Author: Dongchen
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Whataboutism
They unfurled every creasein the discarded papersScrambling for expressionsunder the magnifying glass Banters;Lectures;Journalistic pieces Two sentences;A phrase;One word “She is a vile __________”, they proclaimed“Be hateful.”And the people became hateful. Reproach her.Banish her.Create a climate of fear. Is the evidence sufficient?YesBut only in this case Is the response appropriate?YesBut only in this case I wriggled…
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Berlinale accused of platforming antisemites following award to “No Other Land”
German political figures, including Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, have criticised the Berlinale for platforming “antisemites” following the award ceremony for the Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land. Award recipients criticise Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Upon receiving their awards on-stage, some award recipients made remarks critical of actions by the states of Germany and…
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Remembering Alexei Navalny
You’re not allowed to give up. If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong. We need to utilise this power, to not give up, to remember we are a huge power that is being oppressed by these bad dudes. We don’t realise how strong we actually are. The only thing…
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GUI Flatpak Experience on Ubuntu for Non-Technical People
With this configuration, the only command you would need to know is flatpak update. All other tasks after initial setup can be performed by intuitive and reliable GUI tools. Why not gnome-software-plugin-flatpak? Indeed, it provides a fully graphical way to install Flatpak software. But it is purportedly resource-intensive with its background daemon. In addition, behaviour…
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Learn French with Parallel Texts: “The Little Prince” Bilingual Book with Audio
I have been finding this bilingual version of Le Petit Prince (“The Little Prince”) helpful for learning French. Here are the included audio files (Google Drive) read clearly in French and English by Nadine Eckert-Boulet and Karen Savage respectively at a slow pace. ISBN: 9780956721594Find online or at a physical bookshop Printing is in black…
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The Ideal Journalist: Opinion Warrior or Conveyor of Facts?
Originally published 21 January. Transferred from another blog provider. Some changes due to better WordPress formatting capabilities. Ironically, this post is an essay. Perhaps months will go by during which I will be ever more astonished by the naïvity of this opinion. But that’s okay. I constantly reckon with the role of the journalist. In…