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Maariv: The Yemeni strikes succeeded in undermining Israeli sovereignty and isolating “Israel” from the world dailyyemen.net/2025/05/06/maar…

Maariv: The Yemeni strikes succeeded in undermining Israeli sovereignty and isolating “Israel” from the world

The Hebrew newspaper Maariv revealed that the recent Yemeni strikes against the Israeli enemy have transcended the direct military dimension of their impact, as they have actually succeeded in undermining what it described as Israeli sovereignty, co
DAILY YEMEN

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Clippy Desktop Assistant


#AI #Fun

Clippy lets you run a variety of large language models (LLMs) locally on your computer while sticking with a user interface of the 1990s. It's a love letter and homage to the late, great Clippy - and the visual design created by Microsoft in that era.


felixrieseberg.github.io/clipp…

Clippy Desktop Assistant

felixrieseberg.github.io

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ICE rolled up to a bunch of restaurants in #WashingtonDC today without warrants, saying they were there to inspect I-9s without the required notice.

**Do not keep I-9s on work site premises**

bsky.app/profile/migrantinside…

washingtonian.com/2025/05/06/i…


ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are targeting DC restaurants today in what is shaping up to be one of the city's most high-profile examples yet of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
https://www.washingtonian.com/author/jsidman/#author (Washingtonian)
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NASA’s on-demand streaming service, NASA+, launched a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel on Prime Video Tuesday, giving viewers another way to watch the agency’s aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and technology missions unfold on screen. As the agency continues to improve life on Earth and inspire new generations through innovation, exploration, and discovery, NASA+ is dedicated […]

NASA Live Coverage, Original Content Now Streaming on Prime Video - NASA

NASA

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TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs

Link: micahflee.com/despite-misleadi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs

Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs from its customers.
Micah Lee (micahflee)

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Ukraine's EU Gamble to Trigger Crime Waves, Migrants Influx, Labor Wars, Hungarian FM Says en.sputniknews.africa/20250506…

Ukraine's EU Gamble to Trigger Crime Waves, Migrants Influx, Labor Wars, Hungarian FM Says

BUDAPEST (Sputnik) - Brussels "paved a high-speed route for Ukraine to join the EU", which would entail two serious consequences, Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and foreign economic relations said.
Sputnik Africa

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Sputnik Globe: Geopolitical 'Royal Flush' or Empty Promises? What’s Behind Trump’s Minerals Deal With Zelensky gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p…

Sputnik Globe: Geopolitical 'Royal Flush' or Empty Promises? What’s Behind Trump’s Minerals Deal With Zelensky

This brief article to which I was one of two contributors is a useful antidote to the Trump administration's self-congratulatory public statements on the minerals deal with Ukraine.
Gilbert Doctorow (Armageddon Newsletter)

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A Theory of Inequality - by M. E. Rothwell - Cosmographia


#society #politics #inequality #oligarchy

Extremely interesting !

The notion that inequality arises where resources are both unevenly distributed and defensible, suggests we should be able to predict its emergence in the future. A few candidates stand out.


cosmographia.substack.com/p/a-…


A Theory of Inequality

Our grip is slipping
M. E. Rothwell (Cosmographia)
in reply to Emmanuel Florac

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pere ale

Hey there, I’m just chatting—not gunning for the know-it-all status!

It is said: “...hierarchy can arise in an otherwise egalitarian society.” Certainly—but where, then, lies the difficulty in grasping the duality between equality and differentiation? In nature, hierarchy emerges organically; it is necessary among things.

The real issue, perhaps, lies in the failure to understand that True Democracy cannot exist without "Social Justice". Hierarchy in nature is necessary and self-organizing. Yet when imposed within human systems—through power, wealth, or technology—it must be legitimized through democratic principles. Not just any democracy, but one rooted in truth: a democracy that forms the foundation of any State and Market of Law and Wellbeing.

How, then, do we share the salmon?

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The #osprey couple are back! Check out #ospreycam at Loch Arkaig.

Louis and Dorcha back at nest 2.
🥚 Dorcha has laid three eggs which we can expect to begin hatching sometime around May 21st -23d.🥚🐣

Another couple has been checking out nest 1, apparently.

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Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam: Live Webcam - Woodland Trust

Watch the action from our osprey nest in the heart of an ancient Caledonian pine forest. Our remote camera brings you footage live from the Scottish Highlands.
Woodland Trust

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PFLP holds 'Israel' accountable for wellbeing of Ahmad Sa’adat english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

PFLP holds 'Israel' accountable for wellbeing of Ahmad Sa’adat

The PFLP slams "Israel" for endangering the life of its Secretary-General Ahmad Sa’adat, citing severe health conditions and mistreatment in Megiddo Prison.
Al Mayadeen English (PFLP holds 'Israel' accountable for wellbeing of Ahmad Sa’adat)

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On Monday, just days after Peter Ticktin’s amicus brief was filed, President Trump directed the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to release this political prisoner from the Biden regime.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/p…


President Trump Directs DOJ to Take All Necessary Action to Release Political Prisoner Tina Peters | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

In yet another blatant display of political persecution, former Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk Tina Peters, 68—a gold star mother—has been sentenced to 9 years in prison.
Jim Hoft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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woodland creature

@iamtakingiteasy the chemistry is basically non-flammable, although it could theoretically explode if shorted AND if the internal short circuit protection failed. it would just be from the chemistry boiling though. LiFePO4 is safe compared to normal lithium chemistry. these have built in BMS and a 150 amp breaker.

what's your suggestion though, just fall down in the fetal position and die? electricity is dangerous. life is dangerous.

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Yukkuri

It's one of safer options available, but it's not "non-flammable" in the slightest, it's just not having own free oxygen to produce and it's heat runaway condition is usually high enough - around 200-300C. But once introduced to atmospheric moisture from puncture or corrosion, it still goes in smoke and flames, only relying on atmospheric oxygen to burn so it can be put out with common CO2 extinguishers fairly easily, unlike traditional lithium units that are burning anaerobically and will reignite as long as reaction goes on. But you still have to store LiFePO4 units in a non-flamable casing and away from anything it could potentially ignite with flames or heat, especially if you store multiple units together, as chain reaction with one unit causing runaway on adjacent ones is still possible.
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woodland creature

@iamtakingiteasy i'm sorry but you are literally talking out of your ass. you're wrong, and i don't even know what point you're trying to make. do some research. lithiumhub.com/lifepo4-batteri…

LiFePO4 Vs Lithium Ion & Other Batteries - Why They’re #1

LiFePO4 batteries are widely considered the best, but what makes them better than lithium ion & other types of batteries? And what IS a LiFePO4 battery?
LithiumHub
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Yukkuri

As I said earlier, it requires atmospheric oxygen to burn. With sufficient potential in a single cell, enough access to atmospheric oxygen, runaway local reactions can go up to 700C and can easily ignite constituent and surrounding materials. Here for example what happens if enough oxygen is reaching the runaway centers of a variant with just several larger cells: youtube.com/watch?v=07BS6QY3wI… and here is a couple dozens of more controlled studies: sciencedirect.com/search?qs=Li… ; but if you want to believe in a lithium-based battery that is capable of releasing energy without potentially cascading exothermic reaction because marketing text on a seller site is telling you so, be my guest.

LiFePO4 Puncture Test - Can these batteries catch fire? Is LiFePO4 Safe?

Do not try this at home, work, school, in a car, on a boat, in a bus, on the freeway, or anywhere for that matter!!Attention viewer: Please consider these fl...
YouTube
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woodland creature

@iamtakingiteasy did you bother reading any of those papers? i clicked the first paper in that search result and it says the first thermal runaway reaction occured at 530 °C (986 F). you would literally have to chuck it into a fire to reach this temperature.

to your original point about moisture, i could dump a bucket of salt water on these batteries and nothing would happen. i'm done talking about this. i can't educate you. good bye.

