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  • 4 Years Ago.

    4 Years Ago.

    πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a woman was murdered.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a human being was brutally assassinated.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a mother, daughter, sister, and wife died.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, the career of an investigative journalist was cut short.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, Malta, as well as its political and institutional landscape, was forever changed. The…

  • Taliban Takeover

    Summary of events Ever since the Russian Federation was overthrown in 1989, Afghanistan has been a battleground. A definition of a failed state, Afghanistan was in a state of Anarchy. Rule of law was nonexistent, warlords and tribes waged war on each other to rule one another, and without terms nor adherence to any form…

  • Code Red: Global Climate Strike

    Code Red: Global Climate Strike

    On the 18th of September, Extinction Rebellion Malta will be protesting in solidarity with the rest of the global climate strike movement and asking our politicians to treat this crisis like the emergency it is.

  • Can we create Healthy Economies without growth?

    Can we create Healthy Economies without growth?

    There is an urgent need to start thinking about how we can run our economies without growth, and a range of economic alternatives may now show us how to do just that.

  • Think justice exists in Malta? Think again!

    Think justice exists in Malta? Think again!

    The justice system is the only mechanism humankind developed to fight the curse of the fifth deadly sin – wrath. ⚑ If it doesn’t work, we don’t just lose the system. We lose any attempt at democracy.

  • Changing voter behaviour

    Changing voter behaviour

    There are numerous mental shortcuts we take as human beings. We call these biases and science documents a whole list of them. This article explains how such shortcuts affect elections in Malta, and how I would solve this situation.

  • The unfairness of being on an island

    The unfairness of being on an island

    There are disadvantages to living on an island, but the quality of island life can be its own reward. In Europe, life on an island means you can lose your freedom of movement rights.

  • The Meeting Point – Olivia Lara

    The Meeting Point – Olivia Lara

    Hello dear friends!  I am back again with another blog tour book review! This time we have an adult romance that is not only incredibly cute, but also keeps you guessing as to who the mystery hero is on the other side of the screen – The Meeting Point. It is fun, it is exciting,…

  • How does GDP affect me?

    How does GDP affect me?

    In the last article, β€˜WTF is: GDP’ I tried to briefly explain what GDP is and how its calculated – but a very often asked question does remain…How does it affect us? Sure, governments tend to do well politically when GDP is high, and people seem to be more satisfied when it is – but…

  • WTF is: GDP

    WTF is: GDP

    If you were to put everything that was produced in the country, in one single bag, and give it all a value, that value would be the country’s GDP.