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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe, 2012
The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed, and more than thirty million people had been killed in the war.
今天是侄女出世D53，她開始會「玩」了，我也偶爾陪她玩幾十分鐘，努力延長她躺在床上或沙發上而不哭的時間。這時期的她愈來愈可愛，因為她晶亮的眼睛會盯著人或物品看，她從一個懵懵懂懂來到世上什麼也不會、搞不清楚的新生兒，漸漸成為一個對周圍的人或物品有反應的可愛嬰兒。
中午我拿到新玩具（？）玩給她看，她愣愣地看著，很被彩色木頭柵欄玩具的顏色與裡面滾動的木珠聲音吸引。最近我也會輕抓她的小腿，把它們左右擺動，配合著節奏念道「啊tsiànn-pîng、啊tò-pîng，啊正爿倒爿正爿倒爿……」配合我念到哪一邊就把她的腿擺到哪一邊，意外地幾次在她好像要哭的時候，成功轉移注意力讓她恢復好奇的表情。因為她的反應不錯，我在她哭號的時候就抱起來拍拍，發現她會哭可能是因為胃不舒服，所以抱起來就吐奶了……XD 這樣幾次後，我決定要嘗試睡眠訓練——僅僅是嘗試讓她在嬰兒床上入睡——我嘗試了水晶音樂和安撫巾，但在大約4、5次反覆放下、哭號、抱起安撫、放下……的循環後，我驚覺當我抱起安撫好她，走回臥室時，她會在臥室裡還沒放下就哭，很怕她對臥室有不好的印象，只好宣告失敗，讓弟媳把侄女綁在胸前入睡。
晚餐後，弟弟把小侄女放在沙發上逗時，發現他對她發出雙唇抖動的「prrrrrr」聲音時，小侄女竟然會努力學他來回應他！我們三個大人都樂了，雖然小侄女還無法發出那種聲音，但她很明顯在努力模仿！深深覺得照顧小孩就是像這樣一點一點覺得更有趣，和老人長照比起來真是……
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昨天是弟媳產後D52，我們去參加了他們的在德台灣人的聚會，算是大家一起過年吃火鍋這樣。他們似乎是好幾年前就認識了，剛認識時大家可能還單身，如今都陸續結婚生小孩、買房買車了。聚會時大家的小孩都來了，大人們也開心地輪流抱我的小侄女，她穿上了紅底繡金線的衣服超級可愛！聚會間大人們也互相給小孩紅包，雖然包的都是少少的錢，但我看了很感慨——在台灣時我覺得年味漸淡（且覺得很好），沒想到在異鄉，大家反而努力想要營造「家鄉味」。有一位台灣朋友帶了她的巴西籍男友來，他居然也準備了紅包給小孩！我一方面覺得他很用心也願意理解女友的文化，一方面又覺得這畫面很突兀（？）很有趣XD
這天我們從主人家（小孩一歲了）接收了不少舊玩具，雖然說是二手但都質感很好，前述的彩色木柵欄裡有木珠滾動的玩具，就是這樣來的。
jeśli będę szykowała się do jakiejś prelekcji to muszę pamiętać, że dygresje np. o dansupie gdy chwalę peertube brzmią nieprzejrzyście i zniechęcająco, nawet gdy są planowane
Peace Is This Moment: Mindful Reflections for Daily Practice by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2023
365 page-a-day reflections to encourage concentration, insight, and mindful engagement with the world around us—from the Zen Buddhist teacher “who taught the world mindfulness.”
Fractured Lands by Scott Anderson, 2017
How the Arab World Came Apart
The catastrophic story of how the Arab world has descended into chaos since the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq as told by the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a probing and insightful work of reportage.
The Empress by Ruby Lal, 2018
The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost—until now.
In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favorite wife of the Emperor Jahangir, who ruled the vast Mughal Empire.
#books
#nonfiction
#history
#biography
#MughalEmpire
#women
#NurJahan
A History of Asia, 7e by Rhoads Murphey, 2016
A History of Asia is the only text to cover the area known as "monsoon Asia" - India, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia--from the earliest times to the present.
