Peter Terpstra (Kesang Neljor)

Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)
Seward Park, Seattle, US

#Birds #Aves #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

It's a wonderful park, absolutely.

Francesca Albanese Wins 'Lay Down Your Arms' Award On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, the Scandinavian organisation Lay Down Your Arms awarded the U.N. special rapporteur on occupied Palestine to highlight a peace champion working in li...

On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, the Scandinavian organization Lay Down Your Arms awarded the U.N. special rapporteur on occupied Palestine to highlight a peace champion working in line with the will of Alfred Nobel.
#LayDownYourArms

consortiumnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

#AvatamsakaSutra #Buddhism #Zen

It took an act of courage to deny Trump a “peace prize.” That’s where we are now.

So unbelievably shameful.

--Lakota man

Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)
Seward Park, Seattle, US
#Birds #Aves #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

#Caterpillar

Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)
Seward Park, Seattle, US

#Birds #Aves #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Thank you!

BREAKING! “Ceasefire”, in Israel’s dictionary: you cease, I fire.
Just hours after the deal - as in January - Israel shoots at Palestinians waiting to return home.

Before any next step, member states must ensure that Israel honours the ceasefire.

--Fancesca Albanese

Someone who has acted carelessly,
But later becomes careful and attentive,
Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

Bright moon ~ Nagarjuna

Believe this was my best moon picture of yesterday evening at 1/30, handheld, with 2x converter.

Harvest moon.

#Moon #FullMoon #Photography

Thank you Wilson!
🙏

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Such a policy would seem to belong to a past era, a time before the international community adopted binding codes of human rights. Yet in Gaza today, this assumption is being turned upside down.

We Must End the Starvation of Gaza - Buddhist Global Relief A quarter of the way into the 21st century, we would never have expected an economically developed nation to deliberately set out to starve an entire population in a territory under its control. Such ...

𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐡𝐮 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐢
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, we would never have expected an economically developed nation to deliberately set out to starve an entire population in a territory under its control.

buddhistglobalrelief.org/we-must-end-...

Lovely!

Underneath discursive thought, the luminous mind abides, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind

Fun!

#GretaThunberg

YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix Dr. Jane Goodall’s Final Message To The World | Famous Last Words | Netflix

Dr. Jane Goodall’s final message to the world: “I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one of you has a role to play. You may not know it, you may not find it, but your life matters and you are here for a reason.”

youtu.be/lfLKHY52ERc

#SimoneWeil

American Wigeon
(Mareca americana)
Andrew's bay, Seattle, US

#Birds #Aves #Ducks #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Eastern Grey Squirrel
(Sciurus carolinensis)
Seward Park, Seattle, US

#Rodents #Squirrels #Wildlife #Photography #Nature

Gadwall duck
(Mareca strepera)
Seward park, Seattle, US

#Birds #Aves #Ducks #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Gaza Flotilla Update: U.K. Journalist Describes “Torturous Conditions” in Israeli Custody Global condemnation is mounting as hundreds of international activists remain in Israeli prison days after Israel’s military raided and captured dozens of boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla. Reuters r...

Journalist Kieran Andrieu who was with the Gaza Sumud flotilla Describes “Torturous Conditions” in Israeli Custody
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/6/fr... via @democracynow

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This is not about sentiment but about courage to confront oppression. To be “the best” is to use strength for protection, not exploitation.

2.
Harriet Beecher Stowe reminds us that morality often lies in defending the oppressed. Standing with the weak against unjust power is a mark of true character. History’s most noble figures are remembered for championing justice over privilege.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

–Harriet Beecher Stowe

Many videos on facebook of returning Gazu sumud flotilla activists (witnesses) and others confirming the severe and harsh treatment/abuse/torture of Greta Thunberg and some others by Israeli forces. According to the latest news is Greta still in jail.