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Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, "Go to the Limits of Your Longing", The Book of Hours

The editor formerly known as PatTag2659.

About me
This user lives in the Philippines.
This user is of Spanish ancestry.
OCDThis user suffers from OCD (Obsessive–compulsive disorder)
ADMUThis user is or was an Atenean.
Atenista 'to! OBF!
IBThis user is a graduate or student of the International Baccalaureate.
This user is active in simulating the United Nations.
This user was born during the Erap presidential administration.
This user lives in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila.
This user is owned by one or more cats.
A, B, and CThis user prefers the Oxford comma.
its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.
Wikipedian life
This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years, 1 month and 17 days.
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WikiProject Years.
This user listens to music when editing Wikipedia.
This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an Encyclopedia.
<ref>This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please...
This user is a recipient of the Editor of the Week award.
This user scored 562 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 1157885996).
This user has been to the end of Wikipedia. Have you?
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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
fil-5Propesyonal na nagsasalita ng wikang Filipino ang user na ito.
tl-5Ang tagagamit na ito ay nakakapag-ambag ng Tagalog sa propesyonal na antas.
zh-1該用戶能以基本中文進行交流。
该用户能以基本中文进行交流。
ja-1この利用者は初級日本語ができます。
de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
<html>This user can write HTML.
Hobbies and interests
Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.
This user plays association football.
This user plays futsal.
This user plays badminton.
This user plays chess.
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Geography.
Boeing 777-31H, Emirates JP452808This user is interested in aviation.
This user enjoys travelling.
This user is interested in geopolitics.
This user enjoys films.
This user enjoys film scores.
This user loves alternative rock.
This user enjoys indie rock.
This user enjoys British rock.
This user enjoys tropical house.
This user is interested in the Philippines.
This user is interested in Germany.
This user is interested in New Zealand.
This user is interested in Singapore.
This user is interested in the United States of America.
Pop culture fandom
This user is a fan of
first-person shooters.
This user enjoys playing FIFA Career mode or any other FIFA offline modes.
FBMThinks that Football Manager is far better than Championship Manager.
This user plays Rocket League
This user once loved Grand Theft Auto.
This user plays Minecraft.
"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job'."

- J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

This user thinks Steven Spielberg is the greatest director of all time.
B MThis user, like all other
users, has a BLACK MIRROR.
CommunityThis user watches Troy and Abed in the Morning.
FGThis user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.
This user knows that "Democracy is so overrated".
This user loves the TV series Mayday.
SNL This user would like to give some important advice on surviving a flaming...live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!
This user is a fan of AC/DC.
am Contrary to popular belief, this user does not look good on the dance floor.
This user is a fan of
CHVRCHΞS
GDThis user is an American Idiot.
QueenThis user loves Queen!
30STMThis user is a fan of Thirty Seconds to Mars. Provehito in Altum.
Sports fandom
This user supports the Azkals.
This user supports the Filipinas.
This user supports
Gilas Pilipinas
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FC
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CERES-NEGROS
CERES
NEGROS
This user supports Real Madrid.
This user is a fan of
FC Bayern Munich
This user supports
Liverpool Football Club
You'll Never Walk Alone
ASRThis user supports
AS Roma
DAJE ROMA DAJE!
OLThis user supports Olympique Lyonnais.
This user is a fan of Die Mannschaft.
RBR This user is a fan of Red Bull Racing.
This user is a Sebastian Vettel fan
MV33This user is a fan of Max Verstappen
This user thinks Rafael Nadal is the King of Clay!
BGSM This user is a fan of the
Barangay Ginebra.
CHIThis user is a fan of the
Chicago Bulls.
This user strongly believes that Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete of all time.
CHCThis user is a fan of the
Chicago Cubs
Others
This user is a Boeing 777 fan.
This user is a Airbus A380 fan.
SQThis user's favorite airline is Singapore Airlines.
This user's favorite airport is Singapore Changi Airport.
MRThis user enjoys their steak Medium rare.
This user eats the balut.
This user prefers eating pizza with pineapple.
,This user's favorite punctuation is commas, guys, not exclamation points or whatever.
This user has stayed at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.


Too many userboxesThis user may have too many userboxes ... nah, no way!!

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19 December 2024 – Red Sea crisis
December 2024 Israeli airstrikes in Yemen
Israel carries out a series of airstrikes against the Houthis in western Yemen, hitting the Ras Isa oil facility, the port of as-Salif and some power stations. At least nine people are killed. (Al Jazeera)
19 December 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Military aids during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
British Ministry of Defence Secretary State John Healey announces a proposal to send British military advisors to train Ukrainian forces. (BBC)
19 December 2024 – 2024 Parliament of Abkhazia shooting
A lawmaker is killed and another is injured during a shooting inside the Parliament of Abkhazia. The perpetrator, identified as a fellow lawmaker, has escaped from the scene. (Al Jazeera)
19 December 2024 – Syrian civil war
2024 Syrian opposition offensives
Ahmed al-Sharaa, the emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), makes an announcement claiming that the country is exhausted by perpetual warfare and is not a threat to its neighbors or to the Western world. (BBC)
Iraq announces the repatriation of members of the Syrian Army who fled after the fall of the Assad regime, stationed in Anbar, back to Syria. (Al Arabiya News)
Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
Spy satellites reveal Russian forces mobilizing heavy planes at Khmeimim Air Base and ships at the port of Tartus. (BBC)
19 December 2024 –
France's Directorate-General for External Security reports that four French nationals detained in Burkina Faso on allegations of being foreign intelligence agents have been released following mediation by Morocco. (Barron's)
A Malaysian high court acquits Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, of 12 money laundering and five tax evasion charges due to insufficient evidence. (Reuters)
18 December 2024 – Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev says that arms sent by France to Armenia pose a threat to Azerbaijan. (Trend News Agency)
18 December 2024 – Syrian civil war
Syrian opposition
Hadi al-Bahra, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, says that the coalition will dissolve once a national conference is convened and a constituent assembly is elected, and demands that the current transitional government be "credible, inclusive and not founded on sectarian bases". (North Press Agency)
18 December 2024 –
Twenty-five people are killed and dozens of others are missing when a boat capsizes on a river in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
Russian state media agency TASS claims that the nation developed an mRNA vaccine against some sort of cancer, which is planned to be distributed to patients free of charge beginning next year. However, the Russian Ministry of Health has not provided any evidence to support their claim that the vaccine treats cancer. (The Times of India) (TASS) (Newsweek)
California, United States, declares a state of emergency over bird flu. (The New York Times)
18 December 2024 – China–United States relations
Chinese espionage in the United States
Two Americans of Chinese descent plead guilty to running a covert secret police surveillance stations on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to monitor, threaten and coerce ethnic Chinese in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, NY. At least 100 such stations have been reported worldwide across 53 countries, with human rights monitoring NGOs accusing China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad. (BBC)
18 December 2024 – Indonesia–Philippines relations
Mary Jane Veloso, a former inmate on death row in Indonesia, is repatriated to the Philippines following negotiations between the two countries. (Reuters)
18 December 2024 – Malaysia–United States relations
The U.S. Department of Defense repatriates two al-Qaeda members, Mohammed Farik Bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, from Guantanamo Bay to Malaysia, where they will undergo a rehabilitation process before reintegration into society. (Reuters)
18 December 2024 – Legal affairs of the Tate brothers
The Westminster Magistrates' Court rules that British police may seize £2.2 million (US$2.5 million) from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan for allegedly failing to pay taxes on profits from their online ventures. (DW)
18 December 2024 –
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fines Netflix 4.75 million ($4.98 million) for failing to properly inform subscribers about the handling of their personal data between 2018 and 2020. (Al Arabiya)
Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an arson attack on a bar in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Al Jazeera)
18 December 2024 – 2024 Georgian presidential election, 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, 2024 Georgian post-election protests
In an address to the European Parliament, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili urges the European Union to economically and politically pressure the current Georgian government into holding new elections, claiming that recent elections represented a "new form of invasion" by Russia. (Euronews) (AP)
18 December 2024 – 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
