Nuclear war

An artistic representation of the explosion of a Russian nuclear bomb over a western city, seconds before the absolute catastrophe. Vision of a possible nuclear war as threatened by the Russian dictator.

Image: kk & Stable at NightCafe

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As can be seen all too well now, there is no place for humanity, art, culture or science in a war. Essential things that move humanity forward on the way into the future. The civilized world had managed to live together on this planet for nearly 70 years without any major conflicts. A time in which science, art and culture could thrive. And we are now experiencing how frail and fragile peaceful coexistence can be.



Как сейчас хорошо видно, в войне нет места человечности, искусству, культуре или науке. Необходимые вещи, которые двигают человечество вперед в будущее. Цивилизованному миру удалось прожить вместе на этой планете почти 70 лет без крупных конфликтов. Время, в котором могли развиваться наука, искусство и культура. И сейчас мы на собственном опыте видим, насколько хрупким и непрочным может быть мирное сосуществование.

 

 

He thought it was a tremendous idea, the absolute best idea he'd ever had -- ever.


The man known internationally as a loser and professional liar (every other word is a lie), the twice-impeached ex-US president and husband of Melania Trump, announced in a speech in the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago adobe palace in Florida that he intends to run for U.S. president again in 2024.

About 20% of Americans, his die-hard supporters, enthusiastically welcomed the move and immediately began cleaning their campaign gear.

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COVID-19
The number of cases is frightening, but it could get much worse; only 0.6% of the world population is affected by COVID-19 today. The virus took only three months to spread around the world and the number of cases is still rising.




According to Johns Hopkins University, the worldwide number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is now more than 631 million and 6.6 million total deaths (November 2022).
See a map of the world with all countries with confirmed cases and more information about the virus outbreak (from April 2020).






 

Are you confused by all the conflicting messages that rush at us daily? You are not alone.

But be aware that this also happens to less educated people (like me) who are even less able to understand what interests are behind these messages.
Many people feel more and more helpless or ignore the obvious and run to the next strong man.
How can this be avoided in the future?

Education could help. Give the next generation a better chance. Teach them critical thinking, make them understand the connections.

 

The Heart Breaking News
Organic life on Earth will bite the dust if we do not stop feeding the planet with greenhouse gases. Sorry, there is no beautiful clean coal or clean petrol - only if it stays where it is.


Biodiversity Crisis
Scientists have calculated that by the end of this century at least 550 animal species will follow in the footsteps of the mammoth and the sabre-toothed cat and will become extinct because humans exert an immense predatory impact on the animal kingdom. (Science Advances)


Japanese pollution
According to media reports, Japan is about to release 1 million tons of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (DW)


 

Deadly typhoons in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, devastating wildfires in Australia, Siberia, and the United States, hurricanes are making land-fall with disastrous consequences, and poisonous pollution all over the planet. The oceans suffocate from plastic waste, and madmen promote beautiful clean coal, and they want to sell their "Black Gold" -- oil.

This is our world, thanks to you. Because you can't get enough. There is your limitless greed. My houses, my cars, my boats, my stocks, my women, but it's not enough for you. You want your neighbors' houses, and cars, and boats, and stocks, and wives. And it's still not enough. You just can't get enough.

More, more, more, give it to ME.
You want it all, and you want it now. And you don't give a damn sh..t about others, or your country, or about the environment, or about the children of others. You cheat and twist the facts until they are no longer recognizable, and you ruin others just to satisfy your appetite for more power and influence. You wear expensive fashion brands and ignore that they are made by indentured laborers in a faraway land. You ship your garbage to Third World countries, but you couldn't care less about the fatal consequences for the people there. You ignore the fact that it is ultimately these people who make your luxury life possible.
But this has to stop. And if you get in the way when people try to save the planet, you could get hurt, not necessarily by other people but by the consequences of your behavior. Air and water no longer support life; fires, floods, landslides, tornadoes, devastating hailstorms will come ever closer to your luxurious home with its golden faucets and five cars in the garage. And one day, it will be too late to run away.

 

 

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