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Everything is not as it seems. China, a self-proclaimed democracy, actually sits on a régime with rather extreme inclinations. The Chinese constitution accordingly provides that The People’s Republic of China “is a socialist state governed by a people’s democratic dictatorship that is led by the working class and based on an alliance of workers andContinue reading “This one’s for you Tibet”

Okay, so you’ve heard of Mongolia / Монгол Улс / Mongol Uls. You might be able to locate it on a map, landlocked and snuggled between China to the south and Russia to the north. And cite an encyclopaedic geographic fact or two, like name the capital Ulaanbaatar, and the fact that it’s one ofContinue reading “Okay so you’ve heard of Mongolia”

A question to fashion designers and entrepreneurs: what is it that you are really seeking to sell people? Well-designed clothes? Luxury? Style? An experimental concept? An enhanced way of life? A creative vision? Your own ego? Nightmares to children? At the heart of the high fashion industry and tradition lies a perennial struggle, that ofContinue reading “But wat r u rly selling?”

A depressing truth surrounding this war is that Russians are so wrapped up in themselves that they find the personable Ukrainians insufferable. Please get this one right. Don’t be silent. And no need for hypocrisy. We really don’t stand to lose these guys, citizens of a previously charming, effervescent democracy. These war crimes within EuropeContinue reading “Гарантия / garantiya”

Read my previous seminal musings on #Ukraine: 💙🇺🇦💛 on Ukraine 💙🇺🇦💛 Does Russo-Ukrainian bloodshed lie on Western hands? #Perspectives Sanctioning Russia & counterbalancing SovietSerendipity Fact: everything that humanity can ever possibly achieve has already been streamlined by the fruitful mental processing of the very first humans, who dwelled in Africa. All our momentum was workedContinue reading “Oh, Ukraine”

The Akkadian language is the oldest attested Semitic language, full texts in Akkadian / akkadû / 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 having emerged from about the 25th or 24th century BC. It is long extinct, having been replaced by Aramean ܐܪܡܝܐ Arāmāyā 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀 אַרָמָיָא by the 8th century BC. It was an East Semitic language like Eblaite andContinue reading “Why the Language of Asceticism was also the Language of Sin”

What is language? It is defined as… the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture. “a study of the way children learn language” a system of communication used by a particular country or community. “the book was translated into twenty-fiveContinue reading “The four layers of language”

At the core of linguistic study lies an enigma: what actually even is language? What is it that we are actually even studying? Sure, you came for a love of words or a passion for communication, but what is the pernickety phenomenon that really lies at the heart of linguistic study? Many people are profoundlyContinue reading “What’s the point of a monochromatic photo of a rainbow?”

History is told from a decisively human perspective, for the benefit of humanity in its entirety, of course. History unfolds as we seek to progress infinitely without obstruction, but why? Why do we have this appetite for progression? It’s certainly not entirely intrinsic. In the foremost shadows of human history lurk two beasts. The firstContinue reading “The darkest side”

The theory of evolution was first proposed by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, providing that diversity has come about among all the organisms of the world through this process called evolution, over millions on millions on millions of years. The process of natural selection determines who will die out, survive, and thrive. Those organismsContinue reading “Why the sharks are right”