It's precisely bc it's such a huge topic that i'm reaching out for help lol! Region doesn't matter but my immediate interest is closer to the aesthetic than the academic side of the spectrum atm, so I'm looking for visual highlights more than other kinds of salience/importance. I just need a rundown of what's iconic (or looks like it ought to be)
tributarium
Oh hey, I saw something by accident that I can contribute here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWKQIqzotLQ
It's a video response from Chomsky's current collaborators telling off these journalists for announcing a private health matter to the public & making it harder for Chomsky & his family & emphasising that even now into his 90s he is doing cutting-edge much-discussed intellectual work and that is the real news.
Yes, I don't think I have another app but more features on some apps I use (Smartdock, Joplin, Librera, Rimusic) would be slightly life-changing.
I really, really like this.
I recently read that rather than "global south" and "global north," some people opt for "global majority" and "global minority." I like that, it reflects how I've always tried to think of it.
Wasn't GiveDirectly one of EA's big things and precisely what you're describing here? Unconditional cash transfers
he knows nothing and genuinely thinks he’s doing a good job.
seems like the first step to improving is being given information on how you're doing, and the second is being mentored/trained?
sorry to be a hater but I'm gonna be a hater. if you don't know what it's like to live without curiousity or awe you are either a child or an extremely fortunate person. to fight against incuriousity and a dulling of the senses is a full-time job unless you are extremely lucky with how much free time you have, the people around you, the events in your life you experience, etc. this is extremely haughty. "tell me what it's like" it fucking sucks! annoying
What do you use for TTS? I'm interested in both a service that'll turn a PDF into an audiobook and that reads a document line-by-line. I use Librera for the latter but the FOSS voices available on F-Droid leave a lot to be desired.
Can I ask how you ended up there in the first place? I can scarcely think of a more interesting place on earth.
How integrated are you into the local community? How well do you speak the local language? I'm a foreigner living abroad and I would never trust either my own perception of this place nor 99% of other foreigners' perceptions.
I don't have it in me to be grateful for positive things, I can only praise the absence of problems.