Sable Noir

haven’t had much to say lately. just collecting thoughts and letting them simmer like a good soup . waiting

the intimacy of having your efforts reciprocated in the same intensity and with the same tenderness

Being young in the Balkans: dying on your way to university, inside a public/privatized train (Tempi, Greece), dying from a collapsing train roof (Novi Sad, Serbia), dying from a fire as you have fun inside a nightclub (Kocani, North Macedonia). This is a triple macabre coincidence, or maybe not. Being young in the Balkans means to have already been killed by a state that has done everything within its powers to show you that you are unwanted when you're alive: that if you don't abide by its corrupt rules you'll be unemployed or never rise in the ranks, you'll be thrice as educated than your western european peers to be working for 1/3 of their salary, perhaps migrate to some western country yourself where you at least gain back the bare minimum of respect, seeing your parents' pension getting eaten away by state- agreed cartels for basic goods, essentially crawling back to the family/ church because they seem to be the only functioning institutions, only to perpetuate conservatism and hate. We were never young, we are tired and angry

the Columbia University arrests are worse than they seem. They're arresting protesting students for trespassing. It goes without saying students cannot meaningfully "trespass" in the common areas of a university they attend. So Columbia University has suspended all student protestors from their institution, in the process revoking their access to housing, their belonging, and most crucially damaging their academic futures. We are witnessing full scale silencing and removal of anyone of conscience from the next generation of academia.

beyond that the columbia common is literally an open space during the day; the gates are open and it's possible to pass through it like you'd pass through a regular block. even after my student ID expired i was still able to walk through the commons bc ID is not requested until you enter an actual building. it's quite common to see parents, toddlers, and such who are clearly not enrolled just hanging out. so not only were the students not trespassing at a SCHOOL THEY PAY FOR, there was also not a precedent for non-students to be disallowed from the grass and walkways.