We’re glad you keep coming back. If Z’s work has informed, challenged, or inspired you, that’s no accident: there are no paywalls, no ads, and no billionaire owners here, and there never will be. Independent media survives because readers choose to support it.
It was an āinstant classicā viral video. A hiker enjoying a guided trip in theĀ Tian Shan MountainsĀ of Kyrgyzstan pulled out his cellphone…