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A major factor in Rome adopting Christianity was that women ran household decisions/budgets there (like Japan now) including choice of religion, and they liked one dedicated to public goods for women and orphans. Apparently we learn this from Constantine’s letters to his favourite pagan priests.
After Cuba’s 1959 revolution, Fidel Castro’s atheist government exiled prominent Catholic figures and sent believers to reeducation camps. Now, as the state collapses, destitution is driving Cubans back to religion, Robert F. Worth reports: theatln.tc/wuKldkec
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Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different
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East Potomac costs $42 to play and hosts thousands of people each year. A lot of the players are beginners. A lot of them don't have that much money. A lot of them are black. This is the course Donald Trump has decided shouldn't exist, and in the past, he's been fairly explicit about why not
Bluesky I know you do not care about golf. But I am telling you that in this specific case, you SHOULD care about golf. I explain in @slate.com what the Trump administration is doing to East Potomac Golf Course in D.C. slate.com/culture/2026...
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Made a little video about my reporting on “Tommy” from the viral @abdulelsayed.bsky.social town hall
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Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
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America has a serious diesel problem @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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no one wants to hear what a disaster the Carter presidency was but I really cannot recommend enough people read Reaganland (which, if you’ve been avoiding it under a mistaken impression, basically stops at the Reagan administration), it is very entertaining and enlightening
Incredible that they've recreated stagflation through a Middle East energy crisis from the seminal 1970s historical lesson, Don't Create Stagflation Through a Middle East Energy Crisis, It Will Destroy Your Presidency and Political Movement.
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'the home office of the future will integrate the computer with entertainment hardware. you'll be able to work or play as the spirit moves you. user-friendly devices, such as the mouse, will extend the computer's capabilities to all family members.' (1983) archive.org/details/soft...
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“Praise be to CFB” “And also with you” “A reading from lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm”
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Sure, demoralizing civilian populations into surrender through massive bombing has never once worked in the more than 100 years it has been repeatedly tried, but MAYBE THIS TIME
Russian State Duma Vice Speaker Tolstoy openly called for bombing Ukrainian cities to demoralize civilians until they "come out with raised hands." He was once Vice President of PACE.
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Crucially, record labels once sued to stop radio shows from playing records in the air, because they reasoned people would not buy records if they could hear them for free on the radio.
The sheet music composers condemned the record player, recording artists decried the radio, broadcasters sued over cable and cable operators sued over VCRs. This never stopped: Sony - the company that invented the Betamax and defended it all the way to the Supreme Court - went on to sue Napster! 19
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This week we’re delighted to be joined by @seantcollins.com as we wrap up ANDOR episode 9, “Nobody’s Listening”! We explore tax-dodging on Chandrilla, say farewell to a crotchety friend, and see the final push of Kino Loy towards rebellion, and more! 🎧 @ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Kansas won’t change its vaccine schedule to match an executive order from Trump but instead will continue to “trust in scientific evidence” and follow recommendations from major health organizations, a spokesperson said. Via @kansasreflector.com: lawrenceks.news/4ia2vhR