Br. Pháp Dung ( pronounced Yung ) is Abbot of Deer Park Monastery, in the hills above San Diego. This Sunday he offered this public talk, "When Does a War End?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy_m... #war #peace #mindfulness

#PoetryMonth bergins tomorrow so day-before here's a new poem by Jane Hirshfield poets.org/poem/i-speak... #poetry #poem

Role of #Ukraine in #Israel-US | #Iran #war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCpU...

Hive Mind Basic #Nutrition Question Does food interact with our body in such a way that it could be said that in the process we ourselves are eaten ?

Iran Earning $139 Million a Day From Oil as Hormuz Crisis Locks Out Rivals oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... Question: is that $139M the dollar equivalent of transactions conducted in Yuan (CNY) ?

The Catastrophe That Has Befallen All of Us Naghmeh Sohrabi, director of an art center in Tehran on life under U.S.-Israeli bombardment. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

SOH. Strait of Hormuz. Feb 26, 132 ships passed thru daily. Now, 1 or 2. Or none. Due to insurance fees for the cargo. We've heard how crucial it is for transport of oil. Consider how 30% of the world's fertilizer chemicals pass through here, one of a dozen other vitals. tinyurl.com/3v4v2shu

New #ADHD medication nearing approval  www.otsuka-us.com/news/otsuka-... #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek2026 #CelebrateNeurodiversity #InclusionMatters #NeurodiversePride #DiversityIsStrength

"Gossip & small talk can be difficult for people who are neurodivergent" by Louise Taylor #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek2026 #CelebrateNeurodiversity #InclusionMatters #NeurodiversePride #DiversityIsStrength

World Food Program projects "roughly 45 million more people could be pushed into acute hunger this year if the mid-east conflict persists" www.wfp.org/news/wfp-pro... #Lebanon #Iran #FoodSecurity #emergencies

If Iran & China reach an agreement to allow oil transport under condition of a switch from the dollar to the yuan ... europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/ira... #petrodollar #reservecurrency

It Was Like This: You Were Happy by Jane Hirshfield introduced and read by Maggie Smith www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026... #poetry

a noble, needful, vital, riveting 40-minute talk by roshi @joanhalifax.bsky.social, at her center @upaya.bsky.social in santa fe. www.youtube.com/live/mlIKiwx... #Healing #CollectiveSuffering #trauma

Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, & a result less fundamental & astounding.

«All those who thought this war would soon end have long since perished in this very war.» – Pierre Lemaitre, opening line of *Reunion at the End of the World*

"Wars to do not begin with a declaration, nor do they end with a treaty." This one has been a long time coming. For example ———— www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwM... Israel-Iran War

Correction: A working Url for @citylightsbooks.bsky.social "HOWL@70" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekig... #freedomofspeech #culture #literature #poetry

Mowlana Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) translated by Coleman Barks (April 23, 1937 – February 23, 2026) RIP. #translation #books #mystic #Persian #Sufi #poetry

Coleman Barks (April 23, 1937 – February 23, 2026) RIP www.sfgate.com/living/artic...

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment. — Maxine Hong Kingston

A fragment from World War One, written by Wilfred Owen ...  of soldiers, in frozen trenches, waiting ... reposted now ... +40 days after unfathomable darknesses of the #IranMassacre ... unable to return to "normal," being "in the bardo," waiting ... to hear if the trumpet blows for war, or ...

