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@fun_wine_mom · 2 years ago

Are Spontaneous Decisions Ever a Good Thing?

It is quite astounding how the speed with which a decision is taken influences the way the decision is received by the observers. If faced with a choice of a venue to go to to have lunch, your hung...

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@fun_wine_mom · 2 years ago

Is there a general, special or no obligation to follow the law?

(Here's an updated version of my formative essay that i had to write for my course. Let's start with a little bit of legal philosophy to get back in the game after a long break) In...

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@fun_wine_mom · 2 years ago

Als ich die letzte Stufe erreichte,

schlug der Wind mich ins Gesicht wie eine Ohrfeige. Vor mich labeg ein Quardrat eines Platzes in irgendeinem Stadt. Der Platz war stark betoniert: alle drei rämliche Dimensionen - die Länge, die Brei...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Plötzlich sprach der Fahrer

"Der Zug endet hier. Aussteigen" Ich blinkte und shaute kurz rum. Alle schwarze Sessel in meiner Umgebung waren leer, und das Türlicht brennte mit Rot wie die Auge eines Zyklops. Der Wand der Station...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

"...and so they gave him the monastery robes and a rope to tie around his waist, and told him that if he should feel as though he's being overcome by the temptation again, he should ring the monastery...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

....and the wind buries it deeper and deeper...

A sequel to " Menaces: Yearning, Burning ". I can see her now: she is sitting on the beach, with her drink in her hand and her slippers next to her on the sand. Both the slippers and the sand are loc...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

I Was Brought Up By Cities

Liking places has always felt like an easier task to me than liking people. This is why for the majority of my childhood and teenage years I'd been a loner. Actually, that's not quite true. I was in...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

"Do Not Blame The Silent Majority" or "I Just Want to Grill, for Pete's Sake"

Foreword: I was looking for a nice photo of Nixon doing his famous speech to illustrate the title of the article and have found out that this phrase - " the silent majority "- seems to have been "re-...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Menaces: Yearning, Burning

This piece is a creative piece. All similarities to people, living or dead are completely coincidental, and only a fool would think otherwise. There I am sitting , a porcelain cup in my hand, a tooth...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Can a country fully shut down its citizens' access to the Internet?

This (last for now) literature review will address the concept of a “complete network shut-down”, which the article “ When Do States Disconnect Their Digital Networks? Regime Responses to the Politica...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Why do authoritarian states seek tighter national control of the media?

This literature report will critically engage with the positions expressed in Nocetti’s article “Contest and conquest”, and Deibert’s “Authoritarianism Goes Global”. Firstly, this report will compare...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Media in Turkey and Hungary: Assignment for the course "Media and Undemocratic Erosion"

This literature report proposes an alternative look at the two articles, namely Media in Hungary : Three Pillars of an Illiberal Democracy (abbreviated to “Media in Hungary” below), and Media Capt...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

i'm back, baby

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

The 'American Pie' Syndrome

Does art imitate life? Or does life imitate art? How much, if at all, does cinema form and influence our mindset and attitudes to life? Let us discuss this relationship, as well as relationships gene...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

How to choose a cryptowallet?

This topic could be of particular interest to many users of this platform, as well as to those, who deal with cryptocurrency one way or the other in their day-to-day life. Because of a generally high...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

How do the rich think?

With their brain cells, obviously. Self-help literature has been popular for quite a while now. We are told that whatever the problem is, you just gotta change your thinking and - voila! - it will d...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Navalny's poisoning: the Russian perspective and why it's full of sh...bias(Part 1)

As mentioned in my previous article, exploring the misfortunes Alexey Navalny, the "leader of Russian opposition" had to endure thus far, though Alexey has thankfully recovered from the poisoning, t...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Alexey Navalny - the hero Russia does not want?

Putin's Russia is often described as an authoritarian regime, and he is often portrayed in the media as Russia's new Tsar. This is no wonder, as he plays just as much of a symbolic role in the Russia...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Seagulls, smoke and glass

She is like an organism, Made of smoke and mirrors, And she's running constantly, Mercilessly vigorous I get up because the ceiling in the corridor is leaking again. I call it a corridor, but rea...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

How do I feel one with the world?

This post, written at 1:30 am, is not intended to be serious. I do not want to push anything onto you, dear reader, but merely want to invite you to walk this short analytical journey with me, and tr...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Top 4 most interesting 'fake sciences'

If you haven't been living under a rock, or maybe on a deserted island with a lighthouse (as nice as that would be), then you probably know what horoscopes are. Astrology - the study of constella...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

What should take priority, order or freedom?

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

Which political party do you support? What would you describe your own political beliefs as?

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

The vicious circle of loneliness

Suppose you've never been in a serious relationship...or any relationship for that matter. You've had crushes, you've talked to people you fancy, you've approached them on the street, asked mutual fri...

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@fun_wine_mom · 3 years ago

How to stop a panic attack in its tracks:

In this day and age a lot of yound and older people alike seem to be suffering from various kinds of anxiety. The reasons why it is so are plentiful and deserve a separate mention in a longer post. As...

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