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“Cuba has a firm and clear historical position against mercenarism and plays an active role in the United Nations in repudiation of this practice,” the ministry added, according to an unofficial translation.

“Cuba is not part of the war in Ukraine. It is acting and will act vigorously against whoever, from the national territory, participates in any form of human trafficking for the purposes of recruitment of mercenarism so that Cuban citizens use weapons against any country.”

The Russian government has not commented on the allegations.

super interesting

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(1997_film)

IMDB user reviews: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119794/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

i feel bad for ppl having consumption as an hobby. what a life.

it's so beautiful, thank you for sharing it.

but i don't see it related to the post at all... OP's post feels like serfdom apology? it's super weird honestly. It's not freedom if it's not a choice.

My reading of Tagore's poem is like: different choices and conditions develop two different worldviews, two solitudes that they could not "explain to each other". But they still loved each other. And - in my reading - the bird in the cage in the end doesn't have "the strength to soar". I feel there is some social commentary behind, probably about colonialism and some "comfort". But I really don't know.

Thank you again for sharing. Long ago I read Charulata, and it was so powerful and beautiful. I should definitely read more by Tagore.

Reality doesn't seem to matter anymore. When libs are fixated on correcting you, you have no hope of redemption. They need to feel superior and use their "correct" language to emphasize their superiority, regardless of whether what they're emphasizing is entirely fabricated.

My opinion: people need to chill. and also to understand that English is used by different people in various contexts. Not everybody grasps the subtleties of the language. For instance, if discussing something like "a product highly recommended for our discreet female audience" or stating "no problems have been encountered in the department for female prisoners" is considered appropriate, somebody might feel that writing "To look at a female's behind" (as seen in the original r/therewasanattempt post) is also acceptable. And it's no big deal.

Also, it's a typical Anglo-Saxon harry potteresque magical thinking, and obsession, with language, magic words and formulations. Censoring words just make them stronger. Stop being fucking puritains stupid ameriremoved. Scarlet letters never work. Changing words doesn't change the world, activism about language is just slacktivism to feel smug and superior, and ultimately keeping the status quo as it is.

Why should we care about you? What's your favorite book?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-5922.1996.00165.x super interesting paper, i'm not even joking

so ugly it's pretty

that's my opinion as well.