The new government took its seat in parliament the day before yesterday. The Alliance for Unixploria won a landslide victory, gaining 8 percent of the votes since the previous election. AFU gained a full majority in parliament. Some minor changes are to be expected. The first items on the new government’s agenda are a review […]
Hamas is guilty of terror against its population and must not be supported. This is stated by an Iraq-based Muslim council that issued a fatwa against the militant Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas. A few weeks ago, the so-called Islamic Fatwa Council, which includes Muslim scholars from Sunni and Shia Islam and is based in the […]
On average, we spend four hours on screens and only half an hour on books and magazines. When children learn to write, they do not make spaces between words but line up the letters in close succession, one after the other. It looks strange but is natural. Because when we speak, we don’t pause between […]
Each year, the Unixplorian Certificate of Micronational Creativity is awarded to individuals or micronations for their creative endeavors. The certificate is a way to encourage and inspire micronational leaders to be more creative. This year’s recipient is Prince David Bielski of New Masovia. “It is an honour for us to present the Unixplorian Certificate of […]
“The immortals” is what members of the French Academy, founded by Cardinal de Richelieu, are called. The French Academy is cultivating a new friendship today – with Vladimir Putin. The Academy’s permanent secretary Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, born in Georgia and author of numerous books on Russian history, has repeatedly received Putin in the Academy’s substantial […]
Many new words have described typically masculine behaviors in recent years. The examples vary from mansplaining – men who unannouncedly explain things to women they did not ask for – to manspreading – men who burst and take up an awful lot of space without regard to their fellow human beings. Of course, it can […]
Regarding bizarre sports, our neighboring macronation Finland hosts the strangest events. The strangest of all is perhaps the World Cup in Wife-Carrying. The competition is held in Sonkajäri in July each year, and the challenging obstacle course has become something of a world sensation, with pairs from Denmark, Hong Kong, and Australia on the start […]
The Publishing House Puffin (an imprint of Penguin) is at it again. A language of the past that seems less inclusive or (God forbid!) exclusive is now censored to suit the sensitive children in contemporary society. Roald Dahl’s estate and mentioned book publisher have allowed an organization called Inclusive Minds – “a collective for people […]
Before the Viking Age, the Northerners had 13,000 years of history in Scandinavia. The early history of the Nordic region is now being rewritten when new facts from modern research are added. Scientific technologies such as modern DNA technology, carbon-14 dating, chemical isotope analyses of metals, and modern computer-aided linguistic research combined with recent archaeological […]
Screamers (also known for its original title, The Island of the Fishmen) is a handsomely mounted piece by Sergio Martino from 1979. He pulled in an impressive cast, including Barbara Bach, Richard Johnson, and Joseph Cotton, for an Island of Dr. Moreau-type action-adventure. The lack of exploitation elements (no sex and little blood) inspired Roger […]
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