“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”
Today marks the 78th anniversary of the day on which the USSR declared victory over Nazi Germany, having fought all the way back from the very brink of defeat, to the storming of Berlin. It is an extremely important day for Russians everywhere, and is one of the most...
No, the headline does not mean quite what you think it does. It is in fact a reference to VICTORY DAY – which for Europeans and Americans is May 8th, and for Russians is May 9th. For the latter, Victory Day, or День Победы, carries far more emotional weight and...
This is the bit of the Book of Job where His Hugeness weighs in, finally, after much debate and discussion between Job and his three friends. It is a fascinating exchange between the Lord of Creation and one who does not sin with his lips, but who in his heart does...
Gentlemen! We just concluded another round of Ask Didact Anything Day on my Telegram channel, which is your chance as a member of the community (such as it is) to ask questions to yer very ‘eavy, very ‘umble Warrior-Servant. We got a really good battery of...
Back when I was living Stateside, in a part of the East Coast with a fairly substantial Hispanic population (in the Heights area, not downtown where I was), May the 5th was always this weird celebration of… something. I never managed to figure out what it was...
May the 4th came and went, and like most of you, I honestly could not be arsed to bother with it. There was a time, between the ages of 12 and about 27, when I was a rabid STAR WARS fan – I particularly loved the novels, and would read through them voraciously....
It really just does not matter how long the weekend is – Monday always comes along to pee in the punchbowl. If, like most of the world, May 1st is a holiday for you, then today isn’t so bad – but if you are in Amerikhastan, it isn’t one, as far...
34 Then Elihu answered and said: 2 “Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;3 for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.4 Let us choose what is...
Everyone knows by now about how Fox News fired #BasedTucker, because reasons. Precisely what those reasons are, is still a bit murky, because no one at Fox is letting on, but it is not difficult to draw some basic conclusions using open-source data and a modicum of...
Yes, I know, today is not actually Friday. A combination of a busy schedule and sheer laziness has severely cramped my writing this week, even though events have moved forward at an extremely fast pace. It can’t really be helped – as one of you pointed out...
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