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Speaking of old internet things, I was telling someone about my first ISP being ClarkNet, an ISP started by a deaf person and on a working farm… I discovered they’ve got a Wikipedia entry that mostly meshes with my memory of it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClarkNet

ClarkNet - Wikipedia

The painter Henri Rousseau
(1844–1910)
famously never left France;
He concocted his fantastical jungles from visits to the botanical gardens in Paris,
images in books and taxidermized specimens in natural history museums,
and a teeming visual imagination.
The results are on view in a mesmerizing exhibition,
“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets,”
at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia until Feb. 22.
These works haven’t been assembled …

The Barnes Foundation
A landmark exhibition of paintings by the self-taught artist Henri Rousseau debuts at the Barnes Foundation in fall 2025.

Sad Bovino.
A key figure in the unlawful ice violence and the disappearances of people, gregory bovino is sad.
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"Demokratische Kultur entsteht durch Übung. Jedes Gespräch, das von aufmerksamem Zuhören und aufrichtigem Sprechen geprägt ist, ist ein kleiner Schritt hin zu einer menschlicheren, inklusiveren und effektiveren Demokratie."
Josef Merk
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Bridging Political Divides Through Democratic Dialogue: The »Speaking & Listening« Approach in Germany — Democracy & Belonging Forum
It is important to oppose authoritarian populism with fact-checking and critique, but we believe it is also crucial to pursue a positive, alternative vision. For us, this vision is an embodiment of democratic values, best expressed by the narrative: “Even when I strongly disagree with your opinion,