You are Daidalos, a brilliant inventor in Ancient Greece. For 10 years you have been kept against your will on Crete as the court inventor and thus are being treated well. You live with your 10-year-old son and only family Ikaros. Recently, you have helped the Cretian princess Ariadne escape with Theseus and you might be in danger, yet you are not certain of this. You have been devising an escape plan to fly off the island, building two sets of wings with bird feathers being held together by wax, making it susceptible to melting if you fly too close to the sun. A set of wings can only carry one person.

BRICS is a bloc of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. While originally created for the purpose of highlighting economic opportunities, the bloc has increasingly become more geopolitical in nature. In August 2023, it was announced that Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Argentina, the UAE and Ethiopia would be joining the bloc.

The divine feminine is the idea of embracing traditional female traits and archetypes (empathy, caregiving, intuitive thinking, etc.) and ascribing strength and divine powers to these traits as well as common bodily functions like giving birth, etc. 

In 2023, an organisation called ‘Swords into Plowshares’ removed a statue of confederate general and slave-owner Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, and melted it down into a number of bronze ingots. Their current plan is to form a jury which will take submissions for ideas on how to use this bronze for a new work of public art.

The 14 peaks above 8000 meters have gained considerable popularity, not only by professional mountaineers, but also by regular people, who can pay to join limited expeditions. There is considerable mountaineering, trekking and cultural tourism and a plethora of art, reporting and history sorrounding the 14 Peaks, which all lie in Pakistan, India, Nepal, and China.