User:Patrick Cristiano

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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.

OCD

This user suffers from OCD (Obsessive–compulsive disorder)

DYP

This user has Developmental coordination disorder.

ADMU

This user is or was an Atenean.
Atenista 'to! OBF!

IB

This 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 C

This user prefers the Oxford comma.

its & it's

This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

Wikipedian life

This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years, 2 months and 14 days.

This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user participates in
Tambayan Philippines.

This user is a member of WikiProject Current events.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Sports.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Football.

This user participates in WikiProject International relations.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject U.S. Presidents

This user is a member of
WikiProject Coldplay

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WikiProject Concerts.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Years.

This user participates in WikiProject COVID-19.

This user listens to music when editing Wikipedia.

This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an Encyclopedia.

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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 participates in WikiProject Redirect.

This user scored 562 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 1157885996).

This user has been to the end of Wikipedia. Have you?

Languages

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

fil-5

Propesyonal na nagsasalita ng wikang Filipino ang user na ito.

tl-5

Ang tagagamit na ito ay nakakapag-ambag ng Tagalog sa propesyonal na antas.

zh-1

該用戶能以基本的中文進行交流。
该用户能以基本的中文进行交流。

ja-1

この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。

de-1

Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

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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.

This user is interested in
Geography.

This 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.

FBM

Thinks 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.

This user is a Nazi-fighting archaeologist in his spare time.

B M

This user, like all other
users, has a BLACK MIRROR.

Community

This user watches Troy and Abed in the Morning.

This user's with Coco.

FG

This 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

This user turn the music up and got his records on.

GD

This user is an American Idiot.

This user doesn't look a thing like Jesus.

Queen

This user loves Queen!

30STM

This user is a fan of Thirty Seconds to Mars. Provehito in Altum.

This user has scaled these city walls.

VW

This user does not give a fuck about an oxford comma.

Sports fandom

This user supports the Azkals.

This user supports the Filipinas.

This user supports
Gilas Pilipinas

CN
FC

This user supports
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

ASR

This user supports
AS Roma
DAJE ROMA DAJE!

OL

This 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

MV33

This 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.

CHI

This user is a fan of the
Chicago Bulls.

This user strongly believes that Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete of all time.

CHC

This user is a fan of the
Chicago Cubs

Others

This user is a Boeing 777 fan.

This user is a Airbus A380 fan.

SQ

This user's favorite airline is Singapore Airlines.

This user's favorite airport is Singapore Changi Airport.

MR

This 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 userboxes

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

Newsfeed

Wikipedia newsfeed

16 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire; Israeli forces kill at least 82 Palestinians in Gaza Strip, thirty of whom in Gaza City, in the hours since Hamas and Israel announced the ceasefire agreement. (Al Jazeera)
16 January 2025 – Ukraine–United Kingdom relations: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Kyiv, to sign a landmark 100-year agreement with Ukraine that will formalise economic and military support for Ukraine for the next century. (Sky News) (BBC News)
16 January 2025 – Stilfontein mine deaths: Nine more bodies of illegal miners trapped inside a gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, are recovered by police. (CTV News)
16 January 2025 –: Two people are killed and others injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia. (BBC News)(Devdiscourse)
16 January 2025 – 2025 Vanuatuan general election: Citizens of Vanuatu vote to elect the 52 members of Parliament. (RNZ)
16 January 2025 –: Blue Origin launches its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The rocket's second stage, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft, successfully reaches a geocentric orbit, but its reusable first stage is lost during landing. (CNN); The twin satellites SDX01 and SDX02 of SpaDeX mission, launched in December 2024 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, conduct successfully the first spacecraft docking of India, which becomes the fourth country with such technological capability after United States, Russia and China. (BBC News); Nintendo publishes the first video revealing the Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch. (Nintendo)
15 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire; Israel and Hamas reach a diplomatic agreement mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the U.S. to initiate a ceasefire and an end to military operations in the Gaza Strip, as well as to facilitate the exchange of hostages and prisoners, marking the first major cessation of hostilities since November 2023. (CNN)
15 January 2025 – Syrian civil war: Israeli invasion of Syria; The Israeli Air Force strikes a Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) vehicle convoy in Quneitra Governorate, Syria, killing two HTS personnel and the mayor of a local village. It is the first time that Israel has targeted HTS forces since the fall of the Assad regime. (Al Arabiya)
15 January 2025 – Allied Democratic Forces insurgency: Kivu conflict; Allied Democratic Forces militants kill ten people in an attack on a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
15 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure; Russia launches a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine, targeting energy production and compelling authorities to shut down the power grid. (AP)
15 January 2025 – Red Sea crisis: Yemen's Houthi movement claims that it launched a missile attack targeting the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and accompanying warships of the United States Navy in the Red Sea. (Anadolu Agency)
15 January 2025 – Stilfontein mine deaths: Seventy-eight bodies of workers are retrieved from a closed illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa following a months-long siege by police. Over 200 survivors are arrested as they exit the mine. (Reuters)
15 January 2025 –: Bootleg alcohol kills 23 people and leaves 43 others hospitalized over the last 48 hours in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish health officials say many of those in hospital are in intensive care. (CBS News); The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bans the usage of Red No. 3 artificial food coloring, due to research showing that the food coloring is carcinogenic. (NBC News)
15 January 2025 – Poland–Russia relations: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country of plotting terror attacks on airliners around the world. (The Independent)
15 January 2025 – 2024 South Korean martial law crisis: Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol; Anti-corruption officials and police attempt to breach the residence of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol for a second time in order to execute an arrest warrant, while facing resistance from the Presidential Security Service, People Power Party lawmakers, and pro-Yoon protesters. Following a five-hour standoff, Yoon is arrested, becoming South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested. (Yonhap) (Yonhap 2) (AP)
15 January 2025 – 2024 drone sightings: The German government authorises the Bundeswehr to shoot down suspicious drones seen near military sites or other critical infrastructure with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser stating that Russia is suspected of being behind the drone activity. (BBC News)
15 January 2025 – 2024–2025 Mozambican protests: Daniel Chapo is sworn in as President of Mozambique, succeeding Filipe Nyusi. The inauguration takes place amid ongoing political unrest in Mozambique, with opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane continuing to insist that the October 2024 election was rigged. (France 24)
15 January 2025 – 2024–2025 Georgian protests: A general strike takes place in Georgia with hundreds of Georgian firms urging the government to release all political prisoners and hold new elections amid nationwide protests. Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia is hospitalized after being assaulted, allegedly by members of the ruling Georgian Dream party. (Civil Georgia), (BBC News)
15 January 2025 –: Rosen Zhelyazkov of the GERB–SDS coalition is tasked by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev with forming the new goverment, following the parliamentary election in October 2024. (Fakti.bg)
15 January 2025 – Exploration of the Moon, Commercial Lunar Payload Services: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, carrying the American Blue Ghost M1 moon lander from Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 2 moon lander from ispace. (BBC News)
14 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war; Hamas officials say that they have accepted a draft agreement for a potential ceasefire as well as the release of hostages. Mediators in the United States and Qatar also state that this is the closest that both sides have been to a ceasefire agreement so far. (AP); Israeli incursions in the West Bank; Four Al-Qassam Brigades militants and two civilians are killed during an Israeli airstrike in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
14 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Ukraine strikes targets in the Republic of Tatarstan and Bryansk, Saratov, and Tula oblasts, Russia, with more than 200 drones and five ATACMS ballistic missiles, hitting ammunition depots, industrial plants and a refinery, in what Ukraine says is its "most massive" and "deepest" attack inside Russia so far. (CNN) (BBC News)
14 January 2025 – North Korean missile tests: North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
14 January 2025 – Red Sea crisis: Yemen's Houthi forces fire a missile at Israel, triggering sirens in several areas, including Tel Aviv and some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli military, the missile was "likely intercepted" with no injuries reported. (Xinhua)
14 January 2025 –: The World Health Organization reports a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Kagera, Tanzania, with nine cases and eight deaths. (Reuters)
14 January 2025 – 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions, NATO operations: At the Summit of Baltic Sea Allies in Helsinki, Finland, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announces the establishment of the Baltic Sentry military mission, which will strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure in the region, such as energy and communication cables, from "destabilizing acts". (NATO News)
14 January 2025 – Armenia–United States relations: The Armenian Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, sign in Washington, DC a Strategic Partnership Charter between Armenia and the United States. (The Defense Post)
14 January 2025 – Cuba–United States relations: U.S. President Joe Biden announces that the United States will remove Cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list as part of a prisoner release deal. (BBC News)
14 January 2025 – 2024 South Korean martial law crisis: Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol; A military unit assigned to guard the presidential residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol approves the entry of anti-corruption officials and police, which is contested by the Presidential Security Service. (Yonhap); The Constitutional Court of South Korea adjourns the opening session of Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial after Yoon failed to attend the session due to alleged safety concerns. (NBC News) (Xinhua)
14 January 2025 –: Moldova detains former Kyrgyzstan presidential advisor Aidar Khalikov, who has accused Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov of corruption and election rigging. (OCCRP); British Treasury Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq resigns amid an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh involving her family. (BBC News); The government of Venezuela lifts its ban on the social media and instant messaging app Telegram. (TechRadar)
13 January 2025 – Somali Civil War: War against the Islamic State; Islamic State insurgency in Puntland; Twenty-six Islamic State militants are allegedly killed, including a female combatant and two soldiers, and several others are injured when Puntland forces capture eight Islamic State bases during ongoing offensive military operations in Bari, Puntland, Somalia. (Idil News) (AFP)
13 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war; According to two Israeli officials, Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of an emerging ceasefire agreement being finalized by negotiators in Doha, Qatar. (CNN)
13 January 2025 – Israeli invasion of Lebanon: 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement; The Israel Defense Forces strike several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, alleging that the targets violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement. (The Times of Israel)
13 January 2025 – Sudanese Civil War: Battle of Khartoum; The shelling of an area of Omdurman results in the death of at least 120 civilians, according to volunteer rescuers. (Al Arabiya News)
13 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russia accuses Ukraine of targeting the Russkaya compressor station in the Krasnodar Krai, which feeds gas for the TurkStream pipeline, in a failed drone attack two days ago. (S&P Global)
13 January 2025 –: A general strike by Belgian unions to protest against government plans for pension reform occurs, with the work stoppages severely disrupting public transport in Brussels as well as rail and air travel throughout the country. (Politico)
13 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; AccuWeather releases a preliminary estimate of the total physical and economic losses caused by the ongoing wildfires in Southern California of between $250–275 billion, a figure attributed to exceptionally high property values in and near Santa Monica, which would surpass their estimates of the costs of the entire 2020 United States wildfire season as well as Hurricane Helene in 2024. (NBC News)
13 January 2025 –: Twelve people are killed and many others are missing in a landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. (AP); Venezuelan attorney general Tarek Saab asks for an arrest warrant and a red notice from Interpol against opposition figure Leopoldo López, who is currently in exile. Venezuela accuses López of instigating the use of arms against the state and treason, among other charges. (Reuters); A judge in Peru dismisses charges of money laundering against Popular Force leader and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. (Reuters)
13 January 2025 – Efforts to impeach Sara Duterte: Members of the Iglesia ni Cristo hold a nationwide National Rally for Peace in the Philippines to express their disapproval of impeachment efforts against Vice President Sara Duterte. (Rappler)
13 January 2025 –: International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam becomes the prime minister-designate of Lebanon after winning an absolute majority of votes from parliament, while stepping down from the ICJ. (CNN)
12 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis; A top-level Israeli security delegation arrives in Qatar for talks on a Gaza hostages and ceasefire deal. (Reuters); Israel–United States relations, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden discuss efforts to reach a deal to solve the hostage crisis as well as a ceasefire to end the war. (USA Today); Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip; At least eight Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on areas of the Gaza Strip. (Xinhua)
12 January 2025 – Kivu conflict: M23 offensive; The Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says that over the days it has recaptured several towns that fell to M23 rebels and other armed groups in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.(AP)
12 January 2025 – Nigerian bandit conflict: At least 40 people are killed during an attack by Boko Haram gunmen in Dumba, Borno State, Nigeria. (AP); At least 16 civilians are killed in an airstrike conducted by the Nigerian Air Force in Zamfara State, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs. (BBC News)
12 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; California Governor Gavin Newsom states that the ongoing wildfires impacting Los Angeles County could become the worst natural disaster in American history "in terms of the scale and scope", amid current estimated damages of more than US$135 billion. (The Independent) (NBC News); The death toll from the wildfires increases to 24. (BBC News); Officials say that the Kenneth Fire has been contained. (KCAL-TV)
12 January 2025 –: Ten people are killed and several others are injured after large floods engulf the city of Ipatinga in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (BBC); Three people are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche in Trasquera, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy. (Rai News); At least 17 miners are trapped in a gold mine in La Libertad Department, Peru, after a group of illegal miners attacked the mine. (Xinhua)
12 January 2025 – HMPV seasonal outbreak in China: The Bangladeshi IEDCR reports the country's first case of HMPV in Bhairab, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. (New Age)
12 January 2025 – Germany–Syria relations: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pledges €50 million in food, emergency shelters, and medical care to Syria following talks with the Syrian transitional government in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (DW)
12 January 2025 –: Foreign ministers and senior officers of Arab countries, the European Union, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States hold a series of diplomatic meetings focused on Syria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Gazette)
12 January 2025 – 2024–25 Croatian presidential election: Croatians vote in the second round to elect the president between incumbent Zoran Milanović and former science and education minister Dragan Primorac. (The Dubrovnik Times) (Sarajevo Times)
12 January 2025 – 2025 Comorian parliamentary election: Voters in Comoros elect the 33 members of the Assembly of the Union. (Reuters)
12 January 2025 –: Ilza Amado Vaz unexpectedly resigns as Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe three days after being appointed Prime Minister by President Carlos Vila Nova. The ruling Independent Democratic Action party then proposes Adelino Pereira to replace Vaz, but Vila Nova appoints Américo d'Oliveira dos Ramos. (Xinhua 1), (Xinhua 2)