Ah. Alunan nada nostalgia terdengar di sudut kamar puspa. Cemari yang tak muni lagi itu memanggil masa kecil yang dirindukannya.Ah. Hampir 15 tahun, hari-hari puspa dijejali rutinitas hariannya sebagai pegawai bank. Begitu banyak hari libur yang dikorbankannya untuk lembur.Hai Minggu ini terasa berbeda. Saat kotak musiknya berhenti mengalun, sayup-sayup suara riuh menyusup ke sela telinga puspa. Lekaslah Puspa beranjak berjalan menuju jendela.lalu membuka tirai yang penuh debu itu. Seorang gadis kecil sedan ...

[Applause] I'm here today to tell you, to convince you that books are dangerous. That may not be what you expect to hear from someone with a library science degree, but it's true. Books are dangerous.It's part of the reason that libraries have been destroyed throughout history. Even before there were books, as we know them, things like tablets and scrolls and other objects of information were destroyed in ancient libraries like Nineveh, Alexandria, Babylon, Assyria, China, just to name a few. We saw it agai ...

RT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent)Today, @USTreasury is sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has used his position to authorize arbitrary pre-trial detentions and suppress freedom of expression.Alexandre de Moraes is responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions—including against former President Jair Bolsonaro.Treasury will continue to hold accountable those who t ...

Artists are entitled to share their views. Doing so is not always noble or wise https://t.co/lKkc2akS2a ...

About two weeks ago, a Norwegian tourist named Mads Mickelson, who is not to be confused with a Danish actor from the James Bond and Marvel movies landed in New York airport. On arrival, he was detained by immigration agents who demanded access to his cell phone and then denied him entry to the US. As one Norwegian news outlet which spoke to him reports, quote, "Micholson says that after being warned he could face a fine or even prison, he gave immigration officers the pin code to his phone. He was then con ...