"The classical end of all pure democracy is the popular tyrant. And incidentally all successful tyrants throughout history have been popular idols."
- Dorothy Thompson, 1938.
Miss Thompson (a.k.a. Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) was the first US correspondent to be expelled from Germany after interviewing Chancellor Hitler. She stated upon arrival in Paris that he "is no longer a man, he is a religion."
Thompson also got thrown out of the German-American Bund's massive NAZI rally at the Madison Square Garden in 1939 for heckling the speakers.
What a woman!
"The history of the German-American Bund reminds us that facism is ultra-nationalist. In other words, there is no such thing as foerign facism. Facism is always home grown."
- Sarah Churchwell, Cultural Historian.
PBS documentary "NAZI Town, USA" (USA only, so, VPN needed for the rest of us)
youtu.be/g9HmV_-EE8g
#NAZI #Facism #USA #USPolitics #AusPol #UKPolitics #UKPol #USPol
Nazi Town, USA | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George Washington hung alo...YouTube
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Emily Writes about the sad reality of #Aotearoa #NewZealand losing its courage to stand up for what is right.
That courage, that spirit of justice, is nowhere to be found when it comes to #Israel ’s brutal genocide and ethnic cleansing of #Palestinians.
Our reputation is in tatters, and we can never claim to be a country that stands up for what is right, regardless of what the #US thinks, if we don’t act immediately.
emilywrites.co.nz/what-happene…
What happened to our country?
Introducing a special collaboration between Aotearoa + Gaza. Aotearoa was once a place renowned for its courage. Despite a dark colonial history that still causes significant harm today, as a country, we have fought to do better.Emily Writes (Emily Writes Weekly)
Edward Penfield (USA, 1866-1925)
“Woman sitting on a chair holding a book with a #cat looking on,” c.1890-1920
Print: lithograph, color; 26 x 25 cm
Boston Public Library 2012.AAP.283
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#CatsInArt
Woman sitting on a chair holding a book with a cat looking on.
Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.283 Title: Woman sitting on a chair holding a book with a cat looking on.Flickr
Hebrew media reveals fate of Eilat port workers
QUDS, Aug. 30 (YPA) - Hebrew media outlets had revealed the fate of Eilat port workers after the port was suspended due to the Yemeni blockade on Israeli ports and the failure of plans to accommodate them elsewhere.Hebrew media reported that the planاحسن (Yemen Press Agency)
Semaphore Beach aglow - sunset reflections and coastal silhouettes.
Semaphore Beach, South Australia.
Photographed and edited by Kev.
© All Rights Reserved by 2 Peeps and a Camera
#photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #beach #sunset #ocean #water #sea
U.S. Wants AI Propaganda to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments”
theintercept.com/2025/08/25/pe…
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
"Awesome, thank you so much for everything. I know how hard it is to get all this stuff done, and you really go above and beyond (especially with tech ethics and data privacy) you seem to actually care about your students and that automatically makes you a great professor."
Avant le vote de confiance à Bayrou, le camp du « compromis » tourne en rond
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#Bayrou #Macron #compromis
Avant le vote de confiance à Bayrou, le camp du « compromis » tourne en rond - [mcInform@ctions]
Les soutiens de l’exécutif, rassemblés en Saône-et-Loire à l’invitation de Jean-Michel Blanquer, ont profité de l’occasion pour exhorter...mcinformactions.net
Have you ever been homeless?
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🆕 Nuevo post: Control de Seguridad
👉 elprofejuan.com.ar/control-de-…
#blog #autoalojado - Resumen de inspección de seguridad del servidor local autoalojado, en función de analisis de logs con ayuda de IA
#IA #Log #Servidor #Servidor_Casero #Manieflo
Final Fantasy (1987) for the NES.
The game that kicked off what would become the most iconic JRPG series of all time. A lot of people mistakenly think it was the first JRPG—but it wasn’t. What it was, though, was the one that introduced most Western players to the genre.
The mechanics are straightforward, heavily inspired by Wizardry and Ultima with their obsession over stats and party composition. Yet so many of the things we now consider JRPG archetypes—job classes, elemental magic, overworld exploration—were solidified here.
I never owned Final Fantasy as a kid, but when I finally got my own NES years later, this was one of the first cartridges I hunted down.
pool cantilevers from the facade of ho khue's hotel in vietnam
ho khue architects’ saha casa boutique in da nang, vietnam, proposes flowing, organic forms that reimagine the city’s coastal hotel typology.thomai tsimpou I designboom (Designboom)
A Murphy's world premiere, Tchaikovsky with Lamsma and Brahms' Second from Melbourne - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Simone Lamsma, violin, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Shiyeon Sung play: Klearhos MURPHY: The Ascent, world premiere. TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2. Recorded 9 August....www.worldconcerthall.com
Gabriel Pirani’s brace finally puts an end to D.C. United’s winless streak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/08/30/dc-united-nycfc-gabriel-pirani/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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It works!
Unfortunately the wires are too bulky and I couldn't close it up in the case 😭
Might try printing a deeper base
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this is very good so far. finally helped click a bit more how phase and frequency response are related
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