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Why Johnson's Speakership Fight Tomorrow Means So Much More Than People Think

3 Jan 2025 3 minute read 4 comments Cje95

Last year ended with quite the theatrics in the House of Representatives, which essentially ended in a bandaid for a few things and a punt on the rest. Even during the vote to pass the Continuing Resolution for government funding, a significantly hig...

Columbus, Ohio: 2006 In Review

2 Jan 2025 35 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

The year gets off to a tremendous start in Westerville, where sometime in January, Michael’s Pizza becomes the first place to serve alcohol there since 1875. When we moved here in the late 90s, Westerville and one small section of the Clintonville a...

BlueSky as a savior?

2 Jan 2025 2 minute read 8 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Katherine Alejandra Cross's article, "Bluesky Won't Save Us" critiques Bluesky as an insufficient solution to social media's problems. While Bluesky markets itself as a decentralized, user-driven alternative to Twitter, its reliance on centraliz...

Weirdcore: The Terror of Not Knowing

1 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments soyernesto

It has been several years since I saw that image, and the feelings it conveyed still linger in me. With a sense of emptiness, I realized that trying to forget it would be like trying to hide a memory. So I allowed it to fade into the endless parade o...

What Canada becoming the 51st State Means

31 Dec 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Rider Fleetwood

What happens if Canada becomes the 51st state? President Donald Trump has posted a number of times, offering a 60% tax reduction for Canadians, an inevitable boost in the economy, and military protection in exchange for becoming the 51st state. But s...

A People's Birth

31 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Through Void’s vast silence, the wanderers came, A man at the fore with a spark and a flame. No ground to claim, no stars aligned, Only the abyss, unbound and unkind. "We must," spoke the man, "from chaos contrive A law to bind and a light to revive....

BURN IT DOWN - Prometheus stole fire from the Gods. Mortals unleashed it.

30 Dec 2024 10 minute read 0 comments Wopney

LONDON 1780  THE BURNING OF NEWGATE PRISON “Strike, and let the fire spread, For in the ashes lies the seed.” The protestors start by attacking the carriages of those arriving at Parliament. Criminals they held responsible for passing the Act. Yet, t...

Review - How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

28 Dec 2024 3 minute read 0 comments The Archivist

(The Library: Book Review) This article is a review for the book titled "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" by Dr. Walter Rodney, published in 1969. It was received with worldwide acclaim in 1972. I was pointed to this title by another doctor, by the...

The Rise And Fall Of The Mongol Empire | Genghis Khan's Top SECRET

27 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Lazybust

The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire" delves into the dramatic trajectory of one of history's most powerful empires. Beginning in the early 13th century, it chronicles the unification of the Mongol tribes under Genghis Khan, who unleashed an unprec...

Meow Communication, meow

27 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments kubo kazuya

Boss: "You need to finish the documents by today, meow." Employee: "I didn't hear that, meow. I have personal matters, so I'm going home, meow. Please let me know in advance next time, meow." Boss: "It's common sense to finish this amount of work by...