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[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

If you don't want high wages then you need low cost of living. There is no one who understands the economy less than a small-business owner.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago

I mean, there are people telling New York Jews to move to Israel, "the only safe place for Jews in the world," quite literally days after it got its ass handed to it by Iranian missiles. Sure, in some cases it's complete derangement, but also:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Vinylon

omg juche fiber mentioned

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

"We need a real fourth International" My comrade in social democracy, we are still in the eternal Second International

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

depressing rant about personhood

Doppelgänger fiction is depressing because the angst characters have that others only like the mask and not the self is just true, and the trope where another character realizes there's an impersonator is just cope. No one expects a doppelgänger, so a convincing impersonation is not even necessary. While humans are biosocial beings, under any organization of society where embodiment is critical to its functions, "person" becomes nearly synonymous with "body". So it is not even necessarily the "role" a doppelgänger must take on convincingly. The most important "role" a person plays is just their physical presence. Actual behavior can be quite inconsistent!

Written a couple days after watching Episode 14 of Ergo Proxy via proxy, ha.

So anyway this is why we must all aspire to be more like Fai Rodis from the hit untranslated novel Bull's Hour.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

Can they get the city council to block most of his agenda? Idk what the faction breakdown there is like.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the last month the solar industry gets government subsidies which could explain the spike.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 85 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Moral panic among credit card companies hits Fansly. All substances, furry porn, hypnosis and mind control kink, amateur wrestling, etc. banned.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's really funny that de-escalatory strikes are real but also the only strikes that are called de-escalatory officially are always escalatory.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I wonder if Chinese skyscraper-building factories will succeed unlike Japan's which fell off after the 90s

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Back in my day you actually had to put in the work in making an imaginary waifu. pathetic

 

Deputy government spokesman Anukool Pruksanusak said the ministry is supporting the government's policy on marriage equality by emphasising not only physical health care but also mental health protection for sexually diverse individuals.

During its budget planning for 2025, the National Health Security Board has approved 145.63 million baht to provide health services, including hormone therapy, for transgender citizens. This allocation aims to provide care for about 200,000 transgender patients.

I do wonder what the process is like for getting your HRT funded, though.

 

From my favorite Blanquist anime, Metallic Rouge

 
 

US federalism is hilarious because you will have nationalists circlejerking about "laboratories of democracy" and then immediately introduce federal legislation to prevent any deviation from average state policy.

Warning for anyone aspiring to do sewer socialism in the US again.

 
 
 

Some excerpts:

In total, 37 Democrats, 46 Republicans, and three Independents voted in favor of the bill.

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led efforts to remove the anti-trans language from the NDAA by introducing Amendment 3332, which aimed to strike the discriminatory provisions. The amendment garnered support from 24 of her Senate colleagues. However, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at some point requested the amendment be withdrawn, opting not to bring it to a vote unless certain of its passage.

Addendum:

Great work transgender NGO, a third of your trans equality champions are restricting transition. Lol.

 

Excerpts:

China’s biggest oil refiner said the country’s gasoline demand had peaked last year and declines would accelerate as the shift to electric vehicles gathers pace.

The institute reiterated a forecast from last year that China’s overall oil demand would top out at around 800 million tons a year no later than 2027.

Chinese diesel demand, which peaked in 2019 and then plateaued, would fall by more than 5% this year, Sinopec said. However, aviation fuel consumption would keep rising through 2040, it said.

 

Another super creative track from them. Not to be confused with the (easier to find!) 10th anniversary version which is also super cool but totally different. What do you think about the way it fades out and then completely changes vibes in the second half?

 

beautiful, beautiful shoegaze cri

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