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During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump teased a major announcement that will be made in the coming days ahead of his trip to the Middle East.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/w…


WATCH: President Trump Teases "Very, Very Big Announcement" Before Trip to Middle East - "One of The Most Important Announcements that Have Been Made in Many Years" | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

           During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump teased a major announcement that will be made in the coming days ahead of his trip to the Middle East.
Jordan Conradson (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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CNN reported:

“Titled ‘The College of Cardinals Report’, it offers profiles on around 40 papal candidates, including a breakdown on where they stand on topics such as same-sex blessings, ordaining female deacons and the church’s teaching on contraception. The subtext: Choose a pope who will take the church in a different direction to Pope Francis – whose progressive reforms angered some conservatives.”

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/g…


THE GOOD BOOK: While Many Attempt to Influence the College of Cardinals on the Eve of the Conclave, Conservatives Are Sharing a Long Report on the 40 Top Papal Candidates | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran

The biggest international lobbying effort in the planet is taking place right now, as religious and political forces converge into the Vatican to try to influence the Cardinals into choosing a Pope that they favor.
Paul Serran (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Europe’s self-destruction - Thomas Fazi


#geopolitics #EU #collapse

after willingly sacrificing their own interests on the altar of US hegemony, they are now posturing as the last defenders of the very policies that rendered them irrelevant in the first place.


thomasfazi.com/p/europes-self-…


Europe’s self-destruction

How should we make sense of Europe’s seemingly self-destructive posture? Four interrelated dimensions can help explain its leaders’ stance: psychological, political, strategic and transatlantic
Thomas Fazi

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US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Tuesday that federal authorities have seized roughly three million fentanyl pills, totaling 11.5 kilograms, in “the largest seizure in our nation’s history.”

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/v…


AG Pam Bondi Announces Seizure of 11.5 Kilograms, 3 Million Fentanyl Pills - "Largest Seizure in Our Nation's History" (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Tuesday that federal authorities have seized roughly three million fentanyl pills, totaling 11.5 kilograms, in "the largest seizure in our nation's history.".
Jordan Conradson (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Stephen Miller’s America First Legal (AFL) has filed a bombshell lawsuit against Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in his capacity as Presiding Officer of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and Robert J. Conrad, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/b…


BOOM! Stephen Miller’s America First Legal Drops Bombshell Lawsuit Against Chief Justice John Roberts | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

"For several years, the media and enterprising lawmakers have launched an onslaught to destroy the impartiality and political neutrality of Article III courts and, particularly, the Supreme Court.
Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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The Environmental Protection Agency will move to end the Energy Star program, which certifies the energy efficiency of home appliances.

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Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program that certifies appliance energy efficiency

Officials announced the plan to eliminate the office and kill the program at an “all-hands meeting” at the EPA’s offices on Monday. 
Kevin Killough (Just The News)

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Bertolt Brecht: The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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The FBI “misled the public” for years in claiming a sniper's attempt to kill Republican congressmen at a June 2017 baseball practice was "suicide by cop”, when it was in fact domestic terrorism, according to a new congressional report released Tuesday.

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FBI ‘misled the public’ in claiming 2017 GOP baseball shooting wasn’t domestic terror: House Intel

The report concludes the FBI's doubts about the shooting being an act of terrorism was based upon falsehoods, half-truths and manipulations of the known facts
Jerry Dunleavy (Just The News)

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The Louisiana Republican said he pushed back his timeline for chamber committees to "markup," or complete work on their respective parts of the bill, after meeting Thursday with Trump, according to the news outlet Politico.

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Johnson says GOP might miss his Memorial Day deadline to pass Trump's domestic spending bill

The budget bill includes tax cuts, a defense spending increase, and more border security.
Natalia Mittelstadt (Just The News)

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Noem told a congressional committee that 81% of travelers already have identification that complies with the REAL ID requirements and that security checkpoints will also accept passports and tribal ID when the deadline comes on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

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Noem says travelers without REAL ID by Wednesday deadline can still fly but may have extra step

Anyone without a REAL ID “may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
Natalia Mittelstadt (Just The News)

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Frédéric Aigouy: Les médias indépendants sont en danger !

