#liberty — Public Fediverse posts
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Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio
Las redes de Claro y Liberty fueron evaluadas en el primer estudio que realiza la superintendencia sobre el desempeño de las redes 5G.
La entrada Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #CarlosWatson #Claro #Internet #Kölbi-ICE #Liberty #País #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Tecnología #Velocidad #ÚltimaHora
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Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio
Las redes de Claro y Liberty fueron evaluadas en el primer estudio que realiza la superintendencia sobre el desempeño de las redes 5G.
La entrada Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #CarlosWatson #Claro #Internet #Kölbi-ICE #Liberty #País #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Tecnología #Velocidad #ÚltimaHora
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Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio
Las redes de Claro y Liberty fueron evaluadas en el primer estudio que realiza la superintendencia sobre el desempeño de las redes 5G.
La entrada Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #CarlosWatson #Claro #Internet #Kölbi-ICE #Liberty #País #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Tecnología #Velocidad #ÚltimaHora
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Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio
Las redes de Claro y Liberty fueron evaluadas en el primer estudio que realiza la superintendencia sobre el desempeño de las redes 5G.
La entrada Sutel evalúa las redes 5G y recuerda que Kölbi sigue sin ofrecer el servicio aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #CarlosWatson #Claro #Internet #Kölbi-ICE #Liberty #País #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Tecnología #Velocidad #ÚltimaHora
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Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados
La Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) evaluó por primera vez la calidad de las redes 5G de Claro y Liberty, las únicas empresas que ofrecen por el momento esta tecnología en el país. El estudio se realizó entre enero y junio de este año. El informe concluye que existen diferencias significativas en la calidad del servicio. […]
The post Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados appeared first on CR Hoy.#5G #Claro #Liberty #SUTEL #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones
https://crhoy.com/sutel-evaluo-la-red-5g-de-claro-y-liberty-estos-fueron-los-resultados/
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Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados
La Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) evaluó por primera vez la calidad de las redes 5G de Claro y Liberty, las únicas empresas que ofrecen por el momento esta tecnología en el país. El estudio se realizó entre enero y junio de este año. El informe concluye que existen diferencias significativas en la calidad del servicio. […]
The post Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados appeared first on CR Hoy.#5G #Claro #Liberty #SUTEL #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones
https://crhoy.com/sutel-evaluo-la-red-5g-de-claro-y-liberty-estos-fueron-los-resultados/
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Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados
La Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) evaluó por primera vez la calidad de las redes 5G de Claro y Liberty, las únicas empresas que ofrecen por el momento esta tecnología en el país. El estudio se realizó entre enero y junio de este año. El informe concluye que existen diferencias significativas en la calidad del servicio. […]
The post Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados appeared first on CR Hoy.#5G #Claro #Liberty #SUTEL #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones
https://crhoy.com/sutel-evaluo-la-red-5g-de-claro-y-liberty-estos-fueron-los-resultados/
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Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados
La Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) evaluó por primera vez la calidad de las redes 5G de Claro y Liberty, las únicas empresas que ofrecen por el momento esta tecnología en el país. El estudio se realizó entre enero y junio de este año. El informe concluye que existen diferencias significativas en la calidad del servicio. […]
The post Sutel evaluó la red 5G de Claro y Liberty: estos fueron los resultados appeared first on CR Hoy.#5G #Claro #Liberty #SUTEL #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones
https://crhoy.com/sutel-evaluo-la-red-5g-de-claro-y-liberty-estos-fueron-los-resultados/
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But #AI #dataCenters on fire might be the new #bonfire they don't expect to come:
People standing around them while celebrating their cherished #liberty, free from #fascist oppression.
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Tras fuga de clientes de Kölbi, diputada del FA pide investigación sobre 5G: “Son decisiones que no se justifican”
La legisladora hizo un repaso de una “cadena de decisiones cuestionables” que el Gobierno ha tomado desde 2023 y que terminaron impactando a la empresa estatal.
La entrada Tras fuga de clientes de Kölbi, diputada del FA pide investigación sobre 5G: “Son decisiones que no se justifican” aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #Claro #FA #FrenteAmplio #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #PaulaBogantes #País #SUTEL #SigridSegura #Tecnología #ÚltimaHora
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JUSTICE: HOW TO KILL META!
