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Often great and sometimes boring. Or is it often boring and sometimes great? In either case, putting on hold

Great essay on the nuances of terrorism

No punches pulled on the titular essay. Brilliant.

The battle with the cap-wearers of Istanbul, of Turkey, is not my battle, it’s yours. I have my own battles to fight against other kinds of cap-wearers and torchbearers in my country. In a way, the battles are not all that different.

Oh, Inan

Lord knows this moment

deconstructing how fucked up the world is so relatably leads to despair

omg the mock Bush speech is too good! too good!

Oof, each and all these moments. Tickled pink by how the first act has rolled out

ok so Dream’s solution is simultaneously brilliant and ridiculous

well that was clever. and, you know, unnecessarily brutal. but clever, yes

Oh the hypocrisy: not so easy to be dismissive when it’s your own, is it now, Robert?

ehhhhhhhhh summary summary summary

*Gets on bus*
*Realizes forgot to charge Kindle*
*Weeps*

wait you’re letting them have unrestricted access again what

Damn, even I’m almost believing the story that Face has weaved here, and I know what actually happened!

Oooh but this is good. Heart: “Never again.” Me: It’s about to get real, and I am so here for it.

aaaaaaand we're doomed

Ok so Myrodyn’s intro is pretty amazing

"The shoddy callousness with which the investigations were carried out demonstrate a worrying belief that they wouldn’t be “found out,” and if they were, it wouldn’t matter very much. Their confidence does not seem to have been misplaced." Worryingly reminiscent.

A few wonky choices here after an otherwise brilliant beginning, and still pretty damn good

"People who have lost control over their lives, people who have been uprooted from their homes and communities, who have lost their culture and their language, are being made to feel proud of something. Not something they have striven for and achieved, not something they can count as a personal accomplishment, but something they just happen to be. Or, more accurately, something they happen not to be."

Gallo is on point

Takeaway from the intro: "It’s enough to make you wonder whether there is any connection at all between elections and democracy." And reductionist as it is, the examples that Roy uses to back her brutal judgments resonate too strongly amidst the current backdrop of our own politics to be ignored.