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All oppression is local

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July 13, 2026

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The statement “all oppression is local” is a complex one with varying interpretations. Here’s a breakdown:
* Arguments for “All Oppression is Local”
* Focus on Individual Action: This perspective emphasizes that oppression often manifests in everyday interactions, systemic biases within local institutions, and the actions of individuals within a community.
* Importance of Local Resistance: It highlights the crucial role of local organizing, community building, and grassroots movements in challenging and dismantling oppressive systems.
* Acknowledging Context: This view recognizes that the specific forms and manifestations of oppression vary significantly across different locations and contexts.
* Arguments Against “All Oppression is Local”
* Oversimplification: Critics argue that this statement can downplay the interconnectedness of global systems of oppression, such as colonialism, imperialism, and global capitalism.
* Neglecting Systemic Issues: Focusing solely on the local level can overlook the role of powerful global actors, transnational corporations, and international institutions in perpetuating and exacerbating oppression.
* Ignoring Interdependence: Oppression often has both local and global dimensions. Ignoring the global context can limit our understanding of how local struggles are connected to broader power dynamics.
Dealing with Repression
Successfully dealing with repression requires a multifaceted approach:
* Understanding the Roots of Repression: Identify the underlying causes of repression, whether they are political, economic, social, or cultural.
* Building Solidarity: Connect with others who are experiencing similar forms of repression and build a strong network of support.
* Non-violent Resistance: Use non-violent strategies such protests, civil disobedience, and boycotts to challenge repressive regimes.
* Advocacy and Education:Raise

awareness about the issue, advocate for policy changes, and educate the public about the human rights of those affected by repression.
* Seeking International Support: Engage with international human rights organizations and seek international pressure on repressive regimes.
* Self-care:

Prioritize self-care practices to maintain mental and emotional well-being in the face of adversity.
It’s important to remember that dealing with repression is a long-term struggle that requires perseverance, resilience, and a commitment to justice and human rights.
Disclaimer: This information is for general knowledge and discussion purposes only and does not constitute professional advice.

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So, where do you go? The rich being poor will not help. The poor becoming rich is too much temptation. They are likely to fail when new wealth brings their bitter judgment back on them.

A good dose of contentment and forbearance is a prescription that may work, but how? ” Make the best of every opportunity to do good. And collectively all classes will merge into a more just society.

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Wednesday Charm, NNS, Assocation, fellowship with purpose,Welcome Bass Coast 2026

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July 9, 2026

A view to act

BC Nature,

A review:

BC Nature, officially known as the Federation of British Columbia Naturalists, is a non-profit organization dedicated to “Know Nature and Keep It Worth Knowing.” They operate as a federation of local natural history groups, representing approximately 6,500 members across 64 nature clubs throughout British Columbia.
Their mission encompasses both education and conservation:

* Conservation Providing

A unified voice for naturalists and nature clubs on conservation and environmental issues. They actively work to protect and educate the public and decision-makers about BC’s natural history, including biodiversity, species at risk, and parks.

* Education Fostering

An awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the natural environment for its wise use and maintenance for future generations. They encourage the formation and cooperation of nature clubs and facilitate communication among naturalists in BC.
BC Nature is involved in various initiatives, including the Municipal Protected Areas Project (MPAP) and Important Bird and Key Biodiversity Areas (IBA-KBA) programs. Their member clubs lead numerous conservation and stewardship projects and organize nature outings and speakers in their local communities.
BC Nature 2025 Convention in Merritt, BC
The 2025 BC Nature Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM), titled

“Nature in the Rainshadow 2025

–grasslands, forests & wetlands,” is being hosted by the Nicola Naturalist Society in Merritt, British Columbia. The convention runs from May 22-25, 2025, at the Merritt Civic Centre.
Key highlights of the convention include:
* Theme: “Nature in the Rainshadow” focuses on the unique ecosystems of the Nicola Valley, including grasslands, forests, and wetlands.
* Program: The conference features a variety of activities, including:
   * Presentations by experts on topics such as wildfire in the BC Interior, wildlife research, and thermal refuges for salmonids.
   * Early morning birding opportunities.
   * A range of field trips designed to explore the local natural environment. These include options like grassland ecology, bioblitz and iNaturalist workshops, lichen studies, mushroom forays, hikes in provincial parks, beaver re-introduction sites, extended birding trips, and even owl pellet analysis.

* The BC Nature Annual General Meeting.

