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  1. Martin

    Badge awarded for contribution of forum posting on physics issues, and forum moderation assistance. January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM

  2. Godfrey

    Badge awarded for contribution of forum moderation assistance January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM

  3. Kalosyni

    Badge awarded for contribution of graphics on aspects of Epicurean philosophy, forum moderation help, and Zoom event announcements. January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM

  4. Cassius

    Badge awarded for contribution of essays, videos, side-by-side text pages, Lucretius Today co-hosting, creation of new EpicurusToday section, etc. January 21, 2026 at 9:33 AM

  5. Bryan

    Badge awarded for Epicurea translation, co-facilitation of Wednesday night Zoom, and video production of "An Elementary Fact Worth Remembering" (on Letter to Herodotus) January 21, 2026 at 9:31 AM

  6. Joshua

    Badge awarded for co-hosting of the Lucretius Today podcast, production of the video "A Deep-Set Boundary Stone", and moderation assistance on the forum. January 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM

  7. Don

    Badge awarded for video production and transcript on "Bread and Water - Debunking the Idea of Epicurean Asceticism", drop-in co-hosting of the podcast, and moderation help on the forum. Also, the PDF: "Kyria Doxai Comparison" which you can check out here: https://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/filebase/file/102-kyria-doxai-comparison/ January 21, 2026 at 8:59 AM

  8. TauPhi

    Badge awarded for contribution of PDFs of: 1) Diogenes Laertius' Book Ten, featuring parallel side-by-side English translations & 2) Bernier's version of three essays on Happiness, Virtue, and Liberty from the work of Gassendi January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM

  9. Elli

    Badge awarded for contribution of essays in the blog section of the forum. You can read them here: https://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/blog/blog-gallery/9/ January 21, 2026 at 8:44 AM

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