Cheering on murder in Ukraine? (EU vs RU)

New drones, deadlier attacks: Dystopian reality in Ukraine

I was a Jewish TV actor, and now I play president in real life, ruled by outsiders in NATO.

 

Left joins call for mass murder?

(NPR, Sept. 30, 2026, 45-minute listen) Dave Davies interviews Editor-in-Chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes. She is just back from her fourth visit to Ukraine.

She claims to have personally witnessed that Russia [which is defending itself against NATO, US and EU incursions and pressure that are never brought up in the one-sided Western media] has ramped up production of missiles and deadly drones, while [U.S.-armed] Ukraine [after gloating and doing what Israel, the Mossad, Shin Bet, the EU, CIA, and Pentagon tell it to do] is now desperately short of interceptors to resist the onslaught and murder Russians in big cities with long-range drones it previously had access to, along with help from Elon Musk's Sky Link internet system for targeting Russian civilians in revenge attacks.

EU/US pushed us with NATO and lied about it.

“[Kiev or Kyiv] has been under really extraordinary [retaliatory] bombardment from the Russians, and they [the Russians] are basically trying to make life unlivable in a city of several million people [after Ukraine tried to make Russian cities with many more millions of people unlivable],” she tells Dave Davies. They also discuss the state of relations between Europe, Canada, and the U.S. in the dismal Trump era.

• AUDIO: New drones, deadlier attacks: Dystopian reality in Ukraine (Fresh Air/NPR)
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Hiking: annual trip to Yosemite Nat'l Park

Let's begin with a solo exploration of the back country then get down to the valley proper, where the whole family enjoys glamping, getting up early, and glorious hiking up Half Dome.

Yosemite September 2025 Family Trip

The views from Glacier Point, Yosemite

(Take It Outside) Sept. 11, 2025: 🌲✨ Join our family as we explore Yosemite National Park in this month! We start the trip in Yosemite Valley, taking in breathtaking views of El Capitan ("The Captain") and Half Dome from below. Then we drive up to incredible Glacier Point, where the panoramic views of the valley and high country leave us speechless. The highlight of the trip? Tackling the Half Dome hike—an unforgettable challenge climbing up the cables and soaking in the views from the summit, then making the long trek back down.

🏞️⛰️ 📍 HIGHLIGHTS

• Yosemite Valley views
• Drive up to Glacier Point
• Full Half Dome hike (up and down the cables)

Whether planning a Yosemite adventure or just love national parks, this video captures the beauty, challenge, and magic of one of America’s most iconic places. 👍 Remember to like, comment, and subscribe for more outdoor adventures. #Yosemite #Hiking #HalfDome #NationalParks

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• Scott Fitzgerald, 2024; Dirt in My Shoes, 2024; Take It Outside, Sept. 11, 2025; CALIFORNIA CAMPING CREW (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Jewish comedy: Larry Charles, Seinfeld

Notorious Anti-Dentite Jerry Seinfeld is now a big time Zionist*

Zionism is a criminal project and is not Judaism. Neturei Karta (NK USA) is the voice of masses of Orthodox Jews who follow TRADITIONAL Judaism in its opposition to the political (often secular) philosophy of "Zionism," the existence of the State of Israel, opposes the Zionist occupation of Palestine and condemns Israel's atrocities committed to and by many of its people. There are many Jews who oppose Zionism and Israel.

(Planet News) Israel under retaliatory fire! Bases hit, 220K affected, trapped by BN | BBC News

How Larry Charles went from selling jokes on the street to writing for Seinfeld

Larry David and Larry Charles

(Fresh Air, WHYY, June 17, 2025) In his new memoir, Comedy Samurai, Larry Charles reflects on his career in comedy — from writing for Seinfeld to directing Sacha Baron Cohen's films Borat and Brüno — and a recent near-death experience.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Larry Charles, has been an integral part of TV shows and films that both reflected and made an impact on American popular culture.

He was a writer on Seinfeld, showrunner on Mad About You, a writer and executive producer on HBO's Entourage and a director and executive producer on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He directed Sacha Baron Cohen's films Borat and Bruno. He also collaborated with Bob Dylan on the film Masked and Anonymous.

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  Expert interviewer Terry Gross (NPR)

  From Peabody, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning writer and director Larry Charles comes a rollicking journey through modern American comedy. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from his life's work. To tell his life story is to tell the story of modern American comedy. Over the last 40 years, few comedians have been a part of so many iconic, beloved projects. He was one of the original writers and producers on Seinfeld, directed over 20 episodes each of Curb Your Enthusiasm...

Larry David developed "Cosmo Kramer"

Larry Charles has a new memoir called Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter. When he says blood and guts, he means it. He and Sacha Baron Cohen took enormous risks with their films, in which Baron Cohen took his characters Borat and Bruno into the real world and shot scenes with people who thought Borat and Bruno were real people.

To expose antisemitism, racism, and homophobia, Baron Cohen's fictional characters pushed his targets to reveal their darker feelings and beliefs, and it sometimes ended in near violence, with Baron Cohen, Larry Charles and the crew fleeing.

(JimmyDore.com) All Israeli prime ministers lie with their fake names

Larry Charles also did a documentary series called Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy, where he went to dangerous places run by authoritarian rulers or were controlled by militias to see what comedy was like there. Larry Charles, welcome back to FRESH AIR.

Julia Louis Dreyfus as "Elaine"

LARRY CHARLES: Thank you. It's great to be here again. Thank you so much.

HOST TERRY GROSS: So the book starts with you having a heart attack and thinking...

CHARLES: *Laughter*

GROSS: This might be the end. Did facing the prospect of death make you rethink parts of your life and lead you to think you should rewrite parts of the book?

Woody Allen as Death

CHARLES: Well, I think it gave me a little more perspective on my own mortality. I have been obsessed with death since I'm a kid. But the reality of death and the obsession with death are two very different things.

And so I think I wanted to go back and be a little more honest and take a little bit more responsibility for my behavior. And I did add that layer to the book after all this happened.

GROSS: Yeah, because there's part of the book where you write you realized you were the agent of your own misfortune.

CHARLES: Very much so, yes.

GROSS: And that happened after...

CHARLES: And I had some bad agents, believe me. But I was...

GROSS: *Laughter* More: How Larry Charles went from selling jokes on the street to writing for 'Seinfeld' (NPR)

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World Oceans Day 2025 (The Beach)

World Oceans Day 2025: Protecting the waters that give this Earth life (Earth.com)

I never really think about the ocean. It's just here.

Someday, maybe on June 8th, it will be World Ocean Day. Then people will begin to realize our whole way of life is made possible by the oceans.

Trees give us so much, and we can see them. The ocean with all its plankton, water cycle, and underwater forests gives us more, but we cannot see it.

Corporations pollute, and we clean it up.

We might live on chlorella, spirulina, Irish moss, and seaweed -- nourished by all the salts (minerals) of the earth without knowing it -- yet never think to thank the seas from the sand at the foot of the oceans.

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) is halfway through. However, the UN Sustainable Development Goals on life below water (SDG14) remains the most underfunded goal.

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What a wonder the ocean

What would mermaids say?

This World Oceans Day, join us as we celebrate the ocean's essential wonder -- from all the wonders it consists of to the wonder it ignites. The ocean's wonder is what draws us in and drives our urge to protect it. Wonder is the foundation of scientific knowledge, the allure behind exploration, the curiosity that drives innovation, and the seed of traditional wisdom.

The act of wondering serves to remind us that we are part of something bigger. It wakes us up to our inherent connection to this earth and to each other, expands our understanding of what is possible, empowers innovation, and prioritizes decision-making for collective wellbeing.

While the ocean sustains our planet, wonder sustains our humanity. If the warnings haven't changed us, wonder is what will. More: United Nations World Oceans Day

N. Pacific Ocean Gyre garbage patch of plastic

World Oceans Day (WOD) is an international day that takes place annually on June 8th. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ocean Project started global coordination of World Ocean Day... More

What is being done to save the planet?

World Oceans Day

The ocean needs innovative, passionate leaders to drive the sustainable blue economy and ensure a healthy future. Scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, and technology developers are pushing the frontiers of exploration and innovation to monitor ocean health and counter the big challenges facing the ocean, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

Economist Impact’s Ocean Changemakers Challenge showcases leading changemakers working to develop business solutions to ocean-related sustainability challenges. The competition... World Oceans Day | Insight Hour

• Leo Di'o in The Beach in Buddhist Thailand, 2000; World Ocean Day; Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

When humans went extinct; water shortage

Gary Larson explains the world.

Ever learn something that changes the way everything else is thought about? It's a rare experience but a transformative one. The facts in this gallery are designed to see the world in a new way, and it is hoped, there are a few not read before.

(eBaum's World) Who knew that the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza while woolly mammoths were still roaming the Earth? When the Mexicans were building the largest known pyramid, Cholula, the wooly mammoths were also still trucking.

Extinction Protocols (stevequayle.com)

Ancient humans were so much more creative than they are given credit for but seeing as they're just the same as modern ones, that's unsurprising. A group of early humans sailed to Australia on their own, before any civilization had real means of sea travel. [Of course, they did have a means, and 50,000 years ago, aboriginals from Australia and/or New Zealand traveled to what is now the USA.]

Those blokes must have been flat-out like a lizard drinking. It's amazing early humans managed to survive at all. At one point there were only 10,000 of what we would describe as humans (Homo sapiens), and they coexisted and mated with Neanderthals and other early advanced primates.

• What the average person does not realize about this dip in human population -- going as low as 1,000 to 10,000 individuals -- is that in demographic terms, that is extinction. There is no coming back from a crash like that, at least not without help. Here, again, the ones above (akasha devas of Tavamtimsa and the Cathumaharajika Deva Loka, ETs, watchers, Anunnaki/Sumerians, angry Draconians, meddling reptilians, kind Pleiadeans, interested Lyrians, and the remainder of the 58 species that regularly visit the planet).
• There have been many ancient types of humans, and many must have coexisted at one time or another, whether they realized it or not. There were the Hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the Denisovans.

We could have turned out quite differently, and a lot hairier. Check out those facts and plenty of others about our marvelous world in this gallery of little-known things that can change how we see the world. eBaum's World via MSN.com

• 'Once-in-a-lifetime event': Explosion in space to look like new star, NASA says (USA TODAY)
• Daniel Bonfiglio (eBaum's World, Feb. 2024); Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

'American Fiction': successful Black satire?

It's Been a Minute; Fresh Air Weekend, 1/13/24; CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

S.K. Brown, American Fiction (Amy Sussman)

American Fiction is a movie one can spend hours discussing. Based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure, the movie is a satire of what the publishing industry wants from Black authors.

• Is American Fiction a successful satire? (It's Been a Minute)

The film also belongs to a lineage of Black movies that look at selling out in the entertainment industry: from CB4 to Hollywood Shuffle.

But does American Fiction say anything new? Host Brittany Luse chats with Aisha Harris, NPR culture critic and co-host of Pop Culture Happy Hour, about her essay on what American Fiction gets right — and the cultural marks it misses.

This episode was produced by Barton Girdwood, Brittany Luse, and Liam McBain. It was edited by Jessica Placzek and Bilal Qureshi. Executive producer is Veralyn Williams. VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.

This week on Fresh Air: Sterling K. Brown recommends taking it "moment to moment," on screen and in life: Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another for his role in This is Us. He now appears in the film American Fiction.

• Sterling K. Brown on 'American Fiction' (NPR)

Shelfy to FEED the world (live on Indiegogo)

Shelfy (vitesy.com, October 2023); Crystal Quintero, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

We grow it greener. You keep it fresher longer.

Discover a brand-new product: a revolution against food waste. It's a smart device that improves the shelf-life of our food and removes odors from our refrigerators to keep the food we have fresh much longer. There's no need to grow more. Waste less.

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Trees have a "heartbeat," scientific study finds

Sean Cate, The Premier Daily; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Researchers discover that trees have a "heartbeat," it's just so slow we've never noticed before.
Beautiful young woman hugs a tree, enjoying nature and smiling (free stock by videvo.net)

Trees hold a special place in our hearts, as they possess a longevity that surpasses most other creatures.

These remarkable organisms can live for thousands upon thousands of years. In fact, the oldest recorded tree boasted an incredible age of over 5,000 years!

Its roots reached back to a time when Rome stood at the peak of its glory -- an inspiring testament to the longevity of trees, making them some of the oldest living beings on our planet.

We acknowledge that trees are alive, for they harness energy to sustain their existence [and ours]. Though they lack the organs found in mammals like us, trees possess their own unique set of structures that enable their survival.

But being alive, do they possess a heartbeat?

Mystery of the Heartbeat

While trees do not possess a heart in the same way humans do, the idea of them having their own rhythm and pulsation is not as far-fetched as it might seem.

A recent study conducted by András Zlinszky, Bence Molnár, and Anders S. Barfod from Hungary and Denmark has shed light on an extraordinary aspect of trees: They possess a special type of pulsation akin to a heartbeat. More

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"The Exorcist" for Halloween (film)

Venture into the 'Fresh Air' crypt for a Halloween horror fest (NPR News for SoCal - 89.3 FM

Number 1 has to be little Linda Blair as Ouija Board player Regan in The Exorcist

The demon Pazuzu (voice)

The scary station KPCC (Southern California Public Radio at scpr.org) FM wanted to spook half-baked Los Angeles this Halloween. So it played a compilation show of Terry Gross' Fresh Air interviews with Anthony "Hannibal the Cannibal" Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and the far scarier woman who did the voice of the demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist Mercedes McCambridge. She is very scary with chilling control of her vocals.

The Untold Truth of The Exorcist

(Looper) The Exorcist is one of the most famous horror films of all time, and it often tops lists of the scariest.

Our gay priests are tops. We're #1

But the production of this classic Hollywood film was pretty frightening itself. The deaths and near-deaths of people associated with the film even led director William Friedkin to have a Catholic priest on set bless the film. While it might seem odd that a priest was hanging around the set, the Catholic Church actually approved of the film, seeing as how the heroes were a pair of priests. Get ready for some head spinning as we take a look at the untold truth of The Exorcist. #Exorcist #Truth Full article: looper.com/22817/untold-truth...

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NPR: Psychedelic Plant Medicine (audio)

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Good Chemistry (Dr. Julie Holland, MD)

Dr. Julie Holland, author of the new book Good Chemistry, says that when antidepressants don't work, psychedelic plant medicines (entheogens) can be used in conjunction with talk therapy to help work through traumas.

People treated with synthetic chemical antidepressants for years are never cured. These profitable pharmaceuticals are not "cures" and make no such promise. After years some patients hit a wall, a point when such treatment no longer even eases symptoms.

Dr. Holland, a psychiatrist, says that's where entheogenic substances -- often called "psychedelic drugs" as if they were recreational highs -- could help.

Dr. Holland was in charge of the psychiatric emergency room at Bellevue Hospital on weekends from 1996 to 2005. She currently has a private psychotherapy practice in Manhattan, NY.

She's also a medical monitor in research by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, maps.org), which involves, in part, developing psychedelics into prescription medications.

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I prefer good meditation.

Her new book, Good Chemistry, explores how she thinks psychedelic drugs, including LSD (acid), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), MDMA (ecstasy) and cannabis (high CBD marijuana), might be used more widely in psychiatry to make treatment more efficient and effective.

"There are certain plant medicines in particular — things like psilocybin or ayahuasca — that really help people not only explore their personal trauma," she says, but also "this feeling of unity and connection. People really come away from these experiences having a new perspective."

Some Buddhists see value in entheogen use.

Dr. Holland acknowledges that the use of psychedelic drugs (entheogens) in psychiatry is controversial — but she says the practice is slowly gaining acceptance.

"Good psychotherapy takes years and there are a lot of fits and starts," she says, "and people run away when things get too heavy. But it's changing more and more.... The data is so compelling that in my opinion, people in my profession have no excuse for not knowing what's going on." More

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"Just Mercy" attorney faces racism (audio)

Host Terry Gross (Fresh Air, MLK Jr. Day, 1/20/20), Harvard attorney Bryan A. Stevenson (Equal Justice Initiative), TED Talk 2012; Crystal Quintero, Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Just Mercy attorney asks U.S. to reckon with our racist past and present

Bryan Stevenson is the author of the memoir Just Mercy, which was recently adapted into a film starring Michael B. Jordan.

The third Monday of every January is a U.S. federal holiday honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. But two Southern states — Alabama and Mississippi — also use the day to celebrate General Robert E. Lee, commander of the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the Civil War.

Attorney Bryan A. Stevenson

Public interest lawyer NY School of Law Professor Bryan A. Stevenson (CBS interview) lives in Alabama and is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, which works to combat injustice in the U.S. legal system.

The new movie Just Mercy is an adaptation of his 2014 memoir of the same name. He says that the fact that his state honors Gen. Lee at all — let alone on the same day as Rev. King — is a sign that America has not acknowledged the evils of its past.

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White + KKK = racist USA (iStock.com)

"In the American South, where I live, the landscape is littered with the iconography of the Confederacy," Stevenson says. "We actually celebrate the architects and defenders of enslavement. For me, that has to change if we're going to get to the kind of healthy place I think we need to get to."

Stevenson has traveled the world, observing how other cultures address the injustices of the past. He notes that Johannesburg, South Africa, has a museum and monuments that "talk about the wrongfulness of apartheid."

Just Mercy movie poster

In Berlin, he says, "You can't go 200 meters without seeing markers and stones placed next to the homes of Jewish families that were abducted during the Holocaust."

"But in this country," he says, "we don't have institutions that are dedicated and focused to making sure a new generation of Americans appreciates the wrongfulness of what we did when we allowed lynching to prevail and persist, what we did when we created racial apartheid through segregation."

In 2018 Stevenson and his organization opened the Legacy Museum and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, both dedicated to the legacy of

• slavery,
• lynching,
• segregation, and
• mass incarceration in the U.S.

We're human! Treat us as human beings!

For Stevenson, the museum and the monument are an effort to address the past — and to change the future.

"I just felt like we had to introduce a narrative about American history that wasn't [being] clearly articulated," he says. "We need to create institutions in this country that motivate more people to say 'Never again' to racial bias and bigotry." More

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