Fall of the Berlin Wall
9 November, 1989. German reunification took place in October the following year.
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Personality Disorders in Modern Life, by Theodore Millon
"Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives."
"If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's"
Strikes me as a really dumb quote, but it is subjectively true at 195, which is not the level of dumb. Nevertheless, it is false and misleading.
smoked food
Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood --wikipedia
dishwashing by hand
Request: This is an activity that plenty of adults do everyday. Personally, I do it 2 or 3 times daily. Thanks!
zealotry
"fanatical and uncompromising pursuit of religious, political, or other ideals" -- Google dictionary
2022 US election integrity
Gone are the days that election results can be trusted in every state in the United States. And that means they can't be trusted nationally. (This post was first published Nov. 8th).
buyer's remorse
a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary or extravagant --request
T/F: Brazil's presidential election was stolen
"There's always the possibility of something abnormal happening in a fully computerized system," Bolsonaro said after the vote, according to the New York Times.
Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The protests started on 15 April 1989 and were forcibly suppressed on 4 June when the government declared martial law and sent the People's Liberation Army to occupy parts of central Beijing --wikipedia
Metatron (an angel in Judaism)
In folkloristic tradition, he is the highest of the angels and serves as the celestial scribe or "recording angel" --wikipedia
homesickness
distress caused by being away from home. Its cognitive hallmark is preoccupying thoughts of home and attachment objects --wikipedia
Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight
The Lion King is at 415 in TvF, perhaps largely due to the music.
FBI seizure of Z-Library’s domains
November 4, 2022 the FBI takes control of Z-Library's web sites, presumably due to copyright claims.
ad blocker
"a piece of software designed to prevent advertisements from appearing on a web page" -- Google dictionary