🇷🇺🇺🇳 "People of Donetsk and Lugansk just want to speak their own language and celebrate those who defeated the fascists rather than those who fought on the fascist side"

- Russian representative to the UN, Nebenzia

Democracy is so easily subverted. Civilizations ran by people who’s only incentive is to loot and pillage while they’re in power invariably crumble.
@FragileDemocracy

Five years ago we went for broke to get a homestead that tripled our square footage of house and expanded our land even more for our eight children.

…And yet our children cuddle up together in a small space.

When there are women worth fighting for, I guess.

#DistAns 44, reflecting on the recent IRL event and thoughts on the future. Title: "The Fox in the Snow". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1yGFzIitNs

I showed up to the social after the US Event wearing a TempleOS t-shirt and an ugly orange smoking jacket. It is a shame that only half of the attendees understood the reference

Starting in 15 minutes! https://youtu.be/E_32oC0keWE

Ages ago, a Czech fren of mine recommended this book to me. It is a demythologized story set in the Lord of the Rings universe but from the perspective of the Mordorians. It frames Sauron’s hordes not as evil orcs but progressive and industrial humans that are wrongfully maligned by the backwards oppressive imperialists. “Orc” is just a slur for the swarthy civilizations outside of the West. I see this book as an allegory of how Russians see themselves as being wronged by the West and as a Social Justice Left deconstruction of all that is ordered, good, and holy. That being said, I would recommend reading it rather than watch The Rings of Power.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer

For those of you thinking Russia are the baddies:

Look up how many churches have been built vs how many mosques have been built in Russia in the last decade, then compare those figures to the churches & mosques built in your country in the same time frame.

Food for thought.

The comic book industry has been in the tubes for years. Here you see that they can't even give their comics away.

The only reason they're even still in print is because they're backed by the movie industry and vampire investment groups.

No 10 year old boy wants to read about feminist girlboss superheroes and nihilistic men in tights.

We're led to believe that superhero comics are a timeless monolith. But in reality marvel was on the brink of bankruptcy in the 70's before they made Savage Sword of Conan. And before that detective noir and horror comics were the most popular.

Most will blame wokeness for the decline in comic book sales. But, the truth is that the trope of superpowered man in tights that conceals his identity has been on life support for a long time. It lacks longevity.

People still like graphic novels. But the west has handed over their tradition to foreigners in the form of manga.