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  2. Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·

    Banshees

    A banshee (Bean si in Modern Irish & ben side, in Old Irish, meaning “woman of the fairy mound,” or “fairy woman”) is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member. She usually does this by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Keening is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition. This is known to have taken place in Ireland & Scotland.

    Banshees are strongly associated with specific Irish families. The belief is that the banshee is a family spirit attached to a particular lineage. Her mournful wail/cry is heard only by family members as a warning of an imminent death.

    Another of the banshee characteristics is their unwavering attachment to certain Gaelic families such as the O’Neills, O’Brians, O’Connors, O’Grady, & Kavanaghs, among others. Some traditions hold that the banshee is the ghost. This is perhaps a mother of a famous poet/singer from the family who died tragically. In this sense, she’s an ancestral spirit tied to the bloodline & the land.

    She appears or is heard only to mourn & warn the family of an impending death. Often before anyone has received news of it. This direct, specific role makes her an inherently familiar guardian or omen for that clan/family.

    They aren’t family pets, the banshees presence is a known, if terrifying, part of the family’s history & destiny, linking her fate to theirs across generations.

    A banshee is an autonomous entity, a powerful fairy-woman (bean sidhe) or ghost, isn’t under the control of any living person.

    Sometimes she has long streaming hair, which she may be seen combing, with some legends specifying she can only be keen while combing her hair. She wears a gray cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are red from continual weeping. She’s sometimes dressed in white with red hair & a ghastly complexion.

    In Ireland & parts of Scotland, a traditional part of mourning is the keening woman (bean chaointe), who wails a lament. This keening woman may be a professional, in some cases. The best Keeners would be in high demand.

    Irish legends talks about a lament being sung by a fairy woman, or banshee. She would sing it when a family member died or was about to die. Even if the person had died far away & news of their death hasn’t come yet. In those cases, her wailing would be the 1st warning the household had of the death.

    The banshee is also a predictor of death. If someone is about to enter a situation where it’s unlikely they’ll come out alive, she’ll warn people by screaming/wailing. This gives rise to the banshee also being known as a wailing woman. The banshee was also linked with the death coach. The banshee is said to either summon the death coach with her keening or travel in tandem with it.

    When several banshees show up at 1 time, it usually indicates the death of someone holy or great. The story sometimes tells that the woman (though called a fairy) was a ghost. She’s often a specific murdered woman, or a man who passed away in childbirth.

    In some parts of Leinster, she’s referred to as the bean chaointe or ban nigheachain (“little washerwoman”) or nigheag na h-ath (“little washer at the ford”). She’s seen washing bloodstained clothes or armor of those who are about to die.

    In Welsh folklore, there’s also a similar being known as the cyhyraeth. The cyhyraeth gives a disembodied moaning voice before the person’s passing.

    Some sources suggest that the banshees Laments only the descendants of pure Milesian stock of Ireland. The Milesians were the final race to settle in Ireland. The original belief appears to be associated with a number of ancient Irish families. According to tradition, a banshee wouldn’t lament or visit someone of Saxon or Norman descent or those who came to Ireland later.

    Most, not all, of the last names associated with banshees have the “O” or “Mc/Mac” prefix. That means people with the last names of Goidelic origin. This means a family native to the Insular Celtic lands. Rather than those of the Norse, Anglo-Saxon, or Norman.

    There are some exceptions to the banshee lore. A banshee may lament a person who’s been gifted with music & song.

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  3. Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality

    “Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a large and diverse set of countries. We hand-collect data from a variety of sources in 134 countries to estimate misreporting of Covid mortality in 2020-2021. We find that information manipulation by governments during this period was remarkably widespread: between 45%–55% of governments misreport the number of deaths. 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟓.𝟎𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐.𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The lion’s share of misreporting cannot be attributed to a country’s capacity to accurately diagnose and report deaths. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, information manipulation takes the form of downplaying rather than exaggerating the severity of the crisis.

    What characterizes governments that manipulate information? We examine the role of macroeconomic incentives, culture, audience sophistication, and institutions. The evidence strongly suggests that misreporting is higher where governments face fewer social and institutional constraints; in countries holding elections during this period; and in countries with a communist legacy.”

    #COVIDisnotover #mask4yourlife

    link.springer.com/article/10.1

  4. Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality

    “Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a large and diverse set of countries. We hand-collect data from a variety of sources in 134 countries to estimate misreporting of Covid mortality in 2020-2021. We find that information manipulation by governments during this period was remarkably widespread: between 45%–55% of governments misreport the number of deaths. 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟓.𝟎𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐.𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The lion’s share of misreporting cannot be attributed to a country’s capacity to accurately diagnose and report deaths. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, information manipulation takes the form of downplaying rather than exaggerating the severity of the crisis.

    What characterizes governments that manipulate information? We examine the role of macroeconomic incentives, culture, audience sophistication, and institutions. The evidence strongly suggests that misreporting is higher where governments face fewer social and institutional constraints; in countries holding elections during this period; and in countries with a communist legacy.”

    #COVIDisnotover #mask4yourlife

    link.springer.com/article/10.1

  5. Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality

    “Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a large and diverse set of countries. We hand-collect data from a variety of sources in 134 countries to estimate misreporting of Covid mortality in 2020-2021. We find that information manipulation by governments during this period was remarkably widespread: between 45%–55% of governments misreport the number of deaths. 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟓.𝟎𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐.𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The lion’s share of misreporting cannot be attributed to a country’s capacity to accurately diagnose and report deaths. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, information manipulation takes the form of downplaying rather than exaggerating the severity of the crisis.

    What characterizes governments that manipulate information? We examine the role of macroeconomic incentives, culture, audience sophistication, and institutions. The evidence strongly suggests that misreporting is higher where governments face fewer social and institutional constraints; in countries holding elections during this period; and in countries with a communist legacy.”

    #COVIDisnotover #mask4yourlife

    link.springer.com/article/10.1

  6. Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality

    “Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a large and diverse set of countries. We hand-collect data from a variety of sources in 134 countries to estimate misreporting of Covid mortality in 2020-2021. We find that information manipulation by governments during this period was remarkably widespread: between 45%–55% of governments misreport the number of deaths. 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟓.𝟎𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐.𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The lion’s share of misreporting cannot be attributed to a country’s capacity to accurately diagnose and report deaths. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, information manipulation takes the form of downplaying rather than exaggerating the severity of the crisis.

    What characterizes governments that manipulate information? We examine the role of macroeconomic incentives, culture, audience sophistication, and institutions. The evidence strongly suggests that misreporting is higher where governments face fewer social and institutional constraints; in countries holding elections during this period; and in countries with a communist legacy.”

    #COVIDisnotover #mask4yourlife

    link.springer.com/article/10.1

  7. Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality

    “Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a large and diverse set of countries. We hand-collect data from a variety of sources in 134 countries to estimate misreporting of Covid mortality in 2020-2021. We find that information manipulation by governments during this period was remarkably widespread: between 45%–55% of governments misreport the number of deaths. 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟓.𝟎𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐.𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The lion’s share of misreporting cannot be attributed to a country’s capacity to accurately diagnose and report deaths. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, information manipulation takes the form of downplaying rather than exaggerating the severity of the crisis.

    What characterizes governments that manipulate information? We examine the role of macroeconomic incentives, culture, audience sophistication, and institutions. The evidence strongly suggests that misreporting is higher where governments face fewer social and institutional constraints; in countries holding elections during this period; and in countries with a communist legacy.”

    #COVIDisnotover #mask4yourlife

    link.springer.com/article/10.1

  8. 20,000 failed SSH logins in 2 days.
    On a server hosting only a static webpage.

    Recently, I was checking logs on a VM that I own. It has no backend, no database.
    Just a static webpage served by NGINX.

    Yet, I found 20k failed SSH login attempts.

    A VM becomes a target the moment it’s online.

    Fortunately, password logins were disabled. Here is my new server security routine (non-root user, SSH auth, fail2ban etc.):

    nerdsid.com/posts/cyber-securi