alonicus - Political Hive

alonicus

Somewhere off to Spinward

about 1 month ago

If Aliens Really Exist, Are We Sure We Actually Want To Meet Them ? You can tell it's silly season, because the news has had a few articles pop up claiming senior US politicians are going to release proof that aliens exist and they've met them.…

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1387.403 VOTE

about 2 months ago

Lessons in Decentralisation From Iran I'm going to try to write this post from the perspective of an outside observer, but I suspect it's going to be hard to keep my own feelings out of it. I'm certainly not going to…

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886.607 VOTE

3 months ago

Historical Parallels A wealthy and well-connected businessman uses his money and connections to ascend to the highest political post available. Then, to turn people's minds from domestic issues and…

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5.148 VOTE

10 months ago

The Streisand Effect In Action. Well Played Coinbase I know it's trendy to criticise the big exchanges as being too willing to accept government regulation and looking too much like legacy finance companies. But we need them…

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1519.281 VOTE

10 months ago

Hive And The UK Online Safety Act I rarely post blatantly political things, but I think this one affects enough of us that I'll break that self-imposed rule. You may well have seen in the news that the British…

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1852.760 VOTE

over 1 year ago

The Secret To Rome's Success The Roman Empire..... almost two thousand years after it reached it's peak and it is still fascinating to us and the standard against which many modern states measure their…

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830.524 VOTE