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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. Lucretius Today Podcast Episode 290 Is Now Posted - "Tiptoeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living"

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      • July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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    2. New Dark Themes Added to Site - Filed under "Ambience" With Five Color Variations.

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    2. State of the Forum - Week of April 8, 2019

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    2. RSS Feeds Added to Home Page

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    2. PDF Embed Feature Now Active

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    2. Forum Reorganization Update - Epicurean Self-Improvement 1

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    2. Forum Operation Update 4

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    2. Forum Tweaks Logbook

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      • July 17, 2021 at 11:37 AM
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    2. Home Page Changes

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    2. Banner Headlines List

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

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      • August 4, 2022 at 5:51 AM
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    2. New Forum For Reviews of Epicurean Books, Articles, and Video/Multimedia

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    2. Logo Placement

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    2. Upgrade of the "BLOGS" Section

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      • October 20, 2022 at 2:19 PM
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    2. Latest Article by Elli Pensa - The Epic of Epicurus - Ithaca and the Garden - Dialectic and The Canon 3

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      • December 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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    2. Highlighting User Contributions to EpicureanFriends.com

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      • February 1, 2022 at 10:43 AM
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    2. Homepage Upgrade July 2023

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    2. Participation Level February 2023

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      • February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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    2. Kalosyni's 2025 EpicureanFriends Year in Review 6

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      • January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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    2. Temporary Forum Outage - Now Resolved If You Are Reading This!

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      • November 22, 2023 at 11:37 AM
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    2. Two Significant Front-Page Changes

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      • February 27, 2023 at 11:35 AM
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    2. Forum Organization Comment

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      • January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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    2. Forum Glitch 09/22/25 And Recovery - Notice To Users 2

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    2. Improving Website Navigation and User Interface 3

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    2. Updating Of EpicurusToday.com 8

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    2. More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find 3

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    2. Anyone Seeing Missing Reply Boxes? 1

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    2. Updates To Side-By-Side Lucretius Page

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      • October 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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    2. Recent Blog Posts By Elli

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      • November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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    2. Preparing A Public Domain Audio Version of Lucretius From The Best Available Sources

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