In association football, Real Madrid wins the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup after defeating Pachuca 3–0 in the final in Lusail, Qatar. Vinícius Júnior is awarded the Golden Ball. (The Guardian)
17 December 2024 – Syrian civil war
War crimes in the Syrian civil war, Fall of the Assad regime
Syrian mass graves
Several mass graves are uncovered across Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, with a site in Al-Qutayfah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, estimated to contain the remains of at least 100,000 people. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz visit the summit of Mount Hermon which was captured by the Israel Defense Forces last week. (The New York Times)
The IDF continue invading Syria beyond the 1974 buffer zone in Quneitra Governorate and take control of the Al-Wehda Dam on the Yarmouk River. (JFeed)
Operation Dawn of Freedom
Senior American officials report that Turkey is building up its forces along the Syrian border, raising fears of a possible ground invasion of territories held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (The Wall Street Journal)
17 December 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the NBC Protection Troops, and his assistant are assassinated by an IED hidden inside of an e-scooter in Moscow, Russia. A Ukrainian source claims that the Security Service of Ukraine is responsible for the killings, after Kirilov was charged in absentia yesterday for the use of chemical weapons, which made him a "legitimate target". Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, says that the Ukrainian leadership would face an "imminent revenge" for the killings. (BBC News) (Deccan Herald)
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
NATO's Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine command center in Wiesbaden, Germany, takes over coordination of Western military support to Ukraine from the United States. (Reuters)
17 December 2024 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Two police officers are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a security checkpoint in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Three police officers are killed and two more are wounded by a roadside bomb targeting a vehicle carrying polio workers in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
17 December 2024 – 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido increase to 34, with more than 23,000 homes destroyed. (DW)
17 December 2024 – 2024 Port Vila earthquake
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued. At least 14 people are killed and more than 200 others are injured. (RNZ)
17 December 2024 – 2024 Kwango province malaria outbreak
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announces that the mystery illness that has left at least 143 people dead in Kwango is actually a severe form of malaria. The World Health Organization says more malaria vaccines are being sent to its health centres in the region. (The Guardian)
17 December 2024 – 2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee hold a closed-door classified briefing on drone sightings over the Northeastern United States. The briefing is provided by Federal Bureau of Investigation, the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to senior U.S. officials. (ABC News) (NBC News)
17 December 2024 – Killing of Brian Thompson
A U.S. grand jury indicts Luigi Mangione for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (NBC News)
17 December 2024 – Murder of Sara Sharif
English High Court judge John Cavanagh sentences Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool to life imprisonment for the murder of Sharif's 10-year-old daughter Sara. (ABS-CBN News)
17 December 2024 –
Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson is released from prison in Greenland after Denmark declines Japan's extradition request. (Al Jazeera)
17 December 2024 – Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
The U.S. Electoral College formally certifies President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election. (WNYW–TV) (CNN)
17 December 2024 –
Switzerland's Federal Assembly votes 126–20 with 41 abstentions to outlaw membership or support of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (The New Arab)
16 December 2024 – Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
The Cabinet of Israel approves a plan proposing to double the occupied Golan Heights' regional Israeli settlers population. (BBC News)
Heavy overnight Israeli airstrikes are reported in Tartus Governorate, Syria. (The Times of Israel)
Fall of the Assad regime
Syrian mass graves
A recently created mass grave containing the bodies of 17 executed Syrian Army soldiers is discovered in the Syrian Desert near Deir ez-Zor. (SOHR)
In his first public statement since being overthrown, former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says that he "didn't intend to leave Syria", claiming that he went to Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia Governorate to "oversee combat operations" only to find that the Syrian Army had abandoned their positions and surrendered to rebel forces. Amid "an intensified attack by drone strikes" at the air base, Assad says that Russia decided to airlift him to Moscow. (BBC News)
Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
The brother of the Imam of the Great Prophet Mosque of Masyaf is assassinated by unidentified gunmen, Hama Governorate, in a potential revenge operation, due to the Imam being associated with Hezbollah and other Iranian- and Shia-associated militias. (SOHR)
US intervention in the Syrian civil war
The US Air Force conduct strikes targeting ISIS camps and operatives, killing one dozen ISIS fighters according to the Pentagon. (US Department of Defense)
16 December 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
The Gaza Health Ministry announces that the death toll in the ongoing war has surpassed 45,000. (Al Jazeera)
16 December 2024 – 2024 Australia heat wave
Walpeup, Victoria, Australia, reports a temperature of 47.1 °C (116.8 °F), the hottest temperature reported in the state since 2019. Extreme heat wave warnings and fire risk warnings are also issued for areas across Australia. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia)
16 December 2024 – 2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls for state National Guards to be given the authority to shoot down unidentified drones, saying that the federal government is not able to address the issue by themselves. (The Telegraph)
U.S. officials say that a drone detection system is being deployed in New York following a formal request by Governor Kathy Hochul. (BBC News)
The United States Air Force confirms that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio had to temporarily suspend air operations for four hours on Friday and Saturday after the airbase reported sightings of unidentified "small unmanned aerial systems". (CNN)
President-elect Donald Trump cancels a planned visit to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey amid drone sightings in the state. Trump also calls on outgoing President Joe Biden and the U.S. military to reveal the truth about the drones, saying that "the government knows what's happening" and that they know where the drones are coming from. (The Times of India)
16 December 2024 – Abundant Life Christian School shooting
Two people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The perpetrator is found dead at the scene. (CNN)
16 December 2024 –
Bolivian prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for former President Evo Morales in connection to sexual abuse allegations that he fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl, a claim he denies. (AP)
16 December 2024 – 2024 German government crisis, 2025 German federal election
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a vote of confidence, thereby allowing for early elections to be held on February 23. (BBC News)
16 December 2024 – Resignation of Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on increased government spending and how to handle possible U.S. tariffs imposed by the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters)
16 December 2024 –
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov announces that he has dismissed Akylbek Japarov as Prime Minister. (Reuters)
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle expels former Indonesian President Joko Widodo, his son Vice President Gibran Rakabuming and his son-in-law, North Sumatra Governor-elect Bobby Nasution, following a rift over Rakabuming's candidacy as Prabowo Subianto's running mate during the 2024 election. (Bloomberg)
15 December 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack
Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmad Al-Louh is killed in an Israeli airstrike on a civil defense point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. (WAFA) (anews)
15 December 2024 – Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
Israeli Air Force fighter jets strike surface-to-air missile and weapon depots in Tartus Governorate, Syria, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights describing the strikes as the heaviest in the region since the start of the civil war. (AFP via Barron's)
15 December 2024 – Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, becoming the 12th member and the first European member. (Reuters)
15 December 2024 – 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Thousands of people are believed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido in the French overseas department of Mayotte, with the cyclone also causing damage in the Comoros and Mozambique. (The Independent)
15 December 2024 – 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill
At least one person is killed when two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-236, are damaged due to bad weather in the Kerch Strait with oil from the tankers actively leaking into the strait. (NOS) (CNN)
15 December 2024 – Australia–Indonesia relations
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the remaining five members of the Bali Nine drug-trafficking group, who were serving life sentences in Indonesia, have returned to Australia following an agreement between the two countries to end their imprisonment. (CNN)
15 December 2024 – Ireland–Israel relations
Israel announces that it will close its embassy in Dublin, Ireland, over Ireland's alleged "extreme anti-Israel policies". (Reuters)
15 December 2024 – 2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says that the United States Coast Guard has confirmed that there is no evidence of any "foreign-based involvement" in the unidentified drones that are being sighted over the Northeastern United States. (The Times of India via MSN)
15 December 2024 –
ABC News settles a defamation lawsuit filed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over statements made on air by anchor George Stephanopoulos about the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump lawsuits, with ABC agreeing to pay $15 million to the Trump presidential library as well as $1 million for legal fees. (AP)