My grandfather was in the Reichswehr (look it up). He served 9 years & then served in the German postal service. Hitler took power in 1933. My grandfather refused to join the Nazi party & would not get a ration card for his family. They went hungry but he fished for eel. There was never a photo of Hitler in the home, against regulations. I am seeing the same situation my grandfather did. Grandfather died in 1958 saying that all Germans should wear black because of the shame of WWII. It repeats
"Beginning in 2024, when society in the United States has grown unstable due to climate change, growing wealth inequality, and corporate greed [this work of fiction] takes the form of a journal kept by Lauren Oya Olamina, an African American teenager." — Parable of the Sower (1993)
"The zero emissions, all-electric drive delivers 60 HP (45 KW) peak power and 1,400 ft. lbs of torque. An up to 30KWh battery bank offers hours of independent work, day or night, charged during daylight by a 450W solar panel. Optional 3KW inverter supplies backup power for home / tools."
Interesting to hear mainstream media pundits constantly complain of the toxicity of platforms like X, but they stay on them and do not attempt to build an audience on the fediverse because it's just too much effort for them
When I was visiting Rome I met a fellow tourist who told me that he had stopped a pick-pocket on the train who was trying to lift his wallet. He had cried out and grabbed the thief’s hand. As the train came to a stop, the locals on the train created a human wall and forced the thief out, while at the same time calling for the police. This is how most humans act — cooperatively — most of the time, as this is part of our common social suite.
From The New Republic 2021— "Democrats should try campaigning on the truth: The Republican Party is controlled by intelligent, college-educated, and affluent elites who concoct dangerous nonsense to paper over a bigoted, plutocratic agenda and to justify attacks on the democratic process. "
I never thought I would live in a time when protesting against genocide would be seen as radical behaviour. There are Nazis in my family. I know what happened. My maternal grandfather, serving in the Wehrmacht, never got a ration card for his family because he would not join the Nazi party. Stand up against genocide, no matter the price.
“Firstly, cleaning indoor air mitigates all airborne diseases at the same time without requiring changes to individual behaviour. Several diseases that cause us repeated suffering and fill our hospitals are airborne, including COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and tuberculosis.”
The story about Rotterdam placing 8,000+ children's shoes in the city square on 20 December to mourn dead Palestinian children cannot be found on Western mainstream media it seems.
“Essentially, when you're infected with measles, your immune system abruptly forgets every pathogen it's ever encountered before – every cold, every bout of flu, every exposure to bacteria or viruses in the environment, every vaccination. The loss is near-total and permanent. Once the measles infection is over, current evidence suggests that your body has to re-learn what's good and what's bad almost from scratch. ”
“Just take one step back and look at the hype through this lens. All the big, exciting uses for #AI are either low-dollar (helping kids cheat on their homework, generating stock art for bottom-feeding publications) or high-stakes and fault-intolerant (self-driving cars, radiology, hiring, etc.).
Every bubble pops eventually. When this one goes, what will be left behind?” —Cory Doctorow
Kissinger — “There is no doubt he’ll be hailed as a geopolitical grand strategist, even though he bungled most crises, leading to escalation. He’ll get credit for opening China, but that was De Gaulle’s original idea & initiative. He’ll be praised for detente, & that was a success, but he undermined his own legacy by aligning with the neocons. And of course, he’ll get off scot free from Watergate, even though his obsession with Daniel Ellsberg really drove the crime.”
“This is the story of how my daughter Liz's car accident from texting while driving has changed our lives forever. If you get a text, don't look at it while you're driving. It's not worth it.”
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