========================The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents.
If you look at the numbers, Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.
Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, influencing the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.
People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )
Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.
Here's a plan of action:
1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of #Mastodon
( https://joinmastodon.org/ )1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.
1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.
2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.
3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right Mastodon instance.
4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a random Mastodon instance for them.
5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.
6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.
7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️
#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Freedom #Liberty
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Casi 60.000 clientes se fueron de Kölbi hacia otros competidores debido a oferta en 5G, según Sutel
Mientras que Claro y Liberty llevan más de un año brindando el servicio, Kölbi-ICE apenas acaba de adjudicar su licitación para el desarrollo de las redes 5G.
La entrada Casi 60.000 clientes se fueron de Kölbi hacia otros competidores debido a oferta en 5G, según Sutel aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#4G #5G #Claro #ICE #Impreso #JuanManuelCampos #Kölbi #Liberty #Mercado #País #Portabilidad #Portaciones #Telecomunicaciones #TeodoroWillink
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Tecnología que Kölbi descartó para desarrollar 5G puso a Claro y Liberty al frente de la carrera
Mientras los operadores privados ya suman más de dos millones de clientes en la red 5G, la empresa estatal sigue sin ofrecer el servicio.
La entrada Tecnología que Kölbi descartó para desarrollar 5G puso a Claro y Liberty al frente de la carrera aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#4G #5G #Claro #ICE #Impreso #JuanManuelCampos #Kölbi #Liberty #Mercado #NSA #País #SA #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #TeodoroWillink
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Libraries hold a special place in my heart, for reasons both intellectual and sentimental.
Librarians are guardians of knowledge, champions of freedom, and friends of the people. They are community members, dedicated to helping connect poor people with relevant information, so they can improve their minds, educate themselves, and access job resources.
After I became a #whistleblower in 2023, and was made #homeless , this notion was challenged.
Librarians would block my access, call the police, and have me arrested. If you find this hard to believe, please see my whistleblower website. The PDF linked, has an appendix giving the “receipts” ( documents to corroborate my account ).
http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/
I had applied to be a board member of the libraries in Hawai’i after attending their meetings, and saw some corruption there.
Scroll to the bottom of this page, and see the photo of the board members. How many native Hawai’ian faces do you see? Any Japanese or brown folks?
https://folkhawaii.com/about-us/
Their former Director of Membership, Bobby Gebbia, lied in court, before the judge and cameras, saying I was a board member, though I was not granted a membership.
In Hawai’i, librarians appear to be part of the occupying forces, whitewashing colonialism, insidiously taking over and erasing the true history of Hawai’i, which I heard from talking to local old timers.
250 years ago, Hawai’i had not heard of Jesus, and had its own deities, ( Goddess Pele, the creator, Kaneloa, etc. )
Then Captain James Cook invaded, and 90% of the natives were wiped out.Then Samson Dole attacked with soldiers, threw out the natives, turned their land into plantations, and turned the natives into day laborers on the plantation, on their own land.
Contrary to popular belief, Hawai’i is not a part of the USA, but a belligerently occupied territory,
1887-1897: Hawaiʻi Rebelled against the USA.
Hawaiʻian people did not choose to be part of the USA.
King David Kalākaua was forced to sign what is called the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani asserted that Kalākaua's life was threatened: "He signed that constitution under absolute compulsion."Now Hawai’i is full of churches, their own gods are vanishing from memory, thanks to the “librarians”. There’s poverty, a drug epidemic, and seething discontent on the streets. Hawai’ian people are heavily overpoliced, thrown into jail without cause, and denied #justice in the #courts of the occupiers ( #USA ).
All this is hidden from the casual tourist, content to visit a golf course on the sacred land, that has been bulldozed, and be served drinks by little brown people ( usually from the Marshall Islands, Hawai’i locals have mostly left for minimum wage jobs in mainland America ).
Billionaires, like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey, “own” huge chunks of the land.
