Still We Rise

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
—Buddha

Angel Face - Date 1957 | Lang: English (en)

Inside the Plan to Halt U.S.-Bound Migrants at the Treacherous Darién Gap The U.S. “border is actually here,” Panama’s president says, describing the jungle route many migrants take on their way to America.

Panama is trying to close off jungle trails that human smugglers used to ferry 520,000 migrants last year on their way from South America to the U.S. via the treacherous Darién Gap—a 70-mile stretch of jungle without roads, electricity or industry

Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal…

Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state

Voices: As inversion sets in, Cache Valley must not forget the value of old growth trees “Why can’t something be figured out to save these trees?” writes Shauna Hart, who lives in Logan and is a wildlife conservation photographer.

“Why can’t something be figured out to save these trees?” writes Shauna Hart, who lives in Logan and is a wildlife conservation photographer.

Exactly 80 years ago, a grandfather’s legacy begins A Louisiana grandfather's legacy began behind enemy lines on Dec. 24, 1944, but continued with civil rights advocacy.

Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old law student David MacHauer was manning two machine guns from the belly of a B-17 bomber nicknamed the “Miss Bea Havin.’”

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Ella Cinders and the Mysterious House
Title Big Little Books
Date:1934 | Number: 1105

Baby girl freezes to death in Gaza while Israel and Hamas argue over ceasefire Three-week-old Sila is the third baby to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, according to doctors

If Christians, Jews, and Muslims all worship the same G-d, why does G-d allow them to endlessly fight with each other?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting jets of lava into the sky The eruption remains within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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AES Indiana building lights up with festive holiday messages, and and colors.
AES Indiana building on Monument Circle in Indianapolis displays festive lights for Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. The lights change daily.

Movie Comics - PT 109 (1964) - Gold Key

Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave's stirring letter about ChatGPT and human creativity YouTube video by Letters Live

youtu.be/iGJcF4bLKd4

About 10,000 pounds of meat products have been recalled More than 10,000 pounds of raw pork sausage and bologna are being pulled from store shelves and restaurant kitchens.

About 10,000 pounds of meat products have been recalled https://buff.ly/4gShFEy

Body found in wheel well of plane from Chicago to Maui The wheel well was only accessible from outside the plane, and it wasn’t clear how the person accessed the space, according to United.

A body was found in a wheel well of a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Hawaii, authorities said.

Disease-resistant pork may go on sale in 2025 thanks to gene editing US regulators are expected to approve a disease-resistant pig breed in 2025, opening the door to wider adoption of gene-edited farm animals and crops

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

🎄Don’t let the Grinch catch you🧌

Amazing video from Daniellabelle1 from Instagram🌟

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Merry Christmas Santa 🎄

Good morning, Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas to my friends here on Bluesky. You folks are the gift that keeps on giving, and I am so grateful for this place.

Let's do BIG things in 2025!!! 🙏💙

Merry Christmas 🦋

STAY ALERT TO THIS…

You’re going to be hearing more about Elon Musk’s new creation—a town he plans to call Starbase. Pay attention because it’s a micro version of his vision for the United States.

IT’S A TRAP! RESIST! DO NOT FALL FOR IT.
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Thanx Mia.

A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
Open Culture by OC- Dec 16
A few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card.

American Legion -1948

Cosmo the Merry Martian 01 (1958) - Archie

The Christmas Truce of 1914. An Example for Today’s Belligerents.
Mario Alexis Portella 24.12.2024

Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, emergency officials say | CNN A passenger plane crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, local authorities said, without specifying the number of people on board.

Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, emergency officials say