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Youth without idols: the tragedy of teenage violence in Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/youth-without-idols-the-tragedy.html

Another ancient classic.
Donald Trump was visiting a primary school in Orlando and visited a 4th grade class. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked Mr.Trump if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.'
So our illustrious POTUS asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy'. (1/4)

"This tragedy could have been prevented": Russia kills 25 Ukrainian civilians with missile produced with US, German, Dutch parts (VIDEO) - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/19/this-tragedy-could-have-been-prevented-russia-kills-25-ukrainian-civilians-with-missile-produced-with-us-german-dutch-parts/

Release of Kneeland police footage highlights NFL's issues with grief, tragedy https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/24/what-the-marshawn-kneeland-footage-release-means-fo…

Capitalism can’t have pesky facts spoiling its plans for human extinction now, can it? https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/115428564988842528

Ruth Mottram (@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get. #NCKF25

The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#NCKF25

Finished “We Begin at the End” by Chris Whitaker. A bit whodunit, a bit about coping with tragedy, and a bit about holding onto a past that can never be again.
Duchess Day Radley is a young girl who had to grow up fast. She raises her young brother while her mom suffers with substance abuse and a violent man. A self proclaimed outlaw, Duchess lashes out at the world rebelliously. But when tragedy strikes, so too does trouble.
4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We Begin at the End
Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between. Duch…

Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing,
delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-…

Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner after his killing
President Donald Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy. The statement on Monday, even for Trump, was a shocking comment that came as police were still investigating the deaths of the beloved director and his wife as an apparent homicide. The couple were found dead at their home Sunday in Los Angeles…

A Touchdown, Then Tragedy, for a Man Who ‘Gave All He Could Give’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/marshawn-kneeland-dallas-cowboys.html

Two Wikipedia contributors disarmed a gunman who threatened to kill himself at WikiConference to protest a policy banning editors who identify as pedophiles (Andy Newman/New York Times)
https://www.

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.

Overshown on Kneeland tragedy, MNF return for Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/overshown-on-kneeland-tragedy-mnf-return-for-cowboys

The tragedy of a vile person like Charlie Kirk is that we’ve even heard of him, that a person like that managed to hold so many microphones for so long.
He shouldn’t have been shot. He should have been cut off by everyone in every space where he tried to hold the microphone, shamed into living isolated and miserable in his mom’s basement where nobody would ever feel the need to shoot him.

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference (Andy Newman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251018/p27#a251018p27

Sumatra's flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy https://phys.org/news/2025-12-sumatra-crisis-deforestation-cyclonic-storm.html

Sumatra's flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy
Cyclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November. In Indonesia, the island of Sumatra, especially its northern parts, took the worst hit.

This is very telling but my favorite super power would be to stop time. Not for any creepy reasons, but rather because I sometimes believe there's so much happening and I'd love to take the adequate time to respond to it all or process it. Just take one day and do everything I have been wanting to do and that has been piling up in my mind for years!
The biggest tragedy of life is that there will always be too little time for it all.

Watched Ex Machina yesterday, today I'm watching 'Men' (2022) since several of you recommended it.
#movies #film

Men (2022)
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences #Geology

This is a tragedy.

Cowboys' Stephen Jones praises Brian Schottenheimer for leadership during tragedy https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowbohowboys-stephen-jones-praises-brian-schottenheimer-for-leadership-during-…

I'm tired of hearing about the bodies of those Israeli hostages who died and haven't been returned. It is a devastated war zone and no doubt many died in the bombing. Hardly surprising if they can't all be found now. I'd like to see the same concern for the remains of all those Palestinian children, women and men who were killed by Israel and who lie under tons of rubble. Their families won't be able to retrieve their remains.
It's a tragedy for all but let's…

Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24: Cowboys' Dak Prescott 'hurts' for player's family, teammates in wake of tragedy

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/n…

I’m confused. When did MTG become the voice of reason and the sane one in the US Republican Party…?
bird.makeup - Tweet https://bird.makeup/users/repmtg/statuses/2000597575901327850

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
Rob Reiner and his wife were tragically killed at the hands of their own son, who reportedly had drug addiction and other issues, and their remaining children are left in serious mourning and heartbreak. This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies. Many families deal with a family member with drug addiction and mental health issues. It’s incredibly difficult and should be met with empathy especially when it ends in murder.

