Analysis: "Don't worry, be happy. All those who feared a dystopian future got it wrong"
"A world where corporations run the politicians, promote endless war & secretly manipulate public opinion through the media. Thankfully, these bleak visions never materialised."
"I hadn’t realised I would need to spell out what this piece is saying. It is not a description of some possible future, as some appear to think"...
~Jonathan Cook
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Don't worry, be happy. All those who feared a dystopian future got it wrong
A world where corporations run the politicians, promote endless war and secretly manipulate public opinion through the media. Thankfully, these bleak visions never materialisedJonathan Cook
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Day after day, Baloo paces and rocks in distress, his spirit broken from over two decades of solitary confinement.
For “food,” Baloo is tossed cornflakes and lemonade. Children poke at him with sticks between his bars. Sometimes, people even give him alcohol. This isn’t the life any bear should live. It’s the only life Baloo has known.
Compassionate individuals from around the world are working to send Baloo to our sanctuary, Libearty.
The law is on our side. Since 2005, private individuals have been banned from possessing bears in Romania, but the ski resort owner obtained an exception. Despite this, it’s clear that Baloo’s current conditions are no life for the wild and majestic bear that he is.
Millions of Friends Association (AMP) in Romania, is ready to care for Baloo. With 69 acres of lush woodland, meadows, and ponds, Baloo could finally live his life in peace alongside other rescued bears.
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Free Baloo the Bear and Send Him to Sanctuary
Baloo is currently trapped in a decaying enclosure at a ski resort in Romania. As a cub, Baloo was heartlessly sold into captivity where he has suffered for 23 agonizing years.World Animal Protection
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Absolutely have to keep this light, fun, and whimsical. Absolutely. #Absolutely
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"It felt like a part of my soul died."
Now Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services.
In such cases, babies and children were taken away after parental competency tests - known in Denmark as FKUs - were used to help assess whether they were fit to be parents.
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.Sofia Bettiza (BBC News)
7h Atrasos no concurso para contratar médicos recém-formados
Alerta sindicato. Concursos para médicos especialistas recém-formados estão atrasados
Os concursos para contratar médicos especialistas recém-formados estão atrasados, alertou o Sindicato Independente dos Médicos (SIM), sublinhando que o prazo para colocar mais profissionais nos serviços de saúde públicos terminou na sexta-feira.
Alerta sindicato. Concursos para médicos especialistas recém-formados estão atrasados
Os concursos para contratar médicos especialistas recém-formados estão atrasados, alertou o Sindicato Independente dos Médicos (SIM), sublinhando que o prazo para colocar mais profissionais nos serviços de saúde públicos terminou na sexta-feira.RTP
6h 400 polícias mobilizados na caça ao autor de tiroteio nos EUA
Chilenos vivem sob o medo do crime que impulsiona a extrema-direita ao poder
O Centro de Santiago, com maior número de vítimas da violência no Chile, tenta reerguer-se em sintonia com a esperança de milhões de chilenos que hoje vão às urnas tendo o combate à insegurança como principal preocupação.
Comer pizza no Beato e contribuir para mudar uma vida é "Pizz´and Love"
Todas as quintas-feiras, há uma porta que se abre na rua de Xabregas, em Lisboa, para servir pizza confecionada por pessoas sem-abrigo que decidiram pôr as mãos na massa para mudar de vida.
Líderes da CEDEAO reúnem-se hoje para debater situação na Guiné-Bissau
A Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (CEDEAO) reúne-se hoje para debater os próximos passos no seguimento do golpe de Estado na Guiné-Bissau, num contexto de agravamento da insegurança nesta região africana.
Geef de schuld maar aan teveel keuzes.
Hoe lang blijven we long Covid negeren?
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4 op 10 jonge arbeidsongeschikten zit thuis met psychische problemen: "Ze zijn uitgeput door enorme keuzevrijheid" | VRT NWS: nieuws
39 procent van de 18- tot 34-jarigen die in 2024 arbeidsongeschikt werden, bleef thuis door psychosociale problemen als stress, depressie, burn-out of een angststoornis.VRT NWS
Ik blijf het herhalen: ook bij dementie wordt heel vaak eerst (soms meermaals) de verkeerde diagnose burn-out gesteld.
14 dicembre 2025: veduta del Polo Sud dalla webcam della base statunitense Amundsen-Scott
5h 400 polícias mobilizados na caça ao autor de tiroteio nos EUA
A fuel depot is reportedly on fire near the Simferopol Thermal Power Plant (GRES), occupied Crimea.
credit to: https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m7vimxa2y22gBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
How many can you count? - All For Gardening
I’m about to repot these titanopsis Hugo-schlecteri seedlings and for fun I’m trying to guess how many are in here 🤔🤔🤔 I’m gonna guess 24 😂.Gardener (All For Gardening)
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Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’
Ince says he resigned as co-host of Infinite Monkey Cage because of what he described as his lack of ‘obedience’Donna Ferguson (The Guardian)
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Een blog over voorouderonderzoek in en lokale geschiedenis van Zuid-Holland-Zuid en de Langstraat (Noord-Brabant) in Nederland.genealogiebos.blogspot.com
Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc1
Linus has released 6.19-rc1, perhaps a bit earlier than expected. So it's Sunday afternoon i [...]LWN.net
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in reply to MostlyTato • • •It's obviously there because millions of ppl still can't look reality in the face. Eg:
"... as I read this I’m wondering which of my family, friends and associates would agree and which would say it’s nonsense or gloomy or that it wouldn’t be allowed to happen..."
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