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'If you rear snakes in your backyard, they will bite you' — Ex-Indian ambassador slams Pakistan odysee.com/Prabhu-Dayal-interv…

'If you rear snakes in your backyard, they will bite you' — Ex-Indian ambassador slams Pakistan

Former Indian Ambassador Prabhu Dayal speaks on Prime Minister Modi’s firm warning to Pakistan and breaks down India’s military response.
Odysee

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5 social skills you can improve to make new friends as an adult
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-05-14/how-to-make-friends-adult-improve-social-skills?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Want to make more friends as an adult? Improve these 5 social skills

Making new friends as an adult can be tricky, especially if you're socializing less. Try improving upon these five expert-approved conversation skills for better connections.
Seraphina Seow (Los Angeles Times)

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Are salmon sperm facials really good for your skin?
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-05-14/salmon-sperm-facial-dna-good-for-skin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Are salmon sperm facials really good for your skin?

Med spas all over Los Angeles now offer what they call salmon DNA facials. Does the trendy social media-approved treatment actually work?
Maddie Connors (Los Angeles Times)

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Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as designer suffers heavy losses
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071gjd311xo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as designer suffers heavy losses

The British designer brand - famed for its distinctive check pattern - has proposed cutting its global workforce by a fifth.
Charlotte Edwards (BBC News)

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AI is coming soon to speed up sluggish permitting for fire rebuilds, officials say.
https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2025-05-14/l-a-wildfire-survivors-complain-that-rebuilding-is-too-slow-can-ai-help?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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AI is coming soon to speed up sluggish permitting for fire rebuilds, officials say.

With a boost from nonprofits, the city and county of Los Angeles are getting free AI permitting software. Will it speed up the process or add another hurdle to rebuilding?
Liam Dillon (Los Angeles Times)

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Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other
> Is The Only Solution To The Polycrisis/Metacrisis A MettaModern Consciousness? futurewiseinstitute.substack.c…

Is The Only Solution To The Polycrisis/Metacrisis A MettaModern Consciousness?

Mettamodernism fuses modern scientific/democratic thinking, post-modern critiques of them, pre-modern relationality, and metamodern integralism into "embodied wisdom" that unfolds cosmolocal solutions
Seneca (FutureWise)

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Anyone surprised except Klarna? “Klarna claimed that AI chatbots were handling two-thirds of customer service conversations within their first month of deployment and went on to claim that AI was doing the work of 700 customer service agents. The problem is that it’s really doing the work of 700 really bad agents, and that quality took a toll.” gizmodo.com/klarna-hiring-back…

Klarna Hiring Back Human Help After Going All-In on AI

Turns out people would rather talk to other people.
AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)

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Germany bans far-right 'Kingdom of Germany' group
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/germany-bans-far-right-kingdom-of-germany-group/articleshow/121158777.cms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Germany bans far-right 'Kingdom of Germany' group

Europe News: German authorities have arrested Peter Fitzek, founder of the 'Kingdom of Germany,' along with three other leaders. This group, part of the Reich Citi
Deutsche Welle (Times of India)

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Mission: Impossible 8 gears up as Tom Cruise nears his final mission, here’s everything we know so far
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/mission-impossible-8-gears-up-as-tom-cruise-nears-his-final-mission-heres-everything-we-know-so-far-658882.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Mission: Impossible 8 gears up as Tom Cruise nears his final mission, here’s everything we know so far

Tom Cruise returns one last time as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth and final instalment of the legendary franchise.
Saloni Jha (Indiatimes)

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Video. Grief and evacuations follow Israeli strike on Gaza's European Hospita
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/05/14/grief-and-evacuations-follow-israeli-strike-on-gazas-european-hospital?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Video. Grief and evacuations follow Israeli strike on Gaza's European Hospita

Video. The Israeli military said it carried out a strike on Tuesday targeting what it claimed was a Hamas "command and control centre" beneath a hospital in Gaza.
Euronews.com

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Ukraine and the 80th Anniversary Commemorations of the Defeat of Nazi Germany libya360.wordpress.com/2025/05…

Ukraine and the 80th Anniversary Commemorations of the Defeat of Nazi Germany

Dmitri Kovalevich According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, this European coalition assembling in Lviv is reminiscent of Hitler’s coalition during World War II. Dmitri Kovalevich…
INTERNATIONALIST 360°

