Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
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Cornelius J Brains
New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942
New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Cornelius J Brains
New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942
New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
One cannot go to Hannah Arendt’s work for comfort, Jennifer Szalai writes of the German-born political thinker. What she offers instead is “the company of someone who had direct experience of the horrors of the 20th century yet never relinquished what she called amor mundi, or ‘love of the world.’”
Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One cannot go to Hannah Arendt’s work for comfort, Jennifer Szalai writes of the German-born political thinker. What she offers instead is “the company of someone who had direct experience of the horrors of the 20th century yet never relinquished what she called amor mundi, or ‘love of the world.’”
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
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December 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Fannie Getsoff
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Fannie Getsoff
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
If you're looking for a good gift to buy today but you want to fight against the power of Big Tech, try my book about the horrible ideas of the Silicon Valley billionaires and how we can fight back. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty good. The NY Times called it "smart and wonderfully readable."
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity
AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If you're looking for a good gift to buy today but you want to fight against the power of Big Tech, try my book about the horrible ideas of the Silicon Valley billionaires and how we can fight back. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty good. The NY Times called it "smart and wonderfully readable."
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Wicked For Good sounds like a Boston area non profit
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Wicked For Good sounds like a Boston area non profit
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
From all-out genocide, Israeli leaders have shifted to a more sporadic series of attacks that they hope will be ignored by the Trump administration, along with others in the U.S. who have a vested interest in pretending a meaningful peace has been reached.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
The Gaza “Ceasefire” is a Total Fraud
The fire has not, in fact, ceased, and there have to be meaningful penalties for Israel’s violations.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
From all-out genocide, Israeli leaders have shifted to a more sporadic series of attacks that they hope will be ignored by the Trump administration, along with others in the U.S. who have a vested interest in pretending a meaningful peace has been reached.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
How does country music keep getting worse
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How does country music keep getting worse
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
now of course right wing folks think that if you're doing something illegal it's okay to summarily execute you, so they should be perfectly fine with what happened to the two guardsmen in dc today right
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
now of course right wing folks think that if you're doing something illegal it's okay to summarily execute you, so they should be perfectly fine with what happened to the two guardsmen in dc today right
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If someone brings up Trump at dinner tell them that you heard an interesting podcast and then tell them about how i said that if I find a pocket pussy in my dads belongings after he dies i will smell it to see if it was a joke gift or if he used it
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If someone brings up Trump at dinner tell them that you heard an interesting podcast and then tell them about how i said that if I find a pocket pussy in my dads belongings after he dies i will smell it to see if it was a joke gift or if he used it
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
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ICYMI: My latest in Jacobin.
Conservatives want to use the SNAP freeze to replace the entire program with private charity. But they're already failing.
jacobin.com/2025/11/snap...
Conservatives want to use the SNAP freeze to replace the entire program with private charity. But they're already failing.
jacobin.com/2025/11/snap...
The SNAP Freeze Shows Charity Is No Substitute for Welfare
The Trump administration suspended funding for food stamps this weekend, and local food banks are already overwhelmed by hungry Americans — belying conservative arguments that private charities can fi...
jacobin.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
ICYMI: My latest in Jacobin.
Conservatives want to use the SNAP freeze to replace the entire program with private charity. But they're already failing.
jacobin.com/2025/11/snap...
Conservatives want to use the SNAP freeze to replace the entire program with private charity. But they're already failing.
jacobin.com/2025/11/snap...
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Not for Brazilians this morning, we're in a great mood! Exploding memes everywhere
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Not for Brazilians this morning, we're in a great mood! Exploding memes everywhere
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Currently putting together the invite list for my birthday party!
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Currently putting together the invite list for my birthday party!
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
"Scientists of the University of Oxford think Neanderthals and early Humans may have held hands "
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists
Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between species
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"Scientists of the University of Oxford think Neanderthals and early Humans may have held hands "
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
In the spirit of togetherness, international followers, please share your country's most dangerous cooking method.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In the spirit of togetherness, international followers, please share your country's most dangerous cooking method.
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Reposted by Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.