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Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided. Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

society if we had less Odyssey discourse and more Enūma Eliš discourse

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

Concerning!

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

For #WorldHippoDay an #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite. Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 me 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

Martial arts geisha 'Hanamachi Bugi' full-image

Here's a little tip I learned some years ago. If you can take a photo of Orion, try to get the image out of focus like I did just now. You can really see why Betelguise (top left) is such a well known red giant star. #astronomy #astrophotography

I need to buy this right now

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.