Fuck yeah, dude. That sounds awesome. Happy for you.

Amazing.

One of the many reasons I loved RRR is precisely because it did not do this.

This is great. Thanks.

I think most of us are indeed hoping for US imperial power to diminish, as it is historically, by far, the greatest impediment to any sort of left movement anywhere. And it’s not just leftism. It’s an impediment even to basic economic sovereignty. Russia is a good example. Not open enough to domination by US capital, therefore a US enemy, despite being otherwise fairly similar to the US politically. This can’t continue if any progress to be made.

It’s unfortunate that some of the countries successfully (at least partly) asserting their sovereignty against the US are doing so on strictly nationalist rather than leftist grounds, but that’s what we’ve got at the moment, and it offers at least a modicum of hope that US imperialism might also be resisted by more left wing states in the future.

Not going to get into anything about China because I suspect we have vastly different ideas about what is and is not true about China, and that’s another discussion entirely.

Good point.

Jesus. What a perfect encapsulation of the entropy inherent in a system so allergic to central planning. It’d almost be funny if it wasn’t such nasty business.

I’ve seen a lot of takes lately about ISIS being essentially a US asset at this point. Tracks with what I know of US methods historically, but wondering if anybody has anything substantive or specific on this.

Ganglion cyst? Had a recurring one of those on my wrist for awhile, though it was never particularly painful. Was definitely fucking weird, but totally harmless as it turns out. Apparently people used to just smash them with a heavy book.

Soviets did some experiments with fox domestication in the 50s. Don’t really remember exactly what ended up happening but I’m pretty sure they bred some tame-ish little guys. Foxes are cool as hell either way, and I would also like one please.

Optimistic take. I like it.

This is where it’s at. I had a stubborn ear infection years ago that I kept trying weird shit on, and it wouldn’t help. Finally tried pseudoephedrine Hcl and it cured it in like a day or two. Something about just drying your out shit out for awhile I guess helps. Makes sense.

You know, most of what I’ve heard about settlers has been negative, but the “white surprise” bit is just so good that it makes me want to read it anyway.

Love these things. I don’t really wear watches unless I’m dressed up for work, which I don’t do much anymore, but some years back I bought a few of these raketas. They were dirt cheap. Truly the timepiece of the people. Stylish and sturdy bits of history. Think I maybe have the eighth one from the bottom.

It’s time for me to finally admit that I have absolutely no idea what the hell these images are or what they are supposed to mean. They seem nice though. Someone please enlighten me.

This is very relatable, though I haven’t torrented anything in years since most stuff seems to be streaming on free websites now. I’d probably get back into it if I wasn’t too lazy to figure out a vpn. ISP sent me a scary letter when I downloaded something awhile back so I just stopped. If they cut me off I would be fucked, so figured it wasn’t worth it. This kinda makes me miss it though. By the way have you revealed what you’re downloading at some point or is that a secret?

This is hitting me hard lately. I have, by all accounts, a pretty good and comfortable life, but god damn if it doesn’t feel like it’s passing me by when I finish my miserable work and it’s dark already and I have no energy for anything else.

Yeah, all sounds about right. Was just hoping somebody had maybe already done the digging and written something up about it. Never really considered that with respect to AIPAC, but shit… makes sense.

Very interesting. I’ve heard this sort of thing mentioned recently but haven’t seen much in the way of specifics on the “recycling.” Any good reporting on this? Sure the Hudson interview below is good but something in print would be nice if you got anything.

Tea like that is weirdly expensive too. I’ve started just buying giant bags of loose leaf chamomile, mint, whatever, and empty paper tea bags to make my own, and it’s great. Got a pretty extensive collection at this point and it lasts basically forever. Also encourages me to collect and dry my own stuff. So many tasty drinkable plants out there.