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Unitika Schlawenger: I've heard that revealing the truth is like lighting a match-stick. They say it can either bring light, or actually set your world on fire. I lit my own match-stick. I had enough light to see my reflection in the mirror and finally get to know who I am and what I am capable of, but soon, I was also the one who set my world on fire. Within the fire, I did not burn, but I danced inside the heat, just like a flame. I was soon the Girl on Fire, someone, who was just ready to do anything to help the world. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
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.
Students discover how NASA uses water to regulate the body temperatures of astronauts during spacewalks.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
RIYADH, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday secured a 600-billion-U.S. dollaren.people.cn
Exactly 5:14 too.
A story of the inhabitants Palace of the Earth Spirits before the events of Subterranean Animism. Told with humor and feeling in a unique drawing style.MangaDex
Glenn supports the 26th annual FIRST Robotics Competition Buckeye Regional at Cleveland State University.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
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Q&A from a talk I gave last week.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
During his first official visit to China as president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro confirmed that he will authorize Colombia's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road.Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store?
Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppersAndrew Lawrence (The Guardian)
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Très bonne émission 😀
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How to Build a Smartwatch: Picking a Chip
Link: ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-build…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The Israeli army killed my colleague Hassan Eslayeh in his hospital bed. He predicted his death before it happened, because he knew journalists in Gaza are the only people in the world bearing witness to the greatest crime of our times.Tareq S. Hajjaj (Mondoweiss)
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“People want government to do all manner of things, things that if done privately would lead to condemnation and jail sentences. Some want government to give money to farmers, poor folk, college students, senior citizens and businesses. There’s no Santa Claus or tooth fairy. The only way government can give money to one person is to forcibly take it from another person. If I privately used the same method to raise money for a “deserving” college student, homeless…
"People want government to do all manner of things, things that if done privately would lead to condemnation and jail sentences. Some want government to give money to farmers, poor folk, college students, senior citizens and businesses.LibertyQuotes
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“In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don’t threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.”
~ Mark Skousen
(1947-) American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author
Persuasion versus Force
"In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don’t threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others." ~ Mark SkousenLibertyQuotes
China will work together with LAC countries to strengthen a strategic partnershipen.granma.cu
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**The Environmental Destruction Caused by Lithium Batteries, Windmills, and Solar Panels: A Case for Wood as a Sustainable Alternative**
In the race to adopt sustainable energy solutions, the world has turned to technologies such as lithium batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels. These innovations are hailed for their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels. However, the environmental cost of these technologies is often overlooked. Lithium batteries, windmills, and solar panels, while beneficial in many respects, bring their own set of destructive environmental impacts. In contrast, wood, an ancient and often underappreciated resource, presents a more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative.
### The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in modern life, powering everything from electric vehicles to smartphones. However, their production and disposal carry significant environmental drawbacks. The extraction of lithium, primarily through mining, is a resource-intensive process that leads to soil degradation, water shortages, and loss of biodiversity. Major lithium mining operations, such as those in Chile's Atacama Desert, have drained local water supplies, threatening the livelihoods of indigenous communities and local ecosystems.
Additionally, the disposal of lithium batteries poses a substantial environmental hazard. These batteries contain hazardous materials, including cobalt, nickel, and other toxic elements, which can leach into the soil and groundwater if not properly managed. Recycling lithium batteries is complex and costly, leading to low recycling rates and increasing the risk of environmental contamination.
### The Destructive Nature of Windmills
Wind energy, while a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, also has its ecological costs. Wind turbines are known to cause significant harm to wildlife, particularly birds and bats. The placement of wind farms often intersects with migration paths and habitats, leading to high mortality rates for these animals. A study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that wind turbines kill hundreds of thousands of birds annually in the United States alone. Bats, crucial for pest control and pollination, also suffer from collisions and barotrauma caused by the pressure changes near the turbine blades.
Moreover, the construction and maintenance of wind turbines require substantial land use, which can disrupt local ecosystems. The materials used in turbines, such as rare earth metals, steel, and concrete, also contribute to environmental degradation during their extraction and production processes.
### The Issue with Solar Panels
Solar power is often touted as a cornerstone of a renewable energy future. However, the environmental footprint of solar panels is significant. The manufacturing of solar panels involves hazardous chemicals, including cadmium, lead, and silicon tetrachloride, which can be harmful if released into the environment. The energy-intensive production process also generates substantial carbon emissions.
Furthermore, the disposal of solar panels presents a growing challenge. Solar panels have a finite lifespan, typically around 25-30 years, after which they become e-waste. Currently, there are limited recycling options for solar panels, leading to concerns about the accumulation of toxic waste in landfills.
### Wood: A Renewable and Sustainable Alternative
Amidst the search for sustainable energy solutions, wood stands out as a renewable, recyclable, and reusable resource. Unlike the finite and environmentally damaging extraction processes for lithium, rare earth metals, and other materials used in modern green technologies, wood can be sustainably harvested and managed. Forests can be regrown, and wood products can be reused and recycled, reducing waste and conserving resources.
Wood also offers carbon sequestration benefits. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, storing it in their biomass. When managed sustainably, forests can act as a carbon sink, mitigating climate change. Additionally, wood products continue to store carbon throughout their useful life, making them an effective tool in the fight against global warming.
Furthermore, advances in bioenergy technology have made it possible to use wood and other biomass as a clean energy source. Modern wood-burning stoves and boilers, as well as biomass power plants, can convert wood into heat and electricity with high efficiency and low emissions. This makes wood a viable alternative for reducing reliance on fossil fuels and other environmentally harmful energy sources.
### Conclusion
While lithium batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels are crucial components of the transition to a greener future, their environmental costs cannot be ignored. The extraction, production, and disposal processes associated with these technologies pose significant threats to ecosystems and biodiversity. In contrast, wood, with its renewable and recyclable nature, presents a compelling alternative. By investing in sustainable forestry practices and bioenergy technologies, we can harness the power of wood to create a more balanced and truly sustainable energy landscape. Recognizing and mitigating the environmental impacts of current green technologies is essential as we strive towards a future that is not only low-carbon but also environmentally harmonious.
[ TheStreet: Target CEO admits a major mistake amid boycotts from customers ]
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From reading the article it's clear #Target doesn't give a shit about it's #LGBTQ customers or employees. That's fine. There are other Companies that still do.
Target, you're dead to me. I will never set foot in your stores again.
“RESIGN NOW” Healthcare CEO EXPOSES Calley Means – RFK Jr. Advisor in BOMBSHELL Exclusive Interview | Elijah Schaffer’s Top 5 (VIDEO)
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A dramatic and bitter feud is unraveling within the ranks of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, a populist health crusade reshaping federal healthcare policy under President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F.Elijah Schaffer (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
«Cory Doctorow nous offre ici un essai percutant, écrit avec passion et conviction nous donnant les éléments pour comprendre notre monde numérique actuel et nous offrant des clés pour un futur où les liens numériques pourront se tisser loin de la Silicon Valley»
clementdonzel.com/le-rapt-dint…
Manuel de déconstruction des Big Tech, ou comment récupérer les moyens de productions numériques grâce à l'interopérabilité.Clement Donzel
George Orwell: War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
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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A science team has combined data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope to see evidence of cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan in the northern hemisphere for the first time. Most of Titan’s lakes and seas are located in that hemisphere, and are likely replenished by an occasional rain of methane and ethane. Webb also has detected a key carbon-containing molecule that gives insight into the chemical processes in Titan’s complex atmosphere.
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With a dominant win over Pakistan, Iran’s men’s beach handball team has advanced to the final of the 10th Asian Championship and secured qualification for the 2024 World Championship.Iran Press
So true...to stand for what is right and just is not just your right, it is your RESPONSIBILITY!-Gary Williams
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surprised i was able to sleep last night with the amount of cofe i drank yesterday
anywho today... hopefully i can finish up these fixes on the acura front end and get it back on the road. i need to press out the hubs, replace a wheel stud, sandblast and paint the knuckles, and replace the wires on the wheel speed sensors
The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android
Link: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-a…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Discover why Nextcloud file uploads for Android app are not working properly, and how Google’s app store rules are hurting Nextcloud users.Christoph Weissthaner (Nextcloud)
Trump’s Gulf tour prioritizes strategic alliances, economic cooperation, and regional diplomacy with key Arab states.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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Richard Feynman: To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell. And so it is with science. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
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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