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A tension a lot of orgs have is encouraging lively debate with direct, concrete critiques while also making sure that the folks leveraging critiques are doing so in a comradely way. Usually things are fine but there are a few squeaky wheels that will provide critiques in a way that sure seem like they are intended to be hurtful. I'm ND and try my best to assume everything is in good faith, so when I perceive the critiques as more personal than they should be I can imagine the comrade (often NT) receiving the critique feels directly attacked.

Typically I try to step into the chat and remind folks something like "Please keep providing critique but avoid language like [specific example 1, specific example 2]. Use language that the proposal uses unless your different terminology is meaningfully distinct." to attempt to correct behavior without targeting a specific person. However, that doesn't always pass the "tone police" smell test and some folks (often Cishet white men in the org, but tbf they are in the majority) tend to push back that tone policing is squashing debate.

How do your orgs keep critiques candid, direct, and actionable without causing interpersonal conflicts? Obviously, as communists we want to avoid practicing any forms of liberalism that would have us avoiding conflicts. My goal is to encourage more debate while also encouraging new people to engage in these debates and feel like they contribute to the org without having someone jump down their throat.

What experiences do y'all have? What works well and leads to real progress and what stunts debates?

Yo, questions regarding EDC. I currently own a handgun but its definitely too large to use as a CCW or EDC. What are folks thoughts and experiences with compact and micro compact pistols?

My main concern is concealment while wearing t-shirts, sweat shorts, or thinner fabrics (think 'fem' clothes on a 'male' body type). I do wear a wait purse / fanny pack when I go out and would entertain getting one for cc purposes (it better be cute though).

I'm very interested in the Canik Mete MC9 for its size, trigger, price, and because my pistol is another Canik. Ive shot the Mete Prime (couldn't rent the mc9) and liked it, but besides the grip texture I'm unsure how much of an upgrade it is over the mc9, plus besides width it is much larger.

Also tried the sig sauer p365x (hard pass, hated the trigger), PDP 9 compact (nice but def feels like it will print) recently while testing things for edc, and an RXM, and some glocks just generally while browsing a few months ago. Not married to canik but like what ive felt + the convenience of having a couple of guns that can use the same mags and ammo.

Any tips for things to look for or try? Anyone have experience with the Mete Prime and Mete MC9 that has extra insight? Any tips on things new edc folks tend to overlook?

Thanks so much in advance!

Hey comrades, does anyone know of any decent resources on how effective vanguard parties structured themselves prior to and during revolutionary periods?

I'm open to any resources but am thinking of specifically things like committees, mass line work, and sort of day to day operations.

Before anyone says anything, obv we can't copy their tactics and strategies 1:1 but I'm not even familiar enough with their tactics and strategies to do that.

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone have advice on installing 32bit packages on 64bit systems?

I have tried several times to setup Rocksmith 2014 with wineasio using this guide (and a couple of others, but this seemed like the best one), but it seems to be a little out-of-date. After rebuilding my system wineasio is installed, but only the 64 bit version of the library is installed (the 32 and 64 bit windows dlls are both present, but I assume that those are just copied over for either version of the wineasio package). The script linked in this section fails to find i386-unix/wineasio32.dll.so , and I have not been able to locate it or figure out a way to install it.

I've particularly focused on this section of my nix config:

 programs.steam = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.steam.override {
      extraLibraries = pkgs: [ pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.pipewire.jack ]; # Tried pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.wineasio here
      extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.wineasio ]; # Also tried pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.wineasio here
    };

but I'm not really sure what to change here or even quite what to search for in the docs.

Probably not very helpful, but this is the latest error I've seen when just trying to insert pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.wineasio into that package declaration:

error: Package ‘wine-wow-10.0’ in /nix/store/pgg4vm83q0kr4hxzcwhdgdiv2yfnh3dw-source/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/base.nix:194 is not available on the requested hostPlatform:
         hostPlatform.config = "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
         package.meta.platforms = [
           "x86_64-linux"
         ]
         package.meta.badPlatforms = [
           "x86_64-darwin"
         ]
       , refusing to evaluate.

Any advice on how to troubleshoot this? Solving this would be nice, but learning how to fish would be even better.

Thanks in advance!

We have these 2 paver steps that are awkwardly tall. I'd like to add 2 steps to this by adding another layer of pavers to the lower step here, then adding 2 steps going off of that.

Would it be a bad idea to just lay the new steps directly on the existing ground level patio steps?

I've seen mixed guidance on using construction adhesive vs just polysand. Any thoughts on that?

“This sends a message all the way up to the top,” one of the US officials told CNN. “Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.” ... “We see these officials and the Maduro regime basically fleecing the Venezuelan people for their own gain,” the US official said. “You have people who can’t even afford a loaf of bread there and then you have the president of Venezuela jetting around in a high-class private jet.”

Considering the electoral college exists and America effectively has 1 party, Venezuala should take Air Force One after the next American election. The election wasn't free or fair afterall.

Anyone familiar with the Cincinatti Metro area? I have an opportunity to potentially move there and would really appreciate any tips y'all might have.

Things I'm trying to keep in mind:

• relatively close to some type of left organizing (<30 min drive). There might be a local DSA or PSL chapter, not sure how active though
• diversity
• dog friendly
• walkable/bike able for errands / parks / poi
• public transportation
• safe to have gender bending presentation in the neighborhood

I've heard good things about:

• Oakley
• Covington
• Bellevue
• Hyde Park
• Newport
• Silverton
• a few others whose names aren't coming to mind

The KY side seems more outwardly conservative (some pockets of pride flags tho) but is also significantly less expensive

Any areas that yall would recommend looking at?

If this is against instance or community rules just let me know and I'll remove it.

Are there any groups to get involved with to do tech support or create tech solutions for organizers? I do organize with some local groups, technologically and otherwise, and it seems like it would be helpful to see what cross cutting concerns are and cross pollinate solutions.

Obviously, please don't doxx yourself or others to answer this.

Are there any well sourced works regarding the Kronstadt Rebellion?

Any ideas what modern resources are useful for back end devs to learn modern front end development? I'm decently familiar with the basics of html, css, js, but don't really have experience with frameworks beyond basic bootstrap v3/v5, a smidge of react, some angular 1, etc. Kind of a smattering of tools but without real confidence to wield them in anger, you know? Hopefully this post can be helpful for other design challenged programmers.

Edit: extra resources on accessibility and security would also be much appreciated!