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Abuse and #Buddhism: Behind the Smiling Façade https://www.info-buddhism.com/Abuse_and_Buddhism-Behind_the_Smiling_Facade-Anna_Sawerthal.html

Abuse and Buddhism: Behind the Smiling Façade
Buddhism in the West is in a crisis. For years, it had benefited from a reputation too good to be true. Only now are victims of sexual abuse, corruption and cultic behaviour finally beginning to speak out.

Anthony Pompliano's ProCap raised $750M , including $235M in convertible debt, and is going public via a SPAC; the new firm aims to hold up to $1B in bitcoin (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/23/pompliano-procap-spac-bitcoin.html…

Pompliano’s ProCap raises over $750 million, goes public via SPAC as bitcoin treasury bubble grows
Led by investor and podcast host Anthony Pompliano, ProCap raised more than $750 million in its funding round, including $235 million in convertible debt.

"Objective-C is a West Coast language. Objective-C is a hippie. You throw stuff at it and it just trusts you. “Peace maaaaaannn… if you say this is an NSArray I believe you…” and it leans back in its armchair, smoking weed, listening to Marley, Floyd, Doors, or Janis, looking at you with deep eyes, telling you stories about Buddhism and how important is ecology, and that tonight they are going to a retreat in the beach to pray for Yemanjš and the salvation of dolphins."

The Developer Guide to Migrate Across Galaxies
This is the presentation I gave at the second App Builders Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 25th, 2017.

The Mac Centris is finally recapped, refurbed, and running A/UX. Now to play around with it. 😁
#MacClassic
#retrocomputing
#AppleUnix

I hope that at this moment, #JamesDobson is gargling satan’s blls w/ both hands tied behind his back. I hope he’s not allowed to take even a 5-sec break until Warren Jeffs arrives, & at that time, I hope Jeffs must take over for Dobson, who should then be forced to spend the rest of eternity cleaning the sht out of Rush Limbaugh’s colon w/ his tongue while demons stuff dead, slimy, rotting …

Wat dachten ze nou wat 'CO2 neutraal' zou betekenen?
Shell stapt uit klimaatgroep vanwege voorstel om geen olie- en gasvelden meer te ontwikkelen
https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/shell…

Ik kocht mij een exemplaar uit 2011 van Exactitudes van Ari Versluis en Ellie Uyttenbroek. Zeer content mee.

1 more note: DO NOT TAKE ADVICE FROM AN ATTORNEY WHO’S BEEN PROVIDED BY AN AGENCY OR HOPEFUL ADOPTIVE PARENT. Sign nothing, especially not in the hospital & especially not when you’ve recently given birth & are exhausted, overwhelmed, & perhaps under the influence. Your baby is yours until you’ve signed a TPR, which is often presented to mothers as something other than a TPR. #CrisisPregnancy

Holy hell. #Ozzy
From: @…
https://flipboard.com/@cnn/e…

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 just weeks after farewell show
CNN — Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, has died aged 76. The news was confirmed via a statement from the Osbourne family shared with CNN on Tuesday: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne …

They forgot a hashtag. #adoption
From: @…
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