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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
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What a different world we could have.
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a different world we could have.
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I wish I could have been a fly on the wall the moment a 19 year old DOGEbag got access to the VA system only to realize the VA still uses VISTA - a proprietary MUMPS-based programming language from 1978.
March 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I wish I could have been a fly on the wall the moment a 19 year old DOGEbag got access to the VA system only to realize the VA still uses VISTA - a proprietary MUMPS-based programming language from 1978.
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Knowing your rights, exercising your rights, and informing others about their rights is not a crime. It’s a constitutional right.
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️
How to Defend Immigrants Against the Most Common ICE Tactics
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information.
www.teenvogue.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Knowing your rights, exercising your rights, and informing others about their rights is not a crime. It’s a constitutional right.
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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If your next European adventure does not pan out, Illinois has alternatives to offer...
March 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If your next European adventure does not pan out, Illinois has alternatives to offer...
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
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January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
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You guys need to see this and take it in…
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
You guys need to see this and take it in…
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
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I can’t love this more.
January 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I can’t love this more.
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TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
Average user generates greenhouse gases equal to driving an extra 123 miles in gas-powered car a year, data shows
TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is probably larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform’s…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:47 PM
TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
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I’d like to report a murder.
December 11, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I’d like to report a murder.
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Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters — theonion.com/assad-return...
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...
theonion.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters — theonion.com/assad-return...
Also.. There’s no need to fill awkward silences, even in situations that aren’t particularly charged.
This is truly the best legal advice we can give.
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
December 6, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Also.. There’s no need to fill awkward silences, even in situations that aren’t particularly charged.
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Imagine the honor of both defeating authoritarianism and also feeling your lawmakers ass
South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Imagine the honor of both defeating authoritarianism and also feeling your lawmakers ass
Kindness is a long-term investment
December 2, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Kindness is a long-term investment