Playing on the "Love Island" success disaster tragedy story, when two contestants have died after the show ... not a great look for me. But I love her dancing. Hmm. Just like Natalie, I'm torn. #strictly

I am shocked by a picture of Giorgio taken at the beginning of the full-out war in Ukraine, some three years ago.
Shocking because he is smiling.
Read Giorgio's reports from the trenches in Ukraine, witness his selfies that reveal the monstrous destruction of Russia's genocide against Ukraine.
Look closer, and see the cruel tragedy of war etched into lines of despair across Giorgio's face.
Giorgio has been in Ukraine for over three years, reporting first-h…

Hitting the Roads of Fear in Zaporizhzhia
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

The House at Number 48: When Antony Easton's father passes away, he begins a ten-year quest to uncover his family’s dark past and reclaim their fortune, stolen under the Nazis. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002l461 An excellent example of researching and retelling a family tragedy to the next…

BBC Radio 4 - The History Podcast, The House at Number 48, 1. Made in Britain
A man’s quest to uncover his family’s dark past & reclaim a fortune stolen under the Nazis

⚡TRAGEDY in Vyshhorod: Drone hits APARTMENT BUILDING! 19 injured, 1 killed!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/tragedy-in-vyshhorod-drone-hits.html

Gives the tragedy of the Russian aggression of Ukraine its full depth. :-(

The tragedy of the commons is not that it is wasted but that the beneficiaries don't band together to stop its unsustainable and unfair exploitation.

Cooper Rush calls Brian Schottenheimer right coach for Cowboys after tragedy https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cooper-rush-calls-brian-schottenheimer-right-coach-dallas-cowboys-after-tragedy

From Charlie Kirk to Brown University, Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/officials-inaccurate-confusing-info-brown-charlie-kirk-national-guard-rcna249344
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p127#a251215p127

As a Michigander, I feel like this naming makes light of a real tragedy.
I wonder what the intended analogy/metaphor is. https://mastodon.pointless.net/@jasper/115312486776024875

Theorizing Turmoil, Tragedy, and Transformation: Textual Approaches to Trauma
https://ift.tt/2NiVm4k
updated: Friday, December 12, 2025 - 12:31pmfull name / name of organization: Binghamton University…
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Cowboys Tragedy Evokes Memories of 2012 Chiefs Incident https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/marshawn-kneeland-tragedy-jovan-belcher/?adt_ei=[email]

https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/gypsy-traveller-sites-fires-2025/

The fracturing of the Dutch far-right, after Wilder's reminded everyone that bigots are bad at compromise, is definitely a relief. Dutch folks I've talked to definitely see D66 as progressive, <strike>so there's no question this is a hard turn to the left (even if it's not a total flip to the far-left)</strike> a lot of folks don't agree. I'm going to let the comments speak rather than editorialize myself..
While this is a useful example of how a democracy can be far more resilient to fascism than the US, that is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing about Dutch politics. The most interesting thing is something Dutch folks take for granted and never think of as such: there are two "governments."
The election was for the Tweede Kamer. This is a house of representatives. The Dutch use proportional representation, so people can (more or less) vote for the parties they actually want. Parties <strike>rarely</strike> never actually get a ruling majority, so they have to form coalition governments. This forces compromise, which is something Wilders was extremely bad at. He was actually responsible for collapsing the coalition his party put together, which triggered this election... and a massive loss of seats for his party.
Dutch folks do still vote strategically, since a larger party has an easier time building the governing coalition and the PM tends to come from the largest party. This will likely be D66, which is really good for the EU. D66 has a pretty radical plan to solve the housing crisis, and it will be really interesting to see if they can pull it off. But that's not the government I want to talk about right now.
In the Netherlands, failure to control water can destroy entire towns. A good chunk of the country is below sea level. Both floods and land reclamation have been critical parts of Dutch history. So in the 1200's or so, the Dutch realized that some things are too important to mix with normal politics.
You see, if there's an incompetent government that isn't able to actually *do* anything (see Dick Schoof and the PVV/VVD/NSC/BBB coalition) you don't want your dikes to collapse and poulders to flood. So the Dutch created a parallel "government" that exists only to manage water: waterschap or heemraadschap (roughly "Water Board" in English). These are regional bureaucracies that exist only to manage water. They exist completely outside the thing we usually talk about as a "government" but they have some of the same properties as a government. They can, for example, levy taxes. The central government contributes funds to them, but lacks authority over them. Water boards are democratically elected and can operate more-or-less independent of the central government.
Controlling water is a common problem, so water boards were created to fulfill the role of commons management. Meanwhile, so many other things in politics run into the very same "Tragedy of the Commons" problems. The right wing solution to commons management is to let corporations ruin everything. The left-state solution is to move everything into the government so it can be undermined and destroyed by the right. The Dutch solution to this specific problem has been to move commons management out of the domain of the central government into something else.
And when I say "government" here, I'm speaking more to the liberal definition of the term than to an anarchist definition. A democratically controlled authority that facilitates resource management lacks the capacity for coercive violence that anarchists define as "government." (Though I assume they might leverage police or something if folks refuse to pay their taxes, but I can't imagine anyone choosing not to.)
As the US federal government destroys the social fabric of the US, as Trump guts programs critical to people's survival, it might be worth thinking about this model. These authorities weren't created by any central authority, they evolved from the people. Nothing stops Americans from building similar institutions that are both democratic and outside of the authority of a government that could choose to defund and abolish them... nothing but the realization that yes, you actually can.
#USPol #NLPol

The teachers, and the tragedy, that made Jaguars head coach Liam Coen https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780341/2025/11/06/jaguars-head-coach-liam-coen-family-mom-death/

Whenever I see a clip of someone throwing around the Video Game Line after a tragedy I gotta check the upload date to see if it was just an out of context clip from 2004 or something new.

Trump: The war in Ukraine is a tragedy that could have been avoided #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/04/trump-the-war-in-ukraine.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Capone-N-Noreaga, Mobb Deep, Tragedy Khadafi:
🎵 L.A., L.A. (Kuwait mix by Marley Marl)
#CaponeNNoreaga #MobbDeep #TragedyKhadafi
https://deepconceptsmedia.bandcamp.com/track/l-a-l-a-feat-capone-n-noreaga-mobb-deep

Good Morning #Canada
Like many provinces, Nova Scotia has hundreds of abandoned towns because of depleted minerals, harsh living conditions, or forced relocation. But the ghost town of Broughton in Cape Breton must surely be haunted because of a suicide by one of its most important residents. Founded by the promise of coal mining, no amount of money was spared on the design of its buildings and streets. But poor management and family tragedy doomed the town, and today, only ruins remain. Oooooooo.....
Here's a delightful video on Broughton with narration that is suitable for #Halloween. Don't watch it alone...
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianGhostTowns

#NYT: Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
That'll make an interesting Wikipedia article and discussion.
Seriously though, sad to hear this news and glad no one was hurt.
#wikipedia #guns #news #Manhattan #NYC

Bye week might be Cowboys’ most important of 2025 season after tragedy added to failure https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/08/2025-bye-week-dallas-cowboys-most-important-week/871523560…

Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland Suffered Tragedy Before Shocking Death https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/marshawn-kneeland-suffered-tragedy-shocking-death/?adt_ei=[email]

Dak Prescott Sends Clear Message on Marshawn Kneeland Amid Cowboys Tragedy https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-reaction-marshawn-kneeland-death-suicide/?adt_ei=[email]

NFL, NFLPA providing resources to Cowboys and other players after Marshawn Kneeland tragedy https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6785314/2025/11/06/marshawn-kneeland-grief-cowboys/

How Brian Schottenheimer has helped lead Cowboys since death of Marshawn Kneeland https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6812392/2025/11/17/cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-marshawn-kneeland-death/

Spagnola: Tragic loss strikes everyone’s souls https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-tragic-loss-strikes-everyone-s-souls

Spagnola: Tragic loss strikes everyone’s souls https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-tragic-loss-strikes-everyone-s-souls

Solomon Thomas sends powerful mental health message as Cowboys deal with tragedy https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6805994/2025/11/14/solomon-thomas-marshawn-kneeland-death-cowboys/