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I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying the post-holiday without fighting for whatever toy is “hot”. I went to a Santa Claus parade, and apart from the horizontal snow I had a wonderful view.
But on to tonight’s diary — as always the lighter news is above the fold, gloomier stuff below. We begin with a video (which you should watch if you are interested in such things, as am I), from Deutsche Welle:
Move over
Halloween! It's time for Dziady, a Slavic tradition that dates back to pagan, pre-Christian times.
From The Guardian (I am sure someone is making a movie about them!):
Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say
Three octogenarian nuns who gained a global following after breaking out of their care home and moving back to their abandoned convent near Salzburg have been given leave to stay in the nunnery “until further notice” – on condition they stay off social media, church officials have said.
The rebel sisters – Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 82, all former teachers at the school adjacent to their convent –
broke back into their old home of Goldenstein Castle in Elsbethen in September in defiance of their spiritual superiors.
From DW:
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans on sending a German astronaut to the moon as part of the "Artemis" mission.
This was announced by the head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, on the sidelines of the ESA Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen.
From the NY Times:
A South Korean man accused of stealing a Choco Pie and a mini custard cake was acquitted after a prosecution that drew widespread criticism.
The goods he was accused of stealing cost about 70 cents. Proving his innocence cost more than $9,000.
It began one early morning in January 2024 when a security guard took two popular South Korean snacks from a company’s office fridge. One, a Choco Pie, cost about 30 cents, and the other, a mini custard cake, cost about 40 cents. Later that month, the company accused him of theft, leading to his prosecution.
From Al Jazeera:
India are expected to bid for the 2036 Olympic Games but the 2030 Commonwealth Games must first cover for past mistakes.
Organisers are confident they can avoid the calamities of last time when India hosts the Commonwealth Games, but there are many challenges for a country that also has Olympic ambitions.
Ahmedabad, in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, was confirmed Wednesday as the venue for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
A few art bits of news below the fold, then we get to some of the darker stuff.
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