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Another banger by J. B. Crawford in his "Computers Are Bad" series, this time going through computer history from PLATO to Lotus Notes. PLATO is probably the most influential computer system almost nobody knows about (unlike, say, Mother of All Demos).
https://computer.rip/2026-03-14-lotusn

LotusNotes

Texas A&M valiantly protects innocent college students from the woke works of Plato.
https://pen.org/press-release/plato-has-been-censored-what-next/?brid=xE4WDJ8u_Tlotsza8OvzfQ

Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous #philosophy #Texas

Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next

Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils (Paul Rosenzweig/The UnPopulist)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p53#a260208p53

Oh, wow :-( Man wird wohl auch in diesem Fall keine #freespeech-Rufer rufen hören …
Texas A&M Bans Plato (with updates) - Daily Nous https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/

University bans philosophy professor from teaching about Plato because it's too gay - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/university-bans-philosophy-professor-from-teaching-about-plato-because-its-too-gay/

Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato (Alan Blinder/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/tamu-plato-race-gender.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p12#a260108p12

Le llegó la hora a esta guanšbana 😋

Texas A&M Bans Plato (Justin Weinberg/Daily Nous)
https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p27#a260107p27

Ya les habéis dejado a los Reyes Magos un tentempié para cuando os traigan los regalos?

Ni SSD ni discos convencionales: así es la nueva bestia de 40 TB que utiliza lšseres
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Uncontrolled power will turn even saints into savages. And we can all
be counted on to live down to our lowest impulses.
-- Parmen, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3

Les taliban au Texas interdissent Plato. Trump est juste la surface d’une révolution culturelle aux USA. https://smnn.ch/@nohillside/115858004713856986

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #BBCProms
Leonard Bernstein, James Ehnes, Sinfonia of London & John Wilson:
🎵 Serenade, after Plato's "The symposium"
#LeonardBernstein #JamesEhnes #SinfoniaofLondon #JohnWilson

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Leonard Bernstein, Jaap van Zweden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly:
🎵 Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
#LeonardBernstein #JaapvanZweden #RoyalConcertgebouwOrchestra #RiccardoChailly