molṑn labé”
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” — Robert A. Heinlein
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MEME: When “We, The Sheeple” wake up?
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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ENCOURAGING: Bicycle Refurbishers Pedal Good to the World for 26 years
Tuesday, May 6, 2025Chicago Bicycle Refurbishers Pedal Good to the World for 26 Years With 150,000 Bikes Saved from Landfills
By Andy Corbley – Apr 24, 2025
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Working Bikes, located at 2434 S. Western Ave in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, has seen an awful lot of bikes pass through its doors; pulling them from landfills, picking them up off the curbside, or accepting them from community members. Over 150,000 have been repaired since the registered 501(c)3 got its wheels turning in 1999.
12% of all the bikes they restored are sold in the Working Bikes storefront. 15% meanwhile are donated right back to the people of Chicago through local program partners that will ensure they arrive in the hands of people in need of transportation.
The whole operation is volunteer-supported: anyone can come in and fix a bike or learn how. A few dedicated employees ensure that salable models are in excellent condition, or boast unique designs and features.
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I love the international economic chain that they have created. Micro-loans to buyers and training local talent — here and overseas — in repair and maintenance.
That’s America in action!
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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Once wildlife center should always be a wildlife center
Monday, May 5, 2025Six Flags America shutting down Maryland park — home of one of the oldest roller coasters in US — in ‘portfolio’ revamp: ‘Deeply disappointing’
By Nicholas McEntyre
Published May 2, 2025, 4:26 a.m. ET
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The land was originally used as a wildlife center created by former presidential candidate Ross Perot in 1974.
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Why did the wildlife center get replaced? And, why not put it back?
Not everything is about “development” and “tax revenue”!
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HEROIC: Child Born with Heart Outside Chest … …
Sunday, May 4, 2025Child Born with Heart Outside Chest Becomes Solitary Survivor Thanks to Surgical Procedure Invented for Her
By Andy Corbley – Apr 28, 2025
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Their patient was Vanellope Wilkins, the solitary survivor known to British medicine of ectopia cordis, a condition where a fetus develops with its heart outside its body.
Over a period of 9 hours, the team which included visiting surgeons from London would form a protective cage around Vanellope’s heart by reforming her ribs, and though her team included some of the best pediatric surgeons in the country, the procedure had never been done before, and was invented specifically for Vanellope’s case.
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Team of 50 are all heroes in my book. Saving a life, creating a unique approach, and following thru for 7 years is heroic in my book.
Compared to all the abortions performed for “convenience” makes this effort a statement about the value of human life.
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RECOMMENDED: MOSUL on NETFLIX
Saturday, May 3, 2025https://www.netflix.com/search?q=mosul&jbv=81041495
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“War movie” with violence, language, and heave forbid smoking!
Gives one a feel for the trauma of all these wars. If you weren’t just a plain old hippie anti-war type after this, then you have no empathy for those poor unfortunates in the middle.
Note the scene of the child just sitting along side the alley. Or the final conclusion!
Dona Nobis Pacem
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SURVIVAL: But we’re not a “serious species”
Friday, May 2, 2025‘Sleeping giant’ off coast of California is due to wake any moment and could sink parts of US in just MINUTES | Daily Mail Online
While “global warming” is the latest version of the “plandemic”, it is not hard to imagine the West Coast having another earthquake. If humans were a serious people, then there would be some “incentives” to move away from the danger zone (i.e., not permitting new development or expansion in that area; tax and insurance rates to encourage movement; “buy” endangered property owners out to make parks). But we’re not a “serious species” probably doing nothing, and then be “shocked” when a predicted disaster happens. Argh!
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RECOMMENDED: Write In Private: Free Online Diary And Personal Journal | Penzu
Thursday, May 1, 2025Write In Private: Free Online Diary And Personal Journal | Penzu
https://penzu.com/journals/3256620/107022325
Remember Star Trek and “Ship’s Log”?
I do the same thing, sort of in Penzu.
I find it pretty robust and useful. Since 12/2021!
YMMV FWIW faiwwypfi (Free Advice Is Worth What You Pay For It! ?zero?)
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SECURITY: Don’t just take your power from any source?
Wednesday, April 30, 2025SON OF JUICE JACKING ARISES
- iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years
- New ChoiceJacking attack allows malicious chargers to steal data from phones.
Dan Goodin – Apr 28, 2025 7:00 AM
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Word that juice-jacking-style attacks are once again possible on some Android devices and out-of-date iPhones is likely to breathe new life into the constant warnings from federal authorities, tech pundits, news outlets, and local and state government agencies that phone users should steer clear of public charging stations.
As I reported in 2023, these warnings are mostly scaremongering, and the advent of ChoiceJacking does little to change that, given that there are no documented cases of such attacks in the wild. That said, people using Android devices that don’t support Google’s new authentication requirement may want to refrain from public charging.
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This reinforces my personal preference for having an external battery for recharge. All my cars and my EDC pack have an ANKER power block, my own power plug, and 3 short USB-A cables. My SOP is to not use “public ports” unless I have no other choice. Suggest that anyone who values their security should do the same.
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MONEY: A surveillance masquerading as currency?
Tuesday, April 29, 2025Beware: The ECB Digital Currency Is Coming
By Daniel Lacalle
Published in Economics – 5 mins – Apr 25
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The digital euro, which Lagarde described in 2022 as “a digital banknote with a little less anonymity than the paper banknote because it is issued and guaranteed by the central bank,” is an unnecessary and dangerous tool.
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have been gaining attention as the technology of the future for monetary systems, but beneath their promise of efficiency and innovation lies a more pessimistic reality: they can serve as tools for surveillance, eroding personal privacy and financial freedom.
In the European Union, where limits to freedom of expression and the cancellation of elections are already a concern, a CBDC can be seen as surveillance masquerading as currency.
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From the people who made the stereotype Nazi “Vere Is UR Pa-pers!”, they want to know and control the every actions of the people under their thumb.
Even the movies made a issue of it.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/odds-ends/odds-ends-april-25-2025/
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… … movies from our teenage years: Swing Kids. Set in pre-WWII Hamburg, it follows a group of German youth who rebel against Nazi conformity through their passion for forbidden American swing music.
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Coming soon to a country near you?
Argh!
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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Fraud is baked into voting/
Monday, April 28, 2025Florida election lawsuit exposes loophole in federal voter registration law | Just The News
Argh. It’s like they deliberately write in loop holes?
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