Frédéric #Aigouy is a French freelance journalist. He worked for RT France until its liquidation in 2023, covering topics such as Brexit and the Yellow Vest protests. In 2024, he was denied accreditation at the Élysée Palace after asking a question about the sabotage of #NordStream, denouncing an attack on press freedom. He is praised for his respect for journalistic ethics.


inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=YJ-mnFA…
youtu.be/YJ-mnFAKiiY

#UE #Ursula #UVDL #pipolitique #dictature #europe #Georgescu #Roumanie #simion #OTAN #Allemagne #Ukraine #Russie
#France #macron #macronie #médias #merdias #médiavers #narratif #désinformation #censure #propagande #spotlight

Substack de F. Aigouy
Chronique d'un effondrement
fredericaigouy.substack.com/


Chronique d'un effondrement | Frédéric Aigouy | Substack

L'actualité internationale sans filtre. Et sur le terrain. Click to read Chronique d'un effondrement, by Frédéric Aigouy, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
fredericaigouy.substack.com

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. would stop the bombings of the Houthi rebels after the group said it doesn't want to fight anymore.

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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after terror group says it doesn't want to fight anymore

Houthis rebels in Yemen began disrupting U.S. shipping in the sea after the start of the 2023 war between Israel and Hamas.
Charlotte Hazard (Just The News)

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Protests broke out in China on Tuesday over President Donald Trump's tariffs that have started to negatively impact the country's economy.

justthenews.com/world/asia/pro…


Protests break out in China over Trump tariffs, factory workers demand back pay

Factory workers have been protesting in the streets about unpaid wages and objecting to job dismissals after factories squeezed by US tariffs closed.
Charlotte Hazard (Just The News)

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender service members in the military.

justthenews.com/government/cou…


Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce trans military ban

The decision overruled a lower court judge who imposed a stay and the Department of Defense will be able to enforce it while legal challenges proceed.
Ben Whedon (Just The News)

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The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) collaborated with radio and optical telescopes to find answers. The results […]

NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets - NASA

Data from NASA’s IXPE enables astronomers to learn more about black hole jets known as blazars.
Beth Ridgeway (NASA)

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Flipped through Tiktok this morning and saw a girl complaining about how AI gave her all the wrong answers for cheating on her business final exam. Like this would be a relatable thing.

She's kind of fighting for her life in the comments with folks dragging her. She seems not quite to believe that cheating on a final exam in business with AI is an abnormal thing.

Like, it sounds worse than denial, like she's baffled that it's even questionable and she thinks everyone's lying to her to be mean.

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Strona 👉👉 zandberg2025.pl 👈👈

naszego kandydata na prezydenta RP #AdrianZandberg w czołówce pod względem prywatności użytkowników w najnowszym rankingu od @icd

Sprawdźcie sami --> internet-czas-dzialac.pl/wybor…

#razem #partiarazem #Zandberg2025 #wybory2025 #prywatność #privacy

Zrzut ekranu tabeli z zalinkowanego artykułu, która przedstawia ilość skryptów śledzących na stronach kandydatów i to, jak zbierają zgody na śledzenie. Strona Adriana Zandberga wypada w niej bardzo dobrze na tle innych osób kandydujących.

Wybory 2025. Jak śledzą nas strony internetowe kandydatów na Prezydenta RP? Ranking

Wzięliśmy pod lupę strony kandydatów w wyborach na prezydenta. Komitety których kandydatów przykładają największą uwagę do prywatności użytkowników?
Antoni Malinowski (Fundacja Internet. Czas działać!)

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Skype, one of the pioneers in internet telephony, has officially ended its support on May 5, 2025. While it was not perfect, Skype held a special place for many as their first experience with online calling. As we bid farewell to Skype, it's important to look ahead at the alternatives that can fill the void. Here are some free and open-source options that can replace Skype seamlessly:

Jitsi

Switch to Jitsi, the free and open-source video conferencing tool. Here's why Jitsi is a great choice:

- Cross-Platform: Jitsi works on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, making it accessible to everyone.
- Easy Sharing: Share your screen, files, and even collaborate on documents in real-time.
- Rich Media Support: Jitsi supports high-quality video and audio, ensuring a smooth and engaging experience.

Get started with Jitsi, visit jitsi.org/

Matrix (Element)

Matrix is an open standard for decentralized communication, and Element is its flagship client. It supports text messaging, voice and video calls, and file sharing. Matrix's decentralized nature allows users to host their own servers, providing greater control over their data.

- Interoperability: Matrix can bridge with other communication platforms, making it versatile.
- End-to-End Encryption: Ensure your communications are secure with built-in encryption.
- Cross-Platform: Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

Learn more about Matrix and Element at element.io/

Session

Session is a decentralized messaging app that emphasizes privacy and security. It uses the Oxen network for secure communication and does not require a phone number or email address for registration.

- Privacy-Focused: No phone number or email required, ensuring anonymity.
- Cross-Platform: Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
- Decentralized: No central servers, reducing the risk of data breaches.

Explore Session at getsession.org/

Signal

Signal is known for its strong focus on privacy and security, offering end-to-end encryption for all communications, including voice calls, video calls, and messaging.

- End-to-End Encryption: All communications are secure and private.
- Cross-Platform: Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

Download Signal at signal.org/

Mumble

Mumble is primarily designed for voice communication, offering low-latency, high-quality voice chat. It's often used by gamers and communities that require clear and reliable voice communication.

- Low-Latency: Ensures smooth and clear voice communication.
- Cross-Platform: Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

Get started with Mumble at mumble.info/

Don't Get Stuck with MS Teams!

#SkypeAlternatives #OpenSource #Privacy #CommunicationTools #Jitsi #Matrix #Element #Session #Signal #Mumble #MSTeams #Microsoft #Skype #Jitsi #Teams #OpenSource
#VideoConferencing #Privacy #Security #Collaboration #RemoteWork
#TechNews #TechTransition #DigitalTransformation

The image is a modified version of the Skype end-of-life graphic, promoting Jitsi instead of Microsoft Teams. At the top, there are two icons: the Skype logo on the left and the Jitsi logo on the right, with the text "jitsi.org" below them. The message reads, "Thank you for being part of Skype. Skype retired in May 2025. You can use Jitsi, a free and open-source video conferencing platform, for messaging and calling with your contacts." Below this message, there are logos for five alternative communication platforms: Element, Session, Signal, and Mumble. Each logo is accompanied by its respective website URL: element.io, getsession.org, signal.org, and mumble.info. The background features a gradient of light purple and white, with a subtle texture.

Element | Secure collaboration and messaging

Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services.
element.io
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This might get spicy, but I'll ask anyway: how do you niggas feel about AI art? Personally I'm generally in favor of it - AI art is an absolute Godsend for overlooked characters and niche fetishes, and genning stuff that looks better than like 80-90% of what meatbag artists make isn't even hard at this point. AI can't match the truly good artists, and various mistakes and imperfections still persist, but it's nonetheless amazing how quickly you can make some pretty good and unique stuff.

Now, obviously there's a problem with various sites being overrun by AI slop, but that's ultimately their fault for not imposing basic quality control, and not an argument for Total AI Death.

  • I love AI art! (15%, 9 votes)
  • I think AI art is a net positive (29%, 17 votes)
  • AI art is a mixed bag (31%, 18 votes)
  • I do not like AI art (12%, 7 votes)
  • I HATE AI art! (12%, 7 votes)
58 voters. Poll end: 3 months ago

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Wrest

AI everything is the logical conclusion of brainrot gooner slop. It will be used to squeeze humans out of the last domain we do the best, artistry. Not because computers can do it better, simply because it can provide an endless supply of good enough sludge to fool the uncritical.

