They happily shared their stupidity; one slave character said that to get to China, one had only to go up in a balloon and wait for the world to rotate below.[106]

this is not actually as incorrect as it is implied particularly if the "balloon" is able to exit most of the atmosphere and it's therefore curious how the conception of science and the world at the time (pre-1900s) is used to frame the speaker as uneducated. for example, consider the CDC's rampage against miasma theory which left it unprepared for airborne illness

Merry #christmas

I went for a walk and found these amazing bollards 😂
#YarnBombing #Christmas

ENCLOSURE COMPLETED! Russians trapped on Oskil, and a rocket fuel plant exploded in Tula!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/enclosure-completed-russians-trapped-on.html

@Fischblog @hfalcke (was ich am Fediverse mag ist der Respekt der so viel öfter als woanders sein en Weg findet :)

@storiespettinate @fucinafibonacci @spettacoli mi dovrai spiegare pure come trovare il programma...sono anziano😜

RE: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/115781909982529364

If I had unlimited resources and influence, and I could do basically anything to radicalize literally everyone under the age of 40 to the far left, I'd create an economic system that condemns them to poverty and non-dischargeable debt and unending chronic illness with unavailable treatments, but that enriches a very small number of very, very evil capitalists and fascists.

I feel like I need to make another gold frog

Blackadder's Christmas Carol is an interesting spin on the tale, and worthy of addition to the Christmas TV/movie playlist.

@paternoster : . (

@inquiline @beadsland philly heads assemble!

this is so ridiculously similar to the way a lot of white people talk today for comedic effect it's actually quite chilling

@bfluzin Voilà c'est ça !

Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology and reparations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14vdpyj1vjo

#worldnews #algeria #france #geopolitics #colonialism

@Em0nM4stodon
Be wonderful to each other!

Merry xmas from parliament hill. #photography

going to the interweb on the mnt touch reform low-fi prototype

the recording from earlier is really fascinating too because of how it records largely white us vernacular with every so often a particular pronunciation clearly intended to appeal to the authenticity of black vernacular but they rarely even do that right

Russia, l'oppositore Udaltsov condannato a 6 anni di carcere - Europa - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/europa/2025/12/25/russia-loppositore-udaltsov-condannato-a-6-anni-di-carcere_59ec4503-c2b1-4bb4-865a-202308856805.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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