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@EWittenberg414

| I like Geopolitics | & | Order over Chaos |🐎 🐶 | Animal Lover | 🐢 🦉

Great Lakes , United States Katılım Mart 2023
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
Strong men are not measured by physical strength—that is not timeless, but erodes over time. Strong men admit mistakes, don’t shift the blame, don’t throw others under the bus, and they reject passivity in order to act—to make real improvements, little by little to become better people than the day before. They never stop learning.
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@cremieuxrecueil Good to know, but it’s a bit depressing in a way.
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Crémieux@cremieuxrecueil·
Republican trust in the media was already low when Trump coined the term "fake news". After that, it cratered. Not long after, the ResistLib era saw Democratic trust spike. Now, only about a quarter of Americans trust the media.
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@LauraLoomer I see good in the Catholic Church but also never liked how they continues to propagate a global message of “social justice” which aligns with the oppressed/oppressor mentality we never seem to be escaping from….
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@LayoffAI @gwyrain We continue to have a critical labor shortage in many sectors including the construction industry and healthcare. Why aren’t native born Americans filling all the jobs?!!
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Official Layoff@LayoffAI·
Yesterday, graphics on illegal immigration into the country went viral. So we built one for legal immigration. 6.9M Department of Labor LCA filings, required by law before H-1B petitions are filed. 11 years. Every red dot is a filing for an Indian to be hired instead of you.
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@jawwwn_ @razibkhan Failures of neoliberalism must be one of the factors that led to its rise in America…
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
Athletes and national security are 100% different though. How is this agreement not clear to people? “In connection with his work, Van Dyke signed nondisclosure agreements in which he promised to “never divulge, publish, or reveal by writing, words, conduct, or otherwise . . . any classified or sensitive information” relating to military operations.” He financially benefited from knowledge of classified information. Perhaps this is one of those cases that will be used to deter and set example(?) On the other topic of “insider trading” in congress (which isn’t stemming from classfied intel)…they should pass some accountability legislation that helps rebuild public trust and confidence. Not so sure we’ll see that anytime soon though…
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Moonphase@Moonphase1·
It’s not even insider trading though Athletes are allowed to bet on themselves I thought. If the soldier bet that it wouldn’t be a success and then interfered different story. All he did was say “hell yeah we’re gonna do our job successfully” What politicians do is so much worse. Politicians should only be allowed to buy american indexes and no individual stocks. I have friends in the defense industry the aren’t even allowed to buy individual stocks.
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Breanna Morello@BreannaMorello·
The DOJ would rather arrest a US Special Forces soldier than a Congressional member for insider trading. Target the one that can’t foot the legal bills. What an absolute disgrace.
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@nikitabier Glücksschwein! Take it as a symbol of good luck
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Nikita Bier@nikitabier·
To celebrate reaching a million followers, my mentally ill friends had an actual boar delivered to the office today.
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@sarahadams Agree, and another thing I’ve thought about is the overall societal concerns related to the explosion of gambling culture on phones. It can be quite an addictive vice for many people, as destructive as substance use disorder and the access is so ubiquitous/easy…
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Sarah Adams@sarahadams·
It is not right for a soldier, any member of the administration, or Congress to engage in insider trading. We expect many more charges to come in the upcoming week, or this will clearly implode spectacularly on those who claim they are serving us to deliver “justice.” Apply the law, but most importantly, apply it EQUALLY.
U.S. Department of Justice@TheJusticeDept

U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on polymarket on the basis of classified information regarding the timing of a U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/us-sold…

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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@gen0m1cs I read that as solipsism
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Ætheric@3TH3RIC·
@escapefrommelos The girls working at brothels were probably there for a reason. It’s not like today where beautiful women whore themselves out. Back then if you were beautiful you would marry well, these women were the undesirables.
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Melian Refugee@escapefrommelos·
its genuinely crazy how much hotter women have gotten in the last 100 years
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ArchaeoHistories@histories_arch

