it's tragic that Iran and the U.S. are at odds when the people have so much in common, like real power being in the hands of an unelected theocratic body.
The fact that countries in the late 19th century went around using the latest naval tech to forcibly seize islands covered in bird droppings so high that you had to excavate many feet deep to reach soil feels like a bit of magical realism out of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The fact that countries in the late 19th century went around using the latest naval tech to forcibly seize islands covered in bird droppings so high that you had to excavate many feet deep to reach soil feels like a bit of magical realism out of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Imagine that the day you’re slotted to lecture on 4’33” there is a protest going on at your school that has gathered worldwide attention, and instead of taking the alley-oop for one of the most prescient lectures ever, you say “lecture canceled, it’s not quiet enough”
i get soviet boomer nostalgia but chinese boomer nostalgia is honestly kinda nutty. like within your lifetime you went from subsistence farming and the red guards literally eating people to world’s largest economy + iphone and youre still like “yeah but we were a PROPER COUNTRY”
being a "critical thinker" is like being "happily single" in that tons of people totally are, but almost no one who goes out of their way to describe themselves as such is.
being a "critical thinker" is like being "happily single" in that tons of people totally are, but almost no one who goes out of their way to describe themselves as such is.
bumped from an early afternoon flight to a red-eye while flying with my six year old. red-eye is now delayed until 1am. congrats Air Canada you are truly the pinnacle of a shitty airline
@duns_sc0tus@SevaUT the Post is a paper in the european low-conservative tabloid condition. Shoplifters should be executed but by god those russian commies/fascists need to be destroyed
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