Gina M ن
@oaxacaborn
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Writer. Addicted to history. Lived in the former Yugoslavia. Probably libertarian; definitely anti-Marxist. Tweets auto-delete.
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Joined January 2009
I grew up knowing that people got hauled away for not having the right papers, aware of Checkpoint Charlie, knowing the government could tape mics to the walls of your hotel room, knowing that someone with the wrong things in their luggage could be imprisoned without question.
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I know it's cliche to say parents and kids don't always understand each other, but I think I do have a legit reason to say that's true in my case. My eldest's blog:
ailinxuesheng.wordpress.com
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The Origin of the Tale that Gavrilo Princip Was Eating a Sandwich When He Assassinated Franz Ferdinand - https://t.co/s5SyvLGEKF
@smithsonianmag
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Was it really a lunch-hour coincidence that led to the death of the Archduke in Sarajevo in 1914—and, by extension, World War I?
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"I will not raise Blippi children. The Blippi child will know that a banana is yellow, but that is all it will know. ...They won’t be able to rhyme or invent....ready to swallow whatever ideology they are fed."
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The loneliness and sterility of children’s “educational” videos in the Trump era.
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Have you met the parents of Zoomers?! My money is on it being the parents who are insisting on going with their kids.
Survey: 77% of Zoomers have brought parent to job interview, 45% have parents call bosses regularly https://t.co/xk6ZE5khE0
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Lenin eventually redefined kulak to mean anyone who “detests Soviet authority”. One of the misconceptions of Communism is that it’s an economic ideology; in reality, it always devolves into despotism. It’s about more than an economic threshold.
One of the most interesting features of the communist revolution in Russia was how the definition of “the rich” kept lowering and lowering until came to include any peasant with a couple of cows or a few acres of land (aka the ‘kulaks’). 1/2
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There’s more to life than productivity, speed, and efficiency.
Grok Imagine is now making *videos* in 1/2 to 1/4 the time that major competitors take to make a single image!
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we traded diversity for connectivity gained the world, lost the neighborhood. everyone knows the same memes but nobody knows their neighbors. previous generations moved cities to become different people. now you can't escape yourself. your digital footprint follows everywhere.
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nobody talks about how the internet killed regional culture. everyone under 30 has the same personality now. your grandparents' generation had accents, local customs, regional humor. you have tiktok trends and twitter discourse.
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“My generation is obsessed with treating every trait as a symptom of a disorder. You’re not shy, you’re autistic. You’re not forgetful, you’ve got ADHD.” This is an EXCEPTIONAL piece from @TheFP
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My generation is obsessed with treating every trait as a symptom of a disorder: You’re not shy, you’re autistic; you’re not forgetful, you’ve got ADHD, writes Freya India.
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Were you born with the incurable drive to find the one shareable meme that will allow your analytics to exceed last week’s numbers — or were you born with a story inside you?
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What's a "bare minimum" skill everyone should have, but surprisingly many people don't
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Knife-sharpened pencils Artist: Harry Wingfield, Second Picture Book, 1970 (And yes, it is a painting)
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90s cassette players (Sanyo MGR78, Spectra SC-5A, Crown SZ-16, Street Beat 894)
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