willow.willow.willow

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@willow.willow.willow · 3 years ago

Understanding Taiwanese history through cinema

Taiwan frequently appears in world news. But not many Westerners know it well. Many simply think of Taiwan as a "renegade Chinese territory" that has been an unofficial ally of the United States. Ta...

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@willow.willow.willow · 3 years ago

Twenty years ago

Monday, September 10, 2001. It was one of those lingering late summer days. Being after Labor Day, children were back in school, but that did not mean the summer was over. At the time, I lived in...

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@willow.willow.willow · 3 years ago

How I've survived COVID lockdown thanks to cryptocurrencies

It seems that most people in the Global North these days get into crypto space as investors. To these people, Bitcoin, Ether, and other coins are just like stocks they buy and trade. I didn't find mys...

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@willow.willow.willow · 3 years ago

On the impending death of coaching industry

"Become a life coach and build a successful business!" screams an ad. You've seen this on Facebook. You've seen this in your email inbox. It makes you think that becoming a "coach" is an attractive bu...

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@willow.willow.willow · 3 years ago

"Namaske": Or, why lockdown and mask mandates evoke backlash

About 13 months ago, in the summer of 2020, the government of where I live have promulgated a so-called "mask mandate" (to be more precise, a "face-covering requirement"). Like in many other parts of...

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