Or...fascism is a very attractive-looking hot stove on which the world has to burn its fingers approximately every century

What is the purpose of of being "independent" of Western imperialism if life for most ppl in the country is shit? Why do the leaders of the Islamic Republic park their kids in Western countries? Don't their kids want to enjoy being "independent" of Western imperialism?

Genuinely my favorite thing about Ulysses is that the cat says “Mrkgnao,” as if Joyce was trying to advance non-human language as well

La mort de l’universalisme. Tous les hommes ne naissent pas libres et égaux en droit. C’est un truc d’occidentaux. Ailleurs on peut les opprimer.

国际公认最强睡眠曲，据说没有人能醒着听完，睡前必听助眠音乐。我还没有试过，大家可以试试🥳！

MyHeritage is complete junk for ethnicity estimate you gotta do 23andMe or Ancestry

“Withholding sex” is one of the most revealing phrases men use, because it assumes sex was already his and she’s refusing to release it. Watch what usually comes before it. He did the dishes. He paid a bill. He quoted religion. He acted sad. He found a dozen ways to frame her body as the reward for his effort. But the question is simple. Did she want him in that moment? If the answer is no, she wasn’t withholding. She didn’t have desire to give. She was angry, hurt, exhausted, disconnected, repulsed, unseen. And women have been so trained to believe refusal is cruelty that they’ll force themselves through sex they don’t want just to avoid being called abusive. That is the sickness underneath the whole argument. Men call it “withholding” because “she doesn’t want me” requires self-reflection. “Withholding” lets him stay entitled.

Simple and elegant

I remember the late Jeremy Catto in Oxford giving a brilliant series of lectures (unpublished) on how the Late Medieval Church encouraged lay spirituality and vernacular piety, until (c. Black Death) it panicked it had got out of control and clamped down 1/2

Religious demographics of European cities in 1900 with noted surprises. Istanbul is still majority Christian. Thessaloniki half Jewish

There is a massive loophole in the medical system, and it is a patient's absolute best friend. It is the patient portal. When a doctor dismisses your symptoms or refuses a test, you do not have to argue or cry in the exam room. The exam room is designed to put them in a position of power. Instead, you accept it calmly, go home, and use this exact strategy to shift the legal liability right back onto them.

Les droits des femmes ne relèvent pas d'une norme « occidentale », mais d'une norme universelle. Ce que fait cette « militante », c'est les réserver aux Occidentales, assignant les autres femmes aux pratiques locales patriarcales les plus sauvages. C'est du racisme sophistiqué.

I keep a rolling Notes doc called "Good things are always happening to me" and update it whenever I realize a good thing totally just happened to me. Good things are always happening to us.

Just a photo of Jonas to make your Monday a little better 😘 And if I’m not mistaken, he should be starting his Tdf camp in Tignes this week. 😊

beautiful, rousing song. how special music is, when you think of its role in all our lives.

As a monogamous person, my partner meets all my romantic/sexual/intimacy needs, yes. For other things, there are these things calls friendships, familial relationships, etc. Expecting a singular person to be everything to you isn’t monogamy, that’s more co-dependence imo

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When two organists perform "Highland Cathedral" but accidentally turn on FULL ORGAN (Tutti) — activating all the pipes of the giant instrument at once, creating an incredibly powerful, explosive sound that shakes the entire basilica.

One of the most astonishing books I’ve read; the kind where you have to stop underlining, because then you’d end up underlining every paragraph.

Italy is in this sense the opposite of the USA. Your social class is frozen in amber: the rich do not become poor, and the poor do not become rich.

Nobody loves their mother more than misogynistic men, they love her for her pain, suffering and sacrifices. And they resent & hate independent women who is unwilling to do the same