Urgent Game Of Badinage


On Prairies Of Zathamar


A quotation from John Adams

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson


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A quotation from Henry Commager

We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review


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A quotation from Eugene McCarthy

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) American politician, poet, activist
Quoted (1979-02-12), “People: On the Record” section, Time Magazine


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🌙 African Night… and One Very Dramatic Mosquito


Yesterday evening I was sitting outside on the porch, enjoying the warm African night — quiet air, peaceful mood, perfect moment.

Then… one mosquito decided I was the chosen one.

Normally they barely touch me. Maybe one or two bites a day at most. But this one? Different story.

When I woke up this morning the bite already looked strange.
Now, 24 hours later, it has gone through a full color transformation — red → purple → darker → who knows what next.

Honestly, it looks like modern art at this point.

🤔 Ever had a mosquito bite like this?


It’s fascinating how something so small can cause such a dramatic reaction.

Nature: peaceful… but occasionally very personal.

Stay safe out there — even the quiet nights have tiny surprises.

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Brasil: Condenan a más de 70 años de prisión a los autores intelectuales del asesinato de la concejala Marielle Franco loquesomos.es/brasil-condenan-…

Los comités de las RTVs autonómicas denuncian «manipulación, externalización y recortes» loquesomos.es/los-comites-de-l… #DerechoALaInformación

Fedilab, le couteau suisse du Fediverse 🔧🌌


A quotation from Jean Kerr

We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies


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Fedilab, le couteau suisse du Fediverse 🔧🌌


A quotation from Wendell Berry

The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war, but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and less wasteful.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1991), “Peaceableness Toward Enemies,” sec. 53, Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community, ch. 6 (1993)


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#Trump is expected to address the #war against #Iran during remarks at 11AM ET, the White House said Monday.

It will be the first time since the strikes started Saturday that Trump will directly address reporters [hand selected friendly reporters], as his previous messages have been pre-recorded videos disseminated on Truth Social.

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

A quotation from Addison

When a nation once loses its regard to justice; when they do not look up it as something venerable, holy and inviolable; when any of them dare presume to lessen, affront or terrify those who have the distribution of it in their hands; when a judge is capable of being influenced by any thing that is foreign to its own merits, we may venture to pronounce that such a nation is hastening to its ruin.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1713-07-04), The Guardian, No. 99


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A quotation from Shelley

First our pleasures die — and then
Our hopes, and then our fears — and when
These are dead, the debt is due,
Dust claims dust — and we die too.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet
Poem (1820), “Death,” st. 3, Posthumous Poems (1824)


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Volt – Un Paris pour l’Europe 🇪🇺


Pour une ville :
– plus verte 🌱
– plus ouverte 🤝
– plus abordable
– plus juste et dynamique ⚖️


Volt France à Paris 5e
Nous voulons un Paris plus social, écologique, européen, qui protège les commerces de proximité et rende la ville à ses habitantes et habitants.

Infos & programme complet :
voltfrance.org
Profil Friendica Volt France

Élections municipales des 15 et 22 mars 2026


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Korea Literacy in Australia: The Teaching of Korea in the Australian Education System


Diasporasocial down again...


I understand that in the federated universe some nodes are bound to fall from time to time, but the utter lack of communication from diasporasocial on these downtimes (not even communication *after* the system is back on) is baffling... Anyone knows what's happening?

#diaspora #diasporasocial #fediverse #pod #question

Le Fediverse expliqué


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Le Fediverse, une courte explication en français.

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#fediverse


🇫🇷 Découvrez le fédivers : une nouvelle ère pour les réseaux sociaux


Cette vidéo est une présentation haute en couleur du fédivers, guidée par la cinéaste Elena Rossini.

Découvrez un tout nouvel univers des réseaux sociaux où la vie privée est respectée, les utilisateurs détiennent le pouvoir et les géants de la tech n'ont pas leur mot à dire.


Volt sur le Fediverse


Snelle trein | Fast train


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Foto van voor- en zijkant van snelle, gestroomlijnde  trein

Padua (Italië) 2022

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

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Wow


Hundreds of convicted criminals cannot be deported from Sweden

Convicted of rape, murder and weapons offences – hundreds of foreign nationals sentenced to deportation remain in Sweden as police cannot enforce the orders.

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