As the big global election year of 2024 winds down, it has become apparent that media literacy skills worldwide are failing. Most of the places that had their big elections blew it. Misinformation and disinformation are issues we must reckon with to salvage things. I started writing a post titled ” The anti-imperialist-imperialist” earlier this…
Category: Global issues
Should Americans upset with Trump move to Europe?
I am interrupting my travel stories to address a key issue of the week on which I have some insight. Due to Trump’s tragic victory ( in my eyes), many US Americans are looking at how to move to Europe. I have mixed opinions about it. On the one hand, I would like to see…
Happy New Year from the space cadet!
Happy New Year, y’all! Another year, the same cadet! The bad 2023 was a geopolitical mess and has shown us that media literacy, critical thinking skills, and international cooperation are needed more than ever. I posted my two cents about Israel-Palestine a couple of years ago. My points remain very firm on this. This has…
2022 overall wrap up
Happy New year to all my readers! I hope 2023 gives y’all peace and lots of exciting travels and other pleasures you find. I don’t subscribe to the good year/ bad year thing. Years are not collectively good or bad. It’s subjective to each person. Also, when the official year starts is not that relevant….
How to watch the world cup and keep your conscious
This is not travel-related but is a significant topic among different travel friend groups and everyone else. The 2022 FIFA World Cup! It’s been an ongoing discussion since it was announced in 2011 that the 2022 World Cup would be in Qatar. Why should a country with a history of human rights abuses host the…