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“Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.” Epictetus

30.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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The pygmalionism of Silicon Valley.

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Noblesse oblige. Noblesse oblige. Noblesse oblige.

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Spread by Anne Applebaum: Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback The New Yorker

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10.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 190 🔁 41 💬 9 📌 2

Kleptocracy Tracker Timeline SNF Agora faculty and fellows are frequently called upon by local, national, and international media to offer context and insight on the complex challenges facing democracy today. Drawing on their […]

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28.10.2025 19:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Family’s Life Inside and Outside America’s Racial Categories (Published 2019)

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06.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🧶✏️👩🏽‍💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it) The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites

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10.09.2025 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by Jesse Welles The Ballad of Big Balls

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09.09.2025 04:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Due to the actions of their governors, these are states to which I will no longer travel, nor spend money on goods/services based therein:
*Louisiana
*Mississippi
*South Carolina
*South Dakota
*Tennessee
*West Virginia

People of these states, please ask your reps to remove your troops from DC.

07.09.2025 20:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by Center for Civic Education Distrust of Standing Armies

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27.08.2025 13:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reads like some sort of cipher or just very bad, broken English.

16.08.2025 20:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Bracket City - The Atlantic Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).

[Bracket City]
August 12, 2025

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Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 69
🎯 Minimum Required: 69

Total Score: 100.0
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13.08.2025 14:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook

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Bracket City - The Atlantic Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).

[Bracket City]
July 17, 2025

www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 68
🎯 Minimum Required: 68

Total Score: 100.0
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17.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, July 12, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

Flashback for July 12, 2025

28 points
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Play here:
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14.07.2025 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In the Age of AI: Rethinking Human-Centered Media Chiesa Gospelli from GFR Fund sat down with Stu Rogers, founder of Spread, to talk about what’s shifting in how we consume information and rediscovering what’s worth paying attention to.

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07.07.2025 20:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Republican Budget Bill Signals New Era in Federal Surveillance | TechPolicy.Press To advance the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, the Republican budget bill is set to fund a major expansion of federal surveillance.

To advance the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, the Republican budget bill is set to fund a substantial expansion of federal surveillance, with broad implications for the rights of all Americans. Dean Jackson and I spoke to experts about what to expect:

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