Man ground into a fine paste to applied where necessary by global finance.

Computers were a mistake.

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Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Signal meldet sich zu TeleMessage-Affäre zu Wort

Der TeleMessage-Quellcode ist inzwischen öffentlich, er war auf der Webseite des Anbieters herunterladbar. Erste Analysen kamen zu dem Ergebnis, dass etwa Zugangsdaten darin fest einprogrammiert sind.


#Heise #Signal #TeleMessage

Signal meldet sich zu TeleMessage-Affäre zu Wort

In der Affäre um die von der US-Regierung eingesetzte modifizierte Signal-Variante meldet sich nun auch Signal selbst zu Wort.
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#Guerre #Ukraine #USA #Russie #Propagande #Energie #NordStream
Demain marquera le deuxième anniversaire du plus grand acte de sabotage jamais enregistré dans le secteur énergétique en Europe : le sabotage contre Nord Stream.
Voici une compilation exclusive retraçant l’ensemble du récit et les origines de cette guerre de l’énergie !

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Plus de détails : diaspora-fr.org/posts/38d3b280…

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S-400 and BrahMos Missiles Give India Edge in Potential Conflict with Pakistan: Experts sputniknews.in/20250506/s-400-…

S-400 and BrahMos Missiles Give India Edge in Potential Conflict with Pakistan: Experts

With tensions between India and Pakistan continuously mounting in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, there has been intense buzz about the capabilities of the BrahMos missile and the S-400 on social media.
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Deng Xiaoping: Socialism will necessarily supersede capitalism. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Zapatista Autonomous Justice


On Friday, April 24, in the community of San Pedro Cotzilnam, Chiapas, one of those operations that characterized the government of Felipe Calderón took place. Integrated by the National Guard, Mexican Army, Pakal Immediate Reaction Forces (FRIP), Ministerial Intelligence Investigation Agency, State Preventive Police, Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection of the federal government. The operation included searches -without warrants- at different homes. The State forces violently raided homes of Zapatista Support Base families, causing destruction, stealing money and belongings from the communities, and taking José Baldemar Sántiz Sántiz and Andrés Manuel Sántiz Gómez into custody without arrest warrants.

Since his arrival to the government of Chiapas (2024), Eduardo Ramirez promised to “pacify” Chiapas by using the military support provided by his party colleague in the Presidency of the country, considerably increasing the security budget, deploying an intense media campaign and creating elite groups, such as the FRIP. But the signs of authoritarianism and abuse of power mark her cabinet. At the head of the Chiapas prosecutor’s office is Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, who during his time as Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection in the government of Manuel Velasco Coello, was characterized by the excessive use of public force, repression, arbitrary detentions and torture. The detention and torture of members of the Other Campaign of San Sebastián Bachajón, and the death under torture of Luis Ignacio Lara Vidal in 2005, are cases for which he has been denounced.

Upon learning of the detention of José and Andrés, Zapatista autonomous authorities conducted their own investigation and reported the situation to the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center. For 55 hours, José and Andrés remained disappeared. But social pressure began to have an effect and on February 27, the Facebook page of the Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office published: “For aggravated kidnapping, law enforcement officers apprehend three alleged perpetrators. For events that occurred in the municipality of Aldama. The State Attorney General’s Office, the Secretary of National Defense and the Secretary of People’s Security served arrest warrants against José N, Andrés N and Andrés Martín N, as alleged perpetrators of aggravated kidnapping, committed against a male person of undisclosed identity.” In addition to lying with the alleged arrest warrants, the intention to fabricate crimes was already evident.

