A New Samizdat

February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

"What if now were the time for a new self-publishing here at home — a new samizdat? The time to create a new, parallel communications network and a fresh system for information sharing? A parallel network and a fresh system owned not by commercial interests — so Twitter, Facebook, Medium, and other seemingly “self-publishing” platforms … Continue reading A New Samizdat

COVID-19 Deaths Compared to War

February 21, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

"More Americans have died from Covid-19 than on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined."—Remy Tumin and Jeremiah M. Bogert, Jr., "Your Weekend Briefing." The New York Times. February 21, 2021. As another point of reference, 27 million people died in the Soviet Union during World War II.