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Politics and Literature of Vladimir Sorokin. Denunciations or Criminality

9 Jun 2024 9 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard $0.01

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Zj4N7sn1BmLjAKMbCensorship in Literature and Criminal Prosecutions in Russia. The scandal surrounding the writer Vladimir Sorokin. Welcome to postmodernism. Now banned by "experts." Let's start...

More than one failed doomsday prediction? No worries, cognitive dissonance is here to help!

9 Jun 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Catchme $0.04

Source: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e0/8b/11/e08b11d7c07e472a3f7b28fad2d67dec.jpg This kind of mental balancing act can be witnessed all the time in our daily lives, and we’ve probably used it more than once for ourselves, too. The term was coined by...

EU for ICC

9 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic $0.00

TLDR: Anthony Dworkin emphasizes the crucial importance of EU support for the ICC's pursuit of arrest warrants against leaders of both Hamas and Israel for alleged war crimes. EU backing is essential to uphold international law, ensure accountability...

Going to International Food Markets on a Lazy Saturday Afternoon

9 Jun 2024 2 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti $0.04

I always get a kick taking weekend trips to international markets. We have a number of them where I live, and it usually provides me a good assortment of things to look at, knick-knacks, interesting foods to try, and a chance to enjoy some favorites...

Fun accounts of Indian Politics with elections done and new Government to form soon!

8 Jun 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Greenchic $0.00

Created using freepik AI Image generator Now, Indian Citizens are super happy, there is democracy in India as explained in my last post, because Modi’s BJP has become BJP. I will elucidate this now through some Twitter reels, adding some fun quotien...

Some notes about Bosnia and peopleShood

8 Jun 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic $0.00

I am writing some notes about "peoplehood", a term I have started seeing and hearing more often since I joined our network. So, I want to start in the following way:"My name is Vladan, and I am a hyper-radical-individualist who, among other things, t...

The Fascists Are Coming

8 Jun 2024 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

"We pass through our days with the freedom of a dogwho never reaches the end of its leash."Derrick Jensen   I had a friend who was into Infowars in '02-'03.  He was the kind of homeless computer expert who would sell his shoes for drugs or a piece of...

The far-right in Germany vs democracy and human rights

7 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic $0.01

TLDR: Germany is repeating historical mistakes with the rise of the far-right populist party AfD, which undermines democratic values and fosters hate. Populism’s simplistic solutions and exclusionary rhetoric threaten social cohesion. The normalizati...

Censorship in Russian in Russia. Media and hate speech

6 Jun 2024 9 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard $0.04

Hate speech and censorship using the example of Zen in Russia. Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZjnIEp9PdTq3yrrY The main problem with Zen is that content that is objectionable to this platform is regularly blocked. Content is...

Seminary: Is It the Best Way to Train Pastors for Ministry?

6 Jun 2024 7 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor $0.04

In one of the Facebook groups I frequent, a user posted the following meme: I decided to poke the bear and say something to the effect that this is precisely why seminaries are a waste of time and money. Now, that wasn't to say that seminary graduat...