Corax

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"Forever seeking Archimedean levers for prying the world in directions they prefer, progressives say they embrace high-speed rail for many reasons—to improve the climate, increase competitiveness, enhance national security, reduce congestion, and rationalize land use. The length of the list of reasons, and the flimsiness of each, points to this conclusion: the real reason for progressives’ passion for trains is their goal of diminishing Americans’ individualism in order to make them more amenable to collectivism." George F. Will, "Why Liberals Love Trains", Newsweek, Feb. 27, 2011 https://www.newsweek.com/will-why-liberals-love-trains-68597
Brother Dusk from the Foundation TV series, saying "Don't fuck with Empire."
A screenshot from "The Dao of Functional Programming" by Bartosz Milewski, showing a section header saying "Symmetric Monoidal Category" and the text "When a child learns addition, we call it arithmetics. When a grownup learns addition, we call it a cocartesian category."
Die Flagge von Albanien. Ein zweiköpfiger, schwarzer Adler vor rotem Hintergrund.
Die Hochrechnung des ZDF von 00:31, nach der Linke und BSW ins Parlament einziehen, die FDP rausfliegt, und CDU + SPD ohne Grüne (oder BSW) keine Mehrheit haben.