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QUIET! PRAYER! DECENCY! DIGNITY! "Madam, tell them that there are lawyers, doctors, engineers here; there are people who take care of their lives, their families, who work and contribute to the progress of this country." I was at the central detention center last night. I didn't post because I'm somewhat fed up with the TikTok crowd that uses these moments to promote/monetize themselves. In a year and a half, there have been many moments in front of the judicial control that have been ruined by these characters, perhaps well-intentioned, but who have turned these moments too often into a spectacle for social media. What I want to say, without wishing to get into polemics with anyone, is that we must be very careful about the energy we create around these gatherings. If the vibe is controlled by conflicting, aggressive people, with negative emotions, quality people who feel the same way we do will be hesitant to join. And not because they don’t care, but because they don’t feel at home in such a space. Why do I say this? Because, despite the tension in society, now is the moment for QUIET! PRAYER! DECENCY! DIGNITY! Thank you, Ana-Maria Nita, for managing to beautifully summarize, in a private conversation we had this morning, what needs to be done. They will want to hijack these gatherings as they did with the shepherds' protest. They will exploit negative emotions. They will try to push us towards conflict, towards anger, towards violence. They will not be able to do this if we raise the vibration. I would like to propose to those of you who go there evening after evening, and I will come too, to understand that now the main message we need to convey is one of support for Călin Georgescu. To let him know that we are by his side – WE ARE HERE! And it was beautifully chanted last night: "Căline, Căline, we are here with you!" And the main message we need to convey to those who have mocked this country and its people is that we know everything they have done. That we haven't forgotten the pandemic. That we haven't forgotten the plunder. That we haven't forgotten the cancellation of the elections. That we haven't forgotten their contempt. BUT we choose to confront them calmly, with dignity, through unity, through commitment, with the belief that they cannot abuse, persecute, and arrest us all. Last night, when I arrived, around 10 PM, there were over 1,000–1,500 people. I came without hope that there would be so many people because I hadn't seen anything anywhere in the mainstream press. I was surprised by the energy there. From the beautiful people who stopped me and said the quote from the title: "Madam, tell them that there are lawyers, doctors, engineers here; there are people who take care of their lives, their families, who work and contribute to the progress of this country." The most uplifting moment of the evening was the singing of the anthem, initiated by the nai player Nicolae Voiculeț. A passage was posted by Mrs. Cristela Georgescu. It was the energy, the vibe of that moment that convinced me that these gatherings must be transformed into a cenacle. A CENACLE FOR THE RENAISSANCE OF ROMANIA. We must show them that we are much more than the labels they put on us. The words of Caramitru Jr. after the shepherds' protest echo in my mind: "interlopers," "destroyed," "the scum of society" from "boondocks." A bloated person like him despises real Romania; it repulses him. And there are many like him, many "juniors" (Papahagi, Tismăneanu, Paleologu) who set the tone of hatred and venom and spread it throughout society. Returning to what happened last night. I left when the chants began with "The gendarmerie protects theft," "Mușușor, arrested." It shouldn't be about this now. What would I do? I would go with a white armband. We need a symbol of peace, of resistance, and of dignity. I would encourage Nicolae Voiculeț to transform these gatherings into a cenacle. I would lift the crowd; I wouldn't lower their vibration. I would chant one thing: WE ARE HERE! (translated)

