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The Killer Mountain - Nanga Parbat (8,126 m), Himalaya, Pakistan.

@Demo318 We live in interesting times for technology.

I was born in the early 80s, so I had a very 'analogue' childhood, but my teen years were starting the digital age. I was just starting high school when my family and my friends' families got a 'family computer'.

My children will grow up more connected to distant peoples and cultures and the unique emergent culture of the internet.

And the technology isn't stopping- the march of progress goes ever forward.

Are we losing something of ourselves in the technological revolution?

Maybe. Definitely maybe.

This idea that we're losing something of ourselves with the increase in technology isn't new, though. I can imagine there being strife between the first peoples to go from a hunter-gatherer society to one more agrarian.

But, I'd still classify the current change of things into an evolution of the human animal, and the society therein. We're looking at the first truly global societies- where people from almost anywhere can connect to almost anyone in a completely different place in real time.

That, to me, is mind blowing. Just completely batshit insane. Wow.

Still, that question remains- Are we losing ourselves?

Maybe.

Today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

That date was chosen by the adoption of resolution 29 C/40 by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade at its 29th session.
National Museums Liverpool and the black community in Liverpool have held events to commemorate Slavery Remembrance Day since 1999.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat

the cleveland zoo got a new baby rhino, and it's both adorable and ridiculous

@commandelicious You got to get it to 7007 now, in honor of Mastodon!

Today's , remembering the victims of all forms of totalitarianism (though most especially those of Hitler and Stalin).

Castles / fortifications in Lower Saxony 

So, I listened a bit of radio today and found out that we have 1391 (the fortification kind called "Burg" in german, one to only live in would be "Schloss")
Only 60 of them are still visible for ordinary person/laymen. The rest only for professionals, them being burried.
is the second biggest german state and next to the

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At the moment: Beautiful pictures of pakistani mountains.
Thank you!

Blossom in Hunza Nagar with Diran Peak (7,266m) in the background, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

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I hope you're all having a fantastic day today. It's a beautiful day in Tel Aviv- clear skies with a lot of sun.

I've got a for you guys today:

What is a food that you have never tried but you would like to try?

No wrong answers, just a random question.

My answer? I'd like to try bird's nest soup.

On this day (23rd of August) William Wallace, scottish rebel commander (or freedom fighter, depends on your point of view), was hanged, drawn and quartered.

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