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Jan 21

Amazon Thinks I’m Russian: The Quiet Occupation of My Keyboard

Have you ever felt like your tech doesn’t speak your language?

Close-up of a black laptop keyboard on a wooden table. The keyboard has a multilingual layout, representing the starting point of a DIY project to add custom Ukrainian letter stickers for reclaiming cultural identity

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Jan 28

DJI Mavic.

I saw a DJI Mavic drone in a store in a quiet Japanese town. Do the shoppers and clerks around me realize what kind of weapon this truly…

DJI Mavic.

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Jan 28

The Future Is Already Here: Why the Death of a Ukrainian Volunteer Matters to Everyone

Russian Drones Don’t Only Hunt Soldiers. They’re Hunting Helpers.

Volunteer Vyacheslav Ilchenko wearing a bulletproof vest with a Ukrainian flag and a ‘Volunteer’ patch. He stands outdoors in the village of Hrushivka, wearing a mud-stained jacket, looking directly into the camera with a weary but resilient expression

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Oct 27

How I Landed a Job in Japan Without Speaking Japanese

She had an English cheat sheet; I had a Japanese one. We were both smiling, both nervous. The farm owner was there too, willingly signing…

A woman in a white long-sleeved shirt sits beside a weathered wooden building in Japan, looking away from the camera.

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Jul 16

I Lived Without Smartphone for 3 Months.

Do you have a problem with doomscrolling on social media? Do you feel like you can’t tear yourself away from scrolling the feed?

A close-up of a Google Pixel smartphone screen in Android Recovery mode. The ‘Factory data reset’ menu item is highlighted. Text on the screen warns: ‘Wipe all user data? THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE!’. A person’s finger is holding the phone.

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Jan 25

The Sound of War in the Silence of Japan: My Life with Auditory PTSD

I am in safe Japan now — but no — I am in Kharkiv under explosions — almost every night. I flinch at car alarms — they sound like a…

A small silver Japanese hatchback driving on a dark rural road at night. The car is lit by a single streetlamp, surrounded by empty dark fields under a pitch-black sky.

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Jan 23

The End of the Golden Era: Why Hybrid War Is Already in Your Home, Even Without the Sirens

Am I allowed to make such loud statements? I may be wrong — but even The Economist is warning us to be prepared for the day when “NATO is…

A homemade lantern made from a large plastic water bottle and a small flashlight, standing on a table in a dark room during a blackout in Ukraine.

A Brothers' Sister

A Brothers' Sister

A girl from a frontline city, now living abroad. Spent 3 years of Big invasion in Kharkiv, my home.Observe Resilience and Antifragility in myself and in others.

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