* A banquet with a keynote speaker (Lennard Joe on First Nations’ stewardship), awards, and a silent auction.
* Evening activities such as moth identification and owling.
* Location: Merritt, BC, in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Nlaka’pamux and Syilx people.
* Hosts: The Nicola Naturalist Society is actively organizing and welcoming attendees to this event.
Many of the field outings, especially for Friday and Sunday, filled up quickly, so attendees needed to register early. The conference provides a valuable opportunity for naturalists to connect, learn, and explore the diverse natural beauty of the Nicola Valley.

Action in quiet and measured resolve

This Summer as it unfolds may be a good time to strengthen relationships in community at some level.

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Festival Merritt

We appreciate the focus of the Bass Coast as they visit merit again this year for its 18th time.

We give simple credence to their three emphasis’s and considerations. Art, music, nature.

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Earthquake…

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June 29, 2026

Discriptive condition

Hati under Donald Trump

During Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021), the administration’s interactions with the Republic of Haiti were primarily defined by strict immigration enforcement, the unwinding of humanitarian protections, diplomatic friction caused by controversial rhetoric, and navigating Haiti’s deep political instability.The key areas of interaction include:

### 1. The Attempt to Terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

The most impactful policy interaction involved Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which had protected roughly 50,000–60,000 Haitian nationals from deportation following the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake. * **The Directive:** In May 2017, the administration granted a brief six-month extension with explicit warnings for Haitians to prepare to leave. In November 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially announced the termination of Haiti’s TPS designation, arguing that the country’s post-earthquake conditions had sufficiently improved. * **The Legal Battle:** The termination was immediately met with lawsuits. In October 2018, a federal judge issued an injunction (*Ramos v. Nielsen*), blocking the administration from ending the protections. The judge cited potential violations of administrative procedures and raised questions about racial animus behind the decision. Though the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals eventually reversed this injunction in late 2020, ongoing legal maneuvers ensured that TPS protections for Haitians remained active throughout the entirety of Trump’s first term.

### 2. Diplomatic Friction and Rhetoric

Bilateral relations were heavily strained by private remarks from President Trump that leaked to the public. * **The 2018 Comments:** During an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers in January 2018 regarding immigration reform, Trump reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador, and certain African nations as “shithole countries” and questioned why the U.S. should accept more immigrants from Haiti. * **The Fallout:** The comments sparked an immediate international backlash. The Haitian government formally summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Port-au-Prince to protest the remarks, calling them “racist” and “insulting.” Domestically, a group of Haitian-American State Department diplomats authored an open letter expressing deep heartbreak and frustration. Trump denied using that exact derogatory language but maintained that Haiti was an undeniably poor and troubled country.

### 3. Diplomatic Relations and Political Instability

On the diplomatic front, the administration worked primarily with Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose term was marked by massive anti-corruption protests, economic collapse, and allegations of authoritarian overreach. * **The “America First” Approach:** The administration largely dialed back the heavy-handed, multi-billion-dollar nation-building and humanitarian aid frameworks of previous administrations, prioritizing regional stability, counter-narcotics enforcement, and containing migration waves. * **Support for Moïse:** Despite growing domestic calls within Haiti for Moïse to step down, the Trump State Department continued to recognize his legitimacy and pushed for parliamentary elections to resolve the political gridlock. However, the administration also issued sharp warnings to Moïse regarding his rule by decree after parliament dissolved in 2020.

### 4. Passing the Global Fragility Act (2019)

A significant legislative interaction occurred in late 2019 when President Trump signed the bipartisan **Global Fragility Act** into law. This initiative aimed to reshape how the U.S. deployed diplomatic, security, and development tools in conflict-prone regions. Haiti was later chosen as a primary target country under this framework, intended to bolster local civil society and prevent complete state collapse, though the actual implementation of the strategy fell to subsequent administrations.

Where earthquakes happen?

