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TheConversationUS, to news
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Henry is dead at the age of 100.

Here's one Cambodian's verdict
"I’m a scholar of the political economy of Cambodia who, as a child, escaped the brutal Khmer Rouge regime with four siblings...
In both a professional and personal sense, I am aware of the near 50-year impact Kissinger’s policies during the Vietnam War have had on the country of my birth."

That impact was destruction, death and trauma.

https://theconversation.com/henry-kissingers-bombing-campaign-likely-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cambodians-and-set-path-for-the-ravages-of-the-khmer-rouge-209353
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enigma,
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@TheConversationUS
Even R. McNamara regretted deeply this war. Kissinger. .. never did.
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Gustodon, to random
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Israel and Hamas show the selfishness of faith, two groups dedicated to the idea that their supernatural relationships are more important than human lives.

enigma,
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@Gustodon
That's pure medieval state of trust in eternal life after death. They must die in order to get life. The rest of the world can observe how life in middle age must have been.

elizabethtasker, (edited ) to random
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"At the start of December 1972, two men went for a drive."

I'm in Starbucks, sampling their Christmas drinks (strawberry latte: I'm quite impressed) and attempting to knuckle down to hit the deadline for my next piece of writing, but what (based on that first line) is the genre?

Suggestions for the second line also most welcome.

enigma,
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@elizabethtasker
I was too late for this poll (that was closed too fast?). However I choose the same as the majority voters. Not for your talent in writing. Only by my interest in Apollo ( 14 was right in dec '72) and moon stories .

RickiTarr, to random
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If You're a man who is 30+

What is the historical time period You're obsessed with?

enigma,
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@RickiTarr
1930 ies including late 1920ies ( Roaring 20ies) when germany decided to follow Hitler by public voting. Was it Black Friday at first or the deep depression before after WW1 Versailles verdict ? Why did they get tired of their new democracy (1st Weimar Republic) ? Why didn't the allies countries prevent germany from empowering their military forces ( Rhineland reoccupation)?
@Gustodon

enigma, to random German
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Since my birthday is only one week ago ( and 60 I'm too) . Not long ago I buyed the video DVD about Jackies behaviour and legacy that she called Camelot for her time in the White House. I guess it was Natalie Portman acting as Jacky.

Casket with JFK and the tiny hand of John Junior under the flag covering the coffin. Life (Time) magazine titles : President Kennedy is laid to rest
Time Life describes in full length how Jackie figured out every detail of the cerenomy. Left is a foto of her in a black costume. Right below the testimony for all condolence letters.

Gustodon, to random
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Russia, North Korea, Israel, and now Argentina are being led by gangsters.

Another gangster is running for president in the United States.

Asking you to support the imperfect man who opposes him is the absolute least of my requests.

enigma,
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@Gustodon
I saw on TV JFK Revisited ( Stone, 2021) . Interessted if more outside US still think Jack was a perfect president , or more US people remember him as an idol of presidency ?

enigma,
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@Gustodon
My favorite in history remains with FDR😎

Gustodon, to random
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Boost this if you'd rather be a bird.

enigma,
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@Gustodon
Peter Gabriel looks back on the making of Birdy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ88D5-5TUY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe4uMj-0LrA

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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Letztes Jahr gekauft, gerade ausgelesen. Leseempfehlung.

S. 146: "Die Demonstrationen, der offene Hass auf unseren Straßen, dem sich niemand entgegenstellte, war wohl der Moment, in dem noch mehr Zerbrach in mir und ich das Gefühl hatte, es könnte nicht mehr heilen: das Urvertrauen in meine Heimat. [...] Das Vertrauen darauf, dass die Würde des Menschen unantastbar ist [...]. Die gepackten Koffer, von denen die Überlebenden immer sprachen, auch ich habe sie nun [...]".

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enigma,
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@vicgrinberg
darf ich? Judenhass ist nicht wie jeder andere Rassismus. Jedenfalls nicht in Deutschland. Ich lebe in Bremen und denke, hier läuft vieles anders, ohne Nazis in der Öffentlichkeit. Vielleicht sollte ich endlich in die Schwachhauser Allee gehen ( Bremer Synagoge)

enigma,
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@vicgrinberg
das Problem hierzulande ist, dass jeder denkt, es gibt nur ein Dafür oder Dagegen. Deine Antwort passt gut dazu: Wohin gehört mein Kommentar ? in die gute Schublade ? Oder in die, zu den Gegnern ? Wie viele schreiben in ihr Profil : Gegen Nazis! gegen Rechts ! Wissen diese Leute, was das bedeutet? Es ist für mich klares Indiz von Rechtsextremismus, wenn jemand sagt, wer nicht für mich ist, der ist gegen mich.

openculture, to random
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The Beatles Release Their Final Song, "Now and Then": Hear the Song & Watch the Music Video Directed by Peter Jackson

The video is pretty stellar.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/hear-the-beatles-newly-released-and-final-song-now-and-then.html

enigma,
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@openculture
the video in all its artificial style is distracting from a little bit boring melody. A bit of nostalgia can be expected. As I remember the tape was given to Paul by Yoko lots of decades in the past after John's death. It reminds me on the fragments of unreleased songs like the Antology project . Similiar like the group ABBA did publish s.th. in the nineties. I guess it is rather published as a testimonial or obituary than as a real song.

Gustodon, to random
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Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for providing the kind of thoughtful content that makes this whole experience so compelling.

It's been a great year.

enigma,
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@Gustodon
Sounds almost like Sinatra's melancholic🎤📻" It was a very good year" Btw, Author was an Evan Drake 😁

futurebird, to random
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Get ready!

enigma,
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@futurebird
For bikes only there exist a limited fix set of nuts. Some with caps and mostly special e.g. the one for 3 different valves and other outlets. But for bikes keep it in a different little container.

Gustodon, to random
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I don't think Neptune gets enough credit.

enigma,
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@Gustodon
the uranium und plutonium PSE elements already lost credibility due to atomic weapons and energy crisis and radioactiv waste. Neptunium inbetween both others is lesser known like his planet. More credibility still possible inclusive 😉

CitizenWald, to history
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Re: authentic & fake : the tragic war has predictably led to bad going viral:. European Jews are descendants of medieval converts---- thus have no & connection to the land of

A myth, promoted by a combination of the cynical or stupid, sadly embraced by the naive & uninformed

Sadly relevant, as I will give a virtual talk about this at Indiana Uni this week.

Old 🧵

https://historians.social/@CitizenWald/110574070037911438

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enigma,
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@CitizenWald
Now finally I understand your denial of the Khazar myth 🙄
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AkaSci, (edited ) to random
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Last week, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a revised prediction that solar activity in the current Solar Cycle 25 will increase more quickly and peak at a higher level than that predicted by an expert panel in Dec 2019.
The updated prediction shows the cycle peak between Jan and Oct of 2024, with a max. sunspot number between 137 and 173.

Data for (11-year) previous solar cycles is also shown below. Most of them rose quickly.

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/noaa-forecasts-quicker-stronger-peak-solar-activity

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enigma,
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@AkaSci
reminds me on Stanislav Lem's ocean observation. Planet Solaris . His choice of a novelle title with similiar name of our sun. However in 1950ies I'm not sure if he knew much about the sun . But his ocean behaves exactly like our sun's surface.😎 He wasn't an astronomer and had no access to western magazins in Poland

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Indeed, in the Linux world 🐧

enigma,
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@itsfoss
Thanks to Honeywell Inc and Bell Labs and many unknown Multics (1967) developers. Multics, the predecessor of Unix (Multi versus unified) . Also thanks to Ken Thompson and Denis Richie for Unix.
Linux, 1991, was only inheriting this. Notice this August there exist an Update 12.8 on Multics😃

TheEuropeanNetwork, to Europe

France, England and other countries across Western Europe have braced for what could be some of the highest wind speeds the region has witnessed in decades as Storm Ciarán arrived on the English coast Wednesday evening.

Winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour and waves of almost 10 metres are expected in the France's northwestern tip. 1.2 million French homes are without electricity.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/02/storm-ciaran-12-million-french-homes-without-electricity-including-780000-in-bretagne

enigma,
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@TheEuropeanNetwork
It was quite peculiar how less of the storm reached Bremen (50-70 kmh ).Even Hamburg it reached 100 (SH , Kiel, Flensburg, even more) 🤔🤫

AkaSci, (edited ) to random
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November 2 marks the last day of the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), the Mexican holiday that celebrates the lives of deceased friends and family. It is generally celebrated from Oct 31 to Nov 2.

The colorful holiday, celebrated in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage, focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

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enigma,
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@AkaSci
I already mentioned in another toot how 1973 Roger Moore in Bond movie "Live and let die" (Titlesong Paul McCartney) crossed occult fiestas with "Baron Samedi". Spectre, to me, was only a remake😉

AkaSci, (edited ) to random
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is getting ready for its close flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh this Wednesday, Nov 1, at 16:54 UTC.

Asteroid Dinkinesh is about 760 m wide; it is part of the main belt of asteroids located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Lucy will use this encounter to test its instruments and tracking systems, in preparation for its main mission of surveying 7 Jupiter trojan asteroids in 2027-2033.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/lucy/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-preparing-for-its-first-asteroid-flyby/
#Lucy #Dinkinesh
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enigma,
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@AkaSci
Lucy was named by the Beatles hit? Here comes my association with the USC Trojan marching band ! (Tusk, Fleetwood Mac)😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9axyOwX3I

sundogplanets, to random
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After doing the morning chores for a week in -10C temps and snow, I'm ready for spring now!

...ohno it's still october...

enigma,
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@sundogplanets
I guess the declining daylight is harder to take than the cold outside 🤔

thomas, to Apollo
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Apollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hckwxq8rnr0&feature=shared

Soo impressive! 🤯

enigma,
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@thomas
yeah, but you forget to mention - and the footage miss it completely - they have been manufactured by women crafted in hand work that no engineer would have done or better performed 😎

fj, to random
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I'm very excited about 's hard sails. The vessel will be transporting to the Kourou launchpad.

The semi-rigid hard sails are expected to provide a 30%-50% fuel reduction depending on the wind direction. This has huge potential to reduce emissions of maritime transport.

Engine powered off, the ship sailed at 9.4 knots at a 50° wind bearing with a 19 knots wind, which is quite impressive.

https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2023/10/13/un-navire-avec-des-ailes-pour-transporter-ariane-6-sur-l-ocean_6194097_1650684.html

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enigma,
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@fj
I will have more chances here at Bremen when it arrives next time. I will be there at our harbour to take pictures from different angles. I guess in december Bremen will be headed for next time.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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I would like to interject for a moment... 😛

enigma,
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@itsfoss
and who else than generous 'The Who' talked about ' talking about my GNU Generation '🎶🎵🎸😎😉

AkaSci, (edited ) to space
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Happy 65th birthday to NASA.

NASA, as we know it, was born on Oct 1, 1958. Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 16 and President Eisenhower signed it into law on July 29, 1958. NASA became operational on Oct 1, with a staff of 8,240 and a budget of $340 million. T. Keith Glennan was the first NASA administrator.

NASA’s creation was triggered by the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/president-eisenhower-presents-nasa-commissions/
https://history.nasa.gov/monograph10/nasabrth.html
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NACA-to-NASA-to-NOW_TAGGED.pdf

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enigma,
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@AkaSci
Due to my many mastodon (Fedilab) lists of timelines I can honour your contribution even a complete month later 😊 And for NASA of course too😎 History of preaccessor NACA is amazing, too, as well as the 1st Astro group of ' Man in Space Soonest'. (Not tb mixed with B-Movie First man in Space ) On top of MISS in June '58 a 28 y man as well as the first employee of NASA : the one and only 'First Man' long before beeing moon lander 🙄

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