@dannolan Hi, phoneticist here! It’s actually pronounced in the accent of a child selling newspapers on the streets of New York in the 1930s: “Toi-key”.
Take a slave owner or residential school founder’s name off a street or remove a statue and there’ll be endless screaming about preserving history. But when Israel destroys Tyre - older than all European capitals - in Lebanon and destroys ancient monuments it’s silence.
I worry that Wembanyama will get caught up in the distractions of New York City, like the Rose Reading Room at the public library or the upcoming conference on participatory futures at The New School
HORRIBLE: the way you acted around someone has permanently added a vector of possibility to how they understand you as a person, permanently changing their view of you away from a pure, untainted state
Yes, it's very notable in Homer how great men drive all the action, with no interference from other, much more powerful forces, often associated with natural phenomena and frequently female.