The Congo - Blog Posts

angelunatic

1 year ago

how to tell somebody is chronically online, without actually knowing them :

a tweet by @theyluvvmoji saying "An iphone12 in 2024 is crazy :laughing emoji:" retweeted by @xm_muva saying "children in fucking congo are dying because you use phones as a signifies of class. i'm keeping this 12 until it dies & after that im getting a used phone. consumerism is killing us"

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bywilliamtomas-blog

9 years ago

It was a distinct glimpse: the dugout, four paddling savages, and the lone white man turning his back suddenly on the headquarters, on relief, on thoughts of home--perhaps; setting his face towards the depths of the wilderness, towards his empty and desolate station.

“Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad