#ByJoes

[norththestrange]

“Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”

(Not my art nor do I know if it's "AI" I just don't give a fuck thanks have a great fucking day!)

[redsamuraiii]

Samurai wandering through Narai-juku by danielkordan

Song : Princess Mononoke byJoe Hisaishi 

[christinamac1]

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025

More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government. DeSmog, ByJoe Fassler, Aug 14, 2024 Since 2020, donor networks linked to just six family fortunes have funneled more than $120 million into Project 2025 advisory groups, a DeSmog analysis has found.  More than 100 nonprofits led by…

[hammondcast]

Chuggy Joe Jon NYC Saturday Night

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Chuggy Joe Jon NYC Saturday Night 

Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/chuggy-joe-jon-nyc-saturday-night 

Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jon-hammond7/episodes/Chuggy-Joe-Jon-NYC-Saturday-Night-e25p0g6

Chuggy Joe Jon NYC Saturday Night

by

 Jon Hammond 

Publication date

 2023-06-15

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 Chuggy Carter, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, Talking, Guitars, Musicians, New York City

Language

 English 

Manhattan, New York City -- Joe Berger's Guitar World Interview Session with Joe,

Chuggy Carter / Leslie J. Carter, Jon Hammond surrounded by

Joe's choice guitars - every one has a story - Jon Hammond

Jon Hammond Band

#guitars

#3guystalking

#musicians

#JoeBerger

#chuggycarter

#JonHammond

*as seen on cable TV 40 years, same guys - Jon Hammond Show

Late Friday Nights air time 01:30AM Manhattan Neighborhood Network - MNN - Music, Travel, News - Jazz and Blues

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 2023-06-15 11:29:24

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Chuggy Carter, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, Talking, Guitars, Musicians, New York City, Language English

[thewoolleygeek]

One Last Summer at Seabreeze Farm byJo Bartlett

Synopsis A summer to remember… Georgia Banks knows she’s living on borrowed time. So, when doctors tell her she’s got one last summer to make all her dreams come true, she’s determined to make every day count. The one thing that’s never in doubt, is that she wants her best friend, Gabe, to be with her every step of the way. And so, Georgia draws up her not-a-bucket list with all the things…

[newswireml]

Bally Sports owner files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy#Bally #Sports #owner #files #Chapter #bankruptcy

Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday ByJOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The move came after it missed a $140 million interest payment last month. Diamond owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports…

[reportwire]

China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbs

China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds ByJOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING — China accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit…

[byjoes]

Hey Guys :D ! What’s up :D ?

Today, I suggest a “Flat Art” of a Island ! Is name is “Island Dream” :D ! Make just in the school with break time :3 !

● Make : Adobe Illustrator CC 2017

● Time : 2 mouth (~8 hours)

Val.© 2017 - Toute reproduction interdite sans l'autorisation de l'auteur.

[elliottmorris]

Spent yesterday at the @engineshed in Lincoln for @lincsmusic ‘s Voice It 2020, helping Lincolnshire’s young musicians develop their songwriting skills! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - there are some seriously good young musicians in the county, look out world! Here’s me with force of nature @markdelisser , who was leading the ACM Gospel Choir and teaching arranging. What a guy! Top fun jamming alongside him and the other visiting musos, and of course the one and only BYJO! Photo by my old pal @chrisvaughanphoto ! #gig #show #music #tour #sing #song #singersongwriter #songersingwriter #acousticguitar #acoustic #guitar #folk #rock #blues #pop #country #jazz #byjo #microphone #stage #acousticmusic #lincolnshire #lincoln #engineshed (at The Engine Shed) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tPzuIBqog/?igshid=dxvcw8w46vet

[federer7]

Planet Comics #40 January 1946

Cover byJoe Doolin

[the-empress-7]

Here comes the Telegraph and deals a blow to Harry’s drivel

Scientists take a jab at Sussexes’ attack on pharmaceuticals not sharing vaccine recipes

Duke and Duchess were wrong to say making ingredients freely available to everyone will solve global vaccine inequity, claim experts

ByJoe Pinkstone,

SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT26 September 2021 • 7:18pm

Pharmaceutical companies sharing the Covid-19 recipe free of charge would not solve the world’s vaccine equity issues, experts said, despite what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may believe.

Speaking in New York at the weekend, the Duke said: “[Experts] said many countries are ready to produce vaccines back home, yet they aren’t allowed to because ultra-wealthy pharmaceutical companies are not sharing the recipes to make them.

“These countries have the means, the abilities and the workers to start manufacturing. All they are waiting for is the vaccine intellectual property [IP] to be waived and the vaccine technology to be transferred over.”

However, while scientists agree that jabs should be distributed worldwide as a priority, the majority also believe relinquishing IP is not a panacea.

“We agree with the Sussexes that action is needed now to ensure Covid-19 vaccines are quickly and equitably shared around the world,” Thomas Cueni, the director general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, told The Telegraph.

“Waiving intellectual property rights of Covid-19 vaccines will not increase production nor provide practical solutions needed to battle this global health crisis. As we have consistently stated, a waiver is the simple, but wrong, answer to what is a complex problem.

“Since we now have billions of vaccines that have been produced and many more in the pipeline, calls for waiving IP is a distraction.”

Mr Cueni added that the real challenges are trade barriers, supply chain bottlenecks, a lack of raw materials, and a reluctance among rich countries to share doses.

The solution to the vaccine apartheid is political leadership, he says, as there are 1.2 billion spare doses between the UK, US, EU and Canada.

“These numbers are proof that the vaccine manufacturing scale-up is such that the issue is not scarcity of supply, the issue is redistribution,” Mr Cueni said.

Waiving IP ‘won’t resolve vaccine inequity’

Dr Michael Head, the senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton, added: “The level of inequity in the vaccine rollout is unacceptable. A release of vaccine IP would be helpful, but it wouldn’t in itself resolve the inequity. There are many variables that have contributed to this unsatisfactory situation.”

Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, said: “People often assume that there is a single patent behind each vaccine, there is not, there are multiple patents and they would all have to be opened.

“With the RNA vaccines in particular, I don’t believe that there are many places in the developing world that could manufacture them at scale.”

[joelockescoffee]

I'm sort of sad I wasn't around last year because it seems like the cast posted on sm while filming a lot, and I know they won't do that this time around. Particularly if they're filming on location, lest the wild hoardes track them down. But I'll be grateful for whatever they do share!

Same :( they used to be active on sm especially on ig, I was scrolling through this hs fanpage on Instagram couple weeks ago, the cast used to comment on most of their posts and memes, I've also seen screenshots of qnas posted byJoe, Bash and even kit on their ig stories, the fandom was small and less dramatic a year ago, and now it's become a mess lol.

Yeah I think they won't post much pics cause spoilers + fandom is big, stalkers are everywhere :/ I think we will get bts for sure, Tobies gonna film vlogs but we'll have to wait too long for that.

[asteticas]

THIS WEEK’S FILM TO WATCH | CASTLE IN THE SKY, 1986 — DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY HAYAO MIYAZAKI. CINEMATOGRAPHY BY HIROKATA TAKAHASHI. STARRING MAYUMI TANAKA; KEIKO YOKOZAWA, KOTOE HATSUI, MINORI TERADA. MUSIC BYJOE HISAISHI. PRODUCTION BY STUDIO GHIBLI. DISTRIBUTED BY TOEI COMPANY, BEST HOLLYWOOD LTD.

[warandgamesandmanstuff-blog]

War and the Mask of Glory over the Face of Fear:

It`s no secret that war is hell. We all remember in history class hearing about all the wars that have been fought in the past. The American Revolution, World War II, and Vietnam are just a few wars that come to mind. We were taught that about the battles and the politics but we only heard a little about the aftermath of each battle and war. Towards the end of the lecture we would hear about the total loses on both sides of the fight but that was it. Many soldiers died but more importantly victory was achieved (or it wasn`t). Maybe because growing up in today`s society we have become desensitized to death in war. How can so much death be reduced to a number? Maybe it`s because today we glorify war. Maybe it`s time we stopped glorifying war in media.

Movies, books, video games, even the news makes war seem better than it actually is. With a few exceptions, all our various forms of media make war seem awesome and down right fun. Games like Call of Duty make killing easy, simple, and fun. How often are you given the option to fix a problem other than pulling the trigger? How often do you complete a mission without killing everything in your way? Why is it so much fun? Games may not directly cause violence but they sure do make it seem ok. If we treated everyday life as most people play video games it would be complete mayhem. Video games haven`t been around for long and we don’t know for sure the side effects of long term exposure to gratuitous violence and video games.Maybe it`s time we stopped glorifying war in media. Movies, books, video games, even the news makes war seem better than it actually is. With a few exceptions, all our various forms of media make war seem awesome and down right fun. Games like Call of Duty make killing easy, simple, and fun. How often are you given the option to fix a problem other than pulling the trigger? How often do you complete a mission without killing everything in your way? Why is it so much fun? Games may not directly cause violence but they sure do make it seem okay. If we treated everyday life as most people play video games it would be complete mayhem. Video games haven`t been around for long and we don’t know for sure the side effects of long term exposure to gratuitous violence and video games. To be on the safe side video games should at least make war look realistic instead of fun.

In some books about war, epic battle scenes are painted in our minds. The hero charging head long into the fray. The enemy horde barreling down on him. The hero is depicted as a force of good while the enemy is reduced to a semi-human monster as he cleaves through them one after another. It seems so cool, you wish you could be there helping the hero or better yet BE the hero. When reading these books it`s easy to get immersed into the narrative and forget that violence isn`t a the cure all to ones problems. 

The point is that it`s important to see important to see when see when war is being glorified in media. War is not something to be happy about because war doesn’t bring happiness. No one should have to experience the horrors of war. Making them seem like a game is wrong and needs to change. 

[newstfionline]

Friday, February 5, 2021

Canada puts Proud Boys on terror list, cites active security threat (Reuters) Canada named the far-right Proud Boys a terrorist entity on Wednesday, saying it posed an active security threat and played a “pivotal role” in last month’s attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead. Although the Proud Boys have never mounted an attack in Canada, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said domestic intelligence forces had become increasingly worried about the group. The group’s assets can now be frozen by banks and financial institutions, and it is a crime for Canadians to knowingly deal with assets of a listed entity. Anyone belonging to the group can be blocked from entering Canada. The move underscored constitutional concerns about a Canadian government’s ability to designate a group as a terrorist entity, said Leah West, a national security professor at Ottawa’s Carleton University and former lawyer with the Canadian justice department. Designations are impossible to challenge beforehand and difficult to address afterward, especially given lawyers may be reluctant to provide counsel to members of a terrorist group, she said by phone.

US to cut off support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen amid humanitarian crisis (Guardian) The US has announced an end to its support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen, citing the role the bombing campaign has had in creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The announcement was made byJoe Biden during a visit to the state department, capping a whiplash fortnight of dramatic foreign policy changes since his 20 January inauguration. “This war has to end,” Biden said. “And to underscore our commitment, we’re ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.” The distancing of Washington from Riyadh is one of the most conspicuous reversals of Donald Trump’s agenda, but it also marks a break with the policies pursued by Barack Obama, who had backed the Saudi offensive in Yemen, although he later sought to impose constraints on its air war. The US will also freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and name a special envoy to Yemen, to put more pressure on the Saudis, Emiratis and the Houthi forces they are fighting, to make a lasting peace agreement.

Capt. Tom’s legacy lives on (AP) The legacy of Capt. Tom Moore, the super fundraiser who died Tuesday of COVID-19, lives on in others. Capt. Tom, a World War II veteran recovering from a broken hip, set out to raise 1,000 pounds ($1,400) by walking 100 laps of his back garden before his 100th birthday last April. Three weeks later, he had raised 33 million pounds ($45 million) for Britain’s NHS after his quest cheered a nation in lockdown and triggered donations from around the world. But he also made a broader impact as his simple challenge—to do whatever you can to help others—persuaded the young it’s never too soon to start, and the old that it’s never too late. Take Margaret Payne, 90, who walked up the stairs in her home 282 times to raise 416,000 pounds for the NHS. Payne, from Ardvar in the Scottish Highlands, calculated that the feat was the equivalent of climbing 731 meters (2,398 feet), or the height of Suilven, one of Scotland’s best known mountains that she scaled when she was 15. And then there’s Tony Hudgell, a 5-year-old who lost both legs after being abused as a baby, set out to walk 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and raise 500 pounds for the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. After completing the challenge in a series of daily walks he had attracted more than 1 million pounds of donations. “Captain Sir Tom inspired so many people to take on their own extraordinary challenges, from running marathons to swimming lakes, and he gave us all hope,” said Ellie Orton, chief executive of NHS Charities Together.

How a Bavarian supermarket is helping shoppers find love amid shutdown (The Local/Germany) Can you find love while shopping in Germany? For many, a supermarket may be just about the least likely place for a starry eyed encounter. An Edeka supermarket in the Bavarian town of Volkach, however, is trying to break through barriers amid the coronavirus crisis: every Friday evening has been set aside for “singles shopping.” Every Friday between 6 and 8pm, singles can grab a heart with a number on it at the entrance and stick it on their jacket. If they spot someone they fancy amid the shelves, they can opt to have that person’s number called out at the checkout. Those who are a bit more bashful can simply leave their phone number with a message. For this purpose, slips of paper are laid out on which the type of contact can be ticked off, such as: “I’d be happy to meet you for an orange juice in the fruit department.” “Nothing has taken off yet,” a butcher’s assistant told Bavarian news website Merkur amid a display of schnitzel and minced meat. “At least not here by the meat, but maybe in another department.”

Mountain heartbreak: Italy has deep snow, closed ski resorts (AP) The granite peaks that majestically encircle the northern Italian town of Cortina d’Ampezzo glimmer with one of the most prolific snowfalls in years, while the COVID-19 pandemic silences Italy’s winter resorts. Italy’s 2019-2020 ski season closed unexpectedly early last March, when the country became the first Western country pummeled by the pandemic. A new season has yet to launch, unlike in neighboring Switzerland, which in December allowed lifts to open with restrictions, or in Austria, where residents still can ski. France’s ski lifts remain closed at least through February. In Italy, the pandemic-related closures are a hit to an industry that generates 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in annual revenues and employs 5,000 permanent and 10,000 seasonal workers, according to the association of ski lift operators, ANEF. The association said last year’s early end to the season led to a 20% revenue decline and called the current season a total loss. Factoring in hotels, restaurants and other services, the ski industry generates 11 billion euros ( $13.2 billion) in annual revenues, but travel restrictions have kept activity near zero on top of the stilled lifts.

Twitter Unblocked Accounts That Criticized India’s Government. Now, Its Employees Are Being Threatened With Jail Time Unless It Blocks Them Again. (BuzzFeed News) India’s government has threatened to punish employees at Twitter with fines and jail terms of up to seven years for restoring hundreds of accounts it has ordered the company to block. Most accounts were critical of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. On Monday, Twitter complied with the government’s order and prevented people in India from viewing more than 250 accounts belonging to activists, political commentators, a movie star, and the Caravan, an investigative news magazine. Most accounts had criticized Modi, India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister, and his government. But the company restored the accounts approximately six hours later after a Twitter lawyer met with IT ministry officials, and argued that the tweets and accounts constituted free speech and were newsworthy. India’s government disagreed. On Tuesday, the IT ministry sent a notice to Twitter, ordering it to block the accounts once again. It also threatened people who work at Twitter’s Indian arm with legal consequences, which could include a fine or a jail term of up to seven years. “This is really problematic,” said Nikhil Pahwa, editor of MediaNama, a technology policy website, and an internet activist. “I don’t see why the government of India should wade into this territory of trying to censor tweets when they have much bigger problems to deal with.”

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her (AP) Police leveled their first formal charge against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, her allies said Wednesday, accusing the ousted leader of possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies and giving the military authorities who staged a coup a legal reason to detain her for two weeks. The charge came to light two days after Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a legal veneer to her detention, though the generals have previously kept her and others locked up for years. The military announced Monday that it would take power for one year—accusing Suu Kyi’s government of not investigating allegations of voter fraud in recent elections. Suu Kyi’s party swept that vote, and the military-backed party did poorly.

Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup (AP) Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Facebook is especially popular in Myanmar and the ousted government had commonly made public announcements on the social media site. Internet users said the disruption began late Wednesday night, and mobile service provider Telenor Myanmar confirmed in a statement that mobile operators and internet service providers in Myanmar had received a directive from the communications ministry to temporarily block Facebook. The political party ousted in Monday’s coup and other activists in Myanmar have called for a campaign of civil disobedience to oppose the takeover. In the vanguard are medical personnel, who have declared they won’t work for the military government and who are highly respected for their work during the coronavirus pandemic that is taxing the country’s dangerously inadequate health system. For a second night Wednesday, residents in Yangon engaged in “noise protests,” with people banging pots and pans and honking car horns under cover of darkness.

