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they captured elites and tried to reeducate them with a powerpoint presentation on global issues and none of them cared

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my favorite series from when I was young… the thread vein of life beats strongly here. mythologies, coming of age, mystical ocean lore, animism.. life evolved in the oceans first and our foray onto land gave us thicker membranes and glands of micro oceans inside to keep us alive <3 the salinity of the human body mirrors that of the ancient ocean

in a chapter about the effects of the colombian exchange on various chinese dynasties. it feels so refreshing and awesome to be digging into some non eurocentric history (and pleasantly surprising given the subtitle of this book)

having to take a break from reading this before bed because it’s giving me nightmares about dying of malaria or dying from being worked to death in a mine 😶