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“The harder I swim the faster I sink” 41, he/him, fan of video games, books and arsenal football club
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Compared to not only just the culture shock of living in the Global North, but also the restrictions of movement and vitriol they face daily. All because the mass murderer in charge decided today is the day to put these people in their crosshairs.

It just frustrates me when people boil the gauntlet of death and exploitation they have to endure because they want to just claim benefits and get a free house. They were living a much better quality of life in their home countries, paying taxes and contributing to their communities.

Eventually they call the Turkish coastguard & taken back to Turkey. It must have felt all that trauma and horror was all for naught. The idea that refugees come to the Global North to claim benefits and live off the state is an absolute myth. Most of them had better lives in their home countries.

Which happens in the documentary. They're in the middle of the sea and the dinghy literally starts sinking. People are pleading for the operator to call the coast guard and they say they're not in Greek waters and to wait, children were screaming and crying. It was horrifying.

Like one refugee says that a lot of these people are there because they were people of means, had well paid jobs as either business people or skilled work and they had to sell their houses, their cars, their possessions to chance it all on a dinghy that can easily start sinking.

And it just absolutely destroyed me 😭 the absolute trauma refugees have to go through just so they don't have to wonder if tomorrow is the day they're blown to smithereens is just unfathomable.

As part of my #OpenUniversity second year social sciences course I had to watch part of Exodus: Our Journey to Europe and watching these Syrian refugees leave Turkey and this little boy was in floods of tears because this family who he became friends with were leaving and he was staying

Good morning

I posted Ice by Anna Kavan not because it stayed with me in a good way but because I had a thoroughly horrible time, it depressed the shit out of me but I could appreciate it for how well it was written and presented and that was why it stayed with me.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20 of 20: Ice by Anna Cavan #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Listening to Julien Baker the past few days and her songs are like a big comfort blanket wrapped around me even though they can be haunting, depressing and lonely it just feels strangely comforting to just be in amongst those feelings.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19 of 20: Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

This sort of thing really boils my blood. If this guy actually believed the sort of content he makes it would be one thing but he's just a grifter using clickbait to suck people in, drive traffic to his platform & his companies and ultimately fatten his wallet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 18 of 20: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

In my humble opinion the World War Z film is a huge disappointment compared to the book. Not a bad film but compared to the book it’s mediocre at best.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 17 of 20: World War Z by Max Brooks #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 16 of 20: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Absolutely love that autocorrect changes Hear the wind sing to Gear the wind sing and I didn't realise until today 🙃

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15 of 20: Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14 of 20: Gear The Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13 of 20: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13 of 20: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Regarding the last post, that is awesome book cover art! Would love to own a copy but as it’s a first edition I can imagine it’s rare and costs an arm and a leg 🥹

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12 of 20: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott-Fitzgerald #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Okay. Time for a thread about the Accelerationist propaganda mod for Hearts of Iron 4 and why it's bad that I don't see anyone in the field really talking about how video games and the networks around them are working to radicalize young men at an alarming rate. It urgently needs to be addressed /1

Morning from Kyiv. The night was with drones partially. I managed to have a #warcoffee before the power went out. You know, I almost forgot it is St Nicholas Day. Oh my. Even a handful of snow fell. Today's Ukrainian art: Oleksandr Murashko (1875-1919), Winter 1905

Everytime I hear “Silent Night, Holy Night” I’m reminded of this epic trailer of #TomClancysTheDivision. I loved the bones of this game and the second one too. It deserved more flowers than it got. youtu.be/yPq_NVi-TC4?...

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11 of 20: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10 of 20: The Secret History by Donna Tartt #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9 of 20: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Hoping to make friends and connections over here with the help of #promosky 😍 💜 Cosplay 💜 Baldur's Gate 3 💜 Pokemon TCG 💜 Anime 💜 D&D / TTRPG 💜 Zelda 💜 Animal Crossing 💜 LGBTQ+ 💜 Art 💜 YouTube 💜 Crafting & Design 💜 Cats

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8 of 20: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge