Happy New Year!

Published by Clarissa

indeed I thought of you when I heard it.

Even the fact that you can hear how bad your pronunciation is is a good mark of progress.

:D I was tested at age 5 or so. My parents were against IQ testing, but their friend was going…

I have heard *all* bagpipe, even well-played, described that way. The point was to put fear in the hearts of…

We didn't do anything to provoke them or engage them in any way. It's probably because of Veller who is…

Also, this whole idea that you need to be pure and uphold your principles while you are getting genocided is…

Sorry, it's still early for me. Of course, Pakistani.

"Palestinian rape gangs" Pakistani....

Magic has been suggested as the only method.

That's exactly what I'm saying. People want a magic pill. But it doesn't exist. As for state of mind, I…

"state of the society that normalizes certain methods of dealing with those problems" And what are your concrete proposals for…

I would not mind if all those ills you describe just magically ended. I am not in any way invested…

Sorry, I'll brag a bit, in a weird way. I have never taken the proper IQ test. Curiously, a test…

Congratulations! I never expected them to go after people who never were Russian citizens... v07

Well, I inherited my grandfather's bagpipes, had it remedied in Scotland, and learned to play it. My long suffering wife…

I've read straightforwardly right wing fiction in English (albeit shorter stuff online, not a novel), but it was so bad…

*always

This might be the time to take the plunge, I'm not sure how well this would translate. On the other…

And kudos for reading it in French. I'll probably chicken out and go for the translation.

I have it lined up! We are all reading the same things. It's so cool!!

I'm reading Le Camp des Saints. I won't be done anytime soon (it's well above my reading level), but the…

He's so good, everybody should read him.

I just finished reading an essay by Kingsnorth and thought the name was familiar - which it was, bc of…

Even with repetition... you still have to *want* to understand philosophy ;) I uh... do the same thing with music.…

"It takes a lot of repetition for me to understand a text in philosophy ..." I have no idea what my…

Who knows. Sometimes, people who banned me are somebody I've never engaged with in any way. Sometimes, it's accounts with…

This is so sad.

18th Century US, apparently.

why are you unpopular with the Ukrainians on Twitter?

Congratulations!