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Buddhist monks persist in peace walk despite injuries as thousands follow them on social media

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.

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💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · last week

Lost in the moment. For me, lost places photography is a form of mindfulness. My mind is calm as I focus on capturing my shots; I am still among the stillness. Truly at peace 🥰

#Photography #Mindfulness #Creativity #Art #Peace #Photographer #MastoArt

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💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · last week

Lost in the moment. For me, lost places photography is a form of mindfulness. My mind is calm as I focus on capturing my shots; I am still among the stillness. Truly at peace 🥰

#Photography #Mindfulness #Creativity #Art #Peace #Photographer #MastoArt

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Khaled Zeyada 🇵🇸 from Rafah

@khaled@mastodon.tn · 4 weeks ago

Good evening 🌒
This is Khaled from Rafah, #Gaza Strip, #Palestine.

How are you? Are you getting ready for #Christmas celebrations? Are you already celebrating with your friends and family?

The longest night of the year is behind us. It means that now, we’ll get a little bit more sunlight every day, and a little bit less darkness.

In these times of celebrations, please keep me in your heart and keep Gaza in your prayers. All my #love to you.

👉 https://gofund.me/0962a012a

#FreePalestine #Peace

Khaled Zeyada, 21 years old, from Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine

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Khaled Zeyada 🇵🇸 from Rafah

@khaled@mastodon.tn · 4 weeks ago

Good evening 🌒
This is Khaled from Rafah, #Gaza Strip, #Palestine.

How are you? Are you getting ready for #Christmas celebrations? Are you already celebrating with your friends and family?

The longest night of the year is behind us. It means that now, we’ll get a little bit more sunlight every day, and a little bit less darkness.

In these times of celebrations, please keep me in your heart and keep Gaza in your prayers. All my #love to you.

👉 https://gofund.me/0962a012a

#FreePalestine #Peace

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Donate to Help Bilal and his family, organized by Michael McCarthy

I'm Michael from the UK and I'm helping Bilal and his family. A message from Bilal … Michael McCarthy needs your support for Help Bilal and his family

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Stuff I found

@stuffifound@pixelfed.social · last month

How an old quote just stays relevant... #war #peace #humanrights #palestine #freepalestine #israel #idf #FuckTheIDF #IdfAreTerrorists #antifascism #antifa #antiwar

They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we're disturbing the war.

- Howert Zin, American historian, playwright, philosopher and social critic, 1922-2010 — They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we're disturbing the war. - Howert Zin, American historian, playwright, philosopher and social critic, 1922-2010

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Stuff I found

@stuffifound@pixelfed.social · last month

How an old quote just stays relevant... #war #peace #humanrights #palestine #freepalestine #israel #idf #FuckTheIDF #IdfAreTerrorists #antifascism #antifa #antiwar

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Mark Burton

@markhburton@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

The day to remember all the millions of victims of militarism and war, and to recommit to #peace and against #warmongering.
#RemembranceDay

https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies

The White Poppy
For Peace and Remembrance. — The White Poppy For Peace and Remembrance.

Mark Burton

@markhburton@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

The day to remember all the millions of victims of militarism and war, and to recommit to #peace and against #warmongering.
#RemembranceDay

https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies

European Commission

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu · 3 months ago

We welcome the Council's adoption of the 19th package of sanctions against Russia.

The new EU sanctions increase the pressure on the Russian war economy, targeting energy, banks, crypto and the military industrial base.

A total ban on Russian Liquefied Natural Gas and a further clamp-down on the shadow fleet represent the strongest sanctions yet on Russia's crucial energy sector.

Explore the full details 👉 https://link.europa.eu/cKkbgQ

#StandWithUkraine

An image illustrating new EU sanctions against Russia. The top right corner shows the EU flag. The main part of the image features a large pipeline on the left, extending towards a red "no" symbol. Behind the pipeline and the "no" symbol, there's a ship at sea. To the right of the "no" symbol, Russian rubbles are seen emerging from a crane, with shipping containers below. The overall image is in grayscale except for the red "no" symbol and the blue and yellow EU flag.

Kevin Russell

@kevinrns@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@EUCommission

Hashtag is fire. Great. Also, understand that Mastodon has no algorithm to pit your post into eyes.

Add hashtags to steer as well. Steer toward #eu #peace #sanctions #climate #etc

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social · 6 months ago

@tsturm

#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

Survivor O

I believe we had summer vacation that year. August 6, 1945, was Monday. We used to sing an old song that said, “Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.” And that was just how it was: it was even true for elementary school students. In the name of “student mobilization” we had to constantly work alongside and assist adults. Those in 3rd to 6th grades were helping with demolition. That meant we were helping to remove or disassemble wood from a building. The 2nd grade was helping the younger students go below during an air raid; the wooden buildings would be burned quickly. So everyone was in a group, and the 2nd grade was helping the others to go down to the building’s basement.

(After the bombing) When I came up from the basement and out into the playground, the air was full of an odd smell and there should have been a blue sky, but there wasn’t. I saw the rising black smoke and soot from the blast hanging in the air, but I think quite a bit of time passed. The buildings on the west side of the school were completely gone. I couldn’t see anyone clearly, though there were shadows moving. Everyone seemed to be crawling, or leaping up. Toward the rear gate near the wooden school building were the bodies of what I think were [telecom company] service guards. I waved them off without flames. (The fire from the explosion) then picked up my untouched wet shoes. The people in the playground might have been burned up instantly. I don’t know. — Survivor O I believe we had summer vacation that year. August 6, 1945, was Monday. We used to sing an old song that said, “Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.” And that was just how it was: it was even true for elementary school students. In the name of “student mobilization” we had to constantly work alongside and assist adults. Those in 3rd to 6th grades were helping with demolition. That meant we were helping to remove or disassemble wood from a building. The 2nd grade was helping the younger students go below during an air raid; the wooden buildings would be burned quickly. So everyone was in a group, and the 2nd grade was helping the others to go down to the building’s basement. (After the bombing) When I came up from the basement and out into the playground, the air was full of an odd smell and there should have been a blue sky, but there wasn’t. I saw the rising black smoke and soot from the blast hanging in the air, but I think quite a bit of time passed. The buildings on the west side of the school were completely gone. I couldn’t see anyone clearly, though there were shadows moving. Everyone seemed to be crawling, or leaping up. Toward the rear gate near the wooden school building were the bodies of what I think were [telecom company] service guards. I waved them off without flames. (The fire from the explosion) then picked up my untouched wet shoes. The people in the playground might have been burned up instantly. I don’t know.

