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A walk on a beautiful day, an escape from the madness
May 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Thucydides thought that one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War was that a new generation of young men in Sparta and Athens had never had the experience of war, and were therefore eager to try one of their own.
Narrator: "It did not make them rich."
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
April 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A beautiful evening
March 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
March 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.

Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant que son or...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
'The United States is Your Enemy'
A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west
broligarchy.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Two weeks ago, the use of the word ‘alignment’ by *critics* of the Kremlin felt bold…
March 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Kasparov is right: Regardless of whether Trump, Vance, Musk and their sabotage crew think they are ending American democracy, they are doing things that will present them in 2028 with a risk of prison if they lose power. With that choice, why wouldn’t they rig an election?
Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
March 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
What a beautiful evening... Gives you hope...
February 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm wondering if Trump is actually a Russian sleeper?
February 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A different view of Dublin on an overcast day...

Happy Monday 🌸 🌸 🌸
February 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Happy Tuesday 🌺 🌸 🌺
January 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
View from the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove Co Dublin Ireland... Well worth a visit if you're in the area...
January 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Trump's pick for a 10-year term as head of the FBI has threatened to target journalists for retribution "whether it’s criminally or civilly — we’ll figure that out" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Who is Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to replace FBI director Chris Wray?
Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, is the author of a list of “deep state” officials to target.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Great to be here...
November 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM