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 12 years, 6 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 is a participant in WikiProject International relations.

This user participates in
WikiProject Joe Biden.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Coldplay

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WikiProject Concerts.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Years.

This user is a participant 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 is a participant 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

15 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Southern Ukraine campaign, 2024 Kharkiv offensive; Russia says its forces have captured the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and several more villages in Kharkiv Oblast. Ukraine confirms it has pulled back its troops from Vovchansk to "preserve the lives of our servicemen and avoid losses". (BBC News)
15 May 2024 – Attempted assassination of Robert Fico: Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is injured in a shooting in Handlová, Slovakia, which is being treated as an assassination attempt. The shooter has been apprehended and is identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice, Slovakia. (BBC News) (The Wall Street Journal); The Slovak government describes Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition as life-threatening. Deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba stated that Fico underwent surgery, was stabilized, and is expected to survive. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
15 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: France declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia as anti-French rioting continues, which has killed four people. Schools are closed and a curfew is announced in the capital Nouméa. (Reuters)
15 May 2024 – War in Sudan: The United States issues sanctions on two commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid, for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur. (Al Jazeera)
15 May 2024 – 2024 Canada wildfires: Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Reuters) (NPR)
15 May 2024 – 2024 West Sumatra floods: The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 62, with 25 others still missing. (Reuters)
15 May 2024 – Nicaragua–United States relations: The United States impose visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and also sanction three Nicaraguan entities for "repressive action" and a failure to control migrant smuggling through Nicaragua. (Reuters)
15 May 2024 –: Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at a railway station in Zofingen, Switzerland. The suspect, who has suffered self-inflicted wounds, is detained. His motives are unknown. (Al Arabiya); Federal prosecutors in New York City charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. (Reuters); The United States Supreme Court lets Louisiana use a new congressional map with two majority-Black congressional districts in the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. (CBS News)
15 May 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election: 2024 United States presidential debates; U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debate on June 27, hosted by CNN, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September. (The New York Times)
15 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation: A new coalition government in the Netherlands is agreed by Geert Wilders, Dilan Yeşilgöz, Pieter Omtzigt, and Caroline van der Plas. (The Guardian)
15 May 2024 –: Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. (BBC News) (CNA)
14 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Kharkiv strikes; At least 20 people are injured when Russian airstrikes hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters); Ukraine pulls back from positions near Lukyantsi and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war: Rafah offensive; Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – Israeli settler violence: Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war; Israeli protestors attack a convoy of aid trucks in the West Bank, damaging 15 trucks and causing $2 million worth of damage. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: Riots erupt in New Caledonia as France plans to change the constitution, allowing more recent white French settlers to vote in the island's provincial elections, which protesters claim would marginalise the Indigenous Kanak people. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian); Three Kanak residents are killed and many more injured during a drive-by shooting by a group of French settlers. (Reuters); At least 54 officers are injured and more than 130 people are arrested. Shops and cars are looted, while a prison breakout has been prevented. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
14 May 2024 –: The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award. (AP)
14 May 2024 – China–United States trade war: U.S. President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and batteries, computer chips, and medical products. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – Economy of Argentina: Inflation in Argentina slows to a single digit number of 8.8 percent amid severe austerity plans by president Javier Milei. (AP)
14 May 2024 – GameStop short squeeze: The share price of GameStop increases by a further 61%. (Quartz) (Yahoo! News)
14 May 2024 –: The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, last week, increases to 33. (Reuters); Thirteen people, including former Congressman Édgar Alarcón, are killed in a bus crash in Vinchos, Huamanga Province, Peru. (Reuters) (Infobae); Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County, Florida, United States. (AP)
14 May 2024 – Corruption in Russia: Russian police arrest former head of personnel of the Ministry of Defence Yuri Vasilievich Kuznetsov [ru] for bribery of over $1 million. Kuznetsov's charges carry up to 15 years of jail time. (Al Jazeera)
14 May 2024 –: Two prison guards are killed and three others are critically injured in an ambush of a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France, to free an inmate with ties to a drug dealing gang. (BBC News); Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers in Tunis and arrest Mahdi Zagrouba, who is known for his opposition to President Kais Saied. (Al Jazeera); The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife. (Al Jazeera); Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza loses his appeal against a 25-year prison sentence. (Reuters); A court in Germany convicts and fines Alternative for Germany member Björn Höcke €13,000 ($14,000) for using a Nazi slogan that once belonged to the Sturmabteilung. (Al Jazeera)
14 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests: Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that requires media organizations to declare foreign funding. (BBC News); The United States warns Georgia that $390 million in planned economic support will be "under review" if the Georgian government considers the U.S. as an "adversary", and not as a strategic partner. (The Guardian)
14 May 2024 – May 2024 solar storms: The sun emits the largest solar flare since 2005, days after producing auroras in the Northern and Southern Hempisheres. (Axios)
14 May 2024 –: Russia places its nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war: Rafah offensive; The Israeli military advances into northern and southern Gaza. (Reuters); A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah. (United Nations); Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis; Hamas says that it has "lost contact" with the militants holding four Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: 2024 Kharkiv offensive; Russia claims that its troops have entered the town of Vovchansk, 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Kharkiv. (BBC News)
13 May 2024 – GameStop short squeeze: Three years after the previous GameStop stock squeeze, Redditors return to artificially inflate GameStop's share price by 75%, reaching an 18-month high. The share price of AMC Theatres also increases by more than 70%. (Reuters) (CNBC)
13 May 2024 – Russia–United States relations: U.S. President Joe Biden signs a bill banning imports of uranium from Russia. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods: The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 147 people, with 127 people still missing. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: The final remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, which killed six workers, are demolished with explosives. (East Bay Times)
13 May 2024 –: The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 43, with 15 others still missing. (Reuters); At least 14 people are killed, 75 are injured, and others are trapped after a billboard collapses during heavy rains in Mumbai, India. (Reuters); The Airlines for America trade association and several major American airlines file a lawsuit against the United States Department of Transportation over a rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees. (Reuters); Indonesian police conducts a major drug raid on a lab hidden in a villa in Bali, Indonesia. They arrested one Indonesian, two Ukrainians, and one Russian. (AP)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum: A referendum to allow dual citizenship in Lithuania fails to pass. (LRT)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election, which will be held on 26 May. (The Guardian)
13 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: The High Commissioner of New Caledonia imposes a curfew and mobilizes security forces after a general strike and violent protests over proposed constitutional changes in the capital city Nouméa. (Al Jazeera)
13 May 2024 –: An administrative court in Münster, Germany, rules that the Alternative for Germany political party could threaten democracy and can be spied on. (The Washington Post); OpenAI announces a new model of their generative pretrained transformer (GPT) named GPT-4o, capable of visual and video speech recognition and translation. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: 2024 Kharkiv offensive; The Russian Defence Ministry states that its forces have captured several villages in Kharkiv Oblast. (CNN); Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine; At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when pieces of a downed Ukrainian Tochka missile hit an apartment block in Belgorod, Russia. (AP) (Reuters); President of Russia Vladimir Putin reassigns Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to the National Security Council and replaces him with Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov. (The Washington Post)
12 May 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israel–Hamas war; Rafah offensive; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – War in Sudan: Battle of El Fasher; Fighting during RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher, over the weekend, kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city. (The Washington Post)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods: The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured, and more than 1,000 houses destroyed. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods: The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern Brazil increases to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced R$12.1 billion in emergency spending in response to the crisis. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 –: The Marywilska 44 shopping mall in Białołęka district, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Many of the venues were Vietnamese-owned. (The Times of India) (Puls Biznesu); Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, force thousands to evacuate. (CNN)
12 May 2024 – Egypt–Israel relations, Rafah offensive: Egypt announces it will intervene on South Africa's side in the South Africa v Israel case in response to Israel's growing assault on Rafah. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Catalan regional election: The Socialists' Party of Catalonia wins the regional election with its best result since 2003. Pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the Parliament. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election, 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum: Lithuanians elect the President of Lithuania and vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow dual citizenship. (ABC News) (lnk.lt)
12 May 2024 – 2024 North Macedonian presidential election: Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia. (Bloomberg Macedonia)
12 May 2024 –: Forty-nine Vatican Museums employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against the Vatican's Pontifical Commission. (Reuters); Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. (Reuters); Bayer Leverkusen extend their record unbeaten streak in European association football to fifty matches. (Bundesliga)