Thursday, September 09, 2021
Stevie Wonder : Isn't She Lovely
Stevie Wonder : Knocks Me Off My Feet
A Gay Farmer on Love, Isolation, and Disrupting the Meat Industry in Australia | The New Yorker
Brazil’s President Bans Social Networks from Removing Some Posts
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The new rules in Brazil appear to be the first national policy that restricts how tech companies can control their sites, analysts say.
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil in São Paulo on Tuesday. Victor Moriyama for The New York Times
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is temporarily banning social media companies from removing certain content, including his claims that the only way he’ll lose next year’s elections is if the vote is rigged — one of the most significant steps by a democratically elected leader to control what can be said on the internet.
The new social media rules, issued this week and effective immediately, appear to be the first time a national government has stopped internet companies from taking down content that violates their rules, according to internet law experts and officials at tech companies. And they come at a precarious moment for Brazil. » | Jack Nicas | Thursday, September 9, 2021
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is temporarily banning social media companies from removing certain content, including his claims that the only way he’ll lose next year’s elections is if the vote is rigged — one of the most significant steps by a democratically elected leader to control what can be said on the internet.
The new social media rules, issued this week and effective immediately, appear to be the first time a national government has stopped internet companies from taking down content that violates their rules, according to internet law experts and officials at tech companies. And they come at a precarious moment for Brazil. » | Jack Nicas | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Acteurs, politiques, écrivains, animateurs... Ils ont rendu un dernier hommage à Jean-Paul Belmondo
La France a rendu jeudi 9 novembre un hommage national à l'acteur Jean-Paul Belmondo, décédé lundi à l'âge de 88 ans. Dans la cour des Invalides à Paris, près de 1.000 personnes ont pu assister à cette cérémonie en plus de la famille et de nombreuses personnalités. » | Par Rosa Chevassu et Clémentine Maligorne | jeudi 9 septembre 2021
Creamy Chicken with Morel Mushroom Sauce | Classic French Recipes
Get the recipe here.
Mahler: Symphony No 5, Adagietto – Herbert von Karajan
Vieler Herren Häuser - Der Glanz des alten Adels
Lesbos: Sapphos lyrische Liebe zu Frauen | Stadt Land Kunst | ARTE
Blinken lobt bemerkenswerte Partnerschaft mit Deutschland
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Beim Treffen mit seinem deutschen Amtskollegen spricht Antony Blinken über den gemeinsamen Umgang mit den Taliban. Von den über 10.000 afghanischen Flüchtlingen in Ramstein wollen einige in Deutschland bleiben.
Mit seiner Reiseroute folgte Antony Blinken jener von tausenden Evakuierten aus Afghanistan: erst Qatar, dann Ramstein. Die Besuche verband der amerikanische Außenminister mit Worten des Dankes für die Verbündeten – auch wenn diese, wie im Falle Deutschlands, und vor allem im Falle von Heiko Maas, durch den raschen Abzug der Amerikaner aus Afghanistan in große Schwierigkeiten geraten sind. Beim Zusammentreffen mit dem deutschen Außenminister auf dem amerikanischen Luftwaffenstützpunkt in Ramstein sprach Blinken am Mittwoch von einer „bemerkenswerten Partnerschaft“ mit Deutschland bei der Evakuierung der Afghanen. Maas wiederum begrüßte „Tony“ auf dem „amerikanischsten Teil Deutschlands“ und sprach von einer „guten und engen Kooperation, die wir in den letzten Wochen hatten mit Blick auf Afghanistan“. » | Von Johannes Leithäuser und Julian Staib, Berlin/Reamstein | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
USA : 20 ans de guerre contre les Talibans pour rien ? - 28 Minutes - ARTE
On Masculinity
True masculinity is not behaving in a macho way. Rather, it is being able to show strength in adversity; being able to overcome major setbacks in life; being able to overcome overwhelmingly difficult situations; and then being able to survive. It takes courage to do those things. Courage is what is called for in a man, not faux masculinity. Courage is having the strength to overcome.
History is replete with strong, gay men – gay military men, too! In fact, leaders of all sorts. Society needs to get away from the notion that showing love and affection, either as a gay or straight man, is weak. It most certainly is not. Most gay men are also not effeminate! In fact, most gay men these days are anything but effeminate. Effeminate gay men are an old theatrical parody of the nature of gay men. But it is a very distorted, cruel and incorrect one. © Mark
History is replete with strong, gay men – gay military men, too! In fact, leaders of all sorts. Society needs to get away from the notion that showing love and affection, either as a gay or straight man, is weak. It most certainly is not. Most gay men are also not effeminate! In fact, most gay men these days are anything but effeminate. Effeminate gay men are an old theatrical parody of the nature of gay men. But it is a very distorted, cruel and incorrect one. © Mark
Tenderness and Affection
A Tender Kiss in the Sun
The Amazing “First Kiss” in Tel Aviv
”First Kiss” is an 84-minute kissing video between the artists Idan Bitton and Alfredo Ferran Calle.
While the camera is still, the kiss is in motion provoking the viewer to stay and watch.
Idan and Alfredo do not interact with the viewer, but offer a peek into their intimate moments of commitment.
This long-lasting, present and unapologetic kiss defines our current gay rights momentum: We are here, we love each other, and this is what it looks like.
By Idan Bitton – (idanbitton.com)
Performed by Idan Bitton & Alfredo Ferran Calle
Video by Runn Shayo, whose website can be found here.
Because of YouTube age restrictions, this video cannot be embedded; it must be viewed on YouTube itself.
I have posted this ‘kissathon’ a few times before, because it is such a beautiful expression of gay love. Besides, the kissing lasts so long that I haven’t been able to find the time to view the video the whole way through yet; I’m still working on it! But it’s worth “working on” because it is such a stunning expression of two men’s love for each other.
I think that this must be the most beautiful video of gay men kissing on the Web! At least, I have never seen anything that comes even close to it. The two men are handsome. The kissing is genuine. The love these two men have for each other is palpable. And then the duration of the kissing is remarkable. Added to all that, the kissing is also decent. In my opinion, no reasonable person could object to this display of genuine love and affection. Anyone who does needs to get out from under that rock! Enjoy this wonderful display of love and affection! Click here to watch it. In good YouTube fashion, it should take you to where you left off the last time. – Mark
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
À Kaboul, la vie quotidienne soumise à la sinistre loi des talibans
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Les nouveaux maîtres du pays imposent peu à peu leur application très stricte de la charia dans la capitale afghane, menaçant barbiers, taxis et boutiques de mode.
Dans son petit local décoré d’affiches de mannequins aux coiffures excentriques, le barbier Hajji Barakatullah se fait aussi discret que possible. Lorsque deux jeunes hommes entrouvrent la porte dans l’espoir de se faire tailler la barbe, le petit homme rond se dépêche de la refermer sur eux, grommelant des excuses, l’air aussi dépité que ses clients perdus.
«Il y a une semaine, une poignée d’hommes armés ont fait irruption dans mon magasin. Ils m’ont ordonné de ne plus couper les cheveux à la mode occidentale, et de ne plus raser les barbes. Je dois leur obéir», explique-t-il. Son client du moment, un garçon d’une douzaine d’années, était tétanisé. «Il n’osait pas bouger. Il regardait la scène dans le miroir avec de grands yeux, comme si c’étaient des monstres», décrit le commerçant, une figure du quartier, qui a ouvert son salon il y a presque vingt ans.
Les talibans n’ont pas officiellement édicté de loi interdisant aux Afghans de se raser la barbe ou de changer leurs habitudes… Et les dirigeants, ceux-là mêmes qui jusqu’ici discutaient avec des diplomates étrangers dans de grands hôtels à Doha, n’ont de cesse d’assurer la population à grand renfort de communiqués diffusés à la télévision nationale qu’elle ne doit pas les craindre. Objectif: convaincre la communauté internationale, pourvoyeuse de l’aide internationale qui faisait jusqu’alors tourner le pays, que les talibans 2.0 sont prêts à reculer sur une partie de leur projet social. » | Par Margaux Benn | mercredi 8 septembre 2021
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