Laika Cyprien @Mailandy

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who pushed for a more welcoming Catholic Church but faced fierce resistance, dies at 88 cnn.it/4itR2pP

1. “Intellect is not wisdom” • Most modern intellect is the ability to memorize information • Intellects worship access to information rather than the application of the lessons Without execution, information is useless. It turns information into wisdom others can learn from

I found a guy who goes around the US asking 70 to 100-year-olds their: • Biggest Regrets • Biggest Lessons • Advice to their younger self Oddly enough, most of their answers are the same… Here are my top 8:

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Feb 14, 1990: Voyager 1 spacecraft takes this stunning photograph of the Earth suspended in the sunbeam. Carl Sagan's brilliant monologue as mentioned in his 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot: 'From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.' 📷NASA

Haïti a 220 ans d'indépendance ce 1er janvier 2024. @AyiboPost propose de (re) lire la déclaration de l'indépendance du 1er pays indépendant d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, faite et signée par Jean-Jacques Dessalines, au Quartier-général des Gonaïves ⬇️ ayibopost.com/la-declaration…

Êtes-vous d'accord ? Les enfants doivent apprendre à lire dans une langue qu’ils comprennent. Découvrez les projets d’#alphabétisation en langues locales de 3 pays ⬇️ wrld.bg/wQVC50PQNRB

ALFABÈT KREYÒL ——— #facesofhaitj // Neidane #haiti #kreyol

Nan jou yo la, ou ka pa anfòm. Ou ka bezwen pale ak yon moun. Pa ezite rele nan 2919-9000

High tide in the mangroves is so special, listen to how peaceful it is 😌

Comment la technologie de #télédétection aide-t-elle à combler le manque de données sur les #eaux transfrontalières en Afrique ? Début de réponse avec @NooshaTL : wrld.bg/mtnt50KBbAK

Haïti - FLASH : Inscriptions au concours d'admission de l'UEH, dates des concours des entités (2022-2023) haitilibre.com/article-37290-… via @HaitiLibre

Du 8 au 12 juillet, 234 personnes ont été tuées ou blessées. Qu’il s’agisse des membres du gouvernement ou du Premier ministre, c’est le silence assourdissant : pas un mot à l’attention des victimes, des familles traumatisées par ces violences. rfi.my/8aVu.T #Haïti

The @warriors are the 2021-22 NBA Champions! #NBA75

Many Dominican women are hired to participate in the shooting of videos clips. Valben Valcin, a musician, explains this choice : “The public appreciates them more” ayibopost.com/light-skinned-…

Fè yon plan jodia. Fanmi w ka pa ansanm si yon katastwòf frape. Kidonk, li enpòtan pou konnen ki kalite katastwòf ki kapab afekte zòn ou an. Konnen Kijan nou pral kontakte youn lòt epi rekonekte si nou ta separe. #planijanspoufanmi #SezonSiklòn2022🌀🌀🌀 #Annparen

Dans une série d’articles consacrés à la « dette de l’indépendance » imposée à #Haïti par l’ancien colon français, le « New York Times » chiffre pour la première fois les sommes dont le pays caribéen a dû s’acquitter pour sa liberté. mediapart.fr/journal/intern…

Haïti, seul pays au monde où des générations de descendants d’esclaves ont versé des réparations aux héritiers de leurs anciens maîtres. MUST READ sur la dette (et conséquences) que la France a imposée à #Haïti victorieuse de sa guerre d’indépendance. nytimes.com/fr/interactive…

En Haïti, 500 000 enfants ont perdu l'accès à l'éducation en raison de la violence liée aux gangs. Près de 1 700 écoles sont actuellement fermées dans la zone métropolitaine de P-au-P alors que des affrontements entre gangs rivaux ont éclaté depuis fin avril. @UNICEFHaiti

#BREAKING Twitter confirms sale of company to Elon Musk for $44 bn

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« De sang-froid, il faisait jeter [les esclaves] dans des fourneaux ou dans des chaudières bouillantes de sirop de canne. Parfois, il les enterrait vifs et debout, avec seulement la tête hors terre et sur laquelle il versait du sirop de canne » #Rediff tinyurl.com/yc537u93