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basically if youre in the place to educate yourself on these topics and you arent

a prison abolitionist,

a harm reductionist,

for decriminilization,

and giving the land back

i really do not think your assertions of “ACAB” or “be gay do crimes” or “revolution” hold much weight

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"The ghost of my lost library still haunts me. Tens of thousands of books that cost me tens of thousands of dollars mean nothing to me in comparison to the knowledge these books provide me with. A large group of scholars with whom I used to spend the most beautiful times. Every book in this library took a great share from my five senses, I look at it and feel joy that I possess its secrets. I hear it and am filled with knowledge. I touch its paper and covers and become ecstatic with its magic. I smell the special perfume of its leaves and I escape from this tiring world. I taste what its authors wrote in it and I find nothing more delicious than it. I write these words while drowning in tears. Will the days bring me back a beautiful era similar to what it was? Will you return my library to me? Will my lost paradise return to me?"

_ حمزة مصطفى أبو توهة (@ HamzaAboToha)

11 December 2023

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(Across the Spider-Verse spoiler)

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March 28, 2023 |

Designing a class test and a hint of spring. 

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75 essential single-character verbs (单字动词)

When I started consuming more native Chinese content, I quickly discovered an area in which my knowledge was lacking: single-character verbs. In my experience, it’s very easy to focus on learning words consisting of two or more characters and overlook single-character words.

Driven by curiosity, I went through my Anki deck (and also wracked my brain) to generate a list of characters/words that I have learned over the past couple years (roughly). Then I selected 75 verbs that are fairly common and important to know. They skew towards intermediate and advanced vocabulary.

Definitions are from MDBG. For characters with additional meanings that I am not yet familiar with, I have bolded the meanings I want to share.

(1) 抢 qiǎng - to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch

(2) 救 jiù - to save / to assist / to rescue

(3) 扶 fú - to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

(4) 催 cuī - to urge / to press / to prompt / to rush sb / to hasten sth / to expedite

(5) 夹 jiā - to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]

(6) 咬 yǎo - to bite / to nip

(7) 砸 zá - to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle

(8) 毁 huǐ - to destroy / to ruin / to defame / to slander

(9) 嚷 rǎng - to shout / to bellow / to make a big deal of sth / to make a fuss about sth

(10) 塞 sāi - to stop up / to squeeze in / to stuff / cork / stopper

(11) 贪 tān - to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt

(12) 拆 chāi - to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open

(13) 掏 tāo - to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop

(14) 跪 guì - to kneel

(15) 摘 zhāi - to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to select / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc)

(16) 拎 līn - to lift up / to carry in one’s hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]

(17) 扛 káng - to carry on one’s shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

(18) 拽 zhuài - to pull / to tug at (sth)

(19) 愣 lèng - to look distracted / to stare blankly / distracted / blank / (coll.) unexpectedly / rash / rashly

(20) 搂 lǒu - to hug / to embrace / to hold in one’s arms

(21) 垮 kuǎ - to collapse (lit. or fig.)

(22) 撑 chēng - to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support

(23) 甩 shuǎi - to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)

(24) 围 wéi - to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

(25) 愁 chóu - to worry about

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the seal at the bottom of 瓷器 ciqi/chinese porcelain is handwritten

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hiiii everyone i haven't posted in forever cause #life but i am taking chinese classes and STARTING FROM SQUARE ZERO! it's a bit sad to me because i was at an advanced intermediate level so knowing i have to go back from scratch sucks but that's what happens when you don't keep it up! i know it'll come back to me once I restart classes and muscle memory but i came to say that SHIT FUCKING HAPPENS! a part of me is like damn should i even do this again my ego is wounded i used to be higher 😭 but i love studying chinese more than my ego so if you ever need to restart don't stop yourself or think about how long it's gonna take because as we have gathered life straddles between being too long and being too short so idk GO FOR IT

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English added by me :)

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02.04.21

yesterday i managed to get more than double of the work that i normally get done, which was a relief. also did a one hour yoga lesson which is something i’ve been meaning to do for a while now (hopefully i’ll keep with it). finally got around to repotting the succulent in the front of the left photo and i think it looks really good in its new home. today i am going to work on a quiz for one class and a couple short essays for another. honestly i’m happy and feeling more motivated than i have in a long time

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Happy birthday Trayvon.

Forever in our hearts.

February 5, 1995 - February 26, 2012 

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haters will see you

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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LPT: Don't throw your junk mail away. Use it to to help the USPS instead!

Next time you get a credit card offer in the mail, or a junk piece of mail that includes a prepaid envelope or postcard, don't throw it away! Send the envelope back with a blank sheet of paper inside, or don't fill the postcard out, but still send it back. The company that sent it to you had to pay the USPS for postage on each one they get back. This is a way to support the USPS by doing very little, and sticking it to the annoying companies that want all of your money.

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Martin Luther King speaking to striking workers in Memphis