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Richard Feynman: I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. 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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11 coffee shops along the Santa Barbara coast for your next weekend road trip
https://www.latimes.com/food/list/best-coffee-shops-along-santa-barbara-coast-weekend-road-trip?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Best coffee shops to visit along Santa Barbara coast

On your next road trip to the Central Coast, follow this trail to some of the best scenic views, tasty baked goods and delicious cups of coffee.
Julie Wolfson (Los Angeles Times)

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europesays.com/2076859/ Indian-origin Tesla techie says Elon Musk works 80-90 hours a week #AshokElluswamy #AshokElluswamyViralVideo #ElonMusk #Musk #TamilNadu #TeslaBossElonMusk #YouTuberGobinath #YouTuberGobinathPodcast
Indian-origin Tesla techie says Elon Musk works 80-90 hours a week

Indian-origin Tesla techie says Elon Musk works 80-90 hours a week - EUROPE SAYS

Ashok Elluswamy, Vice President of AI Software at Tesla, spoke about working with Elon Musk in a podcast and described the billionaire as witty, hardworking,
EUROPE SAYS

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The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of Defense, NOT TO ME! It is a gift from a Nation, Qatar, that we have successfully defended for many years. It will be used by our Government as a temporary Air Force One, until such time as our new Boeings, which are very late on delivery, arrive. Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced to pay hundreds of millions of Dollars when they can get it for FREE from a country that wants to reward us for a job well done. This big savings will be spent, instead, to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Only a FOOL would not accept this gift on behalf of our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Father,
you called Saint Matthias to share in the mission of the apostles.
By the help of his prayers
may we receive with joy the love you share with us
and be counted among those you have chosen.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

________

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

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Trump Administration Restores US National Endowment for Democracy's Funding thealtworld.substack.com/p/tru…

Trump Administration Restores US National Endowment for Democracy's Funding

Brian Berletic- Despite claiming to have "dismantled" the NED, the US political interference and regime change organization has happily announced on its own official website that funding is being rest
thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)

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Scripture Reading
Ephesians 2:19-22

You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.

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Levothyrox. Confirmation de la mise en examen de Merck et de l'ANSM pour tromperie aggravée : "ce que j'ai vécu, c'est comme un empoisonnement"


#santé #capitalisme #justice

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Levothyrox. Confirmation de la mise en examen de Merck et de l'ANSM pour tromperie aggravée : "ce que j'ai véc

La mise en examen des laboratoires Merck et de l'ANSM, L'agence nationale de sécurité du médicament, vient d'être confirmée par la cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence (13). Une grande victoire pour des milliers de malades qui...
Karine Pellat (France 3 Occitanie)

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’Israeli’ drone targeted a drilling rig in the town of Jouaiyya in southern Lebanon with several guided missiles, causing damage to the equipment and machinery operating the drill and crusher. english.alahednews.news/fastne…

’Israeli’ drone targeted a drilling rig in the town of Jouai...

Alahednews - Fastnews - ’Israeli’ drone targeted a drilling rig in the town of Jouaiyya in southern Lebanon with several guided missiles, causing damage to the equi...
english.alahednews.news

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Richard Feynman: Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt. 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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Israel Is Blocking Medical Care for Syrians in Newly Occupied Area of Golan Heights dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bloc…

Israel Is Blocking Medical Care for Syrians in Newly Occupied Area of Golan Heights

The Israeli military is heavily restricting access to hospitals, medical centers, pharmacies, and ambulance crews in Syrian villages
Hoda Matar (Drop Site News)

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CELAC-China Forum: Xi Backs Latin America’s Rejection of Foreign Interference telesurenglish.net/celac-china…

CELAC-China Forum: Xi Backs Latin America’s Rejection of Foreign Interference - teleSUR English

On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed support for Latin American countries in their rejection of foreign interference in domestic affairs.
teleSURenglish

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?We like each other a lot?: Trump signs multiple deals with Saudi Arabia?s MBS en.irna.ir/news/85832001/We-li…

‘We like each other a lot’: Trump signs multiple deals with Saudi Arabia’s MBS

Among the agreements signed were several focused on military cooperation, including the modernization of Saudi armed forces, enhanced training and support services, and improvements in health capabilities for Saudi military personnel.
IRNA English

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Gaza: Colleagues Mourn the Loss of Journalist Hassan Eslaih Killed in Israeli Attack #Palestine qudsnen.co/gaza-colleagues-mou…

Gaza: Colleagues Mourn the Loss of Journalist Hassan Eslaih Killed in Israeli Attack

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih was deliberately targeted and killed in an Israeli attack while receiving treatment at a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday morning. Es
Editing Team (Quds News Network)

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U.S. Ag Secretary Visits U.K., Other Nations Demanding More 'Market Access' for U.S. Farm Exports eir.news/2025/05/news/u-s-ag-s…

U.S. Ag Secretary Visits U.K., Other Nations Demanding More 'Market Access' for U.S. Farm Exports

Today U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins started a three-day visit in the U.K., as the first of her “six nations in six months” commitment to “expand market access” for U.S. farm goods exports.
Marcia Baker (EIR News)

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Outsourcing Smartly: Freelancers vs. Agencies on a Budget


 If you’re working with a limited budget, this decision is huge. You want quality results without overspending or dealing with costly fixes later. Here’s a clear, practical guide to help you make the right call.

Outsourcing Smartly: Freelancers vs. Agencies on a Budget


When you’re pressed for time, staff, or funds, outsourcing is a practical solution for getting projects done. But you’ll soon face a critical choice:
Freelancer or agency?

If you’re working with a limited budget, this decision is huge. You want quality results without overspending or dealing with costly fixes later. Here’s a clear, practical guide to help you make the right call.

What’s the Difference?


It’s straightforward:

  • Freelancer: One person tackling your project alone.
  • Agency: A team with experts like designers, coders, or project coordinators.

It’s not about quality—it’s about their setup. A cheap web designer could be a freelancer or part of an agency, just like a premium one. Let’s dive into the pros and cons.

Freelancers: The Strengths and Weaknesses

✅ Pros


  • Cost-Effective – Freelancers don’t have overhead like offices or large teams, so their rates are often lower. For cheap web design, they’re usually a top pick.
  • Adaptable Workstyle – Need a quick job? Freelancers are great for one-off tasks without long-term commitments.
  • Direct Line – You communicate directly with the person doing the work. No middlemen, no mix-ups.


❌ Cons


  • Limited Capacity – One person means one schedule. If they’re busy or unavailable, your project could stall.
  • Skill Constraints – A freelancer might excel at design but lack coding skills, so you might need another hire for other tasks.
  • Quality Uncertainty – Some freelancers are exceptional; others fall short. A cheap web designer might be a bargain—or a mistake that costs more to fix.


Agencies: The Strengths and Weaknesses

✅ Pros


  • Team Power – Agencies offer a full range of skills—design, development, strategy—all in-house.
  • Consistent Progress – If one team member’s out, others keep things moving. Delays are less likely.
  • Structured Workflow – Agencies use tools and processes to manage projects, so you’re not stuck overseeing every detail.


❌ Cons


  • Higher Rates – Overhead means even “budget” agencies cost more than most freelancers.
  • Less Direct – You might work through a manager, not the designer, which can feel less personal.
  • Small-Project Challenges – Some agencies avoid tiny jobs or charge extra for them.


When to Choose a Freelancer


Pick a freelancer if:
- Your budget’s tight.
- The project’s simple, like a single landing page.
- You’re okay managing the process.
- You can invest time in finding the right person.

Freelancers are perfect for solo entrepreneurs, startups, or small businesses needing cheap web design for straightforward tasks. But vet them carefully—check their portfolio, read client reviews, and consider a small test project to ensure they’re a fit.

Tip: A cheap web designer isn’t always a bad sign, but if their rate seems too low (like $95 for a full site), ask what’s included. Bargain prices often come with hidden costs.

When to Choose an Agency


Go with an agency if:
- Your project’s complex, like a full website overhaul.
- You need ongoing support or strategy.
- You want a hands-off, managed experience.
- Your team’s too busy to micromanage.

Agencies are ideal for bigger or long-term projects. They’re pricier, but you’re paying for structure and reliability. Some smaller agencies offer cheap web design for platforms like WordPress or Shopify—just clarify the scope upfront.

Does Quality Vary?


Don’t assume agencies always deliver better work or freelancers are always the budget option. It’s about the individual or team, not their title.

What to check:


  • Portfolio: Does their work match your vision?
  • Communication: Are they responsive and clear?
  • Process: Can they explain their approach?
  • Reviews: What do past clients say?

