-
Everything has a cost, even the most revolutionary, positively transformational costs. Socrates worried that the invention of writing would ruin people’s ability to memorize things, because writing would create “external” memories that would reduce the...
by javiinitiate
0 Recs
-
Campus protests over the war in Gaza continue to expand and escalate, causing both hope and fear. The past day has seen some big developments: The good: Brown university reaches a deal with protesters. “The university agreed to schedule a vote on...
by AChris
0 Recs
-
For the past couple of weeks American college campuses have been roiled by student protests over the conflict in Gaza and the overly harsh measures taken by Israel against the Palestinian residents. Most Americans support Israel's right to defend...
by News Corpse
3 Recs
-
That’s not the story, in the headline, just the sourcing, which is typical Internet friend of a friend of a friend told me. Here are the links www.wonkette.com/… arstechnica.com/… this one is paywalled www.theinformation.com/… and here’s another...
by Gaelsdottir
2 Recs
-
Marjorie Taylor Greene is launching�stink bombs in class again, and even her fellow MAGA ne’er-do-wells seem to be over it. The üb er-patriotic Flaxen Klaxon is determined to punish House Speaker ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
13 Recs
-
Every day it seems to get worse. Every day, there is a new outrage, a new assault, a new torrent of lies. Every day our beloved country seems to fall deeper down a rathole from which there will be no escape. The MAGA movement, created (in part) and...
by Yosef 52
6 Recs
-
Fee Cost Tuition $65,340 Mandatory Fees $3,060 Average Room and Board Cost $16,800 Books and Personal Expenses $3,742 Total $88,942
by Alan Singer
2 Recs
-
The NRA is falling apart, and the gun cult may be going with it Does this mean no more Republican family Christmas pics with all those guns? Jimmy Kimmel jabs at Trump and ‘puppy killer’ Kristi Noem Being a late-night host is wonderful when there’s so...
by Daily Kos Staff
3 Recs
-
After weeks of debate following the Arizona Supreme Court’s approval of a near-total 1864 abortion ban, the Senate repealed the law this afternoon with hardly a vote to spare. Two Republican Senators voted with Dems, which made the tally 16-14. The...
by Mother Mags
36 Recs
-
Three Ukrainian missiles — presumably ATACMS with cluster warheads — hit a large concentration of Russian troops at a military training site in Kuban in occupied Luhansk, northeast of Svatove and about 100 km from the front. There are reports that more...
by quaoar
116 Recs
-
Louisiana is once again without a valid congressional map following a new federal court ruling issued Tuesday evening , and it's not yet clear how the matter might get resolved. But proposals put ...
by David Nir
5 Recs
-
Helping Humpday is the Wednesday Street Prophets Coffee Hour. It was created for us by bfitzinAR and was taken over by Dixiecollie, who also left suddenly. Now it’s njm5000 who keeps the list of ...
by Aashirs nani
4 Recs
-
Today, Mara Gay & Anand Giridaradas vigorously defended student protests on #MorningJoe. Protests are only effective if they cause a level of discomfort. Israeli minister calls for the destruction of Gaza. The best defense of student protests on MSM....
by Egberto Willies
3 Recs
-
NOTE: I re-run this diary every May 1. �Solidarity forever. In the US, May Day � used � to be the internationally-recognized day of recognition and celebration for Labor and its struggles--at ...
by Lenny Flank
8 Recs
-
How Trump will attend his son’s graduation
by vijaychar
15 Recs
-
Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * Hooray! David Waldman and Greg Dworkin have heard our May day calls and are steaming our way with a huge Raft O’ Stories™. Today’s...
by Scott Anderson
0 Recs
-
There has been a quiet uproar about the latest Time article interview with Donald Trump, in which he essentially reiterated ‘Mein Kampf.’ He talked about monitoring women’s pregnancies—menstrual cycles. Organizing stormtroopers to hunt through homes...
by ReasonaBill
80 Recs
-
As Michael Cohen gets ready to testify in the Trump falsification of records in Manhattan, we can prepare ourselves for not only Donald Trump’s attorneys to call Michael Cohen a liar but also for all MAGA Republicans and all of the talking heads on Fox...
by cheforacle
11 Recs
-
On Monday, the highest ranking individually elected female official in US history sought to provide MSNBC viewers with a slice of what Rachel Maddow calls “useful information.” Contrasting President Biden’s underreported (not to say memory holed)...
by Inspector Clueso
20 Recs
-
The United Methodist Church has overturned its ban on LGBTQ+ clergy. As CNN reported: The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. [...] In a 692-51...
by wesmorgan1
45 Recs
