Tuesday, September 8, 2026

History

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All of the US Foumding Fathers rejected democracy , understood as a regime type. It’s important to distinguish between democracy as a regime...

An Insight

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this might be the best tweet ever written pic.twitter.com/PM5nXvLKa7 — JT (@jiratickets) August 8, 2026  

I see wonderful things

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I never expected... this is the developmental process of a mosquito. 🦟 pic.twitter.com/NqPzTy7PbC — Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) Augus...

Offbeat Humor

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Just be careful, claiming that they lack free speech carries a mandatory minimum 2 year jail sentence. pic.twitter.com/LIpNc8dud6 — Wee Todd...

Data Talks

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There's a gender gap in support for nuclear (in the direction you would expect) in virtually all countries pic.twitter.com/Amrl28ihiL — ...

Fireflies by the Kinu River, 1930 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Fireflies by the Kinu River, 1930 by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan 1847-1915)  Click to enlarge.
Monday, September 7, 2026

History

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He lost his squadron in the confusion of a dogfight, climbed back up, and found a formation of American bombers being torn apart by more tha...

Measurement by A.M. Sullivan

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Measurement   by A.M. Sullivan Stars and atoms have no size, They only vary in men's eyes. Men and instruments will blunder Calculating ...

I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

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From Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money...

An Insight

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Stephen Kotkin explains the real reason Marxism keeps attracting intellectuals and young people, even after the body count. It is not becaus...