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    2. For Regular Users, Dark Style "ColorPlay" and Light Style "Nexus" Return To Availability Today 1

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    2. "BOOKMARK" Feature now added to website 3

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    2. "Calendar" Feature now added to website

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    2. "Easter Sunday 2018" - Epicurean Philosophy Doesn't Start And End With "Pleasure" 1

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    2. [Historical Records] from The Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group 25

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    2. Addition of the "Lexicon" Feature of the Forum 3

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    2. Alert: Potentially Significant Change in EpicureanFriends URLs Implemented Today

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    2. Calendar Event for Epicurus' Birthday Created

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    2. Classification Theory

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    2. Cleanup from Upgrade of the Forum 7

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    2. Current Restructuring of Forum Categories and Threads 2

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    2. Discussion Group At Discordapp.com

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    2. For New Users - A General Comment About Posting At EpicureanFriends 1

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    2. Forum Outage of August 17, 2023 1

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    2. Forum Reorganization Update - Epicurean Self-Improvement 1

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    2. Forum Reorganization: Questions Of "Attitudes Toward Divinity" Splitting From "Existence and Nature of Gods"

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    2. Daily life of ancient Epicureans / 21st Century Epicureans 30

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