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The Law Meets Its Limits: What ‘Nuremberg’ Reveals About Guilt, Evil and the Quest for Global Justice The film “Nuremberg” depicts events surrounding the post-World War II International Military Tribunal – the first and best-known of the Nuremberg trials –

www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/11/t...

12.12.2025 05:51 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Ekki -r.

11.12.2025 23:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.

They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.

03.12.2025 16:27 — 👍 3100    🔁 1060    💬 210    📌 91
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

02.12.2025 10:58 — 👍 10948    🔁 3215    💬 210    📌 258
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Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…

01.12.2025 19:25 — 👍 9635    🔁 2886    💬 944    📌 289

This is a lovely batch.

27.11.2025 13:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.

Marion Davies!

26.11.2025 22:33 — 👍 709    🔁 140    💬 13    📌 30

Bara svona rauf milli hólms og höfða, eina raufin sem blasir við.

25.11.2025 08:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hér þarf ekki snilld til heldur greddu.

25.11.2025 08:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Allt við það sama. Ég keyri norður á Raufarhöfn.

25.11.2025 08:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
guy said, “Do you like Marx?”

I said, “I haven’t met him.”

Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.”

“Wow, what happened?”

“No, no, he died long ago.”

I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” 

“No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” 

I said, “Sounds amazing.”

I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx.

BS: The FBI.

MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,

guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

05.11.2025 14:21 — 👍 9423    🔁 2624    💬 43    📌 152

I went to LA last year and then to Sierra Nevada mountains and down to Kings Valley. Mighty nature.

23.11.2025 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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8 Differences Between Butterflies and Moths - Australian Butterfly Sanctuary Spotted a flying beauty and not sure whether it's a butterfly or a moth? These 8 differences between butterflies and moths will have you classifying that critter in no time!

Iceland. We have small moths which are diurnal also (bright nights). It happens but rarely that the wind brings bigger moths (butterflies?) over the ocean. I found this: australianbutterflies.com/8-difference...

23.11.2025 08:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

And how both Biden and Trump have treated Gaza.

23.11.2025 02:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I meant it for her.
In my country are no butterflies just moths. That is why I don't know the difference since those moths pointed out in the post are big and in the bright day just like butterflies are supposed to be.

23.11.2025 02:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you.

23.11.2025 00:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Can you please tell me what is the difference between butterflies and moths?

22.11.2025 06:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Watch | Tens of thousands of anti-Zionist Jews have gathered in occupied Palestine, boldly raising their voices against Zionism.

21.11.2025 21:22 — 👍 30    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 3
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Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture

Was it because they lost their heads?

21.11.2025 02:08 — 👍 38    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Beauty.

12.11.2025 18:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Time to reshare this piece on the pitfalls of following the road Denmark has taken on immigration: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

08.11.2025 19:26 — 👍 93    🔁 47    💬 2    📌 6
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Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance catch their first glimpse of America-- and the American way of immigration-- in his 1917 political comedy THE IMMIGRANT.

08.11.2025 23:20 — 👍 184    🔁 41    💬 1    📌 0

User of heroin? They are often constipated.

20.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🧵 #BREAKING | Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Gaza today, it committed yet another horrifying massacre.
An Israeli strike targeted a bus carrying two displaced families searching for shelter, killing them all.

17.10.2025 22:38 — 👍 82    🔁 77    💬 6    📌 4
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Hamas grunað um að skipuleggja atlögu að almennum borgurum - RÚV.is Utanríkisráðuneyti Bandaríkjanna segir það alvarlegt brot á vopnahléssamkomulaginu ráðist Hamas á almenna borgara á Gaza. Marktækar heimildir séu fyrir skipulagningu árásar. Hamas hefur afhent lík tve...

Bara í dag voru 11 palestínskir einstaklingar úr sömu fjölskyldunni myrt, þrjú börn og 7 konur.

Það var ekki Hamas sem myrti þau, heldur Ísraelsher. Ísraelskur dáti miðaði fallbyssu skriðdrekans síns á bíl fjölskyldunnar, og skaut.

www.ruv.is/frettir/erle...

18.10.2025 23:34 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Whale is an animal. Of course the Gaza people killed the whale, they need food.

18.10.2025 08:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Christopher Columbus And The Replacement-Level Historical Figure | Defector It’s easy to tell Columbus’s story as one of a determined innovator, triumphing over the backwardness and ignorance of medieval Europe to usher in a new era of global exploration, trade, colonization,...

I wrote about this back when "The Verge" came out for Defector. Loved writing this essay. defector.com/christopher-...

13.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 341    🔁 47    💬 7    📌 5
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Þú veist mikið um snigla. Það er skemmtilegt.

07.10.2025 03:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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