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I have just been notified that my book, still in pre-release, is now number one AND number two on Amazon in the "Democracy" category (hardcover and kindle version). This is stunning stuff. You can pre-order it here: amzn.to/40l9cDf

“Zowel het geloof als de wet houdt de moraal hoog. Alleen geeft het geloof de bovengrens van ons zedelijk leven aan, en de wet de ondergrens.” Dries van Agt

www.youtube.com/watch?v=79KD...

My favorite history channel ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjG...

Thoughtful Trump apologists see him as a ‘safe wrecking ball’ - they have a Fukuyamian confidence in democracy’s permanence and unbreakable checks & balances. But democracy isn’t permanent—it’s contingent, recent, and can be shattered by cataclysms or eroded by gradual decline.

Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters — theonion.com/assad-return...

Social media is older than you think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlC...

If you encounter any witches tonight, don't worry! The rabbis of the Talmud have got you covered. Here's a spell for you to yell at them if they get too close to you. Keep yourselves protected!

Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) in Cologne, Germany - Theory Specification and Replicability in Social Psychology www.psychjob.eu/de/job/postd...

Update: archive.org is back online in a provisional, read-only manner. Learn more in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/i...

A lot of complaints about Bluesky amount to people admitting that they have grown so accustomed to algorithms feeding them an endless train of slop that they are completely unable to manage without it

I was #6,084,495! Which is also the US patent for an apparatus for radially magnetizing ceramic ferrite in a non-conductive pipe in a lengthwise helical pattern. The more you know.

A macro photo of a poppy flower.

4,5 jaar geleden, op 6 maart 2020, rond 4 uur s middags, had ik een raar kuchje. Later in de middag had ik het weer. Ik weet dat nog goed, omdat er die avond een persconferentie was. Rutte vertelde ons dat mensen uit Brabant die verkoudheidsklachten hadden thuis moesten blijven ivm corona. Ik