The biggest lie taught in Western literature is that Odysseus was a hero.
Imagine being a gentle giant who just wants to live off the grid, raise your sheep, and make artisanal cheese. Then an unemployed Greek veteran breaks into your cave, refuses to leave under the guise of ancient religious hospitality (Xenia), eats all your goat cheese, gets you blacked out on stolen wine, gouges your only eyeball out with a burning log, and steals your livestock.
In any modern jurisdiction, Polyphemus exercised Castle Doctrine on an armed home invader, but because Odysseus controlled the narrative, we spent 2,800 years calling it an epic poem
If you take even one step outside of the scope of liberal-accepted activity irl, I can absolutely assure you that forces beyond your comprehension will spawn out of thin air to stop you with extreme prejudice
Alex Karp now says that Palantir is progressive, he’s always been a Democrat, Trump went too far on immigration and his primary commitment is to economic justice. LMAOOOOOO
JUST IN: Chinese man reportedly spends 7 hrs & 38 mins washing his car at a self-service car wash, saying he found it so relaxing he lost track of time.
On 14 August 2024, Dr. Davis Musinguzi @Davisthedoc was handed a letter titled “TERMINATION OF CONTRACT.”
With the stroke of a pen, twelve years of sweat equity—from answering late-night telemedicine hotlines to building Uganda’s premier diagnostic laboratory and clinic network—were formally extinguished.
The public was told it was a triumphant pan-African merger between Kenya’s @MyDawaApp and Uganda’s Rocket Health.
Forensic due diligence, leaked balance sheets, and unsealed records reveal the truth: an asset extraction designed to rescue an insolvent corporate shell and bail out foreign private equity. 🧵1/
We spoke to Founder Davis Msinguzi to bring you the full investigation: https://t.co/YvHxFW9LtM
Fyodor Dostoevsky once wrote,
“I want to talk about everything with at least one person the way I talk about things with myself.”
And I think I've been looking for that my whole life.
This is to thank the Friendly Government of United Arab Emirates for lifting Ebola related travel restrictions. I thank my Brother and Friend Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Africa for his leadership and assistance.
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Nayib Bukele: “There is no State that cannot defeat criminals. If a State does not defeat criminality, it is because the State is complicit.” @nayibbukele