An anecdote about the president Park Chung-hee

Unit 684 (684부대),

The 209th Detachment, 2325th Group was founded on 1 April 1968 by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), the main intelligence agency of South Korea, on the orders of President Park Chung Hee.

was the only tier one special forces unit of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) that specialized in black operation, direct action, irregular warfare, long-range penetration, and special operations that are extremely high-risk and dangerous. It was formed to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1968, in retaliation for the North’s botched Blue House raid.

The unit consisted of 31 civilian recruits, mostly petty criminals and unemployed youths, and underwent three years of harsh training on the island of Silmido. The assassination mission was cancelled in 1971 and the unit mutinied, resulting in a firefight in Seoul in which most of the members of the unit were killed. The four survivors were sentenced to death by a military tribunal and executed.

Members of Unit 684 endured three years of exceptionally harsh training, during which seven members died.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_684

In addition

According to the Britain-based Observatory, “regime forces launched a counterattack” in Hama province on Wednesday with air support on the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels and allied factions. Government forces pushed HTS away from the provincial capital by about 10 kilometres (six miles), the Observatory said, reporting fierce battles as rebels failed in their bid to capture an area near the city.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20241204-syrian-army-launches-counteroffensive-against-rebels

One of my colleagues almost got hit recently, apparently he was crossing a pedestrian crossing, a woman was speeding up. He just had time to jump to the side! The woman was accompanied by a young woman (probably the one who alerted the driver) , they stopped and asked him “are you okay?!” after the driver told him she was sorry, that she hadn’t seen him -_-…

He told me that he had the reflex to jump, what would have happened with a child?

The interesting side of this story is that my colleague owns an (fucking) SUV…

Very interesting ! Thanks

Pourquoi pas Valls !! Manu X Manu 😁

In addition

Small island nations lead fight for climate justice at UN’s top court

Fittingly, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu – heavily impacted by rising temperatures – opened proceedings at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The campaign to bring the issue before the UN’s top court began in 2019 with law students at the University of Vanuatu in Port Vila. Their drive led to a UN General Assembly resolution in 2023 asking the ICJ for a formal opinion on the legal obligations of states to protect the climate system.

The court will also consider whether large polluting nations can be held liable for damages to vulnerable countries like small island states. On the eve of the hearings in the Dutch city, students from Vanuatu gathered near the court along with other activists. “In small islands like Bonaire and like Vanuatu, there’s no time to say: ‘Oh, we hope that in 10, 15 or 20 years things will be settled’," Kjell Koon, from the Caribbean island of Bonaire, told RFI. “No, we need help now. We need a solution now and we need to create a world where we and future generations can live in peace and harmony.”

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s special envoy for climate change and the environment, said it was imperative that fossil fuels be phased out and more money provided to poorer nations bearing the brunt of climate change. “We are hoping the ICJ can provide a new avenue to break through the inertia we experience when trying to talk about climate justice,” he told the Reuters news agency.

Although the ICJ’s opinions are non-binding, they are legally and politically significant. Lawyers say the ICJ’s eventual ruling will likely be cited in lawsuits about the effects and impacts of climate change. Fiji’s Attorney General, Graham Leung, called the hearings an historic opportunity for small island developing states in their quest for justice.

The hearings follow the Cop29 summit, where a $300 billion climate finance plan by 2035 was criticised as inadequate by developing nations.

As well as small island states and developing countries, the court will also hear from the United States and China – the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases. The oil producer group OPEC will also give its views. The 15 judges at the ICJ will hear submissions until 13 December and deliver their decision next year.

“We represent communities where every fraction of a degree of warming translates to real losses: homes swallowed by the sea, crops destroyed by salinity, and cultures at risk of extinction,” said Dylan Kava, a regional facilitator for the Climate Action Network. “Pacific nations are left grappling with escalating costs of adaptation and recovery, often relying on meagre resources and the resilience of our people."

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20241202-small-island-nations-lead-fight-for-climate-justice-at-un-top-court-icj

Sometimes I forget how stupid humans are.

No unfortunately I think about it every day.

Et les ultra riches, ça se mange ou on en fait du composte?

Excellent ! Merci pour le partage.

I would really like there to be automatic door opening systems with door locking when an object enters a defined approach space.

In truth, I would really like there to be no more cars at all…

Moi aussi lol

What a shame, I am disgusted by so much cowardice and hypocrisy

Les 3 saisons de Face to Face

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/RC-025733/face-to-face/

Qui a tué Christina Rasmussen ? À Copenhague, trois de ses proches se lancent dans une enquête à haut risque. Une série haletante ‒ chaque saison, ramassée sur 24 heures, adopte le point de vue d’un personnage différent ‒ avec la crème du cinéma danois : Ulrich Thomsen (Festen), Trine Dyrholm (Les héritiers) et Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing, Borgen, Au nom du père). La quintessence du Nordic noir !

Chaque épisode dure entre 20 et 30 min. (honnêtement ça passe très vite, on ne s’ennuie pas).

J’ai aimé le principe d’un entretien entre 2 ou 3 personnages par épisode où l’enquêteur (ou enquêtrice) doit tirer les vers du nez de son (ou ses) interlocuteur(s) (ou interlocutrice(s)).

1 épisode 1 lieu.

Chaque générique d’épisode est personalisé ce qui apporte un grand plus dans la transition des scènes.

Très bon !

Let’s wish him a good recovery

Elisabeth Dorier est géographe, professeure d’université et chercheuse au sein du laboratoire Population-Environnement-Développement (LPED) de l’université d’Aix-Marseille. Elle documente depuis quinze ans, la multiplication des ensembles résidentiels fermés à Marseille, qui se construisent désormais à proximité des cités. “La nouvelle norme, c’est forcément la fermeture, remarque-t-elle. Il n’y a pratiquement plus d’offre alternative. On crée des enclaves et on appelle ça la mixité sociale. On a de la proximité spatiale mais de la distance sociale. Et vous êtes séparés par des barrières.” Les promoteurs immobiliers misent sur les barrières, explique la chercheuse, pour attirer les classes moyennes supérieures dans les quartiers pauvres où l’on privatise la vue mer, l’accès aux collines et les espaces pour se garer.

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For those who want to learn more about the Nutri-Score

https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IARC_Evidence_Summary_Brief_2.pdf

Publication bias and Nutri-Score: A complete literature review of the substantiation of the effectiveness of the front-of-pack logo Nutri-Score

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213434424000069

Report: Why the European Commission must choose the Nutri-Score nutrition label

https://unescochair-ghe.org/2023/05/12/report-why-the-european-commission-must-choose-the-nutri-score-nutrition-label/

The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that’s not unusual for cargo flights.

https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-dhl-cargo-plane-crash-ff6382bb359c64ca2a345d50e523c396

This question is too difficult, there are too many candidates…

Dead Cells !! Ça rend vraiment accro, je ne savais pas que c’était du made in France !

Modern Robin Hood