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Tomorrow, Rafah crossing opens… but unfortunately, my sister is not on the list. Every minute she stays behind, her life is slipping away—no treatment, no food, just pain.

I watch her weaken every day. Her eyes scream for help, and my heart breaks as I realize she could vanish any moment.

i’m so glad i’m alive in this era because we’re starting to actually linguistically study sperm whale language and may soon be able to translate it

the most heartbreaking part of Caesar's assassination is that he had thought that Brutus was arranging a no loads refused public cumdump event for him

i think a big part of expanding your intellectual curiosity and trying to learn new things about the world is to abandon the shame of not knowing things. don't blame "the US school system" (which US school system????), don't blame your teachers, don't blame society, but embrace the fact that you are going to be learning new things constantly, throughout your life. practice saying "i really need to read about that" or "does anyone know of any good sources to learn about xyz?" or "hold on i gotta go check wikipedia/a world map/the dictionary/the news." every single day, there will be something you don't know already. that something doesn't have to be embarrassing. instead it can be an opportunity to learn something new

shame makes you shut down, and dig in your heels, and refuse to engage. curiosity takes practice, it takes conscious effort, and it takes patience. including patience with yourself

Yeah I'm sure everyone in living the tankie dictatorships were super happy. Not having freedom of speech or the press or uncensored internet is proven to make you happier.

the Chinese constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the press [link] (article 35) and while one can of course dispute whether the PRC lives up to these lofty ideals, the same can be said for the USA and western capitalist nations in general- case in point, the USA and it's allies have been blocking Russian sites out of concern over disinfo and surveillance from a hostile nation [link][link][link], which, you'll note, is the exact same reasoning China uses to justify its own firewall, which the USA condemns as oppressive censorship. so if you want to know what it's like to live in a totalitarian 1984 big brother dystopia where you don't have uncensored internet, simply look around you.

Shoutout to all of us Kiseki/Trails series enjoyers on Tumblr. There's like 10 of us and the brainrot is terminal