John Harris writes in the Guardian about the complete failure of Brexit and the massive bureaucracy it has created for British businesses. The irony is that the Europhobes sell their hostility towards the EU as a struggle against bureaucracy and red tape.
This Shabbat I celebrate in Zagreb, Croatia. Arrived today, leave on Sunday. Haven’t seen much of the city so far, but I intend to.
Spent the weekend in Zagreb, where I took this photo of some graffiti at the Central Station. I like the religiosity.
Israel’s new far-right government risks adding fuel to an already out-of-control fire. Shayndi Raice and Aaron Boxerman of the Wall Street Journal have written an article about it.
It’s a bit late for a Shabbat Shalom, but I’ll do it anyway. Here with a photo of the Alps that I took from the aeroplane seat on my way to Croatia last week.
“Germany wants to force its power-hungry data centers to harness excess heat for warming residential homes,” Financial Post reports.
Seems like a good idea. Why waste heat?
It’s Shabbat, but I’m at work trying to help people in need. Feels good. And for those who don’t know, Halacha stipulates that mitzvot must be broken in any event that it might save lives.
I’m at work. Tomorrow will be that last day of work before I take a leave for three weeks. On Tuesday, I will have gastric-sleeve surgery done to help me lose weight. I’m tired of being obese. It will be a journey. And then, on Sunday, I’ll travel to my second home in Spain for a much-needed holiday. There I plan to relax while my wounds heal.
At this time tomorrow, but stomach will be significantly smaller. I’m not sure it’s nerves or hunger that make me feel strange today. I might also be the fact that the coming three weeks will be my first real holiday in more than half a year.
I’m at the clinic now, waiting for the nurses to guide me through the final preparations before surgery. Haven’t slept much, but I’m not tired. Anyhow, I’ll be sleeping soon.
Checked my weight this morning. The scale showed 117kg.
Woke up thirty minutes ago, feel quite good considering I just had gastrectomy. Have to stay overnight, which is boring but demanded. Oh, well, I survived.
Left the clinic this morning. At home now. Scale shows I’m at 116kg. I suppose the one kilogram is due to the rediction of my stomach by 3/4.
This goes far beyond critism of the Israel. “Yallah Intifada” is a call for massacre of Jews worldwide and terrorism against civilian Israelies. Is suicide bombing really what the climate movenment wants to be assosiated with?
This could make a big change for millions of gay Catholics. In a new interview for the Associated Press, the Pope criticises laws that criminalise homosexuality and calls on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome gay people into the church.
They love to trash woke and cancel culture, but now some Republicans want to prevent teachers from using names or pronouns matching trans students’ gender identities.
In the bizarre world of Putin’s propaganda machinery, it’s not attacking a peaceful neighbour and slaughtering its civilians that’s fascism. Instead, it’s the fact that liberal democracies stand up against fascism that’s labelled fascism.
After reading David Neiwert’s article at the Daily Kos, I wonder if Twitter will still be a liveable space in a year’s time?
At least eight people were killed after a terrorist began shooting at people as they were leaving a Jersusalem synagogue this evening, the Jerusalem Post reports.
The far-right Sweden Democrats—a party that de facto runs the government through a confidence-and-supply agreement—wants to rewrite the Swedish constitution to ban rainbow flags on public buildings.
Adin Haykin’s has made a list with details, published in Medium.
Travelled to Spain yesterday. This was my view somewhere above France.
Spent the evening reading up on Israel’s new government. A depressing read. Nothing good will come of this far-right alliance of Jewish supremacists and religious fanatics.
Planned burning of Torah at Israeli Embassy in Sweden gets attention in the Jerusalem Post.