Palestinian goalkeeper Salim Al-Ashqar has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
He leaves behind his wife of 5 months who is expecting their first child.
“I don’t understand why women don’t just report it if it really happened.”
When I was 19, I reported mine. I had bruises. Hospital photos. Text messages of him apologizing the next morning. My friends drove me to the station because I could barely stop shaking. I thought evidence would make it simple. I thought truth would be enough.
Months later, I was the one on trial. His lawyer printed my Instagram photos and held them up in court. Asked why I wore crop tops. Asked why I drank that night. Asked why I didn’t scream louder. He replayed my police interview and pointed out every time I hesitated, every time I cried, every time my timeline wasn’t perfectly linear. “If it was traumatic,” he said, “why can’t she remember clearly?”
Sitting there while strangers debated my pain like it was a group project felt like being stripped again. My messages were projected on a screen. My body was described in detail. My character was picked apart like that was the real crime.
He walked out on bail. I walked out with panic attacks.
That’s why some women don’t report. Because even with bruises. Even with screenshots. Even when you do everything “right.” You still have to survive the assault twice, once in private, and once in public, just to maybe be believed.
After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal.What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.
inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. berdasarkan data terbaru per april 2026, sedikitnya 72.267 hingga 72.302 warga palestina telah gugur.
LEBIH. DARI. TUJUH. PULUH. RIBU. JIWA.
setara 1 stadion besar GBK. people died, entire families wiped out, hospitals and schools destroyed. and all you ask is, “kok bisa support palestina tapi gak support lgbt?” kok bisa tega-teganya menggeser fokus dari korban ke agenda lu, shame
Hollywood film director Michael Wolfe's father is Jewish and his mother is Christian, and he was a secularist. After a car accident, he embarked on a spiritual journey and explored religions, ultimately concluding that Islam is the true religion, so he converted to Islam, and praise be to Allah.
There’s a man in my office who hasn’t been promoted in 6 years.
He arrives before everyone. Leaves after everyone. Knows the company’s systems better than the people who built them. When something breaks at 2am, they call him.
His name is on the bottom of reports that directors present to the board. He doesn’t complain. He says he’s just “not political.”
Last week, a 26-year-old joined us. MBA. Firm handshake. Calls the MD by his first name. Within 3 months, he’s already sitting in meetings my colleague has never been invited to.
I watched my colleague train him.
Smiled the whole time. Answered every question. Shared shortcuts it took him years to figure out.
Afterwards I asked him, don’t you feel cheated?
He looked at me for a long moment.
“I used to. But I realized something. I’ve been loyal to a company. Not a purpose. Those are not the same thing.”
He resigned two weeks later. Took everything he knew with him. Started something of his own.
The MD sent a company-wide email. Called it “a great loss to the team.”
Eleven years of emails. And that was the first one that mentioned his name.
The system will celebrate your exit more than it ever celebrated your presence. Stop waiting to be seen. Build something that sees you if you’re not appreciated where you are.
My aunty (a retired administrator) once told me a story that changed how I see Corporate HR.
She said:
“I watched a 25-year-old get my promotion.
And then they asked me to train her.
Here’s what I said: No. Not sorry, not maybe later, not let me check my schedule.
Just no.
She looked shocked. My manager looked furious, and HR sent me an email about being a team player.
But I didn’t care, because here’s what had just happened:
They passed me over for a promotion that I had earned, gave it to someone fresh out of grad school with zero experience, and then expected me to teach her how to do the job they said I wasn’t good enough for.
The audacity is stunning, isn’t it? You want me to train my replacement? Pay me. You want my 25 years of knowledge? Pay me.
Consulting rates? Triple my salary.
You want me to smile while humiliating me? Wrong person.
I am not your free training program. I am not here to make your cheap labor look confident.
I am not going to hand over everything I know so you can pay her half of what you pay me.
They told me I was being unprofessional. I told them I was either being appropriately compensated for my expertise or I wasn’t sharing it. And when they said I wasn’t supporting the team, I reminded them the team didn’t support me when I asked why I didn’t get the role. Silence.”
When she finished telling me that story, she left me with this:
“The second you stop being useful, they stop pretending to care.
Stop pretending you owe them anything.”
Let me explain what this means so that you understand better.
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Sometimes tiny cells in our stomach get very stubborn and turn into bad guys called cancer. They grow way too fast and don't listen to the body's rules.
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But you see, these smart scientists in Korea didn't want to fight them with big scary bombs and bazookas like old medicines do. Instead they sat the cells on a wooden bench and said "Look here you stubborn cells, why don't you just remember who you really are and be good again?
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So they made a pretend computer twin of our belly cells. Just like a magic video game version. (something like that sha) so they played around in the game to find the three bossy switches that were making the cells stay stubborn.
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Those three bossy switches have funny names. They are MYB, HDAC2, and FOXA2.
Fantastic 3 lool
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The scientists turned those three mean switches Off. Poof.
And just like that guess what? The stubborn cancer cells were like "Ohhh… I remember now!
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Then they calmed down, grew up properly, and turned back into nice, normal belly helper cells. No more bad growing.
They then tried this in Mice, and the poor mice got better. The bad lumps got smaller because the cells stopped being the bullies they were.
It's like telling your barking Dog at home to shusss and calm down. And it actually calms down.
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This isn't ready for humans yet, as it's still developing. But it's going to help out someday. And well, a lot of people are gonna be wayyyy happier.
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Kudos to the scientists once again and I'm super happy about this development and the positive impact it's going to have on affected people 💪🏾💪🏾
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✍️ Vincent The Therapist
2021: No salary increase
2022: No salary increase
2023: No salary increase
2024: No salary increase
2025: No salary increase
2026:
Employee: “Kindly accept my resignation.”
Boss: “But you’re doing such a great job! Why are you leaving?”
Employee: “I’ve received a new job offer with a 65% salary increase, and there’s also a guaranteed annual raise based on performance.”
48 hours later…
Boss: “We’ll also give you a 95% raise—just don’t leave!”
Employee: “Sorry, it’s too late now.”
Lesson for Leaders:
Employees don’t leave only because of money—they leave when they feel undervalued or unappreciated.
Retaining good employees isn’t just about increasing their pay; it requires recognition, growth opportunities, and proactive leadership.
Take care of your best employees— before they decide to leave you.