@franciscoquintay.bsky.social
φύλαξαι ποιῆσαι βιβλία πολλά οὐκ ἔστιν περασμός καὶ μελέτη πολλὴ κόπωσις σαρκός
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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The banality of evil.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The banality of evil.
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
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Disegno di Alberto Zuccalá.
December 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Disegno di Alberto Zuccalá.
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As is tradition, on Christmas eve Dutch people have placed candles on the graves of allied soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom during WW2.
Photos by Albert Hendriks.
www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...
Photos by Albert Hendriks.
www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As is tradition, on Christmas eve Dutch people have placed candles on the graves of allied soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom during WW2.
Photos by Albert Hendriks.
www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...
Photos by Albert Hendriks.
www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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25 December 1937 | A Duch Jewish girl, Liesbeth Prins, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
25 December 1937 | A Duch Jewish girl, Liesbeth Prins, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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Imagine being foolish enough to trust Vladimir Putin when he says he has no plans to attack, invade, or occupy Europe.
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Imagine being foolish enough to trust Vladimir Putin when he says he has no plans to attack, invade, or occupy Europe.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Bari Weiss & CBS pulled the plug on 60 Minutes CECOT special just hours before it was scheduled to air.
Men who had been sent there risked their lives to tell their stories, and they’ve been silenced by the regime.
This article by The Guardian shines light on the torture & abuse they suffered:
Men who had been sent there risked their lives to tell their stories, and they’ve been silenced by the regime.
This article by The Guardian shines light on the torture & abuse they suffered:
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Bari Weiss & CBS pulled the plug on 60 Minutes CECOT special just hours before it was scheduled to air.
Men who had been sent there risked their lives to tell their stories, and they’ve been silenced by the regime.
This article by The Guardian shines light on the torture & abuse they suffered:
Men who had been sent there risked their lives to tell their stories, and they’ve been silenced by the regime.
This article by The Guardian shines light on the torture & abuse they suffered:
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Una nuova analisi condotta dal Comitato globale dell’OMS sulla sicurezza dei vaccini ha rilevato che, sulla base di 31 studi e oltre 20 anni di monitoraggio, i vaccini non causano disturbi dello spettro autistico, confermando il loro elevato profilo di sicurezza per bambini e donne in gravidanza. 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Una nuova analisi condotta dal Comitato globale dell’OMS sulla sicurezza dei vaccini ha rilevato che, sulla base di 31 studi e oltre 20 anni di monitoraggio, i vaccini non causano disturbi dello spettro autistico, confermando il loro elevato profilo di sicurezza per bambini e donne in gravidanza. 🧪
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#Trump wants to destroy the #EuropeanUnion
Why?
Because it’s a threat to the US?
Because Putin wants the old USSR territories back?
If the #EU were to end then #Europe would once again descend into war, and this time it would be final!
#MAGA is dangerous!
#BoycottAmerica
#BoycottUS
Why?
Because it’s a threat to the US?
Because Putin wants the old USSR territories back?
If the #EU were to end then #Europe would once again descend into war, and this time it would be final!
#MAGA is dangerous!
#BoycottAmerica
#BoycottUS
🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fuller version of Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU"
notesfrompoland.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#Trump wants to destroy the #EuropeanUnion
Why?
Because it’s a threat to the US?
Because Putin wants the old USSR territories back?
If the #EU were to end then #Europe would once again descend into war, and this time it would be final!
#MAGA is dangerous!
#BoycottAmerica
#BoycottUS
Why?
Because it’s a threat to the US?
Because Putin wants the old USSR territories back?
If the #EU were to end then #Europe would once again descend into war, and this time it would be final!
#MAGA is dangerous!
#BoycottAmerica
#BoycottUS
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È la giornata mondiale dei diritti umani, oggi, perché il 10 dicembre 1948 viene approvata la Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani. Oltre alle grandi violenze, penso a quanto, pure in Occidente, sia sotto attacco la libertà di pensiero. Sono fragili e preziosi, i nostri diritti, difendiamoli.
Wikiradio | S2018 | La Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti Umani | Rai Radio 3 | RaiPlay Sound
La Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti Umani - Wikiradio - La Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti Umani raccontata da Daniele Scaglione
www.raiplaysound.it
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
È la giornata mondiale dei diritti umani, oggi, perché il 10 dicembre 1948 viene approvata la Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani. Oltre alle grandi violenze, penso a quanto, pure in Occidente, sia sotto attacco la libertà di pensiero. Sono fragili e preziosi, i nostri diritti, difendiamoli.
