Lapsed academic, fledgling writer. Spiritually a mushroom.
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https://www.youtube.com/@drfiltrit
Iâve been struggling to find the right word.
Hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets to oppose OrbĂĄnâs rule in Hungary, the âdisappearanceâ and detention of Palestinian activists in the US, corruption in Serbia, narcissistic kleptocracy at T*sla dealerships. Masses of people making flesh the knowledge that being polite and hoping for the best and trusting in the system correcting itself has demonstrably not worked, and if anything has made things worse.
Hundreds of thousands of people are taking a risk together with their friends and families and hundreds of thousands of strangers, knowing they are playing catch-up to decades of damage wrought by malignant powers and apathy.
People are (literally) manifesting strength and justice, connected globally through their own specificity. At its core this moment is tangible and real: itâs sweat and stress and bottled water and burner phones and clip boards and new friends and old banners and someoneâs first protest and someone elseâs twentieth.
What do you call that? âUpliftingâ is the wrong word. âInspirationalâ is the wrong word. Itâs true, but itâs also all too twee and reductive. Even âhistoricâ is the wrong word. Necessary? Promising? Present?
The country's authoritarian president, Aleksandar Vucic, was the protestors' main target at the large anti-corruption demonstration, following the fatal accident at the Novi Sad train station. Saturday's movement was reminiscent of those that led to the fall of former dictator Slobodan Milosevic in 2000.
First they came for the pronouns, and I did not speak outâ
Because I was not a pronoun.
Then came for the articles, and did not speak outâ
Because was not an article.
Then came for nouns, and did not speak outâ
Because was not noun.
Then came for, and did not speak outâ
Because was not.
Then for, did notâ
Because
Happy #Kalevala Day!
Yes, the Kalevala is the #Finnish national epic. Fifty #poems of heroes, monsters and a fishbone harp. But what if it's not just that? What if it's also a sculpture or a pair of socks?
Many years ago I earned a crust teaching European cultural history, and this #filtrit video on the Kalevala as an idea or a process is one of the leftover thoughts from that time that I never really got to explore properly before - so what better time than today! đ
Roses are red
Violets are blue
With minor revisions
I accept you đčđ
Onko Sinun sukulaisiasi kuollut Stalinin vainoissa?
TÀÀltÀ voit testata. Sinne on just löydetty arkistoista monta tuhatta uutta nimeÀ.
https://kohtalonaneuvostoliitto.kansallisarkisto.fi/
EDIT: Ja ICYDK, tÀÀltÀ voit testata kuoliko sukulaisiasi sisÀllisodassa tai sen jÀlkeen vankileireillÀ:
https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/fi/victims/faceted-search/table?page=0
Ja tÀÀllÀ, kuoliko sukulaisiasi toisessa maailmansodassa:
https://www.sotasampo.fi/fi/casualties/
#sisÀllissota #Stalin #StalininVainot #Neuvostoliitto #MuttaEntÀsKommunismi #kommunismi #historia #Kansallisarkisto
I just want it out there that a new term for a terrible human (originally in reference to a reactionary disaster of a politician) has just dropped, and I so very sincerely want it to take off:
đŠ đđŠ horrid little spoređŠ đđŠ
(finding joy in the little things, me.)
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