A very nice issue of Reflex has just come out today. I would be glad if you would give it a chance. Here is my editorial on it: HOW SHOULD WE REMEMBER VÁCLAV HAVEL? I often say that I am "as old as the revolution," by which I obviously mean the Velvet one. And this alone brings a whole set of advantages. Your age always reflects the anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, so you remember it well. I am not burdened by the sins of the past, having to decide whether to collaborate with the regime or not. Likewise, I do not have to blame myself for missing the harsh onset of capitalism and coupon privatization. I had to learn to speak first. And to walk. Those of us born in the early '90s sometimes tend to refer to ourselves as "Havel's children." But how can I identify with a person I didn't properly experience in adulthood, yet who so fundamentally shaped the state I grew up in? And how should I, as well as our entire nation, actually remember Havel? I cannot remember Havel like many other older journalists do. I leave it to my more experienced colleagues. I have only one small personal memory of him. I was about eight years old, and we were on a school excursion in Prague. My classmate and I were lagging at the end of our class line. There was a long queue at Wenceslas Square, and we walked along it. We got a bit distracted and created a gap. And into that gap stepped a crowd of people, in the middle of which walked Václav Havel. We both started staring at him and quickly exclaimed, "Good day, Mr. President," and he replied to us with his typical stammering 'r': "Hello, boys," and then disappeared into a bookstore to sign his books. The queue was standing there for him. It was the year he was dealing with health complications, delivered the famous Rudolfín speech, and signed the absolutely fundamental Czech-German declaration. But I only remember the "hello, boys." And that’s all. When he died in 2011, I was starting in the media, so I was only responsible for some minor media outputs around the funeral. Otherwise, I perceived him as the person whose picture hung next to the blackboard throughout my school life. On television, he appears either as a "gumshoe" in a satirical sketch or giving some speech that is too complicated for my child self to listen to. My opinions of him have therefore formed mostly indirectly, like for most people in our country. Through plays and compulsory reading in school, recordings of speeches, and the exceptional film Citizen Havel, where he allowed us to peer candidly into his private life. I never succumbed to the need to idolize him; I was most fascinated by the fact that despite such a rich life, he was essentially a "normal guy" who enjoyed life and who, even in the presidential office, could fulfill his dreams. A smoke with the Rolling Stones, meditation with the Dalai Lama, a beer with Clinton. None of that made him a better politician. Personally, it made him a human to me. The point of Havel's legacy and its breadth is, in my opinion, that everyone can remember him in their own way. Some remember him as the best person in history, others as a brilliant politician who is missed by the Czech Republic. Others see him as a naive believer in truth who preferred grand gestures over political pragmatism. Some as a womanizer, others as a great world author of absurd drama. Historians and philosophers still debate his legacy to this day. So vehemently that due to one "ezonomist" and pseudophilosopher on an electric unicycle, his name was removed from the library's title. But I would like to highlight one thing about him that seems increasingly rare in today's world. He managed to grow old without becoming bitter. He did not turn into a grump shouting at the clouds. He did not allow himself to be dominated by eternal contrarianism and being against all mainstream opinions at any cost. At the same time, he wasn't afraid to confront the mainstream until the end. I would wish for all of us to grow old like Havel. It’s a pity he was given only 75 years. I would have liked to listen to him even at ninety, which he would have celebrated this year. (translated)

What happened: Muslim terrorist attempts to hijack a plane Mainstream media: it was an argument and fight between pilots They are such fake news that it is absolutely unbelievable that there are still people who take them seriously. (translated)

The Dutch breakfast show accidentally revealed a phenomenon that the mainstream does not want to show. In Utrecht, where 42% of the population are foreigners, the morning movement of people heading to work does not reflect the city's demographic structure. (translated)

Obecny status afery Szpitala Południowego: - Dawid Kacprzyk nie został nawet przesłuchany i ma to wszystko „w dupie” - Zwolniona z pracy wiceprezydent Warszawy dostaje od rządu nową fuchę w ministerstwie - Rafał Trzaskowski nie poniósł dosłownie żadnych konsekwencji za zaniedbania, kłamstwa i manipulacje - Olbrzymia machina mainstreamowych mediów przekonała twardy elektorat, że tak właściwie to żadnej afery nie było I tak to się żyje w naszym kraju. #Polska #afera #media

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Non è Pio che fa la lotta con i centrali... sono i centrali che fanno la lotta con lui. Ieri un arbitro di premier, in una competizione europea, gli ha fischiato più falli a favore in 70 minuti che gli italiani di Orsato in 5 partite...e il centrale turco ha dovuto evitare le esagerazioni che in Italia invece vengono concesse. A margine, Massa è stato richiamato dal VAR Di Bello per dare un rigore, eppure aveva visto. Non vedo l'ora che quell'arrogante che si è fatto un regolamento tutto suo venga riportato all'ordine, perchè NON può NON succedere. Quelli che non capisco sono i media mainstream e i giornalisti di questi media che non sottolineano queste cose nascondendosi dietro il dito del tempo effettivo e fluidità che sono merito delle regole IFAB imposte dal mondiale e non sicuramente dal regolamento inventato dall'ex giacchetta nera. #calcio #arbitri #sport

Note: after explosives were discovered near #RAFMilitaryBase #Fairford, NO mainstream Italian media has mentioned that at least 23 #USAF/#US cargo flights departed from the #USAF Air Base #Aviano (#Italy) to #Fairford between end of March 27 to April 13, 2026, as we revealed https://t.co/K6s4nXpoTt #RAFMilitaryBase #USAF #Aviano #IT #US

Note: after explosives were discovered near #RAFMilitaryBase #Fairford, NO mainstream Italian media mentioned that at least 23 #USAF/#US cargo flights departed from #Aviano to #Fairford between end of March 27 to April 13, 2026, as we revealed https://t.co/hzfyTp0LEI #RAFMilitaryBase #USAF #Aviano #IT #US

suppressing the link between the #RAF military base #Fairford and the #USAF base #Aviano (#Italy)- as the Italian mainstream do-is unacceptable because it does NOT allow Italian citizens to: 1) discover #Italy's role in the devastation of #IRAN 2) understand the risk that we face https://t.co/MrXbnhqbhR #RAF #Fairford #Italy #US #IT #IR

