Phyllis Ring

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

Anyone else think it’s weird that we just sat through Savannah Guthries’ mom missing wall to wall coverage (where did that go?) and we have 12 scientist either killed or missing and it has gotten almost no coverage?

There is Iranian ice cream with saffron and pistachios in Munich, so my weekend has started exceptionally well.

Andrew Huberman dropped a brutal truth on Bill Maher’s podcast: Even if your phone is off and face-down on the table, it’s still quietly stealing your focus and draining your brainpower. The only way to get your full cognitive ability back? Get the phone completely out of the room. It’s not that removing it gives you superpowers — it just returns you to the normal baseline every generation before smartphones had. Success today is increasingly about what you don’t do. This one really hit me. How often do you keep your phone completely out of the room when you need to focus deeply?

When I read the Biography of Dostoevsky by Joseph Frank, the main thing that stuck out to me was that Dostoevsky, being middle class, was seen as beneath the other upper class writers because he was so devoutly religious. They made fun of him for it in the "sophisticated literary circles". It was seen as lower class, peasant behaviour to be truly Christian rather than just go through the motions for ritual/tradition at Christmas and Easter and they jeered and blasphemed among their friends without compunction. This is when I really started realising how our modern problems are not so modern after all.

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (25th April ) was at 5.52am, sunset is at 8.21pm ☀️

“My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart." — ‘Abdu’l-Bahá #Bahai #RenderService stevenlbossermanarchives.com/2026/04/24/dai…

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In the 1980 film Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) , the "baguette scene" (often called the "bread scene") occurs when the gang's rental car breaks down in the French town of Le Héron. Hungry while they wait, Peppermint Patty sends Charlie Brown into a local bakery to buy bread for sandwiches. #snoopylover #snoopy #cartoon #explore #funny

Exactly what we’re all seeing… 👇🏻

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about grief: Check in with your friends after they lose someone, not just in the weeks immediately after (they will probably be in shock and overwhelmed) but 1 month, 2 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, after. And even after that, the anniversaries, the special occasions, which can be the hardest. Don’t tell them to text you if they need anything. Reach out to them. Ask them about their day. Let them talk about anything. They may not even be wanting to talk about the person who died. They may just want to talk about anything that will help them get their mind off things. If they feel bad, don’t force them to feel better. Don’t respond to them with spiritual platitudes when they say they are sad, like “everything happens for a reason”. The greatest gift you can offer is just to be with them in their pain without trying to change it. If it makes you uncomfortable, become aware of that. And allow them to be sad. Allow yourself to be with your own sadness and discomfort with death, without trying to change it. Most people are. If you can, make them laugh. Let them talk about whatever. Because when someone dies, the arc to heal is long. It comes in waves. Just because they seem fine doesn’t mean they are over it. Some days they will be fine. And other times, especially late at night, they won’t be. They never know when it will hit them. A happy day can turn into an intensely sad night. You may never fully know what your presence means to someone who is grieving. But I promise you, it matters.

This graph takes the historical average of cancer deaths in the US and shows that in 2021 something altered the average and shifted it toward an increase in deaths. We all know where this comes from. We demand answers.

“Humanity acts as if it does not understand what communism is, as if it does not want to understand, is not capable of understanding.”

At least Parliament let it die naturally.

🚨PRINCE REZA PAHLAVI JUST WENT FULL NUCLEAR ON THE ENTIRE EU PRESS & PARLIAMENT! 🔥🧨 I want to speak DIRECTLY to the people of Europe. In the past two weeks I held TWO MAJOR press conferences — one in Stockholm, one in Berlin. Over 150 JOURNALISTS showed up. We spent MORE THAN TWO HOURS with them… And guess what? NOT ONE SINGLE of those 150 journalists asked about the 40,000 IRANIANS SLAUGHTERED on the streets of my country on January 8th and 9th! NOT ONE asked about the 19 political prisoners EXECUTED in the last two weeks. When I told them 20 more are currently sentenced to death — CRICKETS. Not a damn question. I stood right next to a grieving mother and father who lost their sons in that massacre and begged them to listen to their stories… NOT A SINGLE ONE of those 150 journalists asked them a thing. Let that sink in. My 40,000 BRAVE INNOCENT COMPATRIOTS who were butchered fighting for liberty? They don’t give a damn. They are too busy criticizing America and Israel for taking out the dictator who’s been slaughtering our people for 47 YEARS — instead of going after the regime that’s actually doing the killing! They’d rather dig up Iran’s history than talk about what’s happening RIGHT NOW or the free democratic Iran we’re fighting for. One EU parliament member even had the nerve to say Iranians aren’t ready for democracy. To that coward and to every fake journalist in the room I say this: Iranians aren’t just “ready” for democracy… 40,000 of them just DIED for it! And I will NOT let their blood be in vain. SO HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR: Whether Europe stands with us or not… Whether your journalists do their damn jobs or not… Whether your politicians grow a spine or not… I WILL FIGHT FOR MY PEOPLE AND MY COUNTRY. Even if we have to do this ALONE — we are fighting until IRAN IS FREE! 🇮🇷💪 #RezaPahlavi‌ForIran @PahlaviReza

I want it all! I'm greedy that way

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Guten Morgen, schönen Freitag

'The Buddha always told his disciples not to waste their time and energy in metaphysical speculation. Whenever he was asked a metaphysical question, he remained silent. Instead, he directed his disciples toward practical efforts. Questioned one day about the problem of the infinity of the world, the Buddha said, "Whether the world is finite or infinite, limited or unlimited, the problem of your liberation remains the same." Another time he said, "Suppose a man is struck by a poisoned arrow and the doctor wishes to take out the arrow immediately. Suppose the man does not want the arrow removed until he knows who shot it, his age, his parents, and why he shot it. What would happen? If he were to wait until all these questions have been answered, the man might die first." Life is so short. It must not be spent in endless metaphysical speculation that does not bring us any closer to the truth.' ~Thich Nhat Hanh ✨🙌🏾💫

On the anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass in 1932 here’s Peter Brook’s ‘Look at This! Trespassing for the Sake of Art’, in which he very clearly ignores the notice on the gate. His support for what was to become the ‘right to roam’ is apparent in many of his paintings.