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If only I got up soon enough to turn in at 8. Still, at the evening hour in the Pacific Northwest, there is this, which I imagine will tickle each and all. For instance: "Let’s rewind a few decades further, to the sixth century BCE, when the Athenian statesman Solon was already engaged in statecraft—was trying to build an early version of the city-state that would emerge a little later. Part of his project—a core way in which he created the conditions for a governable state—was to outlaw lament." https://eleanorrobins.substack.com/p/a-forgotten-story-about-the-dawn-of-democracy

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