A talented cheap web designer can outperform a high-end agency if they have the experience and understand your goals.

Stretching Your Budget


To get the most value:
- Be Specific – Don’t say “I need a website.” Say “I need a 5-page site with a blog and mobile optimization.” Clear specs prevent cost creep.
- Provide Content – Supply text, images, or logos upfront. If they have to create these, the price goes up.
- Limit Revisions – Too many changes inflate costs and delay timelines. Aim for one or two rounds with precise feedback.
- Trust Your Hire – Micromanaging slows progress. Pick someone reliable and let them work.

Wrapping Up


Outsourcing doesn’t have to drain your wallet. It’s about choosing the right fit:

  • Freelancers: Affordable, flexible, but need careful vetting.
  • Agencies: Structured, reliable, but costlier.

The goal isn’t to find the cheapest deal—it’s to hire someone who delivers quality without wasting your time or money. A cheap web designer can be a win if they’ve got the skills. Review their portfolio, ask smart questions, and keep your scope clear.

Outsourcing done right saves you time, money, and headaches.


Affordable and Professional Website Design Services in Singapore

Get affordable and professional website design services in Singapore with modern designs. Call 6362 0123 now to create a professional-looking website.
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Et blablabla la responsabilité du Hamassss......Grace à l'énorme propagande sioniste, le 7 octobre est le mantra de justification du #génocide des Palestiniens. Cette bande d'imbéciles ne savent rien du #7octobre !!

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Prendre la parole juive dans la tempête : Gaza, le Hamas, Israël et la responsabilité de dire

Après avoir dénoncé la cruauté du conflit à Gaza, Delphine Horvilleur, Anne Sinclair, Joann Sfar et moi avons essuyé une salve violente d’attaques. Analyse.
Redaction La Règle du Jeu (La Règle du Jeu)

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Richard Feynman: The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. 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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Federated Services

Federated Services are services which many instances form a network to provide a greater whole than the sum of their parts, each participant in the Fediverse is an “instance”. A message or other item made available on one instance is visible and available on other instances.

We make these services available to all people who do not abuse it in order to promote the values of Free Speech, and those of the United States Constitution First Amendment. A free republic is not possible without free speech and commercial mainstream media do not provide it. We also get some advertisement benefit from hosting these, it is our hope that people who see how fast and responsible our services are will decide to do hosting or use other paid services here.

There are numerous federated services available, we offer Macrobloging platform Friendica, Hubzilla; Microbloging services Mastodon, Misskey, a federated search engine, Yacy, and a federated cloud service, Nextcloud.

Macrobloging services are message systems that allow long form posts similar in format to Facebook. These allow for works of fiction, poetry, technical papers, news items, short stories, and more. These formats are most useful for discussion of social issues.

Microbloging services allow only short form posts similar in format to Twitter. While you can link to larger articles elsewhere, you have a relatively short character limit and so can not post them directly.

Censorship, is handled much different on the fediverse than on mainstream media like Twitter or Facebook. On the fediverse, each individual instance is responsible for content available on that instance, but does not censor the rest of the network. Thus if you find the rules of one instance too constraining you can move to another.

Federated search engines are analogous to federated message systems in that each instance chooses what portion of the internet it wants to crawl. When you enter a search term, the local instance queries all of the federated instances, collates and sorts the results and presents them to you. As with messages, each instance can have it’s own censorship policies but no one instance can censor the entire network.

Given the wild-west nature of the fediverse, it is probably not suitable for children under 14, and you’re guaranteed to find some material that will offend virtually everyone. With federated search engines, material that is inappropriate will usually be flagged sensitive or nsfw (not safe for work) so as long as you don’t expand material marked as such, you can avoid this sort of material. There are occasionally people who violate these rules, we do our best to remove such individuals none the less some will get through.

We offer the following federated services:

Friendica.Eskimo.Com
Friendica is a decentralized long format macrobloging message network. It is similar in format to facebook however there is no centralized censorship. Also, it is able to federate with all other federated message systems which use ActivityPub protocol and also we have extensions that allow it to speak to several other networks via other protocols.

Hubzilla.Eskimo.Com
Hubzilla is similar in message format to Friendica in that it allows long posts. However, it specializes in it’s ability to provide connectivity to multiple protocols and so we include it in our mix of federated services primarily for the better connectivity it offers. Hubzilla provides a great deal of interoperability between many networks though ActivityPub is still it’s primary protocol. Hubzilla gives you a greater degree of control over privacy than some of the other networks. You can create private channels that are served between hubzilla instances and other compatible instances.

