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a podcast for cats posted:I don't know about that. I remember from years at the dorms 20 years ago, that quite a few "alternative" looking students were rescued from harassment or muggings by bystanders. And that was a much more lawless time than 10 years ago. If anything, local boomers lament that modern men wouldn't lift a finger to defend others in need. Dorms don’t count as a counter-example here, I would argue - people don’t feel like strangers there even if they don’t know each other all too well. I remember getting chased down the streets and almost beaten up by a crowd of like 40 people from a local dorm nearly 15 years ago, because a friend I was with looked vaguely similar to someone who had beaten up some random freshman from that dorm a few weeks before.  My imaginary scenario for that was your random aggressive drunkard harassing people at a bus stop, or someone getting beaten up by a McDonalds at 3am on Friday night.
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Has someone read lately about what the Azeris are doing with their newly captured territories? Are people moving there, construction projects, something like that? Back during that war I wondered if it wouldn't end up just ghost towns bc people would rather stay in Baku. e: I'm gonna throw in here everything I find while googling. They built an airport in Fuzuli together with the Turks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqZvQuN428 Construction going on in Shusha although a bit light on details. Emiratis want to install four GW of renewable power generation? https://www.jpost.com/international/article-708683 Can't vouch for this source but allegedly all kinds of infrastructure going up: https://www.azernews.az/nation/194433.html Probably worth keeping in mind that throwing money at flashy projects is one thing, getting people to want to live there another. Haven't found anything that would give an impression about that - population numbers etc. Shusha, quite a bit of construction holy crap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPs8CmfVv0U But not exactly bustling with life seemingly. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jun 9, 2022 |
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how can we make this happen https://twitter.com/Bartaway/status/1534702554613006336
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It should be Georgia, clearly.
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Xerxes17 posted:It should be Georgia, clearly. Speaking of, https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1534862400402472960
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Well technically that's not an oligarchy. That's a one man show.
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I love it how Wikipedia describes him as a philanthropist. Because obviously a person who steals 5 billion from the people and then gives back crumbs is a hero of ordinary people.
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Very topical to the current debate in Latvia, Ukraine has ratified the Istanbul Convention. Also, https://twitter.com/eu_eurostat/status/1538809379125743616
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That diagram is in dire need of work. They have blanked out UK data but kept Turkey and also their "under average" spans from Greece(almost in the under 25%) to Italy(three points below the average).
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SlowBloke posted:That diagram is in dire need of work. They have blanked out UK data but kept Turkey and also their "under average" spans from Greece(almost in the under 25%) to Italy(three points below the average). The U.K. did sever its ties with the EU, unlike Turkey. I do agree though that the colour scheme configuration is awkward.
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SlowBloke posted:That diagram is in dire need of work. They have blanked out UK data but kept Turkey and also their "under average" spans from Greece(almost in the under 25%) to Italy(three points below the average). Whole lot of reading things into which countries shares their statistics with Eurostat going on here.
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I chuckled at the Russian response to Lithuania blocking transit to Kaliningrad: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1723423/russia-says-lithuania-s-transit-ban-illegal quote:On Monday, Kremlin said it would “formulate” a response after Lithuania banned the rail transit of sanctioned goods between the Russian mainland and its exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast.
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mmkay posted:I chuckled at the Russian response to Lithuania blocking transit to Kaliningrad: Seems like the situation in Kaliningrad will become untenable after July 10th: quote:The ban will expand on July 10 to include cement and alcohol, according to BNS.
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:kazakh dude in a tank top, man bun, and pixelated hitler mustache sure is an aesthetic The narrative really doesn't work in Kazakhstan lol, for a lot of reasons!
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:kazakh dude in a tank top, man bun, and pixelated hitler mustache sure is an aesthetic
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:kazakh dude in a tank top, man bun, and pixelated hitler mustache sure is an aesthetic The photo is from Mongolia, and I suspect the original tweet might be a joke. Is there a video?
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Dwesa posted:They are not even Kazakh, short image search tells me they're Mongolian neo-nazis, picture is from 2010 Although the person she's quoting seems like a complete rando so maybe he's the one who got the wrong picture. Anyway, yesterday I went to an Iron Maiden show that I've had a ticket for since 2019. There's no way those blue and yellow colors have been there all along, right?  
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mobby_6kl posted:Anyway, yesterday I went to an Iron Maiden show that I've had a ticket for since 2019. There's no way those blue and yellow colors have been there all along, right? Those look too close to a flag, and not enough like random clouds, so I'd guess this new and intentional.
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It's literally how it is on the original album cover.
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Is it? I specifically checked it before posting to be sure it's not obviously the case
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It does look like they added some stronger colors to the original cover. The song is about a battle in Crimea.
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huh I do wonder what the position of that war is in the Ukrainian nationalist historical memory. As with all, it seems to alternate between a vague pan-slavic thing and an anti-Russian. Sorta like how polish nationalist and russian panslavists both celebrate Grunwald.
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FishBulbia posted:huh I do wonder what the position of that war is in the Ukrainian nationalist historical memory. As with all, it seems to alternate between a vague pan-slavic thing and an anti-Russian. Sorta like how polish nationalist and russian panslavists both celebrate Grunwald. Is that why there's a thread about him?
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Happy upcoming summer solstice celebrations! (Pretty sure that Baltics are the only EE countries tha celebrate it.)
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Happy upcoming summer solstice celebrations! (Pretty sure that Baltics are the only EE countries tha celebrate it.) resisting christianity since 1171
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FishBulbia posted:resisting christianity since 1171
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Mr. Apollo posted:Somewhat related, but I just learned the other day that Old Believers don’t worship the pre-Christian gods. You can find isolated, old, old believer communities. But some things are better left unspoken.
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Mr. Apollo posted:Somewhat related, but I just learned the other day that Old Believers don’t worship the pre-Christian gods. Yeah, it’s just pre-reform Orthodox. My grandfather is one, although he does ignore the outright bigoted poo poo like not sharing kitchenware with his wife.
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Mr. Apollo posted:Somewhat related, but I just learned the other day that Old Believers don’t worship the pre-Christian gods. Why would you assume we do?
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Why would you assume we do? Old believers sounds like they could be really old and pagan cinci zoo sniper posted:Happy upcoming summer solstice celebrations! (Pretty sure that Baltics are the only EE countries tha celebrate it.) Time to look for the blooming ferns and roll around naked in the dew
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Yeah, the infamous search for the fern flowers 
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Happy upcoming summer solstice celebrations! (Pretty sure that Baltics are the only EE countries tha celebrate it.) Hyvää juhannusta cinci 
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Why would you assume we do?
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Rappaport posted:Hyvää juhannusta cinci *flipping through Finno-Estonian meme catalogue in panic* Torille!
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How do the celebrations look like? Is it popular, or just another day for most people and an excuse to meet up for the rest?
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In Finland it goes likecode:Nenonen fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jun 22, 2022 |
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