🇱🇻Latvija starptautiski iestājas par noteikumos un tiesiskumā balstītu pasaules kārtību, skaidri apzinoties, ka tikai tā spējam garantēt mūsu un citu mazu valstu eksistenciālās drošības pamatus. (1/5)
If a country OTHER than the United States banned a form of media and then brought it back under government control, we'd be decrying their attacks on the free press and referring to it as "state-controlled TikTok."
Just saying.
Even in the most cynical criticisms of "virtue signaling" it's only a bad thing if hypocrisy (a personal failing) is considered so bad that it negates the value of community building, and I can't see how it possibly could.
My own opinion is that it's good to signal (through words and/or actions) the virtues that you value; that's one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy community.
: Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed Al-Ladah Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan and Ayman Al-Jadi
I was planning to stay offline this week, but I am too upset by how Christmas was the deadliest day yet for Palestinian journalists, five beautiful men killed by US-Israel: Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed Al-Ladah
Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan and Ayman Al-Jadi—201 in total!!!
💔 Christmas in Lviv, Ukraine, 2024
💔 Christmas in Lviv, Ukraine, 2024
-"2000 Miles" by the Pretenders counts as a Christmas song
-"My Favorite Things" from Sound of Music counts as a Christmas song, but only if it's performed by The Supremes
-Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" does not count as a Christmas song, ever, regardless of who's singing
That is all.
Beef Wellington is just a corn dog from a different socioeconomic background.
Ņemot vērā demokrātisko pamatu graušanu un pieaugošās represijas Gruzijā, esmu nolēmis izstāties no sadarbības grupas ar Gruzijas parlamentu, kurā sadarbība notiek ar prokremlisko partiju “Gruzijas sapnis”. Šāda situācija ir pretrunā ar Eiropas vērtībām un mūsu kopīgajiem mērķiem.
Meanwhile in Tbilisi, Georgia 🇪🇺🇺🇦 🇬🇪
a writing residency where you watch twin peaks, eat pie, & then the giant shows up & ominously warns you it’s time to write or else
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
meli.
Man patīk, ja Latvijas kultūra ir pieejama. Gan tiem, kas izbauda Mērnieku laikus "smagajā" formā, gan tiem, kam vajag vieglo valodu. Galvenais, lai lasa un priecājas.
If you, as you were reading history books, tried really hard to understand how exactly so many people could be so blindly supportive toward Stalin/Hitler/Pol Pot/Mao/etc -- well, here's how:
Look at the people blindly spitting at Ukrainians and telling them to go fuck themselves now.
I don’t care how you feel about it. Books and reading are very political!
Te ir grāmatas, Zoom darbnīcas un iespēja ziedot Palestīnai. 🍉
Man patīk ideja kā tāda, un darbnīcas izskatās jēdzīgas.
Barred Owl, Richmond, VA
Barred Owl, Richmond, VA. #birds
I seriously want to know how so many people in these online reading groups are reading 100-300 books a year. Between work, parenting, personal responsibilities, and household tasks alone, I'm lucky to get 2 hours a night to read.
unless it's a manifesto written by a political party
They make take our lives, but they will
NEVER!
TAKE!!
OUR SHIT-POSTS!!!
I am sometimes surprised that I like getting older. Being a teenager sucked. Being a young adult sucked. I prefer aging even if my back now hurts after sleeping.
Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified.
—C.D. Wright
IMO — After the insurrection — our elected leaders obeyed in advance… #FightFascism
Half a Woodpecker!! A very shy Great Spotted! Back garden Birmingham UK - 20-11-24 #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #nature #uknature #ukwildlife #canon #woodpeckers
I want to add something smart here, but it's late and my thoughts are not so interesting.
But I recommend this, if you also like to think about memory and want to read Palestinian authors.
