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We are gravely concerned that the conduct and threats outlined here are causing serious harm to civilians in the Middle East, and that they also contribute to escalating the conflict, damaging the environment and the global economy, and that they risk degrading the rule of law and fundamental norms that protect every nation’s civilians
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel, University life with tags civilian deaths, civilization, Geneva Conventions, ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross, international humanitarian law, international law, Iran, Israel, Israeli government, jus ad bellum, jus in bello, Just Security, nuclear power plant, protection of civilians, rules of engagement, stone ages, Trump administration, UN, United Nations Charter, United States, war crimes on April 8, 2026 by xi'an
1984 or 2025 [newspeak]
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel with tags 1984, AfD, anti-abortion organisations, Chornobyl, conservatism, democracy, Чорнобиль, far-right, George Orwell, JD Vance, Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz, MSC 2025, Munich, Munich Security Conference, Newspeak, nuclear power plant, reproductive rights, safety zones, Scotland, Solidarity with Ukraine, Stand Up To Trump, The Guardian, Trump administration, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, welcome to Scotland on February 28, 2025 by xi'an
[Quotes from J.D. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, on 14 Feb 2025, a perfect Orwellian achievement in newspeak!]
“It looks more and more like old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet era words like misinformation and disinformation, who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion, or, God forbid, vote a different way, or, even worse, win an election”
“…when we see European courts cancelling elections and senior officials threatening to cancel others, we ought to ask whether we’re holding ourselves to an appropriately high standard. (…) If your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with”
“There is no room for firewalls [against the far-right AfD] People dismissing voters’ concerns, shutting down their media, protects nothing. It is the most surefire way to destroy democracy.”
“I look to Brussels, where E.U. Commission commissars warn citizens that they intend to shut down social media during times of civil unrest the moment they spot what they judge to be ‘hateful content,’ or to [Germany], where police have carried out raids against citizens suspected of posting anti-feminist comments online as part of ‘combating misogyny.’”
“in Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat (…) the United Kingdom backslide away from conscience rights has placed the basic liberties of religious Britons in particular in the crosshairs”
“The Scottish government has begun distributing letters to citizens whose houses lay within so-called safe access zones, warning them that even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law. The government urged readers to report any fellow citizens suspected guilty of thought crime in Britain and across Europe.”
Atoms [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags 1958 Brussels World's Fair, Atomium, Belgium, Brussels, Bruxelles, Exposition Universelle, hijacking, jatp, morning run, nuclear power plant, Russian invasion, sculpture, Sunday morning, Zaporizhzhia on September 10, 2022 by xi'an
remember Fukushima [福島を偲んで]
Posted in Statistics with tags 11 March 2011, 福島, Fukushima Daïshi, Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan, nuclear power plant, nuclear radiation, tsunami on March 11, 2021 by xi'an
quick impressions from Japan
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags ASC 2012, Australia, computer error, Fukushima Daïshi, Japan, Kyoto, Linux, nuclear power plant, nuclear radiation, Singapore on July 9, 2012 by xi'an
Just like last year trip to Shanghai was my first visit to China, this trip to Kyoto was my first time in Japan. I found the experience so exhilarating that I am already considering a trip back next year! (Especially since I could have lost all of my Kyoto pictures with my hard drive!) The mix of tradition and modernity, of history and high-tech, of chaotic architecture and smooth interactions, of rice fields in the shade of high-rises and of houses in the shade of expressways; all those snapshots, caught from the train as much as from the few hours I spent exploring the modern part of the city, are starting to blur already and I feel a need to go beyond to get a broader and deeper perspective on this fascinating country! Continue reading
