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"Comedians, journalists, professors, writers. Get rid of them first. Others will quickly fall into line. Soon everyone will question what they can say. Make no mistake, fear is a type of muzzle."

From one of my lectures about Berlin in 1933.

19.09.2025 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today, many years ago, my great uncle, Rex LeGrande Hicks, was the senior officer on the USS Phoenix. When the explosions began, he took the helm of the Phoenix and managed to get it out of Pearl Harbor. This photo? It’s the Phoenix steaming past the Arizona.

07.12.2024 20:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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"The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error."
--Hannah Arendt

19.11.2024 00:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My first post on Bluesky. Sunrise over Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota. Here's to fresh starts, new beginnings, and something beautiful.

15.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 66    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

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