
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international order is over and middle powers like Canada must pivot to avoid falling prey to further "coercion" from powerful actors.
Three Kings and a Princess
Myrrh is Mine; Its Bitter Perfume: Part II
#FanFiction #TheApothecaryDiaries #TearmoonEmpire
#wss366 #MastoPrompt
“Why would I care about how the Jinshi reacted?” Mao wondered. She had a #bond of loyalty and friendship with him, and he was useful if trying, but was there something more? Mao, seldom self-reflective, was puzzled.
It was strange; her alarm at the Emperor’s interest in her was mixed with sadness. “It’s like when I find out I missed a good meal or the herb shop just sold a rare medicine I had been looking for.”
She turned the thoughts over in her mind, like a riddle. Somewhere they must be a clue. Then she let go of it, reminding herself of something Loumen had #educated her on: “Don’t speculate. It is worse to say the wrong thing than to remain silent.”
The fragrance of myrrh drifted into the room, pungently bitter. A gift from another suitor. It was hard to picture there being a fourth.
The futility of speculation was instantly revealed when words echoing her dread and sense of loss drifted in through the door. It was a familiar singsong voice:
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
“But of who was it?”
[Continued in “O Star of Wonder”]
16 obscure words with common meanings that you can sprinkle into convos to sound smart
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#Overeducated & #Unemployed.
The Newest Face of Long-Term #Unemployment? The College #Educated.
For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of #joblessness were #college #graduates. That’s starting to change.
“They say education has no end. If you still disagree with this, here is a better way to take it in; 'Education has an end that never comes'.”
― Israelmore Ayivor
#Bot #Quote #Agree #AnEnd #Disagree #Educate #Educated #Education #EducationHasNoEnd #End #FoodForThought #IsraelmoreAyivor #KeepLearning #Learn #LearnEveryday #Read #School #Study #University
200 years ago, Ellen White said "The severe training of kids, without directing them to think and act as their own capacity to tackle global challenges and problems...will ever produce a class who are weak in mental and dynamic power.... And when they stand in the world to act for themselves they will reveal the fact that they were trained like the animals, and not #educated
Lets teach our kids #innovation #SustainableAgriculture #environment and skills for a better tomorrow
#Afforestation
Why Did #Luke Add a Preface
#Jesus #Christianity #BibleStudy
In this episode, we explore what Luke’s introduction tells us about his intentions, his writing style, and his audience. From naming a patron (#Theophilus) to mimicking the conventions of #ancient #historiography and #scientific #literature, Luke presents himself as a #literary and #educated writer, shaping #Jesus’s story with intentionality.