One often hears that the horrific forced conversions of our ancestors “civilized” Europe. Yet, look at Japan; the vast majority of Japanese follow a polytheistic, animistic folk religion very similar to our own, and Japan remains a highly functional society. Japan is another prime example of a polytheistic society, and had our ancestors never been converted, chances are our nations would look similar. ᛉ
One often hears that the horrific forced conversions of our ancestors “civilized” Europe. Yet, look at Japan; the vast majority of Japanese follow a polytheistic, animistic folk religion very similar to our own, and Japan remains a highly functional society. Japan is another prime example of a polytheistic society, and had our ancestors never been converted, chances are our nations would look similar. ᛉ
Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian vehicles in the capital city of Kyiv thanks to a public tip made through the encrypted messaging app Telegram, Ukraine's top law-enforcement agency said on Tuesday. Telegram Messenger Blocks Navalny Bot During Russian Election This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. "For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts.
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