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In UK...pro: lifelong-learning, tolerance, evidence & logic
Anti: lies, delusions, cults, etc
Worried about: the world we leave for our grandkids
Anti: lies, delusions, cults, etc
Worried about: the world we leave for our grandkids
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What is the collective cost of ignorance, when the truth is available to all?
Marcus Aurelius the wise...just what would he make of MAGA, Brexit, populism/alt right etc.?...I can hazard a guess
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One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
March 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
Carl Sagan...he wasn’t just knowledgeable about the Universe...he understood human nature...and years ago, he predicted the mad world we now unfortunately have...we should have been ready for this.
#resist
#resist
March 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Carl Sagan...he wasn’t just knowledgeable about the Universe...he understood human nature...and years ago, he predicted the mad world we now unfortunately have...we should have been ready for this.
#resist
#resist
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Well said, Mr Tusk...a president called Donald, who I can trust... Who'd have thought?
Tusk is really rising to the occasion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
March 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Well said, Mr Tusk...a president called Donald, who I can trust... Who'd have thought?
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Word of the day is ‘whiffling’ (17th century): fickle, inconstant, and making it up as you go along.
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Word of the day is ‘whiffling’ (17th century): fickle, inconstant, and making it up as you go along.
What's happened to the Democrats?
Now, some of them are censoring Democrats who speak out!
In the words of Marvin Gaye...What's going on?
Now, some of them are censoring Democrats who speak out!
In the words of Marvin Gaye...What's going on?
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
What's happened to the Democrats?
Now, some of them are censoring Democrats who speak out!
In the words of Marvin Gaye...What's going on?
Now, some of them are censoring Democrats who speak out!
In the words of Marvin Gaye...What's going on?
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Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
WHO decides WHAT is harmful? ... GA priority is now banning books, ideas, empathy, and awkward facts contained in certain books... as well as threatening librarians?...
🚨GA Librarians & Library Supporters, ACT NOW! Senate Bill 74 heads to floor vote Monday, & your senators need to hear from you first!
Should SB 74 pass, librarians could face prosecution for high and aggravated misdemeanors should library materials be deemed “harmful to minors.”
#Booksky #SOS
Should SB 74 pass, librarians could face prosecution for high and aggravated misdemeanors should library materials be deemed “harmful to minors.”
#Booksky #SOS
Oppose Senate Bill 74
Georgia legislators exempted librarians from prosecution under Georgia state code on materials harmful to minors for good reason but SB 74 threatens to subject Georgia librarians to unwarranted att...
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March 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
WHO decides WHAT is harmful? ... GA priority is now banning books, ideas, empathy, and awkward facts contained in certain books... as well as threatening librarians?...
To those currently wondering in the US...it's a lesson from history to think about.
FACT OF THE DAY. 28 February 1933. Hitler’s government issued the draconian Reichstag Fire Decree. It effectively curtailed civil rights in Germany and paved the way to Hitler’s personal dictatorship. It remained in place for the entire Nazi period from 1933 to 1945.
February 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To those currently wondering in the US...it's a lesson from history to think about.
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Absolutely sums up human history. No more so than now.
February 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Absolutely sums up human history. No more so than now.
The saddest thing is...he is absolutely correct.
February 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The saddest thing is...he is absolutely correct.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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What strikes me about evangelicals is that they are so stuck in the fire, wrath & vengeance of the Old Testament. Where is the empathy, tolerance & love of the New Testament...you know...the Christian part of the Bible? President Carter obviously got that.
December 31, 2024 at 8:36 AM
What strikes me about evangelicals is that they are so stuck in the fire, wrath & vengeance of the Old Testament. Where is the empathy, tolerance & love of the New Testament...you know...the Christian part of the Bible? President Carter obviously got that.
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This has been posted over and over again since the Brexit/Trump 1 disaster of 2016. Question is, wtf can we do about it? Or are we just going to let the morons drive us to extinction?
December 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This has been posted over and over again since the Brexit/Trump 1 disaster of 2016. Question is, wtf can we do about it? Or are we just going to let the morons drive us to extinction?
Marcus Aurelius the wise...just what would he make of MAGA, Brexit, populism/alt right etc.?...I can hazard a guess
What is the collective cost of ignorance, when the truth is available to all?
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Marcus Aurelius the wise...just what would he make of MAGA, Brexit, populism/alt right etc.?...I can hazard a guess