PJ (Pamela Joy) Mariano Capistrano

Sana kaya ko silang tularan, na hindi maulit ang giyerang pangdaigdig. /end

na hindi ko pa nararanasan ang uri ng takot at pangambang naranasan ng lolo ko at ng kanyang henerasyon. At napakalaking pasasalamat sa henerasyon nila na nagsumikap na hindi na maulit ang giyerang pangdaigdig habang silay nabubuhay. /6

na siguro mas mainam isulat ko sa ibang lugar, hindi sa social media feed. Iniisip ko ngayong araw na ito ang henerasyon na iyon, na sumikap na hindi ko maranasan yung lupit, sakit, takot, at kawalan ng giyera.

Hindi ko lubos maisip kung gaano ako kasuwerte /5

Noong bata pa ako, lagi niya akong kinukwentuhan ng mga karanasan niya sa panahon ng giyera: mga panahong puno ng takot, mga karanasan na nakakapanira ng dignidad... mga kwentong nakakapanindig balahabo, /4

sa Doomsday Clock dahil sa patuloy na mga giyera sa Ukraine at Gaza at dahil sa Climate Crisis.

Kasama ang lolo ko sa libu-libong Pilipinong lumaban sa WW2. Isa siya sa mga nakaraos at nakatakas sa Bataan Death March. /3

Yung Doomsday Clock pala ay isang system for public awareness ng Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, sinimulan matapos ang WW2. Umuurong yung kamay ng relos papalayo o papalapit sa midnight, depende sa taas ng risk of human annihilation. 89 seconds to midnight na lang daw ang nalalabi /2

Araw ng Kagitingan 🧵

Kahapon, sabi ng anak ko, "nanay, the Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight. Does that mean we're near the end of the world? I'm scared."
Nagtaka ako--saan niya yun narinig? Kaya nag basa-basa ako. /1

DDS: "wala ba kayong awa sa matanda at may sakit na Tatay Digong? Pero may rights ang mga kriminal?"
Ibabalik ko sa inyo: wala ba kayong awa sa 122 na bata, mula 1-17 years old, na pinatay? Adik ba yung bata na 20 months old? Kriminal yung 7 years old?
Pantay ang halaga ng buhay nating lahat.

Hindi nila pinili na patayin na lang ang mga sa palagay nilang responsable sa pagkamatay ng mga kapamilya nila. Binigyan pa nga nila ng dangal si RRD: due process, rule of law, humane detention facilities...dangal na hindi kailanman binigay sa mga biktima ng Tokhang. /end

And what path have these victims' families taken? Hindi nila pinili yung gantihan. Hindi nila pinili yung "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Ang dalan nila? Due process. They did not choose the path of violence, revenge, or Tulfo-style vigilantism. /5

This is for the thousands of families left behind to deal with the deep wounds of having their family members killed without due process, and often even without evidence. Para ito sa mga batang pinatay tulad ni Kian Delos Santos. /4

Sa una hangtud katapusan, para kini sa mga biktima. Para ito sa mga biktima. This is a matter of victims who, unjustly accused of crimes, unjustly murdered AND denied justice by our own justice system, have gone to another route. Para kini sa mga nanay, tatay, asawa, bata nga nabilin diri. 3/

Sino ba ang nasa sentro dapat ng usaping ito? Ang sentro ang mga biktima at kapamilya sa mga biktima sa tokhang. Center the victims and the families.
At the end of the day, this is not a matter of BBM vs RRD. This is not a matter of sovereignty or foreign relations. 2/

A trilingual 🧵, code-switching ahead.
Listening to the Philippine news coverage and social media chatter amid Duterte's arrest, until the first hearing at the ICC, it feels like the coverage is reducing the matter to two sides: those pro and anti Duterte. 1/

Pompeii: 'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals luxury - BBC Sounds Archaeologists have discovered a sumptuous private bathhouse.

Listen to the wonderful @pompei79.bsky.social discussing #Pompeii’s new sumptuous private bathhouse discovery.
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David Lynch, what a masterful filmmaker.

I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world, and I am amazed that we have allowed our freedoms to be taken away by technology companies' greed for growth and revenues. — @mariaressa.bsky.social

Lavin draws a really important throughline between corporal punishment and the wider right wing project in this book, in a way not many people are talking about. Isolating children into evangelical homeschooling and crunchy off-grid homesteading primes them for abuse.

Get the book! It’s very good!

Apropos of nothing, but one thing that's been on my mind coming into this year has been dealing with ageing parent(s). Any people out there with good reflections/stuff to read about this?

China’s ‘Monster’ Ship Back in Disputed Waters, Philippines Says The Philippines said a huge Chinese coast guard ship widely known as the “Monster” has returned to its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, prompting its own coast guard vessel to approach ...

The Philippines said a huge Chinese coast guard ship widely known as the “Monster” has returned to its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, prompting its own coast guard vessel to approach and issue a radio challenge.

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.

See what changes are in store for your county.

By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

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Lol I remain as spacey as always.

Took a long break from posting over the holidays. Term's gonna start soon though, and I have deadlines for research looming. This professor thing is such a mix bag.

Acting responsibly: from Covid to the climate and ecological crisis.

Roger Paxton and @maevemckeown.bsky.social look for learning and action points.

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When transportation is car-centric, tourist spots will inevitably congest when you force tourists - who by definition don't start off with cars - to use cars to go anywhere and everywhere.

The fall of the Berlin Wall and one of the coup d'états during the Cory Aquino administration.

We were all required to take basic psychology and basic sociology as undergrads in my college. That came in handy for so much: teaching, parenting, navigating different social norms across cultures, self-understanding. Plus my current research has a lot of overlap with sociology.

I mentioned earlier how people on X have become so rigid and extreme in terms of their political outlook. And I think the writer of this article is onto something.

Gaza is now counting 45,000 dead, and pleading for the world's help. Is anyone listening? ***

Gaza is now counting 45,000 dead, and pleading for the world's help. Is anyone listening? / Jack Khoury