Phyllis Ring

All that an "ordinary" Munich girl reveals phyllisedgerlyring.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/530… via @phyllisring

"Animals walk around in a state of permanent religious intoxication."

من اینجا هستم تا بگویم چقدر مهم است که جهان فقط نظاره‌گر نباشد، بلکه به شیوه‌ای انسانی برای نجات جان‌های بیشتر مداخله کند. شاهزاده رضا پهلوی برلین، ۳ اردیبهشت ۲۵۸۵/۱۴۰۵

💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💜 @PeckerwQ

Guten Morgen, schönes Wochenende

A short break in Dorset afforded me the opportunity to pay homage to the oldest still in use postbox on the UK mainland. And I posted a couple of postcards to keep it busy. #postboxsaturday

Shap throughstone stile. #StileSaturday @Soapy_Wit_Tank @tismenic70 @LordOrk @RuthRendell1

Strange day already....all the little birds and big ones are here for breakfast. The little guys are getting all the dead insects in the yard, and this big Bald Eagle had a dead rat he dropped in the yard before settling down on the drive. The eagles NEVER land down on my yard. There are 5 living on my property, and i will put food out for them sometimes, but never have they just walked down the driveway....

What a day for a grand walk round Shap Abbey and Rosgill with views of Swindale and Haweswater valleys from atop a stile.

Trauerwache in Dresden. Organisiert von @kueksElm , dem auch noch das Auto mitten in Dresden aufgebrochen wurde. Wir gedenken all den Namen, die die Politik gern vergessen machen würde: Den Opfern von #Brokstedt, #Magdeburg, #Breitscheidplatz, #Illerkirchberg, #Würzburg

THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CRACKED THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN UK LEGAL HISTORY Richard Roll @Fujitsu worked on the Horizon system. In 2015 he went on @BBCPanorama and told them Fujitsu engineers had remote access to subpostmaster accounts and could change the numbers in secret. @PostOffice called that impossible. It was their entire defence. 700 people had already been prosecuted on the back of it. Post Office response: send lawyers to intimidate the journalists' sources. Hide Roll's identity from them. Call it a briefing. Call it protecting the brand. Roll gave evidence in the 2019 High Court case. It helped prove the system was defective. Convictions started falling. Since the ITV drama aired, Fujitsu has collected around £510 million in new UK government contracts. Victims are still waiting for compensation. One man spoke up in 2015. The institution spent a decade making sure nobody heard him. Sources: @BBCPanorama / @ComputerWeekly / @guardian / Others

Der Trauermarsch durch Dresden. Was man abseits von umstehenden oder im Café sitzenden Menschen hört: „Ich weiß gar nicht, worum es geht“. Sehr verdienstvoll, liebe Medien. Jeder Klimaaufmarsch wird maximal inszeniert, getötete Mitmenschen totgeschwiegen. #TrauerwacheDeutschland

Change in this world is inevitable,but we can choose how we dance with it. Knowing we are capable of handling any outside changes with our inner practices allows a sense of trust into our life. This trust is our road home through the world’s dance of impermanence. Jack Kornfield

Köln. Innenstadt rund um die St. Apern-Straße. Da ich auf der Schäl Sick ein entspanntes Dorfleben führe und einfach so gut wie nie in der Stadt bin, bin ich Landei (fünf Jahre Erzgebirge) völlig erschlagen. Erstens von den hippen Boutiquen, die völlig unsinnigen Quatsch verkaufen. Zweitens vom Hippness- und Coolness-Grad der Flaneure, der ungefähr Düsseldorf-Niveau hat. Es gibt da tatsächlich drei Gruppen: Die hippen, die coolen (wer beide nebeneinander sieht, merkt den Unterschied sofort), wobei die coolen eher älteren Semesters sind. Und dann gibt es noch die nuttigen, das sind ausschließlich Frauen. Die Mädchen haben alle dasselbe Gesicht. Lippen dick geschminkt oder aufgespritzt, Augenbrauenbalken und das Make-Up nicht sorgfältig verblendet. Ist das ein Trend? Alle eint, dass sie Dinge tragen, die ihnen nicht stehen, hässlich sind, und wahrscheinlich teuer waren (der einzige Grund, warum man Dinge trägt, die hässlich sind und einem nicht stehen). Lächeln ist ungefähr so häufig wie in einer ostslawischen Kleinstadt im Februar. Die ersten gelösten und normalen Menschen sind zwei etwa zwölfjährige Jungs in der Bahn auf dem Heimweg. Dieser sichtliche Überfluss an Geld, gepaart mit dem krassen Mangel an Stil und Lebensart, diese völlige Konformität und betonte Formlosigkeit killen mich komplett. Das ist doch alles nicht gesund hier. Ich will zurück ins Dorf.

Aus Dresden sendet die „Trauerwache Deutschland“ eine klare Botschaft: Die Opfer, die seit 2015 ums Leben gekommen sind – insbesondere durch Attentate und extreme Gewalttaten – werden niemals vergessen. Ihre Namen sind ein Mahnmal: 🕯André (9), Magdeburg 2024 🕯Mia (15), Kandel 2017 🕯Ann-Marie (17), Brokstedt 2023 🕯Danny (19), Brokstedt 2023 🕯Liana (16), Friedland 2015 🕯Philippos (20), Bad Oeynhausen 2024 🕯Rouven (29), Mannheim 2024 🕯Melanie (30), Berlin 2018 🕯Anwar (37), Potsdam 2024 🕯Leo (8), Frankfurt 2019 🕯Farimah (38), Prien 2017 🕯Patricia (61), Hannover 2019 🕯Daniel (35), Chemnitz 2018 🕯Alina (21), Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2022 🕯Natascha (37), Burgdorf 2024 🕯Stefanie (24), Würzburg 2021 🕯Johanna (82), Würzburg 2021 🕯Christiane (49), Würzburg 2021 🕯Wilhelm (36), Stuttgart 2019 🕯Jacqueline (21), Hamburg 2015 🕯Susanna (14), Wiesbaden 2018 🕯Malak (17), Menden 2024 🕯Florian (56), Solingen 2024 🕯Judith (30), Darmstadt 2022 🕯Daniel (35), Dresden 2017 🕯Ines (56), Solingen 2024 🕯Jose (20), Münster 2018 🕯Kai-Uwe (41), Aschaffenburg 2025 🕯Yannis (2), Aschaffenburg 2025 🕯Stefan (67), Solingen 2024 🕯Thu (41), Dresden 2017 🕯Else (52), Magdeburg 2024 🕯Jutta (67), Magdeburg 2024 🕯Nadine, Magdeburg 2024 🕯Rita (75), Magdeburg 2024 🕯Birgit (52), Magdeburg 2024 🕯Isabelle (66), Nürtingen 2024 🕯Nada (34), Berlin 2016 🕯Sebastian (32), Berlin 2016 🕯Lukasz (37), Berlin 2016 🕯Klaus (65), Berlin 2016 🕯Peter (72), Berlin 2016 🕯Fabrizia (31), Berlin 2016 🕯Georgiy (44), Berlin 2016 🕯Dorit (53), Berlin 2016 🕯Melissa (27), Hannover 2017 🕯Joachim (51), Offenburg 2018 🕯Maria (19), Freiburg 2016 🕯Dalia (66), Berlin 2016 🕯Victor (16), Hamburg 2016 🕯Angelika (65), Berlin 2016 🕯Jana (19), Lüneburg 2021 🕯Christoph (40), Berlin 2016 🕯Sharam (31), Ibbenbüren 2020 🕯Jonas (20) Ludwigshafen 2022 🕯Dietrich (85), Wittenburg 2018 🕯Anna (44), Berlin 2016 🕯Sascha (35), Ludwigshafen 2022 🕯Manfred (59), München 2025 🕯Christoph (24), Beelitz 2025 🕯Ramseh (55), Uelzen 2024 🕯Hafsa (2), München 2025 🕯Berthold (77), Freiburg 2024 🕯Tabitha (17), Asperg 2022 🕯Bobby (29), Berlin 2025 🕯Amel (37), München 2025 🕯Mireille (17), Flensburg 2018 🕯Ursula (87), Jena 2019 🕯Soopika (22), Ahaus 2017 🕯Juliana (30), Viersen 2018 🕯Joseline (36), Hamburg 2019 🕯Gerda (82), Cottbus 2016 🕯Hanna (22), Leverkusen 2020 🕯Myriam (37), Leipzig 2020 🕯Markus (22), Köthen 2018 🕯Victoria (20), Hamburg 2021 🕯Giuseppe (26), Köln 2020 🕯Jana (36), Preetz 2019 🕯Gerhard (85) Pulheim 2023 🕯Salim (5), Arnschwang 2017 🕯Musaab (30), Saarbrücken 2017 🕯Bianca (28), Frankfurt 2023 🕯Ece (14), Illerkirchberg 2022 🕯Cynthia (21), Worms 2019 🕯Mustafa (49), Berlin 2023 🕯Tatjana (20), Plattling 2020 🕯Thomas (55), Dresden 2020 🕯Ahmed (61), Sarstedt 2024 🕯Nicole (47), Mönchengladbach 2017 🕯Abdul (20), Mönchengladbach 2025 🕯Mezgin (16), Aschaffenburg 2017 🕯Farhad (30), Burg 2015 🕯Maris (84), Berlin 2018 🕯Martin (30), Paderborn 2024 🕯Nicole (36), Frankfurt 2018 🕯Asal (18), Hamburg 2026 🕯Mohamad (37), Primsweiler 2024 🕯Youssef (27), Aue 2024 🕯Magda (41), Krefeld 2025 🕯Lica (33), Regensburg 2017 🕯Mohamed (26), Berlin 2024 🕯Carina (23), Emmerich 2023 🕯Kristin (40), Arnstadt 2020 🕯Liane (39), Berlin 2018 🕯Hasnaa (30), München 2016 🕯Julia (35), Berlin 2016 🕯und all die anderen, deren Namen hier nicht genannt sind. Quelle der Opfer: trauerwachedeutschland.de/english

