Your Child Was A Pleasure To Have In Class And A Dark, Tortured Genius

"To many observers from the West, the miseries caused by Poland's incorporation into the Russian Empire were often thought to be essentially constitutional in nature. Since Russian Autocracy ran contrary to Poland's traditions, it was imagined that a few modifications in the form of government -- a few concessions to local autonomy, a few gestures in the direction of democratization -- would somehow eliminate Polish grievances. Hence, when Polish insurrections continued to occur in spite of the reforms of so-called 'liberal Tsars', western opinion tended to lose patience and to believe the Russian stereotype of the ungrateful, incorrigible, and anarchic Pole."

Norman Davies, God's Playground vol 2

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detail from a page of a bound periodical from 1893

this wasn’t the big announcement i was hoping for

Just a reminder that I’m an Adult™ and if that makes you feel uncomfortable feel free to:

unfollow me

ask me to unfollow you

block me

I won’t get mad or anything. It’s important to make sure you feel comfortable and secure.

When normals insult you, but at least they refer to you by the correct subculture.

“Bad luck isn't brought by broken mirrors, but by broken minds.”

Suspiria 1977

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