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Medium<p>Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include: </p><p>• The importance of wasting time, with Stephan Joppich and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@jennitaur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jennitaur</span></a></span></p><p>• Scanning eyeballs at the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> startup World, by Thomas Smith</p><p>• Reclaiming African ancestral identity, by Yeawah Kymberly Helwig</p><p>• Honoring a gay hero from <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> on 9/11, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ezrakidowski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ezrakidowski</span></a></span> </p><p>• Delivering bad news as a manager, by Anna J McDougall </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/blog/how-wasting-time-teaches-the-importance-of-mental-autonomy-f4de16637ba5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/blog/how-wasting-ti</span><span class="invisible">me-teaches-the-importance-of-mental-autonomy-f4de16637ba5</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Medium<p>Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include: </p><p>• Fun with <a href="https://me.dm/tags/idioms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idioms</span></a> and <a href="https://me.dm/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLearning</span></a>, with Krystyna Trushyna and soren mckenzie</p><p>• Evaluating the risk of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a>, by <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> developer Steven Frank</p><p>• Perspective on US <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> and <a href="https://me.dm/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> operations in the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>, by veteran Benjamin Sledge</p><p>• Honoring a gay hero from <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> on 9/11, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ezrakidowski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ezrakidowski</span></a></span> </p><p>• The importance of slowing down, by Jess the Avocado </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/blog/the-true-test-of-learning-a-language-is-being-in-on-the-joke-d5422e06c17d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/blog/the-true-test-</span><span class="invisible">of-learning-a-language-is-being-in-on-the-joke-d5422e06c17d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Clay T<p>2/2</p><p>The American people do not tolerate terrorism. And they use their votes to combat terrorism, honorably and patriotically, even when their very own lives are at stake. This is not hyperbole: there is a recent example where it actually happened. On <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/September11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>September11</span></a> when their own plane had been hijacked and the passengers and cabin crew of United <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> became aware that other hijacked planes had been flown into the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WorldTradeCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldTradeCenter</span></a> they gathered together and discussed a plan to wrest control of the plane back from the terrorists in an effort to spare from fate the terrorists’ intended target. Then they took a vote on the plan. Led by patriots like <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ToddBeamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBeamer</span></a> and many others, the heroes of Flight 93 were aware that they may lose their own lives in the attempt. Fresh from the vote and preparing to face the terrorists, Todd Beamer’s last recorded words are, “Are you ready guys? Let’s roll.”</p><p>The American people hold their vote as a thing that is sacred. A thing as sacred as the vote that those on board Flight 93 took that morning. The American people will not be cowed by terrorists, whatever their ilk. Even if Trump legitimately wins the Electoral College on Tuesday, the spirit of democracy will continue to shine stubbornly through whatever Trump and his lackeys throw at it. Democracy will out. And it does not tolerate tyrants.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LizCheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LizCheney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CountryOverParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CountryOverParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/VoteHarrisWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteHarrisWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p><p>Image: Thomas E. Franklin, “Raising the Flag at Ground Zero”</p><p><a href="https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DB0NiM4gvEv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/</span><span class="invisible">DB0NiM4gvEv</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/September11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>September11</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sept11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sept11</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/newsrewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsrewind</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/neverforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neverforget</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>Flight 93<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/September11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>September11</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sept11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sept11</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/newsrewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsrewind</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/neverforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neverforget</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nps.gov/flni/learn/historyculture/crew-and-passengers.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nps.gov/flni/learn/historycult</span><span class="invisible">ure/crew-and-passengers.htm</span></a></p>
66gardeners<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@bluestarultor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bluestarultor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a2mi.social/@george" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>george</span></a></span> <br>I camped under windmills at a place called Mountain Ridge in Pennsylvania, where you can ride off-road vehicles. You can see the Flight93 memorial on a distant ridge.</p><p>The experience was serene. Nobody complained about the windmills. You were literally camping around the bases of the windmills.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windmills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windmills</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camping</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MountainRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MountainRidge</span></a> pennsylvania<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OffRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffRoad</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flight93</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> state Sen. Justine <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wadsack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wadsack</span></a> is an intentionally <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dishonest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dishonest</span></a> piece of shit. On the anniversary of 9/11, she blasted out <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/discredited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discredited</span></a> hoaxes, calling the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attacks</span></a> an "inside job", and promoting a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transcript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcript</span></a> from United <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flight93</span></a>. When people pointed out that the transcript is a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hoax</span></a>, she didn't delete her post, or acknowledge her <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mistake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mistake</span></a>. Instead, she hid the comments that corrected her. She is the definition of human <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/azgops-senator-of-the-year-9-11-never-added-up-and-was-an-inside-job/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/azgops-senator-of</span><span class="invisible">-the-year-9-11-never-added-up-and-was-an-inside-job/</span></a></p>
Cambirdsong<p>A clear blue-sky morning quickly changed into a day of horror and heroism. I remain completely in awe of the courage of each person on <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a>. <a href="https://birds.town/tags/NeverForget911" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget911</span></a></p>
Thankful Pond<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@trollprincess" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>trollprincess</span></a></span> Listening to your episode 170 about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flight93</span></a>. Somewhere I found the NBC news broadcast from that evening. News presentations were completely different then. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NBC</span></a> people basically made a documentary in less than a day. It’s astounding.</p>
Shikha Dalmia<p>At <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TheUnPopulist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheUnPopulist</span></a> today I disaggregate the four main New Right factions and point out that there is little that unites them besides their hatred of the left and the need to burn down the liberal system that allowed it to emerge. Read and subscribe to the newsletter, its totally free! <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Flight93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight93</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NatCons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatCons</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Integralists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Integralists</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RedPillBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedPillBros</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theunpopulist/p/a-typology-of-the-new-right?r=6jqoy&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/theunpop</span><span class="invisible">ulist/p/a-typology-of-the-new-right?r=6jqoy&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a></p>