Earthquakes are sudden, violent shakes of the Earth’s surface caused by the release of built-up energy in the lithosphere—the planet’s rigid outer crust. This energy accumulates over long periods as massive slabs of rock, known as tectonic plates, continuously grind past, collide with, or pull away from each other. When the friction holding these plates in place is finally overcome, the rock fractures along a fault line, sending shockwaves called seismic waves radiating outward in all directions. It is these vibrations that trigger the ground rolling and violent jolts capable of bringing down modern infrastructure.Geographically, earthquakes are not distributed randomly; they overwhelmingly occur along the boundaries where these tectonic plates meet. The most seismically active zone on Earth is the Circum-Pacific Belt, frequently called the “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped horse path looping around the Pacific Ocean where plates actively collide and subduct under one another. Another prominent danger zone is the Alpide Belt, which stretches from the Atlantic Mediterranean through southern Asia and into Indonesia. While earthquakes can technically occur anywhere if stress builds up within a stable plate interior, communities situated directly on active fault lines bear the highest risk of facing a catastrophic disaster.Over the last ten years (2016–2026), tectonic activity has claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives, with four specific disaster areas proving to be the absolute deadliest. The most devastating by far occurred along the **Turkey–Syria border** in February 2023, where a massive double-quake sequence killed over 60,000 people and destroyed entire cities. The second most lethal region was **Myanmar**, where a catastrophic magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in March 2025, claiming over 5,400 lives. It is followed closely by **Sulawesi, Indonesia**, where a 2018 earthquake triggered a devastating localized tsunami and liquefaction that killed more than 4,300 people. Finally, the **Haitian Peninsula** suffered yet another humanitarian crisis in August 2021 when a magnitude 7.2 quake struck the southwestern region of the country, resulting in the loss of over 2,200 lives.

Historical trama

You are likely thinking of one of a few legendary, cataclysmic events that completely reshaped northern China during the imperial eras. If we look back almost exactly a millennium ago, two massive earthquakes stand out for their sheer devastation of the population:
### The 1038 Dingxiang Earthquake (Shanxi Province)
Striking on January 9, 1038, during the Song Dynasty, this magnitude 7.25 earthquake hit the Xinzhou and Dingxiang regions of northern China. Because the local population heavily relied on homes built from unreinforced rammed earth or carved out of the fragile loess soil cliffs, the ground shaking caused instant, widespread collapses. Historical records note that at least **32,300 people perished**, tens of thousands were injured, and over 50,000 livestock were lost, completely crippling the regional economy.
### The 1303 Hongdong Earthquake (Shanxi Province)
If your timeline is a bit more flexible, the massive **1303 Hongdong earthquake** (occurring roughly 720 years ago during the Yuan Dynasty) is widely considered one of the absolute deadliest in human history.
* **The Scale:** Estimated to be a massive magnitude 7.6 to 8.0, it ruptured nearly 60 miles of the Huoshan fault zone.

* **The Devastation:**

It killed between **170,000 and 270,000 people**. In the cities of Hongdong and Zhaocheng, every single school, temple, and official building was leveled, wiping out more than half of the urban population.

* **The Landscape Shift:

** The shaking was so violent that it triggered massive loess landslides, caused the ground to liquefy into miniature mud-rivers, and literally flattened hills, altering the topography of the Shanxi Rift System for centuries to come.

*(Note: If you are thinking of the single deadliest day in human history, that belongs to the **1556 Shaanxi earthquake**, which hit the neighboring province about 470 years ago and claimed an estimated 830,000 lives due to the total collapse of cliff-side cave dwellings.)*

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Four stages of water

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May 31, 2026

While we commonly think of water as having three stages (solid, liquid, and gas), the “fourth stage of water” often refers to plasma when discussing the fundamental states of matter. However, within the context of water specifically, it’s more nuanced.
Here’s a breakdown:
* Solid (Ice): Water molecules are rigidly bound in a crystal lattice.
* Liquid (Water): Molecules are more loosely bound and can move past each other.
* Gas (Steam/Water Vapor): Molecules are far apart and move randomly.
When people talk about a “fourth stage of water,” they might be referring to a few different concepts:
* Plasma: If you heat water vapor to extremely high temperatures, the molecules can break apart, and the atoms can become ionized (electrons are stripped from the nuclei). This superheated, ionized gas is plasma, which is indeed considered the fourth fundamental state of matter. This is not a common state for water under everyday conditions.
* Supercritical Fluid: At very high temperatures and pressures (above its critical point), water can exist as a supercritical fluid. In this state, it has properties of both a liquid and a gas, diffusing like a gas but dissolving substances like a liquid. While distinct, it’s generally considered an extension of the fluid phase rather than a completely separate “stage” in the same way solid, liquid, and gas are.
* Exclusion Zone (EZ) Water / Structured Water: This is a more controversial concept, primarily popularized by Dr. Gerald Pollack. He proposes that water adjacent to hydrophilic surfaces can form a structured, ordered layer with different properties than bulk water. He sometimes refers to this as “EZ water” or “structured water” and suggests it acts like a liquid crystal, having a more ordered hexagonal structure. While intriguing, this concept is still an area of active research and not universally accepted as a distinct “fourth phase” in the traditional scientific sense.
In summary, if you’re looking for the generally accepted “fourth state of matter” in the scientific community that water can achieve under extreme conditions, it’s plasma. However, if you encounter the term in other contexts, it could refer to supercritical water or the more speculative “EZ water.”

Life under the ICE

The size of Chicago

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Acrothesia

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April 25, 2026

Jordan Peterson,

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## Understanding Acrothesia*

*Acrothesia** refers to a localized increase or abnormality in tactile sensitivity, often manifesting as an intense or heightened perception of touch in the extremities, such as the fingers or toes. Unlike general hyperesthesia, acrothesia specifically targets the distal portions of the limbs and is frequently linked to underlying peripheral nerve irritation or early-stage neuropathy. When the nervous system is compromised, the threshold for sensory input drops, causing ordinary contact—such as the brush of clothing or a cool breeze—to be interpreted by the brain as exaggerated or even uncomfortable sensations.

## The Role of Infections and Mold

In the context of systemic or localized infections, acrothesia often serves as a clinical indicator of **neurotropism**, where a pathogen or its metabolic byproducts affect nerve endings. Certain fungal infections, particularly those involving toxicogenic molds like:

Stachybotrys chartarum

(black mold)

or specific species of *Aspergillus*, can release **mycotoxins** that are potent neurotoxins. These toxins can trigger inflammatory responses or oxidative stress within the myelin sheath of peripheral nerves, leading to the sensory distortions characteristic of acrothesia.

In chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) caused by water-damaged buildings, the persistent exposure to these mold spores can result in sustained nerve hypersensitivity, making acrothesia a common, albeit distressing, neurological symptom of mold-related illness.

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Oil

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January 6, 2026

Our Nook

Canada

USA

United States

This is a great starting point for an informative piece. To help you structure this, I have gathered the most current data for 2026.Global oil production has reached record levels recently, but the market is currently in a state of “oversupply,” meaning more oil is being produced than the world is actually using.

1. Global Production Volume (2026)

As of early 2026, total global production of “liquid fuels” (which includes crude oil, condensates, and biofuels) is approximately 107 to 108 million barrels per day (b/d). To put that in perspective, a single “barrel” is 42 gallons (159 liters). The world is essentially producing enough oil every day to fill over 6,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

2. How is Production Divided Up?

The “division” of oil production is usually viewed through two lenses: by organization and by country.By Organization (The Power Blocs) * Non-OPEC+ Countries (The Growth Leaders): This group, led by the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Guyana, now produces the majority of the world’s oil (roughly 60-65%). These countries have driven most of the recent supply growth. * OPEC+ (The Quota Managers): This group (led by Saudi Arabia and Russia) accounts for about 46% of global production. They often try to limit their production to keep prices from falling too low.By Country (The Top 5 Producers)The “Big Three” (USA, Saudi Arabia, and Russia) dominate the market, together producing about one-third of the world’s total supply.| Rank | Country | Approx. Daily Production (2025/2026) |

Share of World|

United States | ~20.9 Million b/d | ~20% || 2 | Saudi Arabia | ~11.1 Million b/d | ~11% || 3 | Russia | ~10.7 Million b/d | ~10% || 4 | Canada | ~5.8 Million b/d | ~6% || 5 | China | ~5.2 Million b/d | ~5% |>

Note on Venezuela:

While Venezuela has the world’s largest reserves (oil in the ground), its actual production is currently less than 1 million barrels per day due to political instability and infrastructure issues.>

3. How the “Division” is Changing in 2026

* The Oversupply Gap: Production is currently outstripping demand by about 2 to 3 million barrels per day. This has caused oil prices to drop significantly (Brent crude is currently hovering around $60/barrel). * New Players:

Countries like Guyana are seeing massive growth, moving from zero production a few years ago to nearly 1 million barrels per day in 2026.Next Steps for Your WritingSince you asked “how it is divided up,” are you planning to write about the geopolitics (who has the power) or the logistics (how the oil physically moves from producers to consumers)?

Editors note: Ai

Political shift is in somewhat in vogue at this moment. It comes on the heels of a worldwide pandemic and a lot of difficulty over warming. Take everything with a grain of salt. However, statistics are valuable when you consider context. K

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