Such a powerful image speaking to the reality of too many living with gender-based violence.
On #ThursdaysInBlack and every day calling to #stop #GBV. There are #NoExcuses
Joining @Oikoumene @waccglobal @worldywca @Globethics @AaccCeta @lutheranworld @ecumenika – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#Thursdaysinblack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
This artwork by Mr. Leonard Sravan, CSI Medak Diocese, speaks of the silencing, control, and suffering experienced by survivors of gender-based violence.
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @UN_Women
Lucy Howe López retweeted
🚨 OBAMA ON AI: "If we are thinking about AI just in terms of how do we cure cancer or get better energy, you can do that without having agentic AI and having it just roaming free in the internet. The reason you are doing that is because you have to market a product that people will pay money for.
That’s a misalignment between what our society needs and the commercial imperatives that these companies are facing, not because necessarily they’re trying to do bad things, but because they’ve got to justify these valuations.
So, that’s one more reason why it is really important for us to have a competent government and a serious bipartisan conversation around this issue, and we have to do it fast. And I would encourage voters to pay attention to this. If somebody does not have a serious plan for how to deal with this, then they’re not meeting the moment, and you should probably look for somebody else."
In solidarity on #ThursdaysInBlack, #EndViolence #noexcuses
With @Oikoumene @waccglobal @worldywca @Globethics @UN_Women @lutheranworld – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene #Thursdaysinblack
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
"Broken Wings" is a call to recognise the pain of women, reject every form of violence, and create a world where every woman can rise, heal and fly again.
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @UN_Women
The art supporting #ThursdaysInBlack from @csisynod speaks volumes.
Let's #EndViolenceAgainstWomen and girls. There are #NoExcuses
Joining @Oikoumene @waccglobal @worldywca @UN_Women @Globethics – at Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen.
Digital artwork by J.M. Rooban, CSI Coimbatore Diocese, portrays three women raising their hands in a shared call for safety, dignity and freedom.
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @UN_Women @jjebadaniel
Joining the global #ThursdaysInBlack call to #EndViolenceAgainstWomen and girls.
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There are #NoExcuses.
With @Oikoumene @csisynod @waccglobal @worldywca @UN_Women @Globethics @lutheranworld @faithandvawg @menagainstvawg – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene, #EndViolenceAgainstWomen.
The artwork by Ms. Annie Christy of the CSI Erode-Salem Diocese portrays a world where those affected by violence and injustice find freedom, transformation and healing.
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @UN_Women
#ThursdaysInBlack, towards a world without rape and violence.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen and girls. There are #NoExcuses
With the @Oikoumene @worldywca
@waccglobal @Globethics @lutheranworld @UN_Women @menagainstvawg @faithandvawg @ecumenika – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI stands in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack
The CSI Officers and Bishops, wearing Thursdays in Black badges, showed their solidarity.
#SolidarityPicture
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #FaithInAction
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @jjebadaniel
@UN_Women
Lucy Howe López retweeted
A few days after #WHD, I reflect on a world of unprecedented wealth, technology and power, while war, hunger, displacement and violations of human rights increasingly become normalized.
Perhaps our greatest crisis is a crisis of moral imagination.
actalliance.org/act-news/a-w…
Lucy Howe López retweeted
Israel's far-right national security minister calls for the killing of 30 to 40 people a night in Gaza.
France calls Ben Gvir's comments "intolerable and inhumane", UN condemns them as “dehumanizing” and “dangerous". Germany says sanctions are being discussed at the European level
u.afp.com/SHyb
Lucy Howe López retweeted
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.
As soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.
I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and national infrastructure unit.
It's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat.
The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review?
I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless.
If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile?
Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
Joining #ThursdaysInBlack today, calling to #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#Stop #GBV #NoExcuses
With @Oikoumene @csisynod @waccglobal @worldywca @Globethics @lutheranworld @AaccCeta @e_alliance @UN_Women – at Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France
#CSI stands in solidarity with @Oikoumene #ThursdaysInBlack
The CSI delegation at the CWM South Asia Assembly & MSP-V Roundtable joined this witness through a #SolidarityPicture
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #FaithInAction
@lhowelopez @MarianneEjder @jjebadaniel @UN_Women
Lucy Howe López retweeted
"I am one of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. At the time, I was 13 years old, at home, around 3 kilometers east of ground zero.
It was August 9, 1945. I suddenly heard the buzzing sound of a bomber jet, and was soon after engulfed in a bright, white light. Surprised, I ran downstairs and got down on the floor, covering my eyes and ears with my hands. The next moment, an intense shock wave passed through our entire house. I have no memory of that moment, but when I came to my senses, I found myself under a large, glass sliding door. It was a miracle that none of the glass was broken, and I was somehow spared injuries.
Three days later, I sought out the families of my two aunts who lived in the area near the hypocenter. It was then that I saw the full devastation of the bombing of Nagasaki. Walking with my mother, we went around a small mountain. Reaching a pass, we looked down in horror. Blackened ruins spread out as far as the port of Nagasaki, some three kilometers away. Urakami Cathedral, the largest brick church in the East, had collapsed to the ground, leaving no trace.
All the houses along the path, down to the foot of the mountain, were burnt to the ground and corpses lay scattered around them. Many people who were badly injured or burned, but still alive, were left unattended, with no help whatsoever. I became almost devoid of emotion, somehow closing off my sense of humanity, and simply headed intently for my destination.
I found the charred body of one aunt at the remains of her house, 400 meters from the hypocenter, along with the body of her grandson, a university student.
