Tim Snyder
– anti-globalists love globalization
– spot far-rightists by their praise of russia
– One fighter jet is Russia’s psyops budget.
2010, Citizens United, 2013 voting rights act.
USA attacked, goes after Iraq, doesn’t even exploit its natural resources.
No one has recanted the invasion, like Vietnam. Tony Blair is vilified.
USA govt concluded that USA election was attacked by Russia.
20% of Twitter conversation on Brexit was by Russia.
30 minutes after Access Hollywood tape, DNC emails dropped.
70 thousand key votes in USA
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Orrey SF concept.
The shield walls are where its at. Swiss like that.
Riff on BDO, wizard.
Slingshot: whirling around Black Hole.
Trans issues: person grows into opposite sex.
Issues of ‘gender polarity’.
Aliens: relate by well, sex.
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One of the myths of the Russian civil war was that it was a civil war!
Here are all the countries that sent troops to fight the Bolsheviks in 1919! pic.twitter.com/8zWU2JWYTK
— Historic.ly (@historic_ly) May 18, 2019
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Some good value here
https://www.reddit.com/user/cstross
Space navy
Yes, but they tended to die of chronic alcohol poisoning.
The RN lost more sailors to cirrhosis of the liver than enemy action during the 18th century—about 20%; the daily rum ration was half a pint, at 57% ABV (it replaced the earlier ration of a gallon of beer per day because it was more portable). When drunk diluted with water to make grog, it made the ship’s water just about tolerable—the drinking water was stored in wooden casks and would have been pretty rank.
An amusing point is that being drunk on duty was a flogging offense. However, the definition of “drunk” was along the lines of: sailor is lying down, sailor is insensible, sailor fails to stand up when ordered to do so three times by an officer. (In other words, utterly legless.)
Also notably absent from the likes of David Weber were the shipboard prostitutes and officers’ wives, who worked in the sick bay during battles. Hrm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_universe
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Can't touch this.<br>Cc: <a href=”https://twitter.com/hammer_museum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@hammer_museum</a> <a href=”https://t.co/JDAvj8IqNa”>pic.twitter.com/JDAvj8IqNa</a></p>— MariNaomi (@marinaomi) <a href=”https://twitter.com/marinaomi/status/1129392021624385538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>There are 17 million vacant houses, 4 million seasonal homes sitting empty most of the year, and 1.5 million people are without homes in the US. <a href=”https://t.co/AiZHv72Kxw”>pic.twitter.com/AiZHv72Kxw</a></p>— The Decolonial Atlas (@decolonialatlas) <a href=”https://twitter.com/decolonialatlas/status/1127903058925694977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>This is what for-profit healthcare looks like:<br>Every year in America, lack of insurance causes 45 000 deaths and 646 000 bankruptcies. Meanwhile, healthcare CEOs celebrate their record-breaking salaries.<br><br>No other developed country on Earth allows this.<a href=”https://t.co/NjQAvu0IoQ”>https://t.co/NjQAvu0IoQ</a></p>— Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) <a href=”https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/1129057944186871810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Bubble
Mandel_Lisa Instagram. Some good stuff going on there.
https://lepetitjournal.com/
Barcelona though
http://www.alliewanders.com/
https://comicslifestyle.info/
Libraries
https://t.co/iAZGU3WkCl
Libraries
https://twitter.com/
https://threader.app/thread/
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Is biology destiny or geography destiny?
Mandel_Lisa Instagram. Some good stuff going on there.
https://lepetitjournal.com/cambodge/actualites/sera-secoue-les-memoires-avec-son-recit-graphique-concombres-amers-257336?fbclid=IwAR1Q2KyE4wDyiI8me4cBkhu5QuUdISFdu77wPm6xMqMVDRpHl40Oa4mN3Eo
Barcelona though
http://www.alliewanders.com/alliewanders/2018/1/28/into-the-groove-how-i-found-my-footing-as-an-expat-in-barcelona
https://comicslifestyle.info/lakhorn-kou/
This is brilliant pic.twitter.com/AhJbnNF18t
— •𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔• (@agirlcalledlina) May 16, 2019
Libraries https://t.co/iAZGU3WkCl Libraries https://twitter.com/grumpwitch/status/1128686834563866629 https://threader.app/thread/1128686834563866629 ………………………………. Is biology destiny or geography destiny?
Word of the day: “bombology” – the study of bumblebees; the c. 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of the bee family. ‘Bombus’ is from the Greek onomatopoeia βόμβος; to buzz, hum.These vital, beautiful pollinators are declining due to habitat loss & pesticides. #SaveTheBees pic.twitter.com/ltOvrHjzI0 — Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) May 17, 2019
Mad postal love.
– Libraries are front line of anarchism
– Post office a close second.
Artists should do s**t to support them.
Comics? Cool topics
Sewage and waste.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/
Via /r/imsorryjon/ I have just discovered the true horror that is Hentai Garfield.
Grim.
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Invest in a water buffalo.
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