The Sangha Kommune (僧伽公社) – A Place of Spiritual and Physical Growth! (Founded 16.2.2010)

The Chinese Buddhist monastic community is referred to as a ‘Sangha’ (Sanskrit for ‘spiritual community’), whereby men and women form a voluntary association premised upon following a strict set of rules known as the ‘Vinaya Discipline’. Within this community, there is ‘equality’ between all members, with the leaders being those who have followed these rules for the longest times. This is because such people are thought to have more experience at adhering to the Vinaya Discipline (which includes celibacy and vegetarianism), and are therefore able to effectively advise all others through the difficult times they my face in their practice. As those with little experience have less to share, they are not considered leaders whilst more experienced practitioners live in the vicinity.

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A Summer's School Pick-Up!

Sutton: A Typical Summer School Pick-Up! (20.8.2026)

Of course, we live in South-West Greater London (Sutton & Cheam) – which used to be East Surrey until 1965. The place is countryfied and full of trees and parks – the trees are in the streets – planted down the side of the pavements (my dad said – when he visited in 2000 – that this is “posh”). Sutton used to be terribly wealthy in all areas, but now is just a place that well-off people like to live despite the economy completely collapsing). Obviously, I am here just by accident. I ended-up here more or less by accident due to a relationship, etc. Still, we are where we are and have to make the most of it. The schools are good and we are providing the best education we can for our two daughters. This is my partner “Gee” (left) walking with “Kai-Lin” (right) – I am the rear-guard holding the ‘phone. Earlier that day, me and Gee had attended a School Assembly – within which all the children demonstrated to their parents what they had laerned over the last academic year (September-July).

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Díaz-Canel to Parliament: Cuba changes to get up, to live better, to continue being free

Cuba: Parliament – Díaz-Canel – “Cuba Adapts to Stand-Taller, to Live-Better, to Continue Being-Free”! (20.6.2026)

Due to its high human value, an idea was shared by the Head of State at the closing of the day of analysis: “On a day like today,” he stressed, “in which we remember with particular emotion and nostalgia dear Vilma, a woman who was a clandestine and guerrilla fighter, innovative engineer, founder of spaces and policies for the promotion and defense of women’s rights in Cuba and the rest of the world, at the request of comrade Teresa, secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women, and other women who have called our attention to the need to protect and promote their advances, on behalf of the Party and the Government, I confirm the commitment to pay special attention to ensure that there is never a setback in the policies for the advancement of Cuban women, when implementing the new economic and social measures”.

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Timeline and reconstruction of summer solstice celebrations as they might have appeared at Bulford 5000 years ago © Wessex Archaeology

UK: Strange Stories from England – Proto-Stone Henge Dsicovered! (19.6.2026)

“The discovery at Bulford is fundamental because it’s the earliest example of people building things here that aim directly at the solstice. When we talk about the solstice, we’re talking about religion. About how prehistoric peoples understood the cosmos, the world, and their place in it. What we see at Bulford, and later at Stonehenge, is a way of celebrating and marking the passage of time, but it’s also about making sure the world keeps working as it should. It’s likely their way of saying to their deities, please keep us in mind, keep us warm and safe. It’s a religious event. That’s why it’s so important.”

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A screenshot from the Nature website shows the article titled "Optical fiber gripper for high-performance 3D micromanipulation".

China: Scientists Transform Fibre-Optics into “Mini Dexterous Hand”!

The study, published in Nature, introduced a three-dimensional optical fibre gripper that can manipulate opaque particles, irregular micromechanical components and diverse single-cell types. By controlling light input, the microgripper can open, close and adjust its gripping force. Experiments showed it can generate forces more than 100,000 times greater than conventional optical tweezers, enabling high-precision manipulation, microstructure assembly and microscale sampling.

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The Re-Arranged Family Shrine - 2026

UK: The Family Shrine Re-Arranged for the Passing of My Father! (18.6.2026)

Even if no member of a Chinese family has not trained in a formal spiritual order – incense will be regularly lit, and fresh flowers and fruit will be added every so many days. Of course, some shrines are kept-up at a greater degree than others – but this does not matter in the end. A family shrine is a door-way between one plane and another. It is a two-way structure that permits a solemn respect to traverse from the material realm into the immaterial realm – and allows a positive spiritual reality to emanate from the immaterial plane to the material realm. Today, I talked to my deceased father – and I did this via a photograph that my mother took and printed-out for me probably around 2010. The photograph was taken in the front garden of our old home at 2 Torbay Road, Torquay Road, Torquay, Devon (the shyster landlord took over a hundred thousand pounds in rent between 2002-2018 before applying a no-fault eviction because we requested a repair be made). As this was 16-years ago – my father would have been around 68-years old at the time. I suppose my father was at the peak of his power as an elderly person! Tomorrow we will collectively lit incense. It is the next stage of respectful mourning.

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Chud Cross-Dressing 2026

US: Chud the Builder – Holed Below the Water-Line – in More Ways Than One! (18.6.2026)

Understandably, a Black-loving bisexual leftist (with homosexual and cross-dressing tendencies) is not a good look for the far-right – and so even the illiterate Paul Miller has gone suspiciously quiet on this front (he has his own problems to worry about – as he has been repeatedly accused of paedophilia). I suppose it all comes down to the fact that we cannot hide out pasts – and that if we are untruthful – the lies have a tendency of catching-up with us at the most inconvenient of times! That and the fact that not understanding the law can mean that you end-up in gaol for a very long time. As matters stand, the Chud has a public defender (the equivalent of legal aid in the UK) – who is poorly trained and acting “freely” – despite the far-right raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. Shades of the murderer Karmelo Anthony and his family who raised over a million dollars from the Black community and immediately brought a new home and a car – whilst having no money left to pay a competent lawyer. There is no cure for being stupid – left or right.

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