Japan’s population decline (Nikkei Asian Review) Japan’s population shrank by a record 420,000 people last year, government estimates show, as the coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to an influx of foreign workers that had helped offset the country’s ongoing natural population decline. The total fell for a 12th straight year, shattering the previous record of 329,000 set just a year earlier. The health ministry estimates Japan’s population at 125.57 million as of Jan. 1, based on confirmed data through July and estimates based on births, deaths and foreign arrival and departure data. The drop owes in large part to a 60% plunge in foreign arrivals that has kept the labor market tight even though the pandemic has slowed the economy and eliminated many jobs.

In Iraq’s ‘Dire’ Economy, Poverty Is Rising—And So Are Fears Of Instability (NPR) With the gold domes of the famed Kadhimiya shrine as a backdrop, nearby streets full of shops, markets and tea-sellers in Baghdad look bustling and vibrant, even at night. Tempting windows display sparkly clothes and cascades of candy in rainbow colors. But shopkeepers say no one has been buying much since Iraq devalued its dinar against the dollar last year. Around the world, economies have been crushed by the pandemic. The International Monetary Fund reported in October that most Mideast economies plunged into recession. But some places are especially vulnerable, among them Iraq. Its economy depends overwhelmingly on oil exports, and as travel halted and demand for fuel dwindled, government revenues tumbled along with oil prices. Government revenues plummeted by 47.5% in the first eight months of last year, the World Bank reports. With drastically less oil revenue, the government has been paying its salaries and pensions intermittently or not at all. Economists say Iraq’s poverty rate may have shot up from 20% in 2018 to 30% or more last year. To try to make it easier to pay those salaries, as well to encourage people to buy domestically instead of relying on imports, the government devalued the dinar against the dollar by about 20% in December. But as Iraq produces very little, people have little choice but to buy imported goods—which are only more expensive now. “Iraq’s economic situation can probably best be described as being dire,” says Ali al-Saffar of the International Energy Agency.

Beirut blast victims want the truth (AP) Days after a massive explosion ripped through Beirut’s port and disfigured the Lebanese capital, family members of some of the 211 people killed in the blast demanded an international probe. It was a swift vote of no confidence in the authorities’ ability to investigate one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and one of the nation’s most traumatic experiences. The skepticism was justified. Lebanon, a country wrought by political violence and assassinations, has a history of unfinished prosecutions and buried secrets. Six months after the Aug. 4 blast, the domestic investigation has been brought to a virtual halt by the same political and confessional rivalries that thwarted past attempts to uncover the truth in major crimes. Lebanon’s sectarian-based political factions have had a lock on power in the country for decades and have divvied up posts across the state among themselves. Though rivals, they have a common interest in preventing accountability. Aya Majzoub of Human Rights Watch said a U.N. fact-finding mission is needed. “We can’t rest our hope and faith on a broken system that has proven incredibly resilient. We can’t expect the very people who are implicated in these crimes and other big crimes in Lebanon to lead reform.”

In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills (AP) It looks like the aftermath of a tornado. There are dirt plots where there used to be makeshift homes; tent poles stacked like firewood; fencing and scrap metal scattered across a desert valley greened by winter rain; a cold firepit and a pile of kitchen essentials where a cooking tent once stood. This is what remains of the herding community of Khirbet Humsu in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli forces demolished it for the third time in as many months. On Wednesday, just minutes after the army left, Palestinian residents were at work repairing their fences—hoping to gather their sheep before dark, knowing the army might return the next day. “We build it up and they tear it down,” said Waleed Abu al-Kbash as he stretched fencing between two posts. “Where am I supposed to go? I have a thousand head of sheep.” Khirbet Humsu, perched on the rolling highlands above the Jordan Valley, is part of the 60% of the West Bank known as Area C, which is under full Israeli military control as part of interim peace agreements from the 1990s. Israel planned to annex the Jordan Valley and other parts of the occupied West Bank last year after getting a green light from the Trump administration, but it put annexation on hold as part of a U.S.-brokered normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates. It still maintains complete control over the territory, leaving Bedouin communities like the one at Khirbet Humsu at constant risk of displacement. Shepherds who rely on seasonal rains and scattered springs are also at the mercy of an arbitrary cycle of demolition and rebuilding.

Innovation (Bloomberg) South Korea returned to first place in the latest Bloomberg Innovation Index, while the U.S. dropped out of a top 10 that features a cluster of European countries. Korea regained the crown from Germany, which dropped to fourth place. The Asian nation has now topped the index for seven of the nine years that it’s been published. Singapore and Switzerland each moved up one spot to rank second and third.