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TIPS TO KEEP DEMOCRACY ALIVE
Thank you for the practical tips, George Lakoff, Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu), University of California at Berkeley

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Goodbye and good luck US scientists! 🙏🏼

This reminds me of the brain 🧠 drain of educated, ancestors who fled authoritarian-lead countries in the 1960s to find opportunities and a better life in the US.
youtu.be/qf_6hTBUZXE
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Europe launches drive to lure US scientists after Trump cut funding • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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May 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Goodbye and good luck US scientists! 🙏🏼

This reminds me of the brain 🧠 drain of educated elite who fled authoritarian-lead countries in the 1960s to find a better life in the US.
npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343966/countries-boost-recruitment-of-american-scientists-amid-cuts-to-scientific-funding
Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding
American scientists have long worked abroad, but recruitment efforts are increasing due to cuts by the Trump administration.
npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“…SA Gov. did pass a land reform law earlier this year, …. but zero land has been seized.

In fact, while whites in South Africa account for some 7 percent of the population, they still own about 70% of commercial farmland…”
—“npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395067/first-group-afrikaner-refugees-arrive”
May 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Your rights: “WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE STOPPED
BY POLICE, IMMIGRATION AGENTS OR THE FBI” (US) Printable, for carrying, car, home.
Avail on ACLU.org website.
April 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“quand tout le monde est en train de perdre la tête, il est important de garder la sienne.” — Rudyard Kipling, (aussi, citation attribuée à Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna), “https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/handy-hints-for-humans/201710/can-you-keep-your-head-when-others-are-losing-theirs”
March 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for … golf trips
The president, who derided Barack Obama for golfing while in office, even makes money off his Mar-a-Lago weekends…” by Richard Luscombe, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/trump-golf-trips
US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for Trump’s golf trips
The president, who derided Barack Obama for golfing while in office, even makes money off his Mar-a-Lago weekends
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
TIPS TO KEEP DEMOCRACY ALIVE
Thank you for the practical tips, George Lakoff, Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu), University of California at Berkeley

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March 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“How to lose your freedom,” www.youtube.com/embed/NkBvMo9S4BE
Thank you for the reminders and advice, Dr. Timothy Snyder.
@ timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine….
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March 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM