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Of Snowflake Birds and the Cold War

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In 1996, during my university days at Greifswald, I was invited to join an excursion to eastern Kazakhstan, travelling along the Chinese border from Almaty to lake Zaissan and back. As cheesy as it may sound, these experiences with what I was taught all my life were foes wanting nothing more than my demise were life-changing.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

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btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&# It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. Not too many I bet. Ever wonder what ethnicities have the highest crime rates? you guessed it.

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