I honestly need all the help I can get so that link would be really nice to have! I wont watch them right way until I get the pronunciation and some vocab down (and grammar) but having them on hand is always good.
Canadian cosmonaut desperate for comrades in the worst province.
Yes, the dogs are also communists.
I honestly need all the help I can get so that link would be really nice to have! I wont watch them right way until I get the pronunciation and some vocab down (and grammar) but having them on hand is always good.
Correct, no wages for me. Ironically I pay them to work in the form of tuition!
Although my professor’s lectures for modern Europe were incredibly mixed in quality (there was a steep dip when talking about anything related to the Soviet Union) I believe this class will be great as the topic is her specialty.
I feel the same way when East Asia is ever talked about. Although the title has “East” the actual content in focused on the Northeast part. While Mongolia seems to be considered a art of Northeast Asia it will not be talked about, that and Siberia.
Thank you for the well wishes, Russian is intimidating but I am really dedicated and hope to share more once I get into it.
This actually makes a lot of sense. The most I’ve done is listen to Russian songs but I would hardly call that immersion. I have seen you mention the Listening-reading method before and I will do that, I just gotta find a book that works well with it. Is the refold method any good? I have heard a lot of positive things but am unsure. Finding a good textbook can be tough but I believe a lot of governments have recommendations for language learners, at least I know that Portugal does that, so I will look into that. Thank you for the help, I will also look at your other language posts, as it is very helpful on where I should start since this is quite intimidating when doing it on your own.
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I found the app and downloaded it, it’ll be very good to get my start with the language so I really appreciate the help.
Well that’s unfortunate, it’s almost like fake sovereignty. In any case this reminds me of an argument I saw recently about this topic: some people say that Canada should become the 51st state for protection against Russia, because apparently Canada is too close and could be harmed? Which is incredibly stupid as I don’t believe Russia has actually ever threatened Canada specifically and has only had issues regarding the North Pole, but even then that hasn’t devolved into violence.
I am surprisingly neutral about this. Whether he stayed or left doesn’t really change anything for me since all the parties (the mainstream ones that get seats) all suck. Plus his successor will probably be just as bad. I hope I am not raining on anyone’s parade, the memes are hilarious.
I did do a few lessons and struggled since I didn’t know the alphabet, that is something I know will be tough.
I will be making posts (just published my first one now!) and I will definitely take you up on your offer for Russian help!
Today is my first day of semester 6! And fun fact, 2025 should be my last year of undergrad and if everything goes according to plan I will graduate in December! I just wanna finish up here and finally move on to my masters. Also I will start learning Russian this year, too bad there’s no classes I can take so self teaching is what I’ll have to do.
I KNEW it’d be Dr. Katchanovski, and they seized his fucking assets?! That’s actually insane. Also, peep some of the replies to his tweets, actual brain worms.
Well I am currently finishing up my undergrad, so my next uni will be for my masters. I do want to do a PhD since I want to be a professor and publish valuable scholarship that combats common narratives (like misinformation on the Soviet Union and other AES states).
The only reason why I’m worried about this semester is that I’m going to have to write five different research papers on five different subjects, which is a lot. I know a PhD is very demanding and while I’m not going to sit here and pretend I know everything that goes down when doing one, but I am aware that you pick a topic for your thesis and you write a big paper on it, or a book depending on the program. At the very least I’ll have a more focused study rather than having to juggle very different topics all at once. I hope that makes sense. I know for my masters I will have to take a bunch of courses but based on what I saw when looking at my chosen school I should be able to stay steady on a topic.
I think my effort did pay off for semester five because I got all A’s! So that’s nice, it keeps my GPA high and that means moving on will be feasible, I just have to keep up my momentum. This next semester will be a wild ride but I’ll work hard and persevere because I know it’s a required step for my end goal.
I did listen to the two podcast episodes you’re talking about and it’s definitely a topic I wanted to write about. Too bad they’re only previews on Spotify. I appreciate anyone who calls out Snyder because he is the bane of my existence lol. He’s been mentioned one too many times by my professors and it’s been getting on my nerves.
Thank you for the encouragement and concerns as well, I do appreciate all the support I get on here and it’s why I keep posting. Also I’ll try to be more careful about what details I share lol.
He’s mad Sheinbaum put him in his place
It is such an interesting thing to be hung up on. So she apologized to one guy before she died, that doesn’t negate all the terrible stuff she did.
Yes they tried to flee and join the other counter revolutionaries abroad, or something like that. Then because of that they were tried for treason and executed.
The rehabilitation of Marie Antoinette has been one of the most frustrating things for me to see happen. It makes me irrationally angry. She wasn’t some innocent flower. Yes, she was the target of misogyny and xenophobia (they really hated that she was Austrian), and yes she did marry young but Louis was also young so I think that cancels it out, but in the end she was a grown woman when she was executed and was very much a part of why France was going to shit.
Also I believe her last words were apologizing to the executioner when she stepped on his foot. I think people weep at this because it reminds them of the execution of Lady Jane Grey (the painting).
I wasn’t aware that governments were supposed to make a profit
Love to see anonymous proving to everyone that they’re feds. No wonder they don’t do anything useful.
Her hatred of the poor has been evident ever since she told people to cancel their Disney+ subscriptions to afford to live.
While stepping back from cabinet, Freeland told Trudeau she would stay on as Liberal MP and plans to run again under the party banner in the next federal election.
So we’re still stuck with her. Cool.
Also it seems that other Liberals are pissed at Trudeau. I wonder if they’ll rally behind her. Either way we already knew the government was fucked going into 2025, I don’t see how this decision changes anything.
Yeah, I honestly believe people forget just how steeped in American security Canada actually is. It does not need to be a state to be “protected”. I honestly do not know where this idea comes from that America would just let Canada be invaded by anyone but them.