"I firmly believe the #freedom to express ourselves is a vital part of a healthy #democracy and a healthy international community. I thought these #values were shared by many in the #West, but the suppression of pro-#Palestine #speech and peaceful #protest...has shattered any such illusion." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/palestine-and-free-speech-hypocrisy/

One of the reasons why Canadians fiercely oppose the idea of becoming the 51st state of the United States is because it would mean their giving up some of their rights, such as their right to their #healthcare system, at the same time that citizens of the United States watch Trump take away some of their own rights.
#politics #values #tyranny

Reminder:

No one who loves you will tell you, "Either you love me, or die!".

Much less, "Either you obey me, or I'm taking you into the basement and setting you on fire for all eternity!"

No one who loves you tells you, "You're so horrifically evil, you should feel lucky to have me!", or, "No one else will ever love you the way I do!", or, "You are WORTHLESS without me!"

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: "It’s incredibly weird how many people around Trump seem to get an unhealthy pleasure from other people’s pain, distress, and humiliation. It seems abnormal."
#values #HumanRights #HumanDecency #politics

This is good from JSTOR on their use of AI https://about.jstor.org/research-tool/

'Our use of technology must enhance that credibility, not undermine it.'
'We will listen closely and proceed cautiously.'

Bill Kristol: "It's striking how much Trumpists hate what made the United States great: immigration, trade, medical and scientific research, the rule of law, an enlightened patriotism, a willingness and ability to correct past injustices." #values #politics

Cause information and knowledge are growing exponentially, #schools try to cram facts into the minds of students. The result is that there is less and less room for #understanding, for reflection on the world and the #meaning of life, for an understanding of #nature and #society, for #humanistic #values, for ethics...
Doing so, we are destroying our #culture and #civilization, because culture is nourished by understanding and wisdom, and civilization without understanding becomes uncontrollable.

#Caturday Special #Cats and #Culture make the purrfect match.
So why not treat yourself to something truly #unique #NFT, at a #specialprice, for just #24 hours only?

https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0xd63fa7f757ddcf50ab78751bdefa4fdbfd67ea52/12/

#Cat #Gatos #ThePositiveGhetto @opensea #music #art #photography #design #culturalaffairs #DeFi #Crypto #Blockchain #creativity #community #values #tokens #Web3 #BuenosAires #Argentina

"Re-imagining #values means understanding that #consumerism is causing certain risks, like inequalities, like waste, like the destruction of nature, and it’s not serving us well anymore."
The new #UN #InterconnectedRisks report analyses how we can act for #change: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042025/deep-change-theory-could-lead-to-sustainable-future/

Another goal is to explain the #values and principles of #society, #culture and #civilization in such a way that the young person not only understands them, but can also use them in life. They must establish the connection between the ideals of culture and their own goals.
This can only be achieved through example and direct experience. It follows that the best among us must be the #teachers and #educators: good at understanding, but also in #morals – and a role model for both.

#Knowledge first or #belief first #epistemology? Or even data first if you fall foul of #dataism. Data is a mechanism in the process.

What’s if neither knowledge or data is ‘first’? What if knowing is built on #value and #values instead?

Values -> value -> knowledge -> belief
(If you want an order).

I got here by way of #SystemsTheory rather than purely traditional routes.

When facing uncertainty, balancing hard work with rest is essential. Counter fight-or-flight with rest-and-recovery (and really comfortable sheets).

#rest #recovery #SelfCare #strength #values #courage #organic #bedding #oolie

https://oolie.com/blogs/bedtime-stories/bedding-in-times-of-uncertainty

#caturday

#Cats are more than muses in #ThePositiveGhetto, they're protectors and healers, as they've always been in my life

Los #gatos son más que musas en #ThePositiveGhetto, son protectores y sanadores, como lo han sido siempre en mi vida

https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0xd63fa7f757ddcf50ab78751bdefa4fdbfd67ea52/22

The #SpiritualWarrior uses one’s inner strength to wage battle on behalf of #values that matter and feed the #commongood —of which saving Mother #Earth is one solid example. https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/trump-the-maga-movement-as-anti-christ-a-handbook-for-the-2024-election

Children used to grow up in a sheltered environment of #family and neighborhood – there was enough time to educate them and teach them values. The goal of #education used to be to impart the #values of the #culture. #Religion used to have an important influence on society and taught values that were altruistic at their core. We have sacrificed all of that to #mammon.
When the fundamental values of a culture lose their basis and are no longer shared by the majority of people, it breaks down.

A US attempt to stop diversity initiatives in Europe faces backlash.

Efforts by the US government to eliminate diversity initiatives have not been well-received in Europe, after companies in France received a letter saying Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives could also apply outside the US.

France, Belgium and Spain are pushing back against the letter.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250331-a-us-attempt-to-stop-diversity-initiatives-in-europe-faces-backlash?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

The american #Government and their #Followers regress from #HomoSapiens to #HomoErectus in a #mindboggling #Velocity. You never can share their
lagging "#Values".

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-belgium-scoff-at-anti-dei-policy-letter-from-donald-trump-administration/