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The Netherlands has a multi-party system just like reformers in the US want, reputable elections, biking infrastructure that people won't shut up about, a long tradition of social democracy, and just had a far-right election victory. The rise of fascism is not some trickery by Trump or the Russians or the US system: it's part of the world-wide failure of neoliberalism, which suppressed the left and then died.

Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK lemm.ee/post/15784998

Bald eagles of various ages, from juvenile to adult, in Harrison Mills, BC, Canada. This is known as the world's largest winter eagle gathering.

Shot on Sony Alpha 7 IV + Sony 200-600mm.

#baldeagle #eagle #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #birds #birdsofprey #birdwatching #sony #sonyalpha

Antipope Felix II died OTD in 365; he was installed as Pope in 355 after Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope Liberius cromwell-intl.com/travel/franc #travel #history

I mean, I’m glad we have a First Amendment and freedom of the press and all, but it should be illegal for Fox News or any major outlet to claim there’s been a terrorist attack without any real evidence. Seems kinda bad for public safety and national security.

TIL an inmate named Charles Justice was released early on parole for designing improvements to the electric chair, using metal instead of leather for the wrist restraints. Months later, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the same chair he had improved

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#til #todayilearned
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Pre-Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving Jenga or Tetris: Trying to get everything to fit into the fridge. 🙂

I'm in the supermarket squeezing produce when Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" comes on, and I'm like: Yup.

I know it’s not even #Caturday but desperate times call for desperate measures: have a cat in a backpack!

Cats > creeping fascism

The Invention of the Jewish People

All modern nation states have a story of their origins, passed down through both official and popular culture, and yet few of these accounts have proved as divisive and influential as the Israeli national myth.

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It’s one thing to not wear a mask on the bus, but it’s a whole n’other level to be actively picking your nose then grabbing onto the bar, dude 😳🙄

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