Mastodon.Eskimo.Com
Mastodon is first and foremost an alternative to Twitter. While Twitter has Tweets, Mastodon has Toots. The format is very similar. Mastodon toots have a limit of 500 characters. Similar to the short limit of Twitter. This is why this platform is referred to as a Microbloging format. Mastodon interacts with other ActivityPub instances however when a long form blog post from another instance arrives, you are only shown a short portion with a link to follow to see the full post on the originating site.

NextCloud.Eskimo.Com
If you are a customer of Eskimo North, your login credentials will work without a domain extension to access Nextcloud. If you are not a customer you can apply for a Nextcloud account using your choice of login and password, in this case the login should include your originating network. Some features require an Eskimo North shell account to take full advantage of.

Pixelfed.Eskimo.Com
Pixelfed is a federated pixel gallery. A place where you can share your photos to the widest audience possible, and you can view what others have shared. Instance is new as of April 6th, 2025.


Yacy.Eskimo.Com
Yacy is a federated search engine. There are several thousand instances on the Internet. Each instances crawls whatever portion of the web the administrator requested. It is also possible for the administrator of a site with relatively few resources to request a larger site to do crawls on their behalf. Unfortunately, it does not provide a method for an end user to initiate a crawl, but if you send e-mail to support@eskimo.com and request a crawl, we will initiate a crawl on your behalf.


If you enjoy these services, please consider supporting us by taking advantage of our paid services: https://www.eskimo.com/

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Shell Accounts

Shell Accounts
A shell is a command line interface for an operating system. With most shell providers, a command line interface on one flavor of Linux or Unix is all you get. Eskimo North provides access to eight different popular Linux distributions and SunOS Unix. Eskimo North also full remote desktop capabilities using X2Go with sound, and also NX, VNC, and RPD without sound.

Account Types
We offer four different levels of shell accounts: Economy, Standard, Power, and Enterprise. Background tasks such as IRC bots, Game Servers, and the like are permitted on all account types except student. IRC servers are not permitted because of their tendency to draw denial of service attacks. Standard, Power, Enterprise, and Super-Max shells include a MySQL database allowing you to run a variety of LAMP stack based applications on your website and to use non-web based applications that require a database.

Web Hosting
Web hosting under our domain is provided with all shell accounts. You can host your own domains with virtual domains or web hosting packages.

Remote Desktop
Remote desktop capability is like having a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers plugged right into our servers. Because our servers can be accessed anywhere in the world, this allows you to have a work environment you can access from anywhere in the world without risking losing your files to a laptop, tablet, or phone thief. We offer remote desktop capabilities on all of our shell servers except for the SunOS server. We support x2go, nx, vnc, and rdp protocols. X2go is the best choice as it provides extremely efficient compression and X round trip removal as well as sound.

Applications
Applications include Office Suites such as Libre Office and Caligra (which can read and write Microsoft Office file formats), Web and Program Development tools such as Bluefish Editor as well as many other editors, compilers, interpreters, scripting languages, debuggers, profilers, and online documentation.

E-mail
Our e-mail system offers unprecedented flexibility. You can access your mail via shell mail readers including graphical mailers like Thunderbird, or via Web mail, or via pop-3 and imap mail protocols, complete with TLS encryption. Our mail system includes Bayesian filtering with Spam Assassin which can be individually configured for your needs. Procmail allows you to sort and process mail automatically. Smartlist allows you to maintain mailing lists.

Security
Access to all of our servers is available via strong encryption. The shell servers all support ssh access. All of the remote desktop protocols tunnel via ssh. We maintain all of our servers up to date keep with the latest patches. Backups are made weekly.

Eskimo North has been providing Unix timeshare services since 1985. We have been providing Linux timeshare, shell access, web hosting, e-mail, and Internet services since 1992. Please take a look at our services as they support our free Federated services including Friendica, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Nextcloud, Pixelfed, and Yacy Search.

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Russian troops liberate Mirolyubovka community in Donetsk region over past day tass.com/politics/1957073

Russian troops liberate Mirolyubovka community in Donetsk region over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 470 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed seven enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day
TASS
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