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Aus einem #Focus-Interview mit #JuliZeh:

"Die Autorin gendert nicht, hat aber auch kein Problem damit, wenn es andere tun. Ich glaube, der Streit ums Gendern wäre nicht so groß geworden, wenn es ein Vorschlag oder eine Empfehlung geblieben wäre."

Wurdest du zu irgendwas gezwungen Juli? Ne, sonst würdest du ja jetzt gezwungenermaßen (ent)gendern.

Wurdest du (oder Leute wie Dieter Nuhr oder Lisa Eckhart) gecancelt?

Eher im Gegenteil.

Was für erbärmliche "Argumente".

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Land reform has been at the forefront of political debate in South Africa in recent months, leading to strained relations with Donald Trump and his administration. A new law allows the government to expropriate land without compensation in rare cases where the land is abandoned or not being used. This has led some farmers and activists to call on the US president and Elon Musk for help, claiming that White South Africans are victims of racial persecution. But on the ground, other farmers say the issue has been plagued with disinformation. To date, no private property has been expropriated without compensation in South Africa. Our correspondents report.#Africa #Focus #SouthAfrica #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #agriculture
Focus - In South Africa, some White farmers seek Trump's support over expropriation law

Die ARD dient sich defacto immer mehr der AfD an, nun mit ihrem neuen Format 'Klar'. Eine für den Focus tätige Journalistin, die zugleich vom Bayrischen Rundfunk ein Gehalt bezieht, darf nun angeblich 'Klartext' reden: über Migration.

Julia Ruhs, in einem Duktus, den die AfD nicht besser hinbekäme, lässt sich mit einem pseudoaufklärerischem Geraune über Messerangriffe und was das mit Migration zu tun hat, 45 Minuten lang aus.

Vor ein paar Tagen schrieb sie auf FocusOnline über eine Studie wonach mittlerweile 20% der Bevölkerung ein gefestigtes Weltbild haben:

"Ich kenne niemanden, der Menschen aufgrund ihrer Hautfarbe, Herkunft oder ethnischer Gruppenzugehörigkeit für minderwertig hält – und das, obwohl ich privat weit weg von linken Blasen lebe."

focus.de/politik/meinung/kolum

Weil also Julia Ruhs (angeblich) niemanden kennt mit rassistischen Überzeugungen, kann die Studie nicht stimmen? Ja, das ist Journalismus a la Focus- und nun auch der ARD! Ruhs ist u.a. auch für @BR24 tätig.

ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDov

#ard#hetze#migration

Focus.

One of the things I’ve been focusing on in 2025 is improving my focus. We’ve all heard the studies and discussions about how social media, smartphones, and the like is zapping our ability to focus. Even as the social media companies expand the number of characters allowed in a post, it’s still training use to think in 140 or 280 character snippets.

I have noticed my ability to focus waning for a while now and at the beginning of the year I decided this was something I did not want to happen. I’ve been making a point of reading books more. While it’s difficult to step away from the computer and still be an informed citizen, especially in The Age of Manufactured Chaos™, I purposely close the computer and other connected devices 20-30 minutes before I go to bed. This habit has been hard for me to maintain. As a geek I’m very drawn to buttons, blips, and lights, but there’s something nearly magical for me to actually read a book each night before heading to bed. Writing about this intention helps me reinforce my desire to get this accomplished.

This blog occasionally holds me accountable to my plans.

I’ve also been trying to write more, though over the past couple of days I haven’t been doing it as much as I like. I have a couple of blog entries that I never finished; they’re nothing earth-shattering and will be posted soon with a date stamp of the day I intended for the post to appear. But writing gets my creative juices flowing. It’s something that I need to be doing more and more.

The other thing I’m always battling is distraction, again, especially in the my technological life. This is one of my stumbling blocks to using Linux exclusively; the Linux ecosystem becomes too fiddly and I end up spending more time fiddling with things instead of doing what I wanted to do, namely writing, editing photos, or making videos. Conversely, if I focus specially on one ecosystem (like going all in on Apple), I get really bored. Finding the sweet spot of focus with distraction or boredom is a challenge for me, but I seem to have that right now.

Again, I write these things to remind me of where I need to be.

I’m hoping to jump off the trend lines of losing focus with my fellow human beings. I think it’s a good step of improving my mental health which in turn could lead to a more fulfilling existence on the back half of my life.

Complete presence and focused attention can lead to an expanded awareness—what some traditions call infinite or eternal awareness. But this can’t be grasped through reason or analysis. It must be experienced directly.

#Zen #Focus #Awareness #Presence #Nonduality #Consciousness #Doubt #SpiritualAwakening #DirectExperience #Mindfulness #Meditation #ClearMind #Concentration #SelfInquiry #Dharma

youtube.com/shorts/_vddCFuLFZA

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🕵️‍♂️ All that’s missing is an internet connection and an access to @epieos then nothing can stop you in your investigation.

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👓 Glasses : For #spotting the tiniest details in your digital investigations.

💾 External hard drive : For securely #storing all the juicy intel you uncover.

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🎧 Headphones : Block out distractions and #focus on the data.

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