Written by leading scholar Rhoads Murphey, the book uses an engaging, lively tone to chronicle the complex political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this area.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315509495/history-asia-rhoads-murphey
(Includes a 35 page preview).
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson, 2008
By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein.
How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.
#books
#nonfiction
#biography
#AlbertEinstein
Black-throated Bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus), family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, China
photograph by 陳承光
https://www.instagram.com/joinus12345/
via herpsandbirds
Let us not forget the people affected by the war in #Sudan 🇸🇩 🇸🇸
Moving photo report (Thx, 
@appassionatoearthling)
Oh hey another janky AC-DC converter like the one spotted in 
@mossmannMichael Ossmann ‘s shredder. How does it work? 1/3
Pondering if there are any quality TUI tools offering the equivalent of the (somehow, still painful and irritating, even in a rich environment like a modern webapp) GitHub blame-drilldown.
I.e., git blame, who last touched function X, ok now show me the git blame prior to that commit, rinse/repeat. Because with reformats/refactors/etc, the current git blame never tells the entire story.
Anyone got faves here? Feels like something that would fit well in lazygit but I don’t believe that has lots of blame related features yet.
Let us not forget the people affected by the war in #Sudan 🇸🇩 🇸🇸
Moving photo report (Thx, @appassionatoearthling)
What’s cool is I don’t think there was a fog machine.
Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship
Link: https://www.fide.com/magnus-carlsen-wins-2026-fide-freestyle-world-championship/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028227
布団から仕事いいな布団から仕事
Netflixで「逆襲のシャア」を見ようと思ったら日本にしか居なかったぬ（いちど見たかなあ…
와 파킨슨 냄새를 맡을 수 있는 사람이 있구나
fantastic news! the first kākāpō chick in four years hatches on Pukenui / Anchor Island:-
Reminder: any messaging that ICE has left Minnesota is straight up government propaganda. They are still here victimizing my neighbors. Don’t forget about us!
Audio is the one area small labs are winning
Link: https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/arming-the-rebels-with-gpus-gradium-kyutai-and-audio-ai
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999285
個人的には言語分野におけるAI万能論はさほど万能とは思ってなくて、AIの衣を纏っていなくても裸でそれができるという強みは奪えないどころか、AIを着ていないとまるでポンコツという、学習しない故のAI使用者無能論になってしまうのではないか的なヤバさを感じるところもある。
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In 2008, for the first time since the program began, more California condors were flying free in the wild than in captivity. Today there are nearly 500 – more than half of them flying free in Arizona, Utah, California, and Baja Mexico.
When I was born, there were no condors in the wild. I'm 37 now, and there are over 250 condors flying free.
aetherograph
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When my mom was born in 1955, there were days when she wasn't allowed to go outside to play, because of the air pollution. When I was born, that never happened anymore.
When I was born, humpback whales were critically endangered, and people thought they were going to go extinct. Today, they've recovered to exceed their recorded numbers. Other whales too!
We fixed it.
We CAN fix it and we ARE fixing it and we DID fix it.
aetherograph
4/
In 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide.
aetherograph
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In 2008, for the first time since the program began, more California condors were flying free in the wild than in captivity. Today there are nearly 500 – more than half of them flying free in Arizona, Utah, California, and Baja Mexico.
When I was born, there were no condors in the wild. I'm 37 now, and there are over 250 condors flying free.
aetherograph
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Unprecedented numbers of acres are being bought back or given back to their rightful stewards, and the world heals because of it. People are working hard every day to learn how to help a forest recover faster.
We are not at zero. We are at decades of effort to heal the world. We've come SO far.
aetherograph
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In 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide.
aetherograph
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We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that.
People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets.
Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day.
aetherograph
3/
Unprecedented numbers of acres are being bought back or given back to their rightful stewards, and the world heals because of it. People are working hard every day to learn how to help a forest recover faster.
We are not at zero. We are at decades of effort to heal the world. We've come SO far.
aetherograph
And we've won a lot already, mind you.
The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling.
It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens.
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We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that.
People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets.
Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day.
aetherograph
What if we win?
What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?
What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?
What if the rainforest ADVANCES?
What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?
(see ALT text)
by solarpunkfool
#quotes
#ClimateChangeAction
#hope
And we've won a lot already, mind you.
The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling.
It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens.
What if we win?
What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?
What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?
What if the rainforest ADVANCES?
What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?
(see ALT text)
by solarpunkfool
#quotes
#ClimateChangeAction
#hope
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When my mom was born in 1955, there were days when she wasn't allowed to go outside to play, because of the air pollution. When I was born, that never happened anymore.
When I was born, humpback whales were critically endangered, and people thought they were going to go extinct. Today, they've recovered to exceed their recorded numbers. Other whales too!
We fixed it.
We CAN fix it and we ARE fixing it and we DID fix it.
aetherograph
overmocha1068
There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
It's still far from our reach.
But it's there.
hope-for-the-planet
Believing that things can get better is not blind hope or optimism--it is based on hard data that many things have consistently gotten better over the arc of history.
Is it silly and naive to believe we might actually be able to make things better? Not at all. We have many times before. We are doing it right now.
2시간 잤나...ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 시골내려간당..
Being the Change by Peter Kalmus, 2017
Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world.
County Clare, Ireland
https://www.shutterstock.com/pt/image-photo/rough-sea-large-waves-on-irish-1658127634
via calleido
A Valentine's card for bibliophiles.
Download a printable version here:
www.tomgauld.com/valentine
Does red in flags stand for rivers of blood?
Today’s Exhibit of the Day? The lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata). Jelly-ve it or not, this critter is one of the world’s longest animals. This jumbo-sized jelly trails a “mane” of more than 800 stinging tentacles that are covered in cells with venom that stun prey, including other jellyfish, small crustaceans, and zooplankton.
Photo: R. Mickens/ © AMNH
via amnhnyc
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWnQ7fYzwI
#video
#YouTube
#octopus
#piano
#animals
#training
#communication
A History of India through 75 Objects by Sudeshna Guha, 2022
Through a selection of things from prehistoric to modern-day India, this book encourages the appreciation of the complexity of History. It illustrates the logic of expecting many histories of a particular phenomenon and conveys the merit of evaluating the historical linkages we construct.
Wow...
Feb 14, 2026
- a NYT front page for future history books.
Women and children hide beneath a tree in the North Darfur village of Um Baru to escape being spotted by a drone. For five hours the drone hovered above them, dropping a string of bombs that killed villagers. Here, anxious mothers comfort their terrified daughters as the attack drone buzzes overhead.
Photograph: Jérôme Tubiana
Women and children hide beneath a tree in the North Darfur village of Um Baru to escape being spotted by a drone. For five hours the drone hovered above them, dropping a string of bombs that killed villagers. Here, anxious mothers comfort their terrified daughters as the attack drone buzzes overhead.
Photograph: Jérôme Tubiana
As ethnic slaughter engulfed Darfur, huge numbers of people streamed west over the border to Chad to escape the RSF. Newly arrived refugees built shelters in makeshift camps within the Chadian border town of Adré. By the time this image was taken in September 2023, more than 120,000 had already fled Darfur. Most arrivals were from the Masalit community, victims of an RSF and Arab militia rampage in which up to 15,000 people were killed in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.
As ethnic slaughter engulfed Darfur, huge numbers of people streamed west over the border to Chad to escape the RSF. Newly arrived refugees built shelters in makeshift camps within the Chadian border town of Adré. By the time this image was taken in September 2023, more than 120,000 had already fled Darfur. Most arrivals were from the Masalit community, victims of an RSF and Arab militia rampage in which up to 15,000 people were killed in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.
During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.
During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.
Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.
Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.
Those fleeing El Fasher take advantage of a free lift to Tawila from a non-Arab faction allied to the RSF.
Those fleeing El Fasher take advantage of a free lift to Tawila from a non-Arab faction allied to the RSF.
As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of #women and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.
As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of #women and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.
A woman waves goodbye to relatives heading to the Korma region of North Darfur and then farther east to Chad, a dangerous 250km journey.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/feb/15/darfur-sudan-war-in-pictures
MJ+