@citylightsbooks.bsky.social invited me to speak at their celebration "HOWL@70," a great honor. The archival recording is now up: hear, here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekig... #freedomofspeech #culture #literature #poetry

"Cosmic Eye" by Perth astrophysicist Danail Obreschkow. 3-minute tour of all known macro & microcosmic orders of magnitude / #scale. ( Free free to select your own 3-minute soundtrack. ). 🌐 🥹 ⚛️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Are... #Reality #science #Truth #astrophysics #Eye #self

ProPublica's @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy have won a George Polk award for international reporting for “The End of Aid,” a series that investigated the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and its consequences around the world. Read the full series here:

Internaut since 1989. Eclectic. Work-In-Progress. "What it is — is — up to us." – Howard Rheingold linktr.ee/GaryGach #peace #love #justice

I told you they’d come after Veterans’ benefits. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

Of suffering here, and elsewhere – Congo, Sudan, Gaza – Iran is in the spotlight as it's the 40-day anniversary of the massacre of thousands of citizens. What are your feelings / thoughts / analyses / hopes / etc ? #iranmassacre

🎧 Listening Is the New Reading 🎧 libro.fm/playlists/ga... A few audio edition, mine & others. @libro.fm

The SAVE Act hits Native voters hard. Many tribal members rely on tribal IDs or lack easy access to passports and birth certificates. The assault on Native voices is real. #HandsOffHerVote

In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back. – Albert Camus

#Power without love is reckless & abusive, & #love without power is sentimental & anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, & justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love. ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Only when the last tree has died & the last river been poisoned & the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. – Cree proverb #idigenous #wisdom

-= Land Acknowledgment =- I wish to share with you my acknowledgment that I live, work, play, & follow the Path on the good lands of the Ohlone / Ramaytush people – who are still here. -=> ramaytush.org #indigenous #landacknowledgment

"Life is like an echo. We get from it what we put in it and, just like an echo, it often gives us much more." Boris Lauer-Leonardi

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference & you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall @janegoodallcan.bsky.social @janegoodall.org @janegoodallnl.bsky.social @janegoodallespana.bsky.social

from Hafiz's Little Book of Life, Dedicated to anyone facing difficulties, atrocities, and despair in their life right now. For More Info garygach.com/books/hafez-... Order Online tinyurl.com/5n7xy6ud

🙏👣☮️ 👣☮️ 👣☮️ 👣☮️ 👣 🙏 Walk for Peace #WalkForPeace #warzone #warriormindset #violenceprevention #prayer #ihopeyoumakeit #brahmaviharas #lovingkindness #compassion #happiness #health #wellness #peaceiseverystep walkforpeace.us

Herbie Hancock played a "wrong" chord during a concert. Miles Davis didn't criticize him. Instead, he played a note that made the chord sound right. Later, Miles said to him, "It's not the note you play that's the wrong note. It's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong." 🎶🎵

Writing of the Moment by Alireza Roshan translated from Persian #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writers #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #iran #persianpoetry

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Two dozen Buddhist monks walking for peace have traversed 2,300 miles in 120 days. Today they are offering events in Washington DC. Will you, won't you, will you join their simple message ? [ dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-pea... ] #walkforpeace #wellness #peace

Advancing from the Inside Out by The Wildflowers Institute www.wildflowers.org/newsletter?s... #philanthropy, #Funding, #FlowFunds, #Community, #sustainability, #Philanthropy, #Elders

Writing of the Moment by Alireza Roshan translated from Persian #poem #poetry

A monk on the epic Walk for Peace pilgrimage also blogs & writes songs, like this one. youtu.be/nB7EafjjXVg

Small booklist on #Iran from Clarissa Ward, @cnn.com Black Wave - Kim Ghattas City of Lies - Ramita Navai The Heartbeat of Iran- Tara Kangarlou Iran’s Grand Strategy -[ a.co/d/dY7T94R ] by @valinasr.bsky.social

The only thing more powerful than hate is love. – Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Bad Bunnyz

Spell To Be Said Against Hatred, by Jane Hirshfield, read by Amanda Palmer, @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy #poetry www.themarginalian.org/2020/05/31/s...

Baseball was played here before 1492. Frisbee, no winners or losers, just mutual enjoyment. Super Bowl Sunday? Brutality & violence, especially spousal. progressive.org/op-eds/the-s... #sports

Good News, Super Bowl Fans !

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