Small Neighbours

Small Countries Should Not Exist

Thomas R. Wells | 3 Quarks Daily | 4th April 2025

The collective population of the forty smallest sovereign states is only 20 million. These places are too small to have effective governments that can protect citizens against invasion or cope with natural disasters. Their economies are perpetually vulnerable. The one route to revenue is a by-product of their sovereignty: economic parasitism via money laundering, tax avoidance, golden passports, and more (1,200 words)

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Something Unsettling About the Neighbours

Amie Souza Reilly | Electric Literature | 3rd April 2025

To hawk. To badger. To ferret. To peacock. To hog. To wolf. To fish. The list of animal nouns turned into verbs of physical action and violence is long. This linguistic investigation was inspired by a pair of very unpleasant neighbours: "The smirks, the repetitive door slamming, the dumped yard waste, the positions of their bodies as they stood in our yard and stared appeared to be strategic moves" (3,500 words)