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I Always Fly Into DCA At Night

1 Feb 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Cje95

I wrote this a couple of days ago when I was trying to process the tragic midair collision at DCA. In all honesty I am still dealing with trying to mentally hash it out. Being a frequent flyer into DCA at night.... typically landing between 9 and 10...

On the topic of leaving for the USA

1 Feb 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5yv9dUNvlW_4ysk This is my first photo in the USA. This is the first thing you see after passing through customs control, making a sigh of relief that you have entered the country.Many people...

My anti-war friends

31 Jan 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5uPVQIiWnDkSEdf Thank you for being there, seriously! On February 24, 2022, when I learned that the Tsar of Russia had started a war, I was shocked. I hadn't admired power before... Although, a...

About how Americans treat Russia and Russians

30 Jan 2025 7 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5tx08oMSWleB_kJ You can often hear from propagandists about how Americans are afraid of Russians. I would like to dispel this nonsense and several other myths. I am a simple person, not a journ...

Life in America

30 Jan 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5trfibVywWwqnvT Friends! I want to tell you a little bit about America, but I don't even know what topic to take. This country is unique, and I've come to love it. Yes, it's not perfect, I thin...

Oxford Libraries are an introvert's paradise

27 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5dj_PCO10jOLOUg Oxford libraries are an introvert's paradise.This is pure Dark Academia There are more than 100 libraries in Oxford. The Bodleian Library was opened to researchers in 1602 (that...

The Repolux Arms

27 Jan 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The life of a repo man is always intense."Repo Man   About a year ago, the CIA recruited me to be the manager of a chain of inner-city golf resorts throughout Latin America.  Intended as a refuge for rogue agents to unwind and let off some steam, Th...

The museums here are simply amazing

24 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5NRDXH-rkhEwxnq Formal events are held here: weddings, graduations. Musicians perform concerts in London museums, athletes set records for jumping over dinosaur skeletons on a skateboard, and y...

India Goa, Arambol beach, a piece of Europe in Asia, peace and joy

21 Jan 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  First stop on GOA - Mapusa town We started our journey to the first beach and our first accommodation point from Mapusa. As in all India, crowds, cramps, stench and noise. It is a small town where buses come from Bombay, a kind of transfer...

A Beautiful Scar

18 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Mexico is hardcore.  It's like a pretty girl with a switchblade knife.  A beautiful scar.  A soccer ball in headlights, bouncing through the street. An inferno of confetti. A homecooked meal on the sidewalk. A cigarette of lemon dust. A love song pad...