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Thought this was an interesting read and couldn't figure out where to put it. Hence a new topic. Is 2025 the new '1984'? Some authors think censorship 'can get much worse' "When you can't feel free to speak your mind, you might as well not have a mind, right?" Five authors break down if 2025 is...

Imagine, for a moment, a carpenter opening his toolbox to find T-squared pillars, bas-relief animals, and carved serpents — and a plaque that reads, “Built by hunter-gatherers, ca. 9600 BCE.” If you were raised on a literal-days, literal-genealogies reading of Genesis (the sort that gives you a...

I'd stopped posting these because they were getting lost in the Second Term of Trump thread - hence their own thread. I'll try to keep on top of these in the future The authoritarian takeover is escalating, but so is the resistance. ?️? From city halls to state highways, local leaders are...

The Black Ribbon Day, officially known in the European Union as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and also referred to as the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ribbon_Day

Didn't want this one to get lost or just be part of another thread On this day, July 31st in 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his...

The Latest: Trump administration releases records on FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. Story by The Associated Press The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the...

Celebrated every May 25th as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Yes it is a real thing. And in honor of that we want to remind you

While many (most?) of the problems are the results of Trump's actions I don't want this to be lost there. Besides, Canada has a federal election coming up. -------------------------------------------------------------------...

Only in America where dates are written month/day so today is 3/14. Elsewhere Pi Day is 22/7

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Today is national cancer day and that brings this to mind - welcome to Valhalla where only the bravest sit at Odin's right hand