…I was distressed to see the images of 200-year-old Waiola Church in Lahaina in flames. On their website they note, it is a “community cornerstone” where members commit “to live our lives as a testament to our belief that Jesus Christ is our model for abundant living.”….
…Creative rebellion helps society move forward. It was evident this week in the red umbrella campaign in Yangon to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 8888 Uprising….
…Maung Saungkha, poet & leader of the Bamar People's Liberation Army, says, “we must overcome our ego, homesickness & intellectual pride… we must fight a revolution within ourselves before we can fight a revolution against others.”….
… Today I write to you about the photos in today’s WP of the children killed in Pa Zi Gyi. I found it too heart breaking to read every word of the article that provided a detailed account of the bombing on April 11…
…I am riled up because “Paris & Washington shrugged at the darker sides of Bazoum’s rule, including substantial use of the state’s legal & administrative powers to constrain and marginalize political opponents & critics.”…
Have you seen the photos of the unveiling of the Maravijaya Buddha in Naypyidaw, Burma? … I’d rather see the junta building Buddhas than buying bombs, so I am not complaining….
…I had a magical moment in Rep. Mike Thompson (CMT)’s office yesterday where I gathered with 5 others from the Davis Advocacy team of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)….
…Speaking of interns, did you see that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (LAM)’s July interns succeeded in their efforts to get a selfie with every member of the Senate? They got their last photo with Amy Klobuchar on Thursday….
Last week the higher power intervened & prevented us from getting internet access in Dunbar, so I spent the week doing puzzles, cleaning up brush & exploring the latest developments in our ever changing mini-lake instead of writing to you….
…I found it extremely creepy that the squad of 7 tech leaders at your AI event was so homogeneous. Mustafa Suleyman & Dario Amodei were the only guys who were not WASPy….
…Have you heard of “Barbenheimer”, also on the WP opinion page today? It’s the “campy, mindless confection of Mattel-meets-mushroom-cloud content that this nuclear meet-cute has produced.”…
