Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

“Don’t you think I have the right to hate the world? Don’t you think I have the right to hate you, who forgot about me to live your peaceful, boring life? Don’t you think it would be understandable if I tried to make you experience the same sort of suffering?”

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Aleksei Navalny Dies: Outspoken Figure’s Death Deprives Russia of Leading Opposition Voice

Aleksei A. Navalny died in prison, the Russian authorities said. The anticorruption campaigner rose to become the most prominent critic of P

I don't usually like to post about current events/news still in the making, and Navalny's team says they are not yet convinced he really is dead, but I am not one to truly believe in miracles and I worry these news will end up not getting seen by as many people as they should be.

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Navalny is apparently dead, and with him one of the last big opposition politicians is gone. This is one of the biggest blows to the Russian opposition in years. Please keep an eye on the news. Don't let Navalny's work be in vain.

"Perhaps you have forgotten. That’s one of the great problems of our modern world, you know. Forgetting. The victim never forgets. Ask an Irishman what the English did to him in 1920 and he’ll tell you the day of the month and the time and the name of every man they killed. Ask an Iranian what the English did to him in 1953 and he’ll tell you. His child will tell you. His grandchild will tell you. And when he has one, his great-grandchild will tell you too. But ask an Englishman—” He flung up his hands in mock ignorance. “If he ever knew, he has forgotten. ‘Move on!’ you tell us. ‘Move on! Forget what we’ve done to you. Tomorrow’s another day!’ But it isn’t, Mr. Brue.” He still had Brue’s hand. “Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see. That is the point I was making to you. And by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.”

- A Most Wanted Man, John le Carré

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