Jim Oboth @jimoboth

A bohemian dreaming about writing, research and scholarly world. Joined January 2012

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

a month ago

Salute to everyone. Long time!

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An uncomfortable sense of foreboding marks threats of annihilation and void, as all over we witness a relapse of human civilisation (W.B. Yeats' Second Coming?). America then provided a bulwark until Trump's right-wing tipping point upset the world order.

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

Plagiarism is a buzzword among competitors who undervalue fellow academic peers. The notion is: "If I can't outperform it, the work must be plagiarised." This does not imply that plagiarism is nonexistent in academia. Simply utilise a plagiarism checker to settle any doubts.

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

Fyodor, A great writer and philosopher: It's a burden to us even to be human beings—men with our own real body and blood; we are ashamed of it, we think it a disgrace and try to contrive to be some sort of impossible generalised man. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

They must demonstrate their anointing to prevent their business from collapsing. Hmmm...

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

The United Nations court refrains from mandating a cease-fire in Gaza but urges Israel to take measures to minimise casualties. Ambiguous but sounds like a sweetener to Israel.

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

Scientists say 2023 was the hottest in the last 125,000 years.

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Jim Oboth @jimoboth

2 years ago

In eastern Venezuela, inhabitants of a town are demanding an investigation into the death of Father Josiah K'Okal, a Kenyan Consolata missionary. Police found his body hanging from a tree in a forest in Guara, Monagas state, on January 2, one day after his disappearance.