The mind reacts, but awareness observes. In observation, you reclaim your power to choose.

What shocks me whenever I come to the USA is how much BETTER the place and people are in real life compared to what gets amplified on social media. This is true almost everywhere, but because so much online 'content' originates from the US, it's particularly striking.

Der Neumarkt in Dresden ist voll! 🔥 Hier findet die Gedenkkundgebung der „Trauerewache Deutschland“ statt. Sie erinnert an alle Opfer von Gewalt seit 2015 – insbesondere durch Attentate und extreme Gewalttaten. An alle, die heute hier sind: Danke, dass ihr gekommen seid. 🖤

"Fujitsu knew about the bugs from 1999. The Post Office knew. They prosecuted people anyway. Then they destroyed the evidence, sacked the forensic accountants when they got too close to the truth, and deleted social media comments from victims."

THE MAN THEY CALLED A NUTTER JUST GOT A KNIGHTHOOD In 2003, the Post Office fired Alan Bates from his small branch in Llandudno, Wales. The reason? He refused to repay £1,200 that the Horizon computer system had invented out of thin air. He invested £65,000 in that post office. He made 507 calls to the helpline. He kept meticulous records proving the software was broken. The Post Office's response was to terminate his contract and walk away. Their own internal documents called him "unmanageable." People at industry conferences called him a nutter and a thief. He couldn't afford a hotel room at one protest event. He slept in a tent. So naturally he spent the next 20 years building the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, dragging the Post Office into the High Court, winning a landmark judgment in 2019 that proved Horizon was riddled with bugs, errors and defects, and triggering the overturning of more than 900 wrongful convictions. Over 900 people were prosecuted. Around 700 convicted. 236 went to prison. The scandal was linked to at least 13 suicides. The compensation bill has now passed £1.2 billion. Fujitsu (@Fujitsu_Global) knew about the bugs from 1999. The Post Office (@PostOfficeNews) knew. They prosecuted people anyway. Then they destroyed the evidence, sacked the forensic accountants when they got too close to the truth, and deleted social media comments from victims. Paula Vennells, the CEO who presided over much of it, collected a CBE. She kept it for years. Bates turned down an OBE in 2023 specifically because of that. He finally accepted a knighthood in 2024. After the ITV drama. After the public inquiry. After the nation had caught up with what he'd been saying since 2003. Twenty years. Sleeping in a tent. Called a thief by the people who were supposed to represent him. Sir Alan Bates was right from the start. The institution was lying from the start. That is the whole story. Sources: @ComputerWeekly | @BBCNews | @ITVNews | @guardian |

"[T]he essence of Communism is quite beyond the limits of human understanding. It is hard to believe that people could actually plan such things and carry them out."