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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

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History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way” Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??” History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

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I'd love to believe this is Europe showing real leadership. But also suspect Zelenskiyy confidentiality asked them to involve themselves because he can't afford to piss Trump off.

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Some great myths busted here about South Africa's agricultural land reform. This post was written more for South Africa's heated land reform debate than a response to Trump. Useful facts none the less.

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With how shit everything globally is right now, it's really nice to see our president stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Sunset of the Reply Guy

submitted 18 days ago • 105 comments

In a speech to EU envoys just now, Von der Leyen again hinted at a potential thaw in ties with China. "But there is also room to engage constructively with China – and find solutions in our mutual interest. And I think we can find agreements that could even expand our trade and investment ties."

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Yes. And also remember Netanyahu is in Washington atm and South Africa took the genocide case to the ICJ. I'll wager Musk isn't the only one influencing this.

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What US funding to SA could actually be cut off? PEPFAR is gone already, trying to think what else.

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

To be honest if we are going to do a flash run of the early 20th century I demand over the counter heroin

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

The Euro becoming the new global currency of choice.

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Goths, hearing they've been offered power:

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths

submitted 31 days ago • 276 comments

From a purely capitalist perspective, DEI makes sense. The wider the range of people working at your organization, the wider range of perspectives and needs you’ll have direct access to, which in turn will make your product more valuable to a greater audience, which means more money.

submitted 32 days ago • 13 comments

Demolishing several hundred homes because the road layout was slightly asymmetrical.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

submitted 43 days ago • 755 comments

This is a weird timeline

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Excellent @eff.org piece on how data brokers get ads-related data to sell (to spyware vendors, etc.) This is something that always mystified me, but after reading this I finally get it!

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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

submitted 47 days ago • 458 comments

Trumpism will cede global leadership to China in multiple areas because most other countries and institutions would prefer to deal with a lawful evil system than a chaotic evil one.

submitted 49 days ago • 51 comments

Funny, "a snowball in hell" is very much how I'd describe Canada being part of the US

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As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."

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There is a perception that charity, donations and aid from the Global North is what is keeping African economies afloat. Yet the combined aid and development assistance to Africa in 2022 was $37-billion less than remittances from African diaspora. https://theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart/89546

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OMG. This is amazing. When I started out as a health reporter, getting an HIV-positive diagnosis was still a death sentence.

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Hey folks. Just like any other neurotype, you can both be on the spectrum and be a bad person, just like you can be on the spectrum and be a good person. We're not a hivemind. We can learn and grow and take responsibility for our actions. But you have to want to actually do that, and then do it.

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

A great thread We’re here for multi-disciplinary, iterative working but you have to not set a gannt chart roadmap or indeed pretend it’s a “start up”

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

dear reddit, my transgender son ate his thanksgiving dinner way too fast, is this normal? update: apologies, he was lettuced off his gourd

submitted 81 days ago • 129 comments

It’s nearly the end of the year, which means it’s time to do the reader survey. @thecontinent.org wants to hear from you what it can do to improve. Help us out, please.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible ship history just lurking in an article about regional trade. @thecontinent.org

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It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth. Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like. People underestimate the Pacific.

submitted 81 days ago • 591 comments

Good morning

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Is there any other profession than software engineering where a lot of people are excited that AI can do much of their job, and is often actively working on making that happen?

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

I changed my Twitter handle once and it was instantly parked and a few weeks later the person who parked it immediately began to construct an account impersonating me. I was only able to get it back by pointing out they followed themselves on their real accounts.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

People adapt to fascism. That's what you learn when you read history. And it's easy for those who are not its direct targets to do.

submitted 85 days ago • 203 comments

so much for the tolerant LEFT.

submitted 88 days ago • 7 comments

the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...

submitted 90 days ago • 183 comments

Why the hell did nobody tell me about this Cronenbergesque body horror?

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