At the end of 1999, many thought Y2K would cause the world to collapse
At the end of 1999, there was anxiety about a potential computer glitch known as Y2K. Some thought the world would crumble, including some who waited out the apocalypse in an old house in the woods.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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The World's Largest River is Running Low (Encore)
The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon Rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has lead to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon and its major tributaries. Millions of people and an array of wildlife depend on those quickly disappearing waters. In a story we first brought you in October, we travel to the region to see the effects.Support our non-profit journalism by joining NPR+
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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How a fox skull shape conquers the snow
Research explains how foxes hunting mice can plunge down into the snow at high speeds without injuring their poor little snouts.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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The Moral Bankruptcy of the West
"One wonders what people in the West who have either supported Israel’s genocide or remained silent tell themselves to justify their behavior and sleep at night.
History will not treat them kindly."
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Top 10 películas mexicanas del 2024
Aquí les compartimos las que consideramos las 10 mejores del 2024.
#xarliclub #cinemexicano #peliculas #pelicula #peli #pelis #movies #tv #cinemastodon #filmsky #Top10
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Top 10 películas mexicanas del 2024.
El cine mexicano ha tenido un año espectacular, demostrando una vez más su vitalidad, creatividad y compromiso con historias que no solo ent...Xarli.Club (Blogger)
Top 10 películas animadas del 2024
#xarliclub #animation #animacion #animated #movies #tv #cinemastodon #filmsky
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Top 10 películas animadas del 2024
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Le monde selon Elon Musk
Reprise de l'émission d'Arte.
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Le monde selon Elon Musk (sur Arte, le 2024/09/05)
Twitteur compulsif, Elon Musk s’est offert en 2022 son réseau social préféré, et l'a brutalement façonné selon ses désirs. Cette enquête punchy relate les relations orageuses entre la plate-forme e...Infosec.Exchange Video
Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary
The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed over half of its cats in recent weeks.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Giving a kidney to a stranger? Researchers call it 'extraordinary altruism'
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Photos: Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar
They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024
Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Top 10 animes del 2024
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Top 10 animes del 2024.
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Top 10 mangas del 2024
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Top 10 Mangas de 2024
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Barbarism, meaning oxymoronic unto itself
‘Barbarism’
Is its meaning ‘absence of civilization’, or ‘extreme cruelty and brutality’? It’s the only word I can think of that is oxymoronic unto itself. Unlikely pre-civ humanways were as cruel and brutal en masse as rotating cohorts of civilized humans have been and continue to be. Barbarism’s commonly connoted meaning manifests not so much in wild humans, as in civilization’s enforced compliance with authoritarianism, power hierarchy, domination and exploitation. It’s not like groups of humans at war or whatever return indigenous. They get uber violent, rape pillage & plunder as civilized beings. After they get it out of their system, most return to civilization’s preferred norms, proud tax paying citizens. Civilization has barbarism built in.
On the edge of oblivion and all the world is Babylon, and all the love and everyone a ship of fools sailing on.
Oldest Saber-Toothed Creature Found, Rewriting the Story of Mammal Evolution scitechdaily.com/oldest-saber-…Oldest Saber-Toothed Creature Found, Rewriting the Story of Mammal Evolution
An extinct carnivorous group known as gorgonopsians, which lived between 270 and 250 million years ago, laid eggs and had saber teeth.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)
Mega Millions jackpot surges past $1 billion
The Mega Millions prize has now grown to an estimated $1.15 billion, which could be the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Scientists await signal from spacecraft after historic close encounter with the sun
To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Sonic The Hedgehog 3
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Sonic The Hedgehog 3
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The Easter Story at Christmas
It’s always tempting at #Christmas to focus on the story of the birth of #Jesus. After all, the reason we’re celebrating is the #nativity. However, it’s super important to also remember the #Easter story. As we learn from Luke 24:1-7:
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
Without the resurrection of Jesus, his birth would be no more important than yours or mine. Instead, Jesus rising again from the dead definitively demonstrated that he is the Messiah; the King of Kings. The Easter story is why Christmas is so important to begin with.
Three Wise Men
It’s Christmas! Let us rejoice and remember when the Three Wise Men travelled to #Bethlehem from afar, guided by a star, to bring gifts to baby #Jesus as we continue that tradition to this day.
This story is from Matthew 2:9-11:
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Oh how joyful they must have felt when they met Mary with baby Jesus! I am delighted to share in that joy today when celebrating Christmas.
When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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I'm an atheist, but I still enjoy various types of music, including the religious variety, as some is quite beautiful. To that end, I posted this a few years ago on Facebook. I braved the nightmare that is the main site today and was able to find it. I hope it brings joy to you.
Now, it's time for some Christmas music history! Some of these are playlists, so just skip what you don't like, I promise, this is not the usual music you hear in shops!
I have a few time periods in mind, but let us begin with the very first Christmas song ever written.
Jesus Refulsit Omnium - Roman Christmas Song - YouTube
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And now, for something a bit more modern. Don't expect to hear Elvis on this list, though.
Here are some songs from the eighteenth century! Unfortunately, these are just instrumentals.
18th Century Authentic Christmas Music
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On to the Regency! Yay! Sadly, there isn't much available from then. Please feel free to make suggestions.
The Gloucester Wassail/The Holly and the Ivy, Regency Christmas
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This may or may not be authentic, but it's pleasant. Again, it's instrumental.
Regency Music - Peaceful Christmas
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This is real, in more ways than one, as the song existed then, and it's being played on a genuine Regency piano!
O come o come Emmanuel played on a Regency period Broadwood square piano
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On to the Victorian era. Believe it or not, while a large number of familiar Christmas songs came from then, I can't find a good playlist! Again, if you know of one, please suggest it. While this recording is modern, you can be sure that Victorians would have been very familiar with the arrangements and that many also spent time in the church where this was recorded, probably hearing the same organ, too!
Victorian Carols from St Bartholomew the Great
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Now, let's turn to my second favourite period next to the Regency, the Edwardian! This extremely special! All of the following was actually recorded then! I have made it a tradition to listen to this every year. Some of the tunes may be familiar, but in several cases, the lyrics may not be. The last one is a real treat for the children and those young at heart!
Vintage Christmas Songs from the 1900's & 1910's Playlist
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I'm not very familiar with this one.
1900s -1910s Victorian Christmas Music Selection
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This is from two years after King Edward's death, but I had to include it, as it's a lovely version. Note that the link that I originally provided no longer exists, so I had to find another. But here, you can actually see the grammophone!
"Silent Night! Hallowed Night!" Elsie Baker on VV Model XI, 1912.
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Finally, as my friends know, I love Eton College, so I had to include this. It breaks the theme slightly, in that it doesn't belong to a specific time period, but songs from different times are sung, and all in a very traditional manner.
Eton Choir Christmas
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These don't fit anywhere, but they're so enjoyable that I had to include them. They're by Mozart. No, not Wolfgang, but but his father, Leopold!
The first was written with Christmas and children in mind. But let's just forget we're adults for a moment.
Leopold Mozart Toy Symphony Gmajor
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This one is another happy piece that always makes me smile.
Musikalische Schlittenfahrt (The Sleigh Ride) - Perennial Praise
Après un succulent #dîner de Noël au #restau éthiopien, j'ai dormi seulement 3 heures.
Impossible de me rendormir.
Pareil pour ma soeur et ma mère, nous sommes une famille de détraqués du sommeil.
Alors on a commencé à cuisiner pour notre réveillon de ce soir au lieu de petit-déjeuner en somnolant.
#cuisine #cuisineéthiopienne #cuisinevégane #vegan #restaurant #Rouen
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Christmas 2024 in Marseille
#christmas2024 #photo #photography #marseille
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The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2:1-20 (NIV)
Christmas is a great time to celebrate with family and friends, and enjoy the gifts and cards we give to each other in celebration. But it's also a time to reflect on the story of the nativity and the glorious day that Jesus was revealed to be the Messiah.
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
And everyone went to their own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
The Archbishop of York will say that the Church of England must "kneel in penitence" and "be changed" in his Christmas day sermon, an attempt at turning the corner after the CofE's annus horribilis related to its leadership's handling of historic allegations of abuse.
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#Church #Abuse #ChurchOfEngland #CofE #Anglican #Christmas
Church ‘must kneel in penitence’ after abuse scandal, says archbishop in Christmas sermon
Archbishop of York will call for people to put the needs of others first – including victims of abuseHolly Bancroft (The Independent)
I just accidentally found a new (for me) operetta! Sadly, I doubt I'll find more by these two in this particular play, but perhaps, I can find it performed in English somewhere. It sounds like something I would absolutely love to see.
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#music #operetta #TheaPhilips #theatre #theater #TreforJones
I love this song, and for some reason, I always find myself singing it. This man's voice is also among the best I've ever heard in my life. For some odd reason, this video doesn't say his name. It's Trefor Jones.
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#Bethlehem #Christian #WestBank #Jesus
Bethlehem's Christian community struggles to celebrate amid ongoing Gaza war and West Bank tensions
The lack of tourism in the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born follows 14 months of war in Gaza.Yousra Elbagir (Sky News)
Déjame estar contigo
#DejameEstarContigo la mejor película mexicana del año, a nuestro parecer, y al parecer nadie sabe mucho de ella. Ya en algunos cines.
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Georgiana Brummell
in reply to Georgiana Brummell • •Oh, that was absolutely fantastic! What an amazing performance! It's the first time I saw a truly professional version of an Ivor Novello work, aside from the mess that was the Glamorous Night film, whose only saving graces were Mary Ellis and Trefor Jones. While I loved Perchance to dream and King's Rhapsody, both were amateur productions. This was how his works were meant to be seen and heard! And the woman who played Maria equalled Mary Ellis in her singing abilities,, including the amazing portemento and high notes! And Olive Gilbert not only sang but spoke as well! Dunstand Hart just sang, but judging by the script, that was probably how the original play was written, too. Overall, I would highly recommdns this not just to fans of Ivor Novello but to anyone who wants to see a romantic story with beautiful music, sung properly!
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#film #IvorNovello #operetta #theatre #theater #TheDancingYears #vienna