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · 6 months ago

@tsturm

#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

There was one student whose clothes were completely burned off and who had no eyebrows. The wooden kimono clogs and shin of O (who was going barefoot before he reached the basement) and S (who had taken off his shoes) melted and he was barefoot again. The one that was standing by the shoe shelf had gone up ahead of me and looked back down the stairs. I was barefoot, a little slower, still climbing the stairs. That’s why I was saved.
– Excerpted from a letter that Survivor O wrote to the students of Yoshijima Elementary School — There was one student whose clothes were completely burned off and who had no eyebrows. The wooden kimono clogs and shin of O (who was going barefoot before he reached the basement) and S (who had taken off his shoes) melted and he was barefoot again. The one that was standing by the shoe shelf had gone up ahead of me and looked back down the stairs. I was barefoot, a little slower, still climbing the stairs. That’s why I was saved. – Excerpted from a letter that Survivor O wrote to the students of Yoshijima Elementary School

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social · 6 months ago

@tsturm

#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

Survivor A

Survivor A commuted to Fukuro-machi Elementary School from his home in Togiya-cho (now Kamiya-cho) about 150 meters away. He was in fourth grade. “That day” he arrived at school and went down to the basement room (about three meters underground) to take off his street shoes and change into his gym shoes. Suddenly, everything around him went black, and he was sprayed with fine sandlike tiles. The air was cut out quickly, and he shouted with his friends and classmates. They started to go up, but it was dark and night-like except for flames leaping up here and there.

It was like a dream. But a breeze, flames, legs rising in heat and the playground barefoot, he wandered to the basement to get his shoes, then was just going back up. The other was standing by the shoe shelves changing from his geta (wooden sandals) to gym shoes.

He had a splitting headache, and while he was putting out the glass fragments stuck in him, his friend T disappeared.
– Excerpt from Chugoku Shimbun, April 14, 1970 — Survivor A Survivor A commuted to Fukuro-machi Elementary School from his home in Togiya-cho (now Kamiya-cho) about 150 meters away. He was in fourth grade. “That day” he arrived at school and went down to the basement room (about three meters underground) to take off his street shoes and change into his gym shoes. Suddenly, everything around him went black, and he was sprayed with fine sandlike tiles. The air was cut out quickly, and he shouted with his friends and classmates. They started to go up, but it was dark and night-like except for flames leaping up here and there. It was like a dream. But a breeze, flames, legs rising in heat and the playground barefoot, he wandered to the basement to get his shoes, then was just going back up. The other was standing by the shoe shelves changing from his geta (wooden sandals) to gym shoes. He had a splitting headache, and while he was putting out the glass fragments stuck in him, his friend T disappeared. – Excerpt from Chugoku Shimbun, April 14, 1970

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · 6 months ago

@tsturm

#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social · 6 months ago

@tsturm
#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

Miracle Underground

It was originally assumed that all were lost instantly by the atomic bombing. However, the Comprehensive A-bomb Disaster Survey begun in 1967 by the Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology of Hiroshima University discovered that there were a few survivors. Three pupils happened to be in an underground room in the West Building. This was a sturdy, ferro-concrete building, and these students were 3 meters underground in a room with a ceiling 20 to 30 centimeters thick. Thus, they miraculously escaped. When the A-bomb exploded:

One student (A) had just arrived at school and had gone into that basement room where shoes were kept. Another had been in the playground barefoot, had then wandered to the basement to get his shoes, then was just going back up. The other was standing by the shoe shelves changing from his geta (wooden sandals) to gym shoes. — Miracle Underground It was originally assumed that all were lost instantly by the atomic bombing. However, the Comprehensive A-bomb Disaster Survey begun in 1967 by the Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology of Hiroshima University discovered that there were a few survivors. Three pupils happened to be in an underground room in the West Building. This was a sturdy, ferro-concrete building, and these students were 3 meters underground in a room with a ceiling 20 to 30 centimeters thick. Thus, they miraculously escaped. When the A-bomb exploded: One student (A) had just arrived at school and had gone into that basement room where shoes were kept. Another had been in the playground barefoot, had then wandered to the basement to get his shoes, then was just going back up. The other was standing by the shoe shelves changing from his geta (wooden sandals) to gym shoes.

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · 6 months ago

@tsturm

#Hiroshima #PeaceMuseum #Peace #Museum #Japan #Fukuromachi #School #Hibakusha #広島 #袋町小学校 #被爆者

Thomas Sturm

@tsturm@famichiki.jp · 6 months ago

While walking through Hiroshima we discovered an annex of the Peace Museum - the Fukuromachi School Building.

It is only 400 meters from the hypocenter of the explosion, but the reinforced concrete wing of the building withstood the shockwave, although everything burnable was carbonized instantly.

It was thought that nobody had survived there, but three students had been late changing shoes in a basement room.

They survived while nearly everyone they knew was killed that day 80 years ago.