But the Chiapas prosecutor’s office and government, as well as the federal government, which was aware of the situation at all times, do not seem to know that the Zapatistas do not surrender, do not sell out and do not betray. So while the State fabricated guilty parties and criminalized the detainees by trying to accuse them of kidnapping, the autonomous Zapatista authorities first proved the innocence of their support bases, and then went further: they discovered the perpetrators of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Pedro Díaz Gómez, committed by non-Zapatistas. Making use of their security and justice systems, while still respecting human rights, the Zapatistas detained the criminals and took them into custody in one of the rebel communities. “The two criminals confessed to the kidnapping and murder against Pedro Díaz Gómez, and pointed out the precise place where they had buried the body. They indicated the complicity of other people,” narrates the subcomandante insurgente Moisés, spokesman for the EZLN. He continues: “All this was known to the government at all three levels, but nothing was done. Instead of immediately releasing our innocent comrades, they dragged their feet and proposed an exchange of detainees. That way they could bribe the media and sell them the story that it was all the merit of the state and federal justice system. And they could also keep what they stole from the poor indigenous people who had suffered their attack.”

“In an era in which justice is one more victim of money, corruption, force, impunity, arbitrariness and power, it is a real source of vital encouragement to find peoples who have given themselves a government with their own authorities who, based on fundamentally different principles, objectives, laws and procedures, have managed to successfully put into practice a system of justice with which they can resolve any conflict presented to them,” wrote researcher Paulina Fernández Christlieb in a book with the same title as this text. This alternative security and justice system built by the Zapatistas is not only a reference for justice in a country where more than 93 percent of crimes go unpunished. In addition, this system has helped them today to expose a State that continues to distance itself from justice.

Original text by Raúl Romero published in La Jornada on May 5th 2025.
Translated by Schools for Chiapas.

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#chiapas #ezln #mexico #northAmerica #zapatista

Justicia autónoma zapatista

Ese sistema de seguridad ha ayudado a los zapatistas a evidenciar a un Estado que sigue alejado de la justicia
Raúl Romero* (La Jornada)

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Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working around the clock to move into integration and final testing of all SLS (Space Launch […]

NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones - NASA

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Jan

Wie muss man sich Deine ssh/tmux/bash Cloud vorstellen?

Ich habe bspw. seit vielen Jahren keinen lokalen #Email-Client mehr. Auf meinem Server läuft #mutt, und ich lese/schreibe Mails über eine #ssh / #tmux Session. Attachments werden über #Syncthing transportiert.

Allerdings sind Weblinks nervig, vor allem mehrzeilige, da ich die meistens aufwändig in den Browser kopieren muss. Dafür suche ich noch eine schicke Lösung.

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God I love #Texas #Representative #JasmineCrockett. She is a power house like no other. Would love to see her and #AOC run the Country one day. Talk about making America actually great again. #USpol

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett Breaks Down the Math, the Mess, and the MAGA Lies

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Salvador Will Withhold Information About CECOT Prisoners for 7 Years orinocotribune.com/salvador-wi…

Salvador Will Withhold Information About CECOT Prisoners for 7 Years

El Salvador's General Directorate of Penitentiary Centers issued a document stating that any information related to Venezuelan prisoners transferred from the US to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison will remain confidential for a period of seven ye…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Trump Transgender Troop Ban to Take Effect

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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump Administration's transgender military ban to take effect.
Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Following recent discussions and contacts conducted by the Sultanate of Oman with the United States and the relevant authorities in Sana'a, in the Republic of Yemen, with the aim of de-escalation, efforts have resulted in a ceasefire agreement between the two sides. In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping. The Sultanate of Oman expresses its gratitude to both parties for their constructive approach that led to this welcome outcome, and hopes that it will lead to further progress on many regional issues towards achieving justice, peace, and prosperity for all.

https://x.com/badralbusaidi/status/1919813712791363857

#Houthis #Yemen #Red-Sea

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A soot-like cloud is revealed in a section of the sky in this May 1, 2025, image from NASA’S SPHEREx space observatory. On May 1, SPHEREx began regular science operations, which consist of taking about 3,600 images per day for the next two years to provide new insights about the origins of the universe, galaxies, […]

SPHEREx Starts Scanning Entire Sky - NASA

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Andrew Mellon: In a depression assets return to their rightful owners. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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