Rick Haden 💙

Writer and technophile living near London with a huge family many of which are looked after kids. Offers of paid projects welcomed...

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It has always seemed strange that little stress is ever laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated. -Edith Hamilton #quote

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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. -Guy de Maupassant #quote

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@RupertLowe10 And until the church decided to take second place the rest of the population voted on religious lines too! You have a problem with the religion not religion itself!

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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. -C. Northcote Parkinson #quote

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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph. -Haile Selassie #quote

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@nogulagsagain lol! Notice how battered the lever is!

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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Weakens Torture Protection, Media Freedom https://t.co/atWRrQ42FM

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Sudan: Workers killed in gold mine collapse https://t.co/1ejYTpaijI

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At least 80 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as war on Gaza rages https://t.co/R9uFzQ50KB via @AJEnglish

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In the Quick Takes of HRW’s Daily Brief today: Russia’s crusade against LGBT people; 24 defendants in UAE sentenced to life in unfair mass trial; and Ecuador’s new law endangers children instead of protecting them https://t.co/GnT5Sge4jD

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In just five years, the Chinese government has essentially extinguished Hong Kong’s political and civil landscape and replaced it with the uniformity of enforced patriotism. Towards “One Country, One System” - Read HRW’s Daily Brief by Lisa Maier: https://t.co/B3Xj06IE6R

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UN Human Rights Office Calls for Action on ‘Transnational Repression’ https://t.co/DVZy4EpS3K

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'Scared to be brown': California residents fearful amid immigration raids https://t.co/8NxFDyfREx

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