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A Philip Morris company has somehow patented the idea of arranging smokeless tobacco packets like a tray of crackers.
US Patent 11884433

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Ancient Greek Historian Herodotus (484-425/413 BC), often criticized for inaccuracy in his Histories, but on the customs of Persians is regarded as accurate. He is also accurate in his description of birthdays as important annual events as Persians and also of instituting serving of desserts after meal. He is also correct in his passage in same chapter on Persian love of wine and their policy of making decisions drunk and then reevaluating same when sober.

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Anarchy is order; government is civil war.
-- Anselme Bellagarrigue

#anarchism #quote #bot

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In 1925, Coca-Cola released a souvenir shaped like a swastika, a symbol of good luck in the U.S. and India at that time. This item was actually a watch fob, used for advertising before the swastika became associated with the Nazis.

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I just cancelled my Adobe licence after many years as a customer.

The new terms give Adobe "worldwide royalty-free licence to reproduce, display, distribute" or do whatever they want with any content I produce using their software.

This is beyond insane. No creator in their right mind can accept this .

You pay a huge monthly subscription and they want to own your content and your entire business as well.

Going to have to learn some new tools.

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Hello Mr. Stallman, I have a question.
Should people be taking mRNA vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic? I understand the vaccines are based on mRNA "code" which is in fact proprietary.

Is it ethical to take a vaccine if it is going to end the pandemic and save millions of lives, yet the vaccine itself is based on proprietary code?

I think this is a very important question.
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The journal “Lancet” published the chart on left with unequal Y-Axis to downplay fact that cold causes 10X more deaths than heat in Europe. Björn Lomborg corrected this with chart on right.

Spot the difference!!

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