Professor KPA 🗃️😷
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Professor of Russian & Soviet History at Queens College, CUNY. Author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays and An Ordinary Marriage: The World of a Gentry Family in Provincial Russia. Knitter & spinner. antoshki.com
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What I'm saying is that, even with the best intentions and no intended malice, this app (and others like it) don't usually lead to efficient or productive conversation.
Simply because we're adding to seemingly joint discourses while in reality very few people have the same baseline.
Simply because we're adding to seemingly joint discourses while in reality very few people have the same baseline.
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What I'm saying is that, even with the best intentions and no intended malice, this app (and others like it) don't usually lead to efficient or productive conversation.
Simply because we're adding to seemingly joint discourses while in reality very few people have the same baseline.
Simply because we're adding to seemingly joint discourses while in reality very few people have the same baseline.
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What fucking workload?
When was the last time a Republican successfully introduced, negotiated for, and advanced viable policy? When was the last time a Republican lawyer belonging to a government designed by and built for lawyers tried to write needed legislation for the good of the 99 percent?
When was the last time a Republican successfully introduced, negotiated for, and advanced viable policy? When was the last time a Republican lawyer belonging to a government designed by and built for lawyers tried to write needed legislation for the good of the 99 percent?
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
What fucking workload?
When was the last time a Republican successfully introduced, negotiated for, and advanced viable policy? When was the last time a Republican lawyer belonging to a government designed by and built for lawyers tried to write needed legislation for the good of the 99 percent?
When was the last time a Republican successfully introduced, negotiated for, and advanced viable policy? When was the last time a Republican lawyer belonging to a government designed by and built for lawyers tried to write needed legislation for the good of the 99 percent?
Yeah. I'm not a little shocked, tbh.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yeah. I'm not a little shocked, tbh.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Oh yum! Yeah, we are too lazy for golubtsy, which I miss. Spouse is the only real cook in the family, but his late aunt was the absolute master of homemade golubtsy and it just doesn't seem worth it to work that hard when they're not the same.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Oh yum! Yeah, we are too lazy for golubtsy, which I miss. Spouse is the only real cook in the family, but his late aunt was the absolute master of homemade golubtsy and it just doesn't seem worth it to work that hard when they're not the same.
We are lucky to have a local Ukrainian/Greek (!) market that actually has some quite good prepared stuff, depending somewhat on one's timing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are lucky to have a local Ukrainian/Greek (!) market that actually has some quite good prepared stuff, depending somewhat on one's timing.
Винегрет is my great weakness. I can eat buckets of it. As long as it's not the oily stuff some of the cheaper pre-made kind can be. Fresh homemade is *chefs kiss*
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Винегрет is my great weakness. I can eat buckets of it. As long as it's not the oily stuff some of the cheaper pre-made kind can be. Fresh homemade is *chefs kiss*
Wow, yum!! I am always bummed that Eastern European food gets a bad rep, because the mushroom use is incredible. I also love beets. So that helps. Last time we were in Moscow it was лисички season. 😍
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow, yum!! I am always bummed that Eastern European food gets a bad rep, because the mushroom use is incredible. I also love beets. So that helps. Last time we were in Moscow it was лисички season. 😍
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