The other aunt’s house had collapsed and become a pile of wood. My grandfather was crouched down, on the brink of death, with severe burns all over his body. My aunt had been severely burned, and died just before we arrived. We then cremated her remains with our own hands. My uncle, who was initially mostly unharmed, had left the area to seek help. Yet we later learned that he had collapsed at a rescue station, and died after suffering from a high fever for a week. Thus, one single atomic bomb transformed five of my relatives, so mercilessly, taking all of their lives in one fell swoop.
The deaths I witnessed at that time could hardly be described as human deaths. There were hundreds of people suffering in agony, unable to receive any kind of medical attention. I strongly felt that even in war, such killing and maiming must never be allowed to happen."
80 years ago a nuclear bomb was dropped on Terumi Tanaka's city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 70,000 people. Today Terumi is 93 years old but nuclear weapons still threaten our world. Terumi tells his story to remind us of the inhumane suffering survivors were forced to endure and to secure the abolition of nuclear weapons, which must not be allowed to coexist with humanity.
Watch Terumi Tanaka's full testimony at bit.ly/49vUzRO
Joining the global #ThursdaysInBlack campaign today, calling for a world free from gender-based violence and rape, for respect, dignity and love.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #NoExcuses
With @Oikoumene @csisynod @Globethics @waccglobal @worldywca @UN_Women @AaccCeta @menagainstvawg – at Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
Through #Artwork, #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Ms. Shiny Grace, Medak Diocese, conveys the message of this global movement through the compelling statements "Respect the Female", "No Means No," and "Stand for Her. #FaithInAction
@lhowelopez
Lucy Howe López retweeted
10 things most people don't know, that engineers think about constantly:
1. CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION
Two things happening together does not mean one causes the other.
Engineers test this. Most decisions aren't made by people who do.
2. SYSTEMS FAIL AT INTERFACES
The individual components usually work fine.
It's where they connect that disasters happen.
3. MORE SAFETY FEATURES CAN MAKE THINGS LESS SAFE
Adding redundant systems increases complexity.
Complexity increases the number of ways things can go wrong.
This is called the safety paradox, and it's why nuclear plant design is not simply "add more backups."
4. THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE
Something hasn't failed yet.
That doesn't mean it's safe.
It may mean you haven't run it long enough.
5. TOLERANCE STACKING
Each component has a tolerance: ±0.1mm.
Put 20 components together, each at the worst end of their tolerance, and you have a 2mm error.
Many products fail not because any part is bad, but because all the parts are slightly wrong in the same direction.
6. THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY
Every engineering model is wrong.
Some models are useful.
The model that causes disasters is the one someone believed was exact.
7. FEEDBACK LOOPS CHANGE SYSTEMS
Adding a monitoring system changes the behaviour of the system being monitored.
Adding safety incentives changes what engineers report.
Measuring performance changes what people optimise for.
8. ENTROPY IS ALWAYS WINNING
Everything degrades over time.
Maintenance is not optional, it's the only reason anything works.
Every structure, machine, and system is a continuous battle against the second law of thermodynamics.
9. THE HUMAN IN THE LOOP IS BOTH THE STRONGEST AND WEAKEST COMPONENT
Human adaptability is extraordinary, humans solve problems no designer anticipated.
Human error is the root cause of most major failures.
Designing for humans means accounting for both.
10. FIRST-PRINCIPLES THINKING IS RARE
Most decisions are made by analogy: "we did it this way before."
The engineers who change things ask: what does physics actually require here?
The answer is almost always different from what tradition suggests.
Lucy Howe López retweeted
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Through #Artwork Ms. Jusfiya John portrays the harsh realities of violence experienced by women across the world.
@MarianneEjder @lhowelopez
@jjebadaniel @waccglobal
Lucy Howe López retweeted
The haunting faces of the hundreds of women killed by men across Scotland. Do not miss our special edition where experts challenge the failure to change a culture where for many women, the most dangerous place to be is their own home. @WRNScotland @MaryHowden
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#ThursdaysInBlack – at Satigny, Suisse
Joining hands today on #ThursdaysInBlack and every day, calling for respect, dignity, love, to #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #Stop
#GBV #NoExcuses
With @Oikoumene @waccglobal @worldywca @Globethics @AaccCeta @csisynod @lutheranworld @faithandvawg @menagainstvawg @ecumenika @UN_Women – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Through #DigitalArt Rev. Sam Britto, portrays a woman crowned with thorns, expresses the urgent call to end violence against women.
@MarianneEjder @lhowelopez
@jjebadaniel @Globethics
Joining the #ThursdaysInBlack campaign today and every day, towards a world of dignity and respect, calling to
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#Stop #GBV
#NoExcuses
@Oikoumene @UN_Women @csisynod @waccglobal @worldywca @lutheranworld @Globethics @faithandvawg @ecumenika @AaccCeta – at Satigny, Suisse
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Through this #Artwork, we are reminded that every woman deserves to live with dignity, respect, safety
#FaithInAction
@waccglobal @MarianneEjder @lhowelopez @jjebadaniel @Globethics
Lucy Howe López retweeted
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Through #StorytellingArt Ms. Jerusha Rosh Hashanah, Tamil Fellowship, Ibra, Oman expresses the urgent call to end violence against women.
@waccglobal @MarianneEjder @lhowelopez
@jjebadaniel
Lucy Howe López retweeted
#CSI, in solidarity with @Oikoumene
#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Through #StorytellingArt Ms. Jusfiya John, from the United Kingdom, expresses the urgent call to end violence against women.
@waccglobal @MarianneEjder @lhowelopez
@jjebadaniel @Globethics





