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France and Italy can breathe a sigh of relief after the EU's statistics office signaled that the financial guarantees needed to back a €210 billion financing package to Ukraine won't increase their heavy debt burdens.
France, Italy told they won’t be hurt by EU’s €210B megaloan to Ukraine
Brussels’ letter soothes French and Italian fears that signing up to the loan might damage investor confidence.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
France and Italy can breathe a sigh of relief after the EU's statistics office signaled that the financial guarantees needed to back a €210 billion financing package to Ukraine won't increase their heavy debt burdens.
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La BCE ha dato un parere negativo anche sulle modifiche proposte al discusso emendamento di Fratelli d’Italia e ha quindi chiesto all’Italia di rivedere nuovamente il testo
ilpost.link/umWWO514Ua
ilpost.link/umWWO514Ua
La Banca Centrale Europea ha bocciato nuovamente l'emendamento sull'oro della Banca d'Italia - Il Post
ilpost.link
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
La BCE ha dato un parere negativo anche sulle modifiche proposte al discusso emendamento di Fratelli d’Italia e ha quindi chiesto all’Italia di rivedere nuovamente il testo
ilpost.link/umWWO514Ua
ilpost.link/umWWO514Ua
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75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
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La santa alleanza Trump-Putin contro l’Europa, e la complicità dei patrioti nostrani
https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/12/la-santa-alleanza-trump-putin-contro-leuropa-e-la-complicita-dei-patrioti-nostrani/
https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/12/la-santa-alleanza-trump-putin-contro-leuropa-e-la-complicita-dei-patrioti-nostrani/
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
La santa alleanza Trump-Putin contro l’Europa, e la complicità dei patrioti nostrani
https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/12/la-santa-alleanza-trump-putin-contro-leuropa-e-la-complicita-dei-patrioti-nostrani/
https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/12/la-santa-alleanza-trump-putin-contro-leuropa-e-la-complicita-dei-patrioti-nostrani/
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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🧵 "Dopo due anni di avvertimenti, valutazioni dei rischi, lettere, e dopo l’ennesima risposta di Musk sotto forma di meme, l’UE ha multato (120 milioni di euro) Musk e X per violazione del Digital Services Act (DSA). È la prima, storica, grande azione contro una “Very Large Online Platform”
Elon Musk/X vs The EU: THE €120 Million Fine And Threat That Could Ban X From The EU For Good
The EU Finally Fined Musk for Turning X Into a Disinformation Amusement Park — and What Happens When He Pretends He’s Above the Law
deanblundell.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🧵 "Dopo due anni di avvertimenti, valutazioni dei rischi, lettere, e dopo l’ennesima risposta di Musk sotto forma di meme, l’UE ha multato (120 milioni di euro) Musk e X per violazione del Digital Services Act (DSA). È la prima, storica, grande azione contro una “Very Large Online Platform”
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Uno studio imponente (28 milioni di persone, 18-59 anni) mostra NESSUN aumento della mortalità per tutte le cause 4 anni dopo il vax, riduzione del 74% dei decessi correlati a COVID-19 e riduzione del 25% della mortalità per tutte le cause nei vaccinati. Controllato anche per fattori confondenti. 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Uno studio imponente (28 milioni di persone, 18-59 anni) mostra NESSUN aumento della mortalità per tutte le cause 4 anni dopo il vax, riduzione del 74% dei decessi correlati a COVID-19 e riduzione del 25% della mortalità per tutte le cause nei vaccinati. Controllato anche per fattori confondenti. 🧪
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A proposito di corruzione nella Russia putiniana: se ancora non l'avete fatto, leggetelo. Mica per nulla l'autrice, Anna Politkovskaja, è stata assassinata
www.adelphi.it/libro/978884...
www.adelphi.it/libro/978884...
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A proposito di corruzione nella Russia putiniana: se ancora non l'avete fatto, leggetelo. Mica per nulla l'autrice, Anna Politkovskaja, è stata assassinata
www.adelphi.it/libro/978884...
www.adelphi.it/libro/978884...