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Continue reading →: Reddit: Girl Wants Sober Party For Her BirthdayWhether it’s a celebration, a night with friends, or a family gathering, people attend or organize parties for various reasons. When done responsibly, partying can bring joy and create warm memories. Young people, in particular, often see it as an occasion to drink as if there’s no tomorrow. But what…
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Continue reading →: The Trouble With Unhealthy Shopping HabitsIt all started in mid-June when I ordered a mermaid dress for an upcoming wedding, along with heels and glittering eyeshadow. Since then, I’ve been regularly ordering from Temu, even if some purchases were entirely unjustified. In November, I decided to permanently delete the app—no more scrolling, no more impulsive…
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Continue reading →: The Ukrainian TV Series That Made Volodymyr Zelensky FamousIf you come from Eastern Europe and are asked to define politics, you might immediately associate it with corruption, oligarchism, criminality, and high-level fraud. I come from Moldova, and I can tell you, as a matter of fact, that politics has been a pain in the *** since the early…
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Continue reading →: Recollections From The Winters Of ChildhoodAs I am writing this, the first snowflakes of January cover Vilnius in a fine, delicate, yet humble layer of snow. Since snowy winters are becoming increasingly rare all over the world, I can’t help but recollect my childhood memories of heavy snowfalls and blinding white landscapes. One of the…
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Continue reading →: Housekeeping Books for Women from the USSRMother had one or two of those—probably we still have them somewhere in a drawer or cupboard, unless they’ve been thrown away. Her sisters had them too. In the Soviet Union, every woman owned a copy of those know-it-all housekeeping books. They were especially popular for two things: recipes and…
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Continue reading →: A Year In Pages: The Books That Defined 2024As the end of 2024 approaches, I thought of sharing some of the literary discoveries that shaped my past months. While some of these books came as recommendations from dear people, most were serendipitously picked off the shelves of libraries and bookstores. 1. On the Origin of Time by Thomas…
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Continue reading →: ‘Brain Rot’: A Year Of Mind-Numbing Content That Degenerates CognitionThis year was a tough one, indeed. With harrowing events happening across different meridian coordinates, 2024 has shaped, for many, a new understanding of humanity. And while the digitalization of life was meant to bring benefits and open access to knowledge, we seem to have almost forgotten that power belongs…
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Continue reading →: Oleg Gordievsky’s Life As A Double Agent In The Cold WarOne year ago, during a summer holiday in picturesque Brașov, Romania, I stumbled upon Next Stop Execution, Oleg Gordievsky’s gripping autobiography. As an avid reader, I value bookstores where you can lose yourself among the shelves. This was precisely my experience when my eyes fell upon the memoir of one…
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Continue reading →: Reddit: Man Makes Wife Stop Using TikTok 6 Hours A DaySpending a bit of time throughout the day on our favorite apps doesn’t sound harmful at all. But when that “bit of time” transforms into hours of scrolling through amusing short videos, disconnecting users from real-life events, it raises concerns about potential social media addiction. Certainly, no one could blame…
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Continue reading →: Reflections On Moldova’s Existential TurmoilIt’s Monday afternoon as I put these words down. As any sane Moldavian, I should be celebrating Maia Sandu’s victory in the presidential election, marking her second term. But my feelings are far from joyful and the taste of victory feels so bitter. Just hours have passed since one of…
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