Xavier Sim Yoon Han
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Xavier Sim Yoon Han
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Cautiously pessimistic
Reposted by Xavier Sim Yoon Han
In the message posted just before he was killed, Anas Al-Sharif warned of Israel's proposed liquidation of Gaza City.

He said: "Silence is complicity."

He was right.

It's just not the disgusting cheerleaders of the genocide who are guilty. It's those who chose to stay silent.
August 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
…and the sweet song of Sirens lured young sailors to their deaths
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Morning Star is, of course, Lucifer
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Many things remain the same after seven decades, including the t-shirts, longboats, and the resilience amidst the rapids, in the Baram film. The primary forest has changed though: ugly logging tracks weren’t visible in the film. This is an important and moving collection of amazing images
July 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
As for literature, it is its own reward.

Fortunately fools pay little attention to it.

A chance for graft

Makes them blush with joy.

Good men are their own worst enemies.

Wine is the best reward of merit.

In all the world, good and evil,

Joy and sorrow, are in fact

Only aspects of the Void.
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Meanwhile it is no greater accomplishment

To be a rich corpse or a poor one.

Jewels of jade and pearl are put in the mouths

Of the illustrious dead

To conserve their bodies.

They do them no good, but after a thousand years,

They feed the robbers of their tombs.
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Live unknown if you would realize your end.

Follow the advice of your common sense.

Avoid the Imperial Audience

Chamber, the Eastern Flowery Hall.

The dust of the times and the wind of the Northern Pass.

One hundred years is a long time,

But at last it comes to an end.
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM