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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-not-explain-ukraine-crisis Authored by Mike Madden via Consortium News, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who choreographed the 2014 coup that overthrew Ukraine’s democratically-elected government and set the…
Fabian Fortmann I couldn't find an image with Christmas vibes to post this year but I am pretty sure that Santa spends his year in one of those beautiful villages…
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-life-is-faster-but-depression-is-lower-in-bigger-cities Cities are bastions of opportunity. They are filled with vast numbers of people meeting friends and family, visiting restaurants, museums, concert halls and sporting events, and travelling to and…
Albert Dros A very cold winter morning in The Netherlands
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2021/11/08/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year A letter from Tom Standage, editor of “The World Ahead 2022” If 2021 was the year the world turned the tide against the pandemic, 2022 will be dominated by…
https://www.unz.com/gdurocher/lee-kuan-yew-building-and-keeping-a-nation/ Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and long-time prime minister (1959–1990), should be a role model for nationalists across the West. Lee was not a philosopher but a practical…
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may tread me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you…
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2021/12/to-have-and-to-behold.html by Mike O’Brien Potentiality and actuality, the difference between what is possible and what is… tout court. I think a lot about design and about the iterative steps between…
Anonymous users generate most toxic abuse and conspiracy theories online. The right to be anonymous should be curtailed https://aeon.co/essays/curtailing-anonymity-is-a-first-step-to-reducing-online-abuse?utm_source=rss-feed We have come a long way from the optimism that surrounded…
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/12/20/are-sino-russian-relations-really-best-in-history/ They are certainly positive and can be like a breath of fresh air compared to the eternal stench from the swamp Washington has been sinking into. The long-term leaders…