Cecilie
ceeaa.bsky.social
Cecilie
@ceeaa.bsky.social
PhD candidate | A microhistorical lens on refugee women and children in the aftermath of WWII | Educator and historian in training | Views are my own
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NYC opinion: M. Gessen columnist provides reasons for why he says the U.S. has become a "police state."

Don't let them distract you, we are here.
May 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Today we mark 80 years since the joyous day in our history: the Liberation, May 8, 1945. But it was not a day of joy for everyone. The war continued to cast long shadows over the lives of innocent people (…) Many had lost so much. For some, the war never ended.” – King Harald
Kong Harald: – Vi må tåle å se urett som er begått
– For noen sluttet krigen aldri, sa kong Harald i sin tale på minnemarkeringen for frigjøringen. – En sterk tale i en mørk tid, sier kommentator og legger til at kongen også kom med en tydelig hilsen ...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Freedom will not be guaranteed us, if we do not know how to use the small space of freedom which has been left us."

— Hans-Georg Gadamer, The Idea of the University – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (1992)
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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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...
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