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Lincoln simply says: 'Let every American, every lover of liberty, swear by the blood of the Revolution...' abrahamlincolnonline.org/lin…
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Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs: How to Produce Smaller Doses Than Those the Drug Companies Provide
Peter Gøtzsche writes: To reduce the risk of withdrawal symptoms, it is necessary to respect the form of the binding curve.
madinamerica.com/2023/11/wit…
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For those who are paywalled, Hewlett, & Omidyar foundations are reportedly funders of American Compass which is funding Project 2025- which has been called an authoritarian blueprint for Trump’s 2nd term.
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Syria: 500,000 killed (Syrian Observatory for Human Right, 2021)
Yemen: 377,000 killed
Afganistan: 176,000 killed
Darfur: 300,000 killed
Iraq: 400,000 killed
Ukraine: 500,000 killed
Congo: 860,000+ killed
These are UN figures, just FYI...
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Thought that name sounded familiar. Scary how people started to forget.
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From 2013 until 2023, the founder of a major offshore service provider, Nicos Anastasiades, served as president of Cyprus. Under his watch, a rogue financial system flourished, inside the European Union and beyond. #CyprusConfidential
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For 10 years, Ukrainians have shed blood for the values and freedoms other Europeans take for granted. Their brave people have defended Europe against Russia while the world's most powerful military alliance looks on. We can never repay them, but we must do everything we can. 🇺🇦
“We, Ukrainians, are a European nation. And we’ll fight for our future. Because Ukraine is Europe 🇺🇦🇪🇺”
Revolution of Dignity of 2013-2014.
🎥: Andriy Dubchak (personal archive and for Radio Svoboda)
#StandWithUkraine
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Larry Summers seems to be present whenever people are doing stuff they probably shouldn’t, and need cover. This is perhaps the classic text of the genre.
institutionalinvestor.com/ar…
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Something to think about when listening to Hewlett Foundation ads on NPR: Conservative Group Accidentally Reveals Its Secret Donors. Some of Them Are Liberal Orgs. thedailybeast.com/conservati…
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From Luxembourg to Luanda to Down Under, accounting giant PwC has been embroiled in a decade of scandals tied to autocrats, oligarchs and tax-dodging multinationals, despite vowing to uphold “the highest professional standards.” #CyprusConfidential
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Who owns your stuff? Vince Scafaria has released a DVR for Twitter that beats any previous tool. Do what you want with your content, and check out good democracy and stalwart Vince. scafaria.com/about
Video here: youtube.com/watch?v=yXAhum2l…
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"If you look at the post Musk agreed with on November 15 and the statements he’s been making with greater frequency, there’s a clear throughline — and that’s white genocide." -- @parismarx
Fantastic article that I *highy* recommend: disconnect.blog/p/has-elon-m…
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The choices we make today will determine the direction of our future for generations to come.
So, will we relentlessly pursue our vision or allow others to drag the world into danger and division?
America cannot, and will not, let that happen.
The world looks to us to solve the problems of our time, @potus writes in a guest opinion.
“That is the duty of leadership, and America will lead.” wapo.st/3QO57mr
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Read deep into this story (gift link) to see how the tentacles of the dangerous cults of effective altruism/TESCREAL, the bullshit quest for "superintelligence," and its proponent, Open Philanthropy, reach into OpenAI:
wapo.st/3MP8V5A
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OpenAI is aiming at an Automated Genocide Initiative.
They won’t manage to build it.
It takes many decades of machines learning, engineers tinkering, companies competing, and environments selecting – for self-sufficient learning machinery.
ALT So to re-define general AI more precisely: - Self-sufficient need no further interactions with humans (or lifeforms sharing an ancestor with humans) to operate and maintain (and thus produce) their own functional components over time. - Learning optimizing component configurations for outcomes that are tracked across multiple domains. - Machinery connected standardized components configured out of artificial (vs. organic DNA-expressed) molecular substrates.
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Don't wonder what will happen if Russia collapses. It already did! Years ago. It's not a state, it's a mafia front with factions fighting each other for money, resources, and power.
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NO JOKE: This is a serious tunnel. 10m deep. It’s construction is nearly identical with all of the HAMAS videos shown to Russia Today earlier this year. Concrete lined on all sides power conduit the entire length, steel blast door w/firing port leads to a major intersection. That door is solid & incredible. It wasn’t built on site. This looks like it was recorded by a combat dog.
OPERATIONAL UPDATE: IDF and ISA forces revealed a significant 55-meter-long terrorist tunnel, 10 meters underneath the Shifa Hospital complex during an intelligence-based operation.
The tunnel entrance contains various defense mechanisms, such as a blast-proof door and a firing hole, in an attempt by Hamas to block Israeli forces from entering.
For weeks we've been telling the world about Hamas' cynical use of the residents of the Gaza and patients of Shifa Hospital as human shields.
Here is more proof.
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In my 15+ yrs of teaching comparative politics, I’ve aimed to train students to think critically, understand nuance, and learn some important research findings. I’m now going to rework my syllabi/lectures to stress/impart what I assumed we all shared— a commitment to democracy.
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Billy, 5 members of SCOTUS, and the Kochtopus believe the same “drivel”.
@Tentoads4truth
This is the current version. – at Vancouver, British Columbia
