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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
'The boxes were often open at the top, so you'd catch glimpses of all kinds of things, and sometimes, though they weren't really supposed to, the men would let you move a few items about for a better look'
'The boxes were often open at the top, so you'd catch glimpses of all kinds of things, and sometimes, though they weren't really supposed to, the men would let you move a few items about for a better look'
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
‘He was accumulating, in short, a long list of enemies who might seek the survival of their interests in his death.’
‘He was accumulating, in short, a long list of enemies who might seek the survival of their interests in his death.’
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
'Still, despite the obvious advantage of combining distributional, telemetry, and tracer data sets, empirical and statistical studies that do so remain rare in the literature.’
'Still, despite the obvious advantage of combining distributional, telemetry, and tracer data sets, empirical and statistical studies that do so remain rare in the literature.’
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
'The boxes were often open at the top, so you'd catch glimpses of all kinds of things, and sometimes, though they weren't really supposed to, the men would let you move a few items about for a better look'
'The boxes were often open at the top, so you'd catch glimpses of all kinds of things, and sometimes, though they weren't really supposed to, the men would let you move a few items about for a better look'
Is it time for Ireland's public sector to stop using Microsoft and other US products? How much does the HSE, for example, pay for licenses to Microsoft alone each year?
January 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Is it time for Ireland's public sector to stop using Microsoft and other US products? How much does the HSE, for example, pay for licenses to Microsoft alone each year?
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Mark Carney's speech at Davos www.youtube.com/live/miM4ur5... he begins at about 9 mins 45 seconds. #WEF26 #WEF2026
Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
YouTube video by World Economic Forum
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Mark Carney's speech at Davos www.youtube.com/live/miM4ur5... he begins at about 9 mins 45 seconds. #WEF26 #WEF2026
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
When @Elizrael conducted fieldwork for her Ph.D. at Princeton University in 2023, an academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
I Was Kidnapped by Idiots
An academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
When @Elizrael conducted fieldwork for her Ph.D. at Princeton University in 2023, an academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
euromaidanpress.com/2015/03/13/e... I was so impressed by this article 10 years ago. A real missed opportunity #EU #EUArmy
EU Army or: Stallions led by donkeys - Euromaidan Press
by Thomas C. Theiner A few days ago the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker floated the…
euromaidanpress.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
euromaidanpress.com/2015/03/13/e... I was so impressed by this article 10 years ago. A real missed opportunity #EU #EUArmy
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Well, the big day is tomorrow, so why not spread a bit of peace on Earth by remembering how many of us are united by the same little perennial details of Christmas Day with your festive bingo card. First to get a complete line wins their own weight in gold!
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Well, the big day is tomorrow, so why not spread a bit of peace on Earth by remembering how many of us are united by the same little perennial details of Christmas Day with your festive bingo card. First to get a complete line wins their own weight in gold!
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Someone found a YT link, so here you go:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990
YouTube video by Rolo Tomasi
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Someone found a YT link, so here you go:
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RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
[FREE TO READ] Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
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Five minutes of a broad overview of exactly where we are and what is wrong here. Fifty minutes of going through the entire document, point by point, to showcase just how bizarre it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
28 Points of Pain: The Plethora of Problems with the U.S./Russia Peace Plan
YouTube video by William Spaniel
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Five minutes of a broad overview of exactly where we are and what is wrong here. Fifty minutes of going through the entire document, point by point, to showcase just how bizarre it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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watching Diarrhea of a CEO tax-the-rich debate right now!! twitch.tv/munecatmusic
youtube.com/@munecatafterdark
youtube.com/@munecatafterdark
March 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
watching Diarrhea of a CEO tax-the-rich debate right now!! twitch.tv/munecatmusic
youtube.com/@munecatafterdark
youtube.com/@munecatafterdark
I've said this for a long time. Had Canada joined the EU before Brexit it might not have happened. youtu.be/1gg1P3gV9aA?...
What if Canada Joined the European Union?
YouTube video by William C. Fox
youtu.be
March 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I've said this for a long time. Had Canada joined the EU before Brexit it might not have happened. youtu.be/1gg1P3gV9aA?...
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM