Today 81 years ago, Russia bombed Tallinn, Estonia. The first attack saw 300 aircraft drop 3068 bombs, 1725 explosive and 1300 incendiary. Ca 800 killed, of whom ca 600 civilians. More than 20,000 people were left without a shelter, while the military objects were almost untouched.
“Whatever illusions Europeans ever had about Americans—whatever images lingered from old American movies, the ones where the good guys win, the bad guys lose, and honor defeats treachery—those are shattered.”
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Žižek: "It’s incredible to me how many pseudo-leftists are drawn to this strange fascination with RU. Even though they admit that Putin is horrible, they still cling to the idea that RU, somehow being less affected by Western consumerism, somehow preserves more “authentic” human relationships. /1
Spent the morning shoveling snow with my kid. We talked about how--because the world is increasingly stupid, unkind, and selfish--we need to work hard at being curious, kind, and helpful to others. Even if we're just starting with shoveling the walk for our community.
Well gang,
Looks like we have to fight, and defeat, a compilation of history’s greatest evils all at once. Civil War, WW2, the Cold War, greed, racism, sexism, ignorance, fascism…hell is empty and all the demons are here.
Let’s fucking go.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978
I think what most SM tech CEOs (khmm) don’t realise is that the funniest content on all SM platforms is usually created by liberals, because it takes a certain amount of self awareness to be funny. Once everyone finally leaves Twitter, it’ll truly be a pool of hate and pictures of peoples lawns