Meta – owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – announces that it is ending its fact-checking program as it aligns with the incoming Trump administration’s views on speech possibly allowing extraordinary commentary about women as objects, misgendering and other offensive language as “free expression.”
Culture
Opinion: Luigi Mangione and the Strategy of Odin
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Like the followers of Odin in the long-ago time, we must be strategic. We must form the wedge that can break through the shield-wall that the richest of the rich have trumped up for themselves, a barricade built with filthy lucre and made of men willing to be bought.
Africa
Pagan Community Notes: Week of December 26, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, congratulations to Cherry Hill Seminary graduates! A rising Black Moon is ahead just before the new solar year. And speaking of which, blessings of Janus! We look at some New Year’s Day traditions around the world. After all, in our opinion, nothing brings in the new year better than a little Witchcraft!
Culture
Archaeologists: Mysterious Hill in Western Norway is Region’s Largest Burial Mound
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A mysterious hill overlooking a fjord in Western Norway has been confirmed as one of the largest burial mounds in the region. Archaeologists also note that the site is deliberately aligned with the solstices, adding a fascinating astronomical dimension to its historical significance.
News
Pagan Community Notes: Week of Yule, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, keeping Sol in the solstice, more Saturnalia accompanied by toga-free attire, exchanged gifts, simmer pots, cookies, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee the festivities. Blessings of the returning sun in the north and the height of summer in the south. Join us for more shameless Paganism at the Wild Hunt.
Culture
LGBTQ Content and Witchcraft! Conservative group pushes for Wicked Boycott
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The movie Wicked is the subject of a conservative Christian boycott for “pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families” while also portraying “a tremendous amount of witchcraft and sorcery.”