguo nombre musulmán, Allahabad) es destino durante estos días de la mayor peregrinación del planeta, la mayor reunión de personas de la historia de la humanidad. Atraídos por la confluencia de los ríos Ganges, Yamuna y el mítico Saraswati, cuatrocientos millones de individuos se movilizan desde todos los rincones del país y del mundo. Su objetivo es bañarse en unas aguas que, según la creencia hindú, procuran la inmortalidad. Para comprender este apabullante fenómeno que se repite en ciclos de 12 años, caminamos junto a Javier Hernández Sinde, autor del libro 'Kumbha Mela, peregrinación a la inmortalidad' (Universo de Letras). Nos acompañan también el escritor, periodista y profesor Narén Herrero, autor de 'Kumbha Mela, la celebración espiritual más grande del mundo' (Kairós), y el sacerdote Juan Carlos Ramchandani (Krishna Kripa Dasa), presidente de la Federación Hindú de España. Con todos ellos esbozamos un retrato de este "festival de la jarra", que se articula en torno al Triveni Sangam, la triple convergencia de cauces sagrados en esta localidad del estado de Uttar Pradesh. Contamos además con la mirada de dos fotógrafos: Gabriel Brau, que recogió con su cámara la cita de 2013, y Alberto Díaz Calvo, inmerso en la presente edición de 2025. Nadie quiere perderse las procesiones del baño, protagonizadas por los llamativos naga babas, ascetas desnudos cubiertos de ceniza. No menos espectacular es el desafío de alojar a los cientos de millones de peregrinos que pasarán por Prayag hasta finales de febrero, para lo que se ha levantado una descomunal ciudad efímera de 40 kilómetros cuadrados conocida como Kumbh Nagri.Escuchar audio

Hace un año, la historia de Hind Rajab atrajo la atención mundial. Un comité de la ONU afirmó que militares israelíes fueron responsable de la muerte de la niña, sus familiares y dos paramédicos. El ejército israelí dice que el caso "aún está bajo revisión".

1-Per non dimenticare. Un anno senza la piccola Hind uccisa a Gaza dall'esercito israeliano. La sua telefonata per chiedere aiuto commosse il mondo. 2-Accusò Trump di deriva autoritaria. L'ex capo dell'esercito Mark Milley verrà privato della scorta e del nullaosta di sicurezza. 3-Ucraina. La Russia punta a conquistare l'intera regione di Donestk in vista di un possibile negoziato. Il punto di Esteri. 4-Serbia, la protesta degli studenti non si ferma nonostante le dimissioni del premier Milos Vucevic. (Massimo Moratti – OBC) 5-Romanzo a fumetti. Ginette Kolinka, il graphic novel di Aurore d'Hondt. Quasi centenaria Kolinka è una delle ultime sopravvissute della Shoah in Francia.

Belgian Lebanese activist Dyab Abou Jahjah, the founder of the Hind Rajab Foundation, discusses how the organization seeks to hold Israeli soldiers accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Named after a 6-year-old girl who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza almost a year ago, the Hind Rajab Foundation uses evidence gathered from soldiers' own social media to build cases against them. The group recently filed a complaint against a soldier in Brazil, leading a local judge to issue an arrest warrant for him that he only avoided by fleeing to Argentina. “Unfortunately, the Israeli government smuggled the soldier out of Brazil, which is, of course, obstructing justice,” Abou Jahjah tells Democracy Now! “We are relentless in seeking justice, and we are very convinced that one day justice also will be served in a court of law.”

Belgian Lebanese activist Dyab Abou Jahjah, the founder of the Hind Rajab Foundation, discusses how the organization seeks to hold Israeli soldiers accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Named after a 6-year-old girl who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza almost a year ago, the Hind Rajab Foundation uses evidence gathered from soldiers' own social media to build cases against them. The group recently filed a complaint against a soldier in Brazil, leading a local judge to issue an arrest warrant for him that he only avoided by fleeing to Argentina. “Unfortunately, the Israeli government smuggled the soldier out of Brazil, which is, of course, obstructing justice,” Abou Jahjah tells Democracy Now! “We are relentless in seeking justice, and we are very convinced that one day justice also will be served in a court of law.”

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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on Feb. 16, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. Six-year-old Hind Rajab spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services, crying for help, stranded in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Her relatives were killed while trying to escape. 12 days later, she was found dead. What happened after Hind’s phone line went dark? In this episode: Nebal Farsakh (@FarsakhNebal), Director of Media at the Palestine Red Crescent Society Rana Faqih, Dispatcher for the Palestine Red Crescent Society Hisham Mhanna (@MhannaHesham), ICRC Spokesperson in Gaza Episode credits: This episode was updated by Noor Wazwaz. The original production team was Amy Walters, Fahrinisa Campana, Sarí el-Khalili, Miranda Lin, and our host, Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

South Africa has had its share of UFO reports, and thanks to Zimbabwe-based researcher Cynthia Hind, who put out UFO Afrinews from July 1988 to July 2000, we have a record of many of them. In the 1970s, Charles Bowen, the editor of London-based Flying Saucer Review, also had his eye on South Africa, and in the January-February 1973 issue, he mentions a flap there that, according to him, began in July 1972. Along with other reports, he presents a newspaper account of a dramatic case involving a UFO that seemingly damaged a tennis court in the town of Rosmead in the Eastern Cape Province. Hind gives details of the case in the first issue of UFO Afrinews, calling it “perhaps my best case” when it comes to physical trace cases and references her book, UFOs: African Encounters, as the source. Read more →Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-ufo--5922140/support.

12/09/2024 EPISODE 65 - "CLASSIC HOLIDAY FILMS: FUN BEHIND THE SCENES FACTS" We all know the iconic Holiday movies like “A Christmas Carol,” “It's A Wonderful Life,” “White Christmas.” This week, Nan and Steve go behind the scenes of some of your favorite classic holiday movies and dig up some fun facts about these films that you may or may not know. We talk about the snow, the casting, the locations, and a lot more! Join in the fun as they conjure up holiday cheer with these great films. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Christmas in The Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold; Christmas In Classic Films (2022), by Jacqueline T. Lynch; The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (2018), edited by R. Barfton Palmer & Murray Pomerance; Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (2010), by Alonso Duaralde; Ginger: My Story (2008), by Ginger Rogers; Christmas At The Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British, and European Cinema (2000), edited by Mark Connelly; It's Christmas Time At The Movies (1998), by Gary J & Susan Svehla; AMC American Movie Classics: Greatest Christmas Movies (1998), by Frank Thompson; The ‘It's A Wonderful Life' Book (1986), by Jeanine Basinger; Great Movie Directors (1986), by Ted Sennett; The Films of Frank Capra (1977), by Victor Scherle & Wiliam Turner Levy; "35 Surprising ‘White Christmas' Movie Facts About the Cast, Songs & More,” October 31, 2024, Good Housekeeping; “A Short History of Fake Snow In Holiday Movies: From ‘It's A Wonderful Life' to Harry Potter,” December 15, 2021, LAist.com; “The Song That Changed Christmas,”October 5, 2016, by Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal; “It's A Wonderful Life: Rare Photos From the Set of a Holiday Classic,” November 26, 2013, by Ben Cosgrove, Time magazine; “On A Wing and a Prayer,” December 23, 2006, by Stephen Cox, LA Times; “Whose Life Was It, Anyway?” December 15, 1996, by Steven Smith, LA Times; “White Christmas: Rosemary Clooney Remembers Everyone's Favorite Christmas Musical,” December 1994, by Frank Thompson, Pulse! Magazine; “Less Than Wonderful: James Walcott Reassesses Capra's Christmas Classic,” December 1986, Vanity Fair; “Capra's Christmas Classic: Yes, Virginia, It's A Wonderful Life,” December 1986, by Trea Hoving, Connoisseur; “All I Want For Christmas is a VCR,” December 24, 1985, L.A. Herald-Examiner; “Bing, Astaire Bow Out, Par Recasting ‘Xmas',”January 7, 1953, Variety; “Bing Bobs Back into ‘Christmas' Cast at Par,” January 22, 1953, Variety,  “White Christmas: From Pop Tune to Picture,” October 18, 1953, by Thomas Wood, New York Times; “Around the Sets,” August 13, 1944, L.A. Examiner; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned:  A Christmas Carol (1938), starring Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll, June Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry McKay, and Lynne Carver; Christmas In Connecticut (1945), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Shayne, and Una O'Connor; It's A Wonderful Life (1947), starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Gloria Grahame, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond, H.B. Warner, Frank Albertson, Samuel S, Hind, Mary Treen, Todd Karnes, Virginia Patton, Sarah Edwards, Sheldon Leonard, and Lillian Randolph; White Christmas (1954), starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Anne Whitfield, and Mary Wickes; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

get all Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker (@Prem_thakker) joins Matt and David to discuss the lack of justice for Hind Rajab, what it means about the broader genocide of Palestinians being conducted by Israel, and what it's like questioning overnment spinmeisters Check out Zeteo's coverage of Hind Rajab's killing here: https://youtu.be/dHn-3TOeXx0

I'll be speaking with Hind Hassan, the 2024 winner of The Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism.  We'll be discussing her life, experiences, and views on the current state of journalism.  With live performances from Posthoc's artist in residence, Queen Esther & pianist Sharp Radway.

Academy schools were one of the issues that listeners raised during, and since, Woman's Hour's special programme investigating the SEND system for children with special education needs and disabilities. We hear the voices of two mums who say their children were let down by their Academy schools for allegedly failing to support their children's SEND needs and Anita Rani discusses SEND support in Academies with Leora Cruddas, CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts which represents more than ¾ of all Academies.Choreographer and intimacy director Lucy Hind has worked on major productions including Girl From the North Country, Oliver, My Fair Lady, Secret Life of Bees and more recently Groundhog Day. Her latest project Spend Spend Spend has just opened at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and is the story of the infamous Viv Nicholson who in the 1960's won today's equivalent of a few million pounds and went on to spend it all on very public lavish spending-sprees. Lucy explains to Anita why being an intimacy director is an integral part of being a choreographer.Kim Cypher is a saxophonist, composer, vocalist and a regular performer on the London and UK jazz circuit including sold our performances on the main stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. She's just launched her third album Catching Moments and Kim and her band join Anita in the Woman's Hour studio.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Laura Northedge

The head of Sudima Hotels and Hind management Les Morgan said the country is falling behind with tourism - and other industry leaders agree New Zealand doesn't have a sustainable funding model. As government and councils budgets tighten, tourist operators are looking at how they can get international visitors paying to cover extra costs. One answer might be a so-called "bed tax." Tourism reporter Tess Brunton explains.

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This season, Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas' book Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath! This is Part 2 of Episode 8, where they review Chapters 44 through 47. The team is in dire straits as they float in the ocean, made worse by the Hind who comes racing towards them for a confrontation. Hunt holds onto his power by a mere thread, ready to let loose and kill everything and everyone to save Bryce, his friends included. At the last minute, they are saved by an unknown tentative ally, the Ocean Queen's people. While on the ship, Bryce and Hunt finally come together, only to discover that their powers can merge, making Bryce even stronger in the process. Meanwhile, Ithan faces the reality of his situation as he helps free three fire sprites and a dragon from the Astronomer. Back on the ship, the team receives devastating news about Sofie, bringing Cormac's hunt for her to an end. Sponsor: Need a fall wardrobe update? Visit quince.com/booktalk for free shipping and 365-day returns with Quince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This season, Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas' book Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath! This is Part 1 of Episode 8, where they review Chapters 44 through 47. The team is in dire straits as they float in the ocean, made worse by the Hind who comes racing towards them for a confrontation. Hunt holds onto his power by a mere thread, ready to let loose and kill everything and everyone to save Bryce, his friends included. At the last minute, they are saved by an unknown tentative ally, the Ocean Queen's people. While on the ship, Bryce and Hunt finally come together, only to discover that their powers can merge, making Bryce even stronger in the process. Meanwhile, Ithan faces the reality of his situation as he helps free three fire sprites and a dragon from the Astronomer. Back on the ship, the team receives devastating news about Sofie, bringing Cormac's hunt for her to an end. Sponsor: Need a fall wardrobe update? Visit quince.com/booktalk for free shipping and 365-day returns with Quince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lactive Shooter. Let's a Show Do. Active Milker at the Target. Just Another Panic Monday. Slam these jugs on the ground. The ladies like Romulus. Dunaway, living the retro life. Hind, a Deer, a Red-Tailed Deer. Riblettes Were Thrown. Herbal Verb Use. She kept on serving me. I Like Big Ash and I Cannot Lie. Store Credit, The Worse Kind of Credit. Beware 1970s Oil. Punching joker in the face with Stephen. and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.