Historical allegations of indecent assault against boys in care were renewed on Tuesday 13th November against a Member of Parliament who was in the forerunner to the modern Liberal Democrat party in England. The BBC has the story here.
Yesterday, the 1990s killer of 7-year-old Sean Williams was murdered in prison whilst serving his life sentence. The BBC has the story here with other updates in the story crawl at the bottom of the page speculating about the identity of the killer and his previous attack on another infamous English sex offender that murdered…
Let’s start the conversation, where do you go when you want to see some good news? Do you check out a site like Upworthy.com? Do you follow someone making fun content or beautiful art on social media? Do you find fun music on your favorite streaming app? What can we do to bring more kindness into our newsfeeds?
Where do you go to find the good in this world?
One story about a follow-up interview of a public figure relating to child abuse disappeared from the Daily Mail’s website over the weekend. If the story moves on and can be reported we’ll bring you that one at a later date. In a separate story last weekend a man who emigrated to Australia was extradited…
For the 35th year, the all-night charity extravaganza that is Children in Need is back on our screens. This year’s star-studded gala appeal show is on BBC One from 7.30pm-10pm, on Friday November 13. It comes straight after The One Show’s Children in Need special (BBC One, 7pm-7.30pm). For more – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/children-in-need/11992094/bbc-children-in-need-2015-what-time-when.html
Creative work has therapeutic benefits. Doing the work is the point, not the end result. AI can get you the end result faster, but it takes away the healing power of doing the work ourselves. I do worry that we will lose that in the rush to monetize anything we create, quickly and efficiently.
There are fantastic benefits for our minds in doing the work ourselves. I use AI for many things, but I also know how much I enjoy taking pictures, writing, teaching, etc. Why would I deprive myself of things I enjoy? That’s part of being human.
It doesn’t sound like much. At the same time, we see so little of this in our daily interactions that it doesn’t take much to stand out as a good partner, friend, or boss. The bar is not set very high, but it does require sitting still with someone and focusing on them for that time.
How often can most of us say we do that?
Is it any wonder we have such a problem with loneliness?
