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"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true." - Søren Kierkegaard
By driftglass — February 23, 2025

On this day in 1994 Babylon 5 aired "The Parliament Of Dreams", the fifth episode of the program's first season. The episode is OK, but the ending -- where it's Earth's turn to showcase its "dominant" religion -- is lovely and has always stayed with me.

The Rectification of Names: Git Along, Little Doges.

Portside: How To Organize Our Way out of the Trump-Musk Putsch.

Washington Monthly: Madison’s Constitution is Coming Undone.

Attention dinosaur nerds! 120-Million-Year-Old Fossils in Australia Just Rewrote Dinosaur Evolution.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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