Chinese billionaire, Eva Liu, has controlled the Punalu’u Black Sand beach, with a sweetheart deal ( $1 ), and is proposing erasing this natural landmark, spawning site of the endangered Saddleback Turtles, and building resorts there, in the name of “development”.
In 2022, the Hawai’ian people had a setback in court.
( Hawaiian Kingdom v. #Biden ; December 14, 2022 )Librarians have been instrumental, in manipulating minds, and pushing through these insidious #imperialist agendas, and disenfranchising and displacing the local people.
#Earth #environment
#library #libraries #librarian #librarians #liberty #hawaii
#bigisland #imperialism #colonialism #capitalism
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Empresas de telefonía móvil deberían poder elegir tecnología “sin ningún tipo de intromisión”, dice experto de entidad global
El especialista de la GSMA, organismo internacional sobre telecomunicaciones, se refirió al caso de Costa Rica y la exclusión de empresas chinas del 5G.
La entrada Empresas de telefonía móvil deberían poder elegir tecnología “sin ningún tipo de intromisión”, dice experto de entidad global aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #AlejandroAdamowicz #Claro #GSMA #Kölbi #Liberty #País #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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The Hidden Engine: Incentives Drive American History
History reveals incentives as key drivers behind events.https://simplebender.com/2026/08/01/the-hidden-engine-incentives-drive-american-history/
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
Great art, or, let’s just say, more modestly, original art is never created in the safe middle ground, but always at the edge. Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes, disrespects sacred cows or other such entities. It can be shocking, or ugly, or, to use the catch-all term so beloved of the tabloid press, controversial. And if we believe in liberty, if we want the air we breathe to remain plentiful and breathable, this is the art whose right to exist we must not only defend, but celebrate. Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85205…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #art #controversy #creativity #edginess #freedomofexpression #liberty #originality
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
Great art, or, let’s just say, more modestly, original art is never created in the safe middle ground, but always at the edge. Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes, disrespects sacred cows or other such entities. It can be shocking, or ugly, or, to use the catch-all term so beloved of the tabloid press, controversial. And if we believe in liberty, if we want the air we breathe to remain plentiful and breathable, this is the art whose right to exist we must not only defend, but celebrate. Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85205…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #art #controversy #creativity #edginess #freedomofexpression #liberty #originality
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
Great art, or, let’s just say, more modestly, original art is never created in the safe middle ground, but always at the edge. Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes, disrespects sacred cows or other such entities. It can be shocking, or ugly, or, to use the catch-all term so beloved of the tabloid press, controversial. And if we believe in liberty, if we want the air we breathe to remain plentiful and breathable, this is the art whose right to exist we must not only defend, but celebrate. Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85205…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #art #controversy #creativity #edginess #freedomofexpression #liberty #originality
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
Great art, or, let’s just say, more modestly, original art is never created in the safe middle ground, but always at the edge. Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes, disrespects sacred cows or other such entities. It can be shocking, or ugly, or, to use the catch-all term so beloved of the tabloid press, controversial. And if we believe in liberty, if we want the air we breathe to remain plentiful and breathable, this is the art whose right to exist we must not only defend, but celebrate. Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85205…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #art #controversy #creativity #edginess #freedomofexpression #liberty #originality
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Will we ever learn to use reason instead of force in the world, and will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1939-10-16), “My Day”More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/60…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #conflict #following #force #freedom #future #hope #leaders #leadership #liberty #oppression #progress #reason #tyranny #war #WorldWar2 #ww2 #wwii
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Spring in Budapest (I) by valyeszter
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjh5RAfCq00
#cityscape #building #buildings #artitechture #city #sky #vintage #photography #street #budapest #hungary #citylife #window #architecture #structure #lightsandshadows #shadows #landscape #citycenter #house #walk #spring #afternoon #gellérthegy #gellerthill #gellert #blossoms #almond #liberty #bridge
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Just thinking about how Dominion Voting Systems was sold to company run by former Republican election official last year.
