To Turn Off…

To turn off is logging off from work.

To turn off is to relax…unwind…and rest.

To turn off looks different for every one of us.

To turn off is time with friends and family.

To turn off is a Saturday night out on the town.

To turn off is a lay Sunday morning, a jog or a coffee.

To turn off is changing the channel when something makes you feel uncomfortable.

To turn off is only viewing sources that fit your narrative.

To turn off is scrolling past stories of war, famine, slavery, genocide.

To turn off is buy into divisive rhetoric that fuels oppression, violence, discrimination, and the dehumanising of a populous of people.

To turn off is to ignore, silence and contribute to the injustices, bombs and bullets. But it’s okay as it isn’t in my county.

To turn off is to deny the freedoms of families, children and babies.

To turn off is to comfort oneself in the ‘what can I do?’ attitude.

To turn off is to be complicit.

In the wake of Rai (Odette)…

A source in the Philippines states that there is little support from the government in the wake of Super Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) that hit the island on the 16th December 2021.

The Philippines continued attempts to recover in the wake of Super Typhoon Rai  (or Odette as it is locally known) that hit the island of Siargao on the 16th December 2021. Not two months have passed and the Philippines is at risk of a second typhoon hitting as tracked by Pagasa Weather Bureau.

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