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  No. No, you shouldn’t #duolingo #mythology #lorelei

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  My pumpkin is looking a little addled, but it is mine #halloween #pumpkin #JackOLantern

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  A wonderful short animated movie in #Yakut language, which is a language of #Sakha people - one of the #indigenous peoples in Russia. I am happy to see their language being represented https://youtu.be/A5ccyOHHric?si=E9duhaY5qyIelDg1

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  It is the time of the year when I keep relistening to The City Must Survive - an amazing track from #Frostpunk And I keep thinking that, aside from being a great final boss/last stand music, it is also a hymn to civil engineering. Reminding us how badass it is to create things that are literally keeping us alive. #Music #soundtrack https://youtu.be/TpaFE6_nDJw?si=flOHpowNq59bobC1

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  “Yes, we know that sometimes this place just spawns zombies. No, we didn’t tell you. It only does that a few times per year, we thought it’ll resolve itself as always by the time you’ve got here” Horror book logic #reading @bookstodon #bookstodon #horror #snark

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  But, Duo - now I have questions #duolingo #german #Deutsch #funny

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  I keep losing the 4mm hook. Only the 4mm one. I’ve on my third one already, aaaaand now I can’t find that one Who eats them? #crochet

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  Started reading I Love Russia: Reporting from a lost country by Elena Kostyuchenko. Being a queer anti-war Russian myself, this book is important to me, putting in words many hunches I’ve been feeling for years about history, loss, feeling of disorientation and subsequent resentment that led to the present moment. Note that the author is very much against the current administration and its course, and it cost her dearly Annoyed to see how many people on Goodreads have rated the book 1 star eith...

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  Well, shit Sorry, I dont have anything more eloquent to say Did not expect to, today It feels as if the last hope is dead now #russia #navalny

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  Random thought: Fey glamour probably looks a lot like AI art. Gorgeous beyond normal at first sight, but then something doesn’t make sense

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  The Black Mountaneer - an entity from Soviet folklore The Black (or Dark, as I’ll call him later, since it can have wrong associations in English otherwise) Mountaineer is an enduring piece of folklore in many Eastern Bloc countries, a patron/boogeyman of hikers and mountain climbers And I was not able to find any mentions of him in English, so - here. Enjoy the story Appearance: Looks like a climber with black gear and black shadow instead of a face Behavior: Usually helpful, even th...

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  For the record - yes, I went to vote at 12, and yes, I voted against the big P, and yes, there were noticeably more people than usual even in my middle of nowhere neighbourhood #elections #russia