Nationalisation is the only real answer. Privatisation of all essential public services is riddled with ridiculously high prices and shockingly poor quality services.

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I'm done listening to libertarian types winning about their "rights", then crying about techno/authoritarianism in the same breath.

"Rights" are an appeal to force, levied by you or other men. "Shocking authoritarianism" 🤦‍♂️

Speaker profiles:

1. A woman appealing to men to use force
2. A low IQ, weak man
3. A man pandering to his woman

There's no exceptions.

You have the right to die. Everything else is your personal struggle that requires some form of force to ensure you get what you want.

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Avengers: Doomsday 'Really Healing,' X-Men Star Alan Cumming Says, After 'Terrible Experience' on X2

Avengers: Doomsday star Alan Cumming has contrasted his experience returning to the character of Nightcrawler for Marvel's upcoming blockbuster with the "miserable" time he faced shooting classic X-Men movie X2.

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Maria Montessori on “the sorry spectacle of the teacher who...must pour certain cut & dried facts into the heads of the scholars...[and so] finds it necessary to discipline her pupils into immobility & to force their attention. Prizes & punishments are ever-ready & efficient aids to the master who must force into a given attitude of mind and body those who are condemned to be his listeners.”

Bingo. A traditional fact-based curriculum necessitates traditional bribe-&-threat classroom management.

A record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states
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Israeli paper reveals MKO’s operational role in attacks on Iranian soil en.abna24.com/news/1717573/Isr…

Ολη η διαδρομή της Ελλάδας απο την αρχαιότητα μεχρι σήμερα, ο πολιτισμος, οι τεχνες και τα γραμματα, καθε μάχη,καθε νικη και ήττα, η δόξα, οι ταπεινώσεις, ο μύθος, η αρχή , το τέλος και η ιστορία ολοκληρη, καταληγει μοιραια σε ενα και μονο ονομα που τα κουβαλα ολα αυτα στις ακουραστες πλατες του.

Λινα Μενδώνη.

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Κανένα πρόβλημα. Μόλις γίνουν τουριστικά φέρετρα, το προσωπικό θα αποτελείται ΕΞΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΟΥ από εκπολιτισμένους, καταλλήλως καταρτισμένους και ενδελεχώς πλυμένους αριστερούς που θα προσφέρουν Εθνικό Έργο για μετάνοια.
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Thanks to a tip from @neurovagrant, I have cancelled my audible subscription and I have created an account with libro.fm.

As I listen to audiobooks alsmost exclusively in English, any Dutch services do not cover my audio/listening needs and wishes.

To check if libro.fm was a good fit for me, I compared my wishlist at audible (currently at about 30 titles) with the libro.fm catalogue: apart from 1 title it was a complete fit.

Next up: copying over my wishlist from one to the other, check out the specific membership options (probably going for a 2 credit/month version again) and get ready to listen.

Biggest perk: you can Download Your Purchased Audio Books!
Second biggest perk: supporting an independent bookstore, unfortunately only in the USA at the moment.

Join me? libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm9…

#DeBigTechMyLife #LibroFM #AudioBooks

They are ruthless murderers, genocidal maniacs, and make no mistake, the EU is complicit.

"Newly obtained video shows Israeli missile hitting Palestinian girl in Gaza

Exclusive footage newly obtained by Al Jazeera captures the harrowing moment an Israeli drone-fired missile killed a Palestinian girl carrying water in Jabalia, northern Gaza, in December 2024. Two men are later seen retrieving her body."

#Gaza #IsraelWarCrimes #WesternDoubleStandards @palestine

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Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma Ships Over 500,000 Copies

Special commemorative artwork shared.Publisher Marvelous has announced that Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma has now shipped over 500,000 copies on Switch, Switch 2, and PC.To celebrate the milestone, Marvelous has also showcased a new piece of artwork on social media, which depicts the protagonist's loyal partner and guide Woolby wearing a delightful party hat. Adorable.

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Οι γερμανικές αρχές έχουν χάσει κάθε αίσθηση μέτρου και ηθικής, όπως και αν τις εξετάσεις (Παλαιστίνη, Ισραήλ, Ουκρανία, Σένγκεν, μετανάστες, ίντερνετ).

h/t @cryptohagen

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Υπάρχει γενικότερα μια διάθεση πλήρους υπονόμευσης της ελευθερίας στο διαδίκτυο, η οποία εξελίσσεται σε διάφορα μέτωπα, όπως το chat control, η επαλήθευση ηλικιας του χρήστη και αυτή η μάχη με τους ad blockers (την οποία δε γνώριζα - ευχαριστώ Fou). Όλα πατάνε σε σαθρα επιχειρήματα και έχουν ως κοινη συνισταμένη την εξάλειψη της ιδέας της ελευθερίας στο διαδίκτυο.

Εδώ μερικές προτάσεις για το τι μπορούμε να κάνουμε ενάντια στο chat control:
patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha…

@cryptohagen

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First Descendant Devs ‘Investigating’ Shady AI TikTok Ads

The strange TikTok ads that used AI to promote The First Descendant are being actively investigated by the company.
The post First Descendant Devs ‘Investigating’ Shady AI TikTok Ads appeared first on Insider Gaming.

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Why are radios so generic? I mean why do they always have to play songs that already everyone knows about?
Their strength in times of the internet and algorithms is to get people out of their bubbles and present them good music from more unknown bands. Especially because algorithms support bubbles, radios could be a movement against them. They could support small artists and make it easier for them to get big.

Do #radio stations like this exist? And if not, am I missing something?

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The "walls are closing in" on freedoms living Brits