Sex workers in a brothel in France, 1910.... These women were likely working in a *maison close*—a regulated brothel. At the time, prostitution in France wasn’t hidden in the same way it is today. It was legal and tightly controlled by the state. Women working in these establishments were registered, subject to regular medical exams, and often lived inside the brothel itself under strict rules. They didn’t come and go freely the way people often imagine. Photos like this were often staged. They weren’t meant to expose reality—they were meant to *sell an atmosphere*. Brothels competed for clients, especially wealthier men, and presentation mattered. The poses, the clothing (or partial lack of it), the relaxed but deliberate body language—this is advertising, even if it looks informal. Some of these images were turned into postcards or private keepsakes, circulating quietly among clients. But there’s a harder truth underneath the surface. Many of these women didn’t enter this life out of choice. Poverty, lack of options, family pressure, or outright coercion pushed them there. Once inside, debt systems often kept them trapped—owing money for clothes, food, and lodging to the very establishment they worked in. So while the image might feel almost theatrical or even glamorous, the reality behind it was often controlled, limited, and harsh. And yet—there’s something striking here. The way they’re posed together, the confidence in their expressions, the sense of group identity. Whether staged or not, it captures a moment of presence—women who existed inside a system that tried to define them, but who still held onto some version of themselves within it. So no, this isn’t one specific documented “story” tied to named individuals. But it *is* a snapshot of a much bigger story—about gender, control, survival, and how societies package uncomfortable realities into something easier to look at. © Women In World History #archaeohistories

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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@SarahLongwell25 On first glance over the bios, Hung Cao seems way more qualified than the businessman who just resigned.
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Sarah Longwell@SarahLongwell25·
We’re in the middle of a pretty important naval blockade standoff with a country we’ve threatened to destroy, so it seems like a weird time for the Secretary of the Navy to abruptly depart. And by “weird” I mean, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
Sean Parnell@SeanParnellASW

STATEMENT: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately. On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

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Erika@EWittenberg414·
I don’t like to fear monger but here’s another near-miss incident from a couple days ago in Tennessee. “Air traffic control told the pilots to turn right, which put them on a potential collision course with another 737 that had been cleared for takeoff from a parallel runway.” The anti-collision technology was activated in both aircraft and probably saved lives. It’s being investigated. Did you see this one @sarahadams cbsnews.com/news/southwest…
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@songpinganq @chronicparent I wonder how long this blackout period lasts? Do they have any redemption virtues in their social contracts? I don’t know… will have to look into it
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Songpinganq@songpinganq·
🇨🇳 Tens of thousands of young Chinese people are becoming homeless, Because they are Blacklisted by Social Credit System. Once you are blacklisted, the digital wallet WeChat immediately bans you from spending your own digital money, or receiving salary..So you become homeless😭
Songpinganq@songpinganq

History has taught us that if you sacrifice your freedom for security, you will end up without both. Do not follow China's steps!! 🇨🇳In China, we don't have rights and privacy. Once you are blacklisted by Social Credit System, the digital wallet WeChat immediately bans you from spending your own digital currency, or receiving salary. So you become homeless.

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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@SunBeltMindset I just remembered an old-school forum when I read you say: people would talk about local things…and city trips’. Have you heard of the City-Data Forum? It looks like it’s still quite active! city-data.com/forum/
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SunBelt Mindset (e/acc)@SunBeltMindset·
This is a great idea. Livejournal was one of the best sites on the internet. People did just that, and didn’t care if no one read it, or a million people read it I learned about books, films and places to visit from those livejournals. People would talk about very local things that no website would have. For example, different bus routes to get to their destination, or great short cuts: made my trips to various cities a lot better I miss livejournal. There were some accounts that posted about their dating lives, or about caregiving for a sick relative. Then the posting just stopped, in media res It still exists, but like MySpace, as a zombie like site I try to use my X posting like livejournal. Post for me, and if no one reads it, it isn’t the talking to the wall meme. It is a diary
Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze

Keeping a diary for the past few years has utterly transformed my mood. At the end of the day I jot down the books I’m reading, what I saw on my walks, various things I learned. Over time you realize there’s a lot of joy in living. Without it, you forget 90 percent of your life.

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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@SimoneSyed Maybe there be AI book club partners for people to help encourage etc and ask questions about the comprehension, appropriate to the person’s chosen skill level (like when you choose modes in a game)
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Erika@EWittenberg414·
@BridgetPhetasy Many events and headlines happening all the time…but what is truly changing
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