"a man's life start at 28"

A political movement can spend a decade demanding no more wars in the Middle East -- so resources can be used at home instead for Americans -- but the minute you show them video of 30 Arabs blown up and dubiously claim they're terrorists, many will say: "hell yeah! kill more!"

for all the bile spitting pugnacious new convert jihadi zeal of internet catholicism pope francis stood like a final echo of faith as something gentle and beautiful. goodbye aura king

No serious debate about what the "right to self-determination" can even mean today, in times of demodernization, class fragmentation and political dealignment, without any social-revolutionary perspective. The clichés of the last century are clearly at odds with social progress.

‘The Skilled Yogi VISA’

tooze on trump's and the GND's futurism

you are valid. unfortunately your premises are false, so you’re not sound

The calming blue of Lake Thun takes up almost half the space of Cuno Amiet's picture (1931), with nothing seemingly disturbing its tranquillity. Along with Ferdinand Hodler and Giovanni Giacometti, Amiet was a pioneer of Swiss modern art.

we have all been there

»Ein Volksaufstand ist kein Sujet für Kirchen- und Schlössermalerei, und die Schlachtfelder wurden von den Siegern geplündert. Nur Dürer hat sofort auf das Ende der Rebellion reagiert, mit dem Entwurf eines Denkmals, den er seiner Zeichenlehre von 1525 beifügte.«

the main purpose of recruiting intl students is theyre the only ones who contribute anything of value harvard is need blind for intl students with 1% admission (vs 4% domestic) meaning most domestic students would fail to get in if they were held to the same academic standards

difficult to overstate how hard this goes

Every act of personal sacrifice is seen as performative to people like this because they can't conceive of doing a single selfless thing for another. Typing away from the safety of the home, their only material concern, a deadline. Rotten to the core.