It's unacceptable that the mainstream Italian media are suppressing the info that the UK base at #Fairford – near which explosives have been found– is precisely the one to which at least 23 USAF cargo flights from the #USAFbase at #Aviano (Italy) arrived,as we revealed last April https://t.co/KKmukSzQU7 #Fairford #USAFbase #Aviano #IT #UK #US

Waar mijn vervolging om grappen van twee jaar geleden voorpaginanieuws was in de mainstream media is de oproep tot geweld van onze premier blijkbaar niet nieuwswaardig. #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #media #politiek

Tandis que l’ampleur des crimes israéliens à Gaza n’est plus dissimulable, les médias mainstream continuent leur opération de nettoyage des preuves: invisibilisation des voix qui ont dénoncé le génocide depuis le début, et valorisation des voix qui l’ont soutenu et qui font mine aujourd’hui d’être opposées à Netanyhaou. Cette une est indécente: Horvilleur est un soutien de la colonisation, de l’apartheid, du génocide. D’ailleurs elle accuse le film Naza de « mensonges ». Et @libe ose encore nous la présenter comme une voix de la sagesse et de la paix. Honteux. #Gaza #Israël #Genocide

Devant l’engouement et les images exceptionnelles, macron veut désormais sa place sur la photo. Après avoir explicitement refusé d’assister aux messes du Pape, voilà qu’il s’invite pour la dernière. Nous avions tous raison, il faisait l’enfant pourri gâté. Même la presse mainstream le reconnaît désormais. #Macron #Pape #Politique

De eerste beelden van de terroristen die explosieven plaatsten bij een VS vliegbasis in GB.... Rusland zit er dus niet achter wat sommige Nederlandse mainstream media reeds feitenvrij beweerden.... https://t.co/BYl7HN3k3A #terrorisme #veiligheid #media

Vor Tagen als Fake News enttarnt. Heute wieder geteilt - 3500 Likes. Man könnte an der Medienkompetenz der Menschen verzweifeln. Warum wird sofort etwas glaubt, nur weil es über die sozialen Medien verbreitet wird? Man glaubt den Mainstream Medien zurecht nichts mehr #FakeNews #Medienkompetenz #SozialeMedien #DE

Vanaf het moment dat ik van mijn bed werd gelicht voor een grap tot nu toe geen 1 “journalist” die contact heeft gezocht. En nu datzelfde OM mij weer om grapjes probeert te vervolgen wederom nul keer wederhoor. Onze mainstream media is door en door rot. #journalistiek #media #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting

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Ein unfassbarer Skandal, der von der Politik und den Mainstreammedien systematisch verschwiegen wird: Deutschlands Windräder schreddern Jahr für Jahr mindestens sage und schreibe 110.000 Vögel, darunter unzählige Greifvögel, vor allem Mäusebussarde. Möglicherweise liegen die Zahlen sogar noch höher, denn bis heute gibt es lediglich punktuelle Untersuchungen, keine amtlichen, bundesweiten Opferzahlen. https://t.co/sMxQ1k1Gac https://t.co/mluExMhb0z #Windkraft #Naturschutz #Vogelschutz

Lad være med at tro mainstream politikernes spin på de sociale medier. Kig på hvad de gør. De har lige givet tusindvis af syrere permanent opholdstilladelse. De vil altså ikke have at Syrerne skal rejse hjem. De vil have syrerne skal blive og på sigt blive danske statsborgere. Liberal Alliance, Konservative, Venstre og Danmarks Demokraterne har ALDRIG stemt nej til at give statsborgerskab. Jeg siger det lige igen, da mange ikke tror på det. Inger Støjberg, Alex Vanopslagh, Mona Juul og Troels Lunds tropper har aldrig stemt NEJ! NOGENSINDE! Det er den ubekvemme sandhed! Et kæmpe svigt mod Danmark! #dkpol #dkmedier #dkpol #politiskeord #demokrati

Even the mainstream financial press understands that we are headed for a crisis. This is from Bloomberg this morning. 🇺🇸⛓️‍💥 https://t.co/q16gtTzFPX #FinancialCrisis #Bloomberg #MarketTrends #US

Jeśli, tak jak mówi mainstream, Ukraińcy z PTSD stanowią duże zagrożenie i takie mordy mogą się powtarzać to może zakażmy wjazdu weteranom wojennym? https://t.co/Y0VB3YqU81 #Ukraina #PTSD #weterani