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hello & welcome to my own little corner of the internet. building websites like this has replaced my social media addiction in recent years, so this is where you will find a collection of everything i have to share online.

the journal page is a personal blog. resources hosts a collection of links to learn more about geopolitics & other important issues (currently a work in progress). the library holds all former featured monthly books.

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book of the month: september

Anna Karenina – Lev Tolstoy
Anna Karenina seems to have it all, but feels that her life is empty. That is, until she meets the count Vronsky and the pair embarks on a scandalous affair, leaving jealousy and bitterness in their wake. In contrast to this destructive love story is the tale of Levin, a representation of Tolstoy himself, a man striving to find contentment and meaning to his life.

✦ Lists of things

goals for 2026

read more
scroll less
eat better

to do

finish site
feed cats
go to gym

wishlist

sh2 remake
dining set
more cats

✦ Journal

06 march 2026

The Hazara Genocide Question

posted in #Afghanistan · written by Darya

The Hazara genocide is weaponised rhetoric meant to incite ethnic division within Afghanistan, as well as manufacture consent for another imperialist invasion and occupation. Continue reading...

04 march 2026

The Plural Community isn't Harmless

posted in #Psychiatry · written by Darya

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of – if not the – most controversial disorders in the modern day. Continue reading...

01 march 2026

Hazaragi: Dialect or Language?

posted in #Afghanistan · written by Darya

A great debate among Afghans and linguists is the classification of Hazaragi (which is called either Azergi or Azeragi in its own vernacular). Does it earn the right to be a whole language? Continue reading...

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