Ian Chai

@ianchai
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Published by Deutsche Welle. Normally, DW and Germany in general is very pro-Israel, driven probably by their historical guilt about the Holocaust.
But IDF atrocities have grown more and more until now even they are showing articles like this.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10165056092006672&set=a.62903236671

My lunchtime meditation on 1 Kings 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.”

https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/only-one-hero.html

Note: the illustration is partially from prior artwork and partially from AI.

Birds, sunrise and moon this morning

Outsiders Inside
2 Samuel 23-24 https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/outsiders-inside.html

Note: the illustration for this blog post was created partially using AI.

My lunchtime meditation on DUMC's Bible Reading Plan for today https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/.../the-hatchet-man.html
When the U.S. cuts funding for global internet freedom, dictators win. Without tools to dodge censorship, regimes in 🇨🇳 🇮🇷 🇷🇺 etc. can more easily silence dissent and trap citizens behind digital iron curtains. Democracy just got harder to defend.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/us-funding-for-global-internet-freedom-effectively-gutted
"The cabinet’s response to serious allegations of corruption made in a detailed Bloomberg investigation against the MACC can only be described as pathetic, ineffectual, and nothing more than yet another attempt to excuse its chief commissioner, Azam Baki." https://www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/768159/zYFR0Ia8u#comment-or-cabinets-anaemic-response-to-azam-macc-case

Political scientist Adriana Hest on Spain’s migrant regularisation:
"Does it bother you that people who live and work here have rights and aren’t considered second-class?" — "Wow! Maybe you’re a little racist." She calls the move good news for everyone except exploitative employers and racists.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10164854850221672&set=a.62903236671

A lie, a loaf, and a lesson: my lunchtime meditation on 1 Samuel 21 https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-lie-loaf-and-lesson.html

Note: the illustration was created by AI.