By request

US decision to capture Venezuelan President Maduro

Priority request. A US military operation dubbed "Operation Absolute Resolve" captured and transported Maduro to New York City to face criminal charges, including narcoterrorism and drug trafficking, in U.S. federal court -- Brave AI.

nicotine patches for quitting smoking

Priority request. "The nicotine patch is an FDA-approved medicine that can help people quit smoking. It can be used daily by itself to control withdrawal symptoms, or it may be used with nicotine gum or lozenge which are taken as needed for strong cravings" -- cdc.gov.

Padre Pio

Priority request. A "20th-century Italian Capuchin Franciscan friar, priest, and mystic, famous for bearing the stigmata (wounds of Christ) and performing miracles, drawing vast crowds for his wisdom, prayer, and healing ministry, and becoming a widely venerated Catholic saint."

shell-shocked

"Shocked or confused because of a sudden alarming experience." Priority request: I was in a car accident recently and this is how I've been feeling. Maybe the calibration will be helpful to others who have experienced severe shock.

monkhood / monasticism

By request: "a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work."

The Notebook (2004)

Priority request. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the modern day by an elderly man, telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident -- wikipedia.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father and rejects the Filioque clause ("and the Son") added to the Nicene Creed by the Latin Church, on the grounds that no council was called for the addition -- wikipedia.

suppression

"the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness" -- scientificamerican.

Magnus Carlsen

"He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world, while holding the record for longest consecutive reign" -- wikipedia.

Essentia Foundation

"we aim to create intellectual space and legitimacy for the notion that, at its most fundamental level, all reality unfolds in an extended field of mentation" -- essentiafoundation.org

statement: all attachments must be surrendered

Request: Useful to remember when you losing things— that everything has to be surrendered at some point. Either willingly or with resistance.

speaking your mind / being blunt / “no filter”

Not a matter of appropriateness or consideration.

hikikomori

A form of severe social withdrawal, called hikikomori, has been frequently described in Japan and is characterized by adolescents and young adults who become recluses in their parents’ homes, unable to work or go to school for months or years — PubMed Central.

T/F: China intends to invade Taiwan

The deputy director of the United States’ (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), David Cohen, said that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027 --statecraft.co.in

Taize community

Today, the Taizé Community is made up of about hundred brothers, Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds, coming from around thirty nations --taize.fr/en