:thinkSpin:
And how if someone continued to make similar claims as those that won Dominion the lawsuit, the newly allied co-conspirator may provide manufactured evidence to support any delusional election conspiracy theories an orange man might say.https://abcnews.com/US/dominion-voting-systems-sold-company-run-former-republican/story?id=126378259
#CurrentMood #USA #trump #Elections #USPol #Dominion #Liberty
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Your art history post for today: by Thomas Stuart Smith (1815–1869), The Pipe of Freedom, 1869, oil on canvas, 42x30.9 inches (106.8x78.7 cm), The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling, UK. Look closely. Notice a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation pasted on the wall behind the man. It partially covers an advertisement for a slave auction. Freedom has replaced bondage. #arthistory #painting #oilpainting #emancipation #freedom #liberty
From the museum: ‘The Pipe of Freedom was painted in 1869 by Thomas Stuart Smith – the founder of what is today the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. A prolific artist and abolitionist, there are three surviving portraits of black men by Stuart Smith in our collection.
At the first glance The Pipe of Freedom shines with the warmth of the colours and the relaxed stance of the man in the foreground. His red paisley shawl wraps him in a contentment reflected in the half smile on his lips as he lights the long-stemmed clay pipe. But even the choice of the subject was unusual – at this time black people were more often painted as servants. A closer look at the background also hints that this picture is more than just a simple portrait - it is a political statement too.
The brick wall behind the man is covered with posters, including a yellow one publicising the sale of slaves. This has been covered by a copy of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which declared in 1863 "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Thomas Stuart Smith submitted The Pipe of Freedom to the Royal Academy Exhibition in London in 1869. It was rejected. Suspecting that politics were involved, Smith went on to exhibit it elsewhere alongside other works deemed unsuitable or too risqué by the Academy.’
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There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
[Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financialsecurity #freedom #frugality #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation — not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” That is the true genius of America — a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.
Barack Obama (b. 1961) American politician, US President (2009-2017)
Speech (2004-07-26) Keynote, Democratic National Convention, BostonMore about this quote: wist.info/obama-barack/27646/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barackobama #obama #America #DeclarationofIndependence #equality #faith #liberty #life #patriotism #pursuitofhappiness #rights
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This 4th and hereafter, may our country live up to its ideals of honoring everyone’s equal right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” #250th #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness #inclusion
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Faith and the Founding: The Religious Roots of the Original Thirteen Colonies
As America celebrates 250 years of independence, it's worth looking beyond the Declaration of Independence to the diverse religious foundations of the original thirteen colonies. Contrary to popular belief, not every colony was founded for religious freedom. Some sought wealth, others provided refuge for persecuted believers, and together they shaped the ideas of faith, liberty, and government that continue to influence our nation today. -
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that “all men are created equal.” We now practically read it “all men are created equal, except negroes.” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read “all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.” When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1854-08-24) to Joshua SpeedMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2555…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #America #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #despotism #equality #liberty #prejudice #racism #tyranny #xenophobia
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A quotation from Benjamin Banneker
This Sir, was a time in which you clearly saw into the injustice of a State of Slavery, and in which you had just apprehensions of the horrors of its condition, it was now Sir, that your abhorrence thereof was so excited, that you publickly held forth this true and invaluable doctrine, which is worthy to be recorded and remember’d in all Succeeding ages. “We hold these truths to be Self evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness.”
Here Sir, was a time in which your tender feelings for your selves had engaged you thus to declare, you were then impressed with proper ideas of the great valuation of liberty, and the free possession of those blessings to which you were entitled by nature; but Sir how pitiable is it to reflect, that altho you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of mankind, and of his equal and impartial distribution of those rights and privileges which he had conferred upon them, that you should at the Same time counteract his mercies, in detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren under groaning captivity and cruel oppression, that you should at the Same time be found guilty of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves.Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) American naturalist, surveyor, almanac author, mathematician
Letter (1791-08-19) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/banneker-benjamin/57…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasjefferson #DeclarationofIndependence #equalrights #equality #hypocrisy #liberty #life #pursuitofhappiness #rights #slavery #enslavement
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A quotation from Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Document (1776-07-02), “Declaration of Independence”More about this quote: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/200…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasjefferson #consent #consentofthegoverned #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #equalrights #equality #government #happiness #liberty #life #pursuitofhappiness #revolution #rights #safety #truth
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A quotation from Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Document (1776-06), “Declaration of Independence” (original rough draft)More about this quote: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/520…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasjefferson #civilrights #consentofthegoverned #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #equality #freedom #government #happiness #humanity #independence #liberty #life #pursuitofhappiness #reform #revolution #rights #safety #selfgovernment
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Ananias, Sapphira, and the Death of Utopia
According to Sigurd Grindheim, Greek and Roman philosophers sometimes imagined a utopia in which a community “lived together in perfect harmony and shared everything.” That being said, when the early church launched and looked very much like this description, some may have thought that utopia had finally been realized.
But as with all good things, Satan always finds a way to twist it. The first offenders of the new Christian utopia were a couple named Ananias and Sapphira. Having recently sold some property, the couple agreed to give the proceeds to the church, but they kept some back for themselves without mentioning it. Peter recognized this decision as the work of Satan in their hearts, and the two died supernaturally.
This story is enough to send shivers down our spines, as it is one of the most intense stories of judgment in the New Testament. But this is not a story about tithing or generosity, as some pastors might retell it. This is the story of a couple who wondered how they might use the church’s new utopian society to get ahead. They didn’t face judgment because they kept some of their own money to themselves—that was always their choice to make. They faced judgment because they wanted people to think they were far more generous than they were. As far as anyone else knew, they had given all of their money away. In this new utopia, such an action would make them look holy and righteous, gain the community’s respect, and likely move them up in leadership.
As I was listening to the radio this morning, a historian was discussing the ideals around the founding of America. These were the beliefs and actions that set us apart from the rest of the world. We were a republic, and we cared about the pursuit of happiness, liberty, and justice for all.
This description sat oddly with me on America’s 250th birthday. I’m all for putting power in the people’s hands, but I can’t think of any American who really feels like they have any real sway over the government. I can think of people who believe the whole world has equal access to happiness, liberty, and justice, but anyone who has done the research unequivocally knows that’s not true. While the ideals themselves are good, we are hardly a shining city on a hill of those ideas 250 years later. What happened?
Any of the utopian ideals America was founded upon have been corrupted over time by the same forces that pried at the church’s utopia in its earliest days. With a little bit of money and deceit, you can buy your way forward in any system and then turn it back to glorify yourself. Not even the church itself can create a system that’s so perfect that Sin won’t find a way to manipulate it, for Sin knows how to twist everything. There is no ideal or action so pure that it can’t be twisted in some way. Even our pursuit of Jesus himself can be turned into religious legalism and hatred if Satan grabs hold of our hearts and minds along the way.
Yes, there are better ways to do things, and those ways should always be chosen. But we should never be so naive as to think we have finally found the kind of governor or governance that is impervious to Sin. Checks and balances must always bring about prophetic correction—and that will only happen when your checks and balances aren’t also corrupted by Sin.
The world is a mess. May we keep our eyes on Jesus always. We may not always have the power to change the systems of this world, but we always have the space to let the Spirit change us as we live within those systems.
#Acts5 #America #AnaniasAndSapphira #BiblicalTheology #ChristianCommunity #church #corruption #discipleship #governance #justice #kingdomOfGod #liberty #politicalTheology #propheticWitness #republic #satan #sin #socialJustice #temptation #utopia -
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation
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The European Court of Human Rights ruled GCHQ's mass surveillance UNLAWFUL.
14 judges dissented. Three quoted Orwell's 1984:
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment."
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/gchq-mass-surveillance-declared-unlawful
#GCHQ #Surveillance #ECHR #Privacy #BigBrotherWatch #Liberty #Orwell #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Snowden #HumanRights
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Micitt niega influencia sobre el Kölbi-ICE y lo responsabiliza de elegir Open RAN para su 5G
Tecnología que el Instituto exigió para su 5G fue desfinanciada por Estados Unidos y es la menos utilizada en la industria global.
La entrada Micitt niega influencia sobre el Kölbi-ICE y lo respons [...]#Claro #DonaldTrump #FYUZ #ICE #InnovaciónYTelecomunicaciones #Kölbi #Kölbi-ICE #Liberty #MICITT #MinisterioDeCiencia #OpenRan #País #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Hype for the Future 282/284: Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio
Overview Liberty Township is a suburban area of Butler County, Ohio, along the eastern edge of the county and strictly suburban in character in modern contexts. Today, the township is largely associated with Interstate 75 through the eastern portion, with Liberty Center and the Liberty Collective located nearby. -
Kölbi tiene ocho veces más averías que sus competidores: las atribuye a roedores y otras seis causas
El ICE asegura que los motivos de sus fallas son “las mismas que afectan a los demás operadores”, aunque estos registran muchos menos incidentes.
La entrada Kölbi tiene ocho veces más averías que sus comp [...]#Averias #Claro #Fallos #ICE #INGRESOS #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #País #Radiobases #SUTEL #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Plan piloto 5G del ICE acabará antes de lo previsto, tras regaño de Sutel
El pasado 6 de mayo, la Sutel ordenó la suspensión del proyecto luego de meses operando sin cumplir con toda la regulación.
La entrada Plan piloto 5G del ICE acabará antes de lo previsto, tras regaño de Sutel aparece [...]#5G #Apple #Claro #ContraloríaGeneralDeLaRepública #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Liberty #País #Piloto #PlanPiloto #RACSA #SUTEL #Samsung #Tecnología #ÚltimaHora
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Kölbi-ICE reportó abrupto aumento de clientes ante Sutel, pero ingresos cayeron en más de ₡20.000 millones
El último informe de estadísticas de la Sutel muestra que Kölbi, sin tener 5G, revirtió la tendencia de pérdida de mercado que arrastró por años y ahora más bien creció más [...]
#Claro #Destacadas #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #Mercado #País #Pospago #Prepago #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #goodness #integrity #label #liberty #mind #nonconformist #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation #orthodoxy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5baPn6SAQA
#US #USA #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics #America #Propaganda #Capitalism #Socialism #SocialDemocracy #LandOfTheFree #Freedom #Liberty #Education #Brainwashed #Colonialism #Healthcare #Childcare #ParentalLeave #ImperialOverstretch #CriticalThinking #Cults #MindControl #Gerrymandering #FPTP #TwoPartySystem #RankedChoice #RankedChoiceVoting #PledgeOfAllegiance #QuestionAuthority #ChristianNationalism #AmericanExceptionalism
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The people were certain that their freedom was at risk. Their leaders did not agree.
[Populus libertatem agi putabat suam. Dissentiebant principes.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 48 / sec. 103 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #commonpeople #elite #freedom #leadership #liberty #masses #mob #populace
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Now the bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self (rudimentary as his may be). And so at the cost of intensity, he achieves his own preservation and security. His harvest is a quiet mind which he prefers to being possessed by God, as he does comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to that deathly inner consuming fire. The bourgeois is consequently by nature a creature of weak impulses; anxious, fearful of giving himself away and easy to rule. Therefore, he has substituted majority for power, law for force, and the polling booth for responsibility.
[Der Bürger nun schätzt nichts höher als das Ich (ein nur rudimentär entwickeltes Ich allerdings). Auf Kosten der Intensität also erreicht er Erhaltung und Sicherheit, statt Gottbesessenheit erntet er Gewissensruhe, statt Lust Behagen, statt Freiheit Bequemlichkeit, statt tödlicher Glut eine angenehme Temperatur. Der Bürger ist deshalb seinem Wesen nach ein Geschöpf von schwachem Lebensantrieb, ängstlich, jede Preisgabe seiner selbst fürchtend, leicht zu regieren. Er hat darum an Stelle der Macht die Majorität gesetzt, an Stelle der Gewalt das Gesetz, an Stelle der Verantwortung das Abstimmungsverfahren.]Herman Hesse (1877-1962) German-born Swiss poet, novelist, painter
Steppenwolf, “Treatise of the Steppenwolf,” ch. 2 (1927) [tr Breighton (1929)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hesse-herman/82858/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hermanhesse #steppenwolf #bourgeois #calm #comfort #convenience #democracy #force #law #liberty #majorityrule #peaceandquiet #power #responsibility #security #selfpreservation #tyrannyofthemajority
