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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 hours ago

There's a snake in my boot

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 9 hours ago

The search for treats never ends.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 days ago

Finally some good news.

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From the wiki on Gloria estefan.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Np, thx for fixing.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The link isn't the correct one I think.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 days ago

It's kind of hard to answer OP's question, because they didn't get into specifics. Usually when the question is comparing Kruschev and Deng, the implication is that both were attempts at dismantling or disempowering their given socialist owned systems, and denouncing past leaders like Stalin or Mao, which nearly all the articles get into above w/ respect to China, and why that's not the case.

As clearly stated in Fallaci's interview with Deng:

Fallaci: To conclude this line of questioning: I can’t imagine that, at the next Congress of the Communist Party of China, we will see a repeat of the events of the twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when Khrushchev denounced Stalin. Or am I mistaken?

Deng: You are not mistaken. At the Congress we will objectively evaluate the merits and the mistakes that characterized the life of Chairman Mao; we will celebrate his merits and recognize that they are of primary importance; and we will admit his mistakes, recognizing that they are of secondary importance. By making public the mistakes that Chairman Mao committed in recent years, we will adopt a realistic attitude. But we will certainly continue to follow Mao Zedong Thought — or, rather, all that which constituted the just part of his life. And, no, it is not only his portrait that remains in Tiananmen Square but also the memory of the man who brought us to victory and who, in essence, founded a country. And this is no small feat. And I’ll repeat: the Communist Party of China and the people of China will always look to him like a symbol — a very precious treasure. Write this down: we will never do to Mao Zedong what Khrushchev did to Stalin at the twentieth Congress of the CPSU.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's also on youtube, but torrents are the preferred way.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CIA agents in 2025: "how do I convert pdf"

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I struggle to believe these twitter weirdos exist, but unfortunately they do. I swear there's somebody crafting a post rn about how breakfast cereal is fascist.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Palo Alto is a great book, but its so long and grand in scope that all I remember is: California loves eugenics.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Palo Alto is a great book, but its so long and grand in scope that all I remember is: California loves eugenics.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29579005

An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and I work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Unfortunately the amount of donations has decreased to only 2000€ per month. This leaves only 1000€ per developer, which is not enough to pay my bills. With the current level of donations I will be forced to find another job, and drastically reduce my contributions to Lemmy. To avoid this outcome and keep Lemmy growing, I ask you to please make a recurring donation:

Liberapay | Ko-fi | Patreon | OpenCollective | Crypto

If you want more information before donating, consider the comparison with Reddit. It began as startup funded by rich investors. The site is managed by corporate executives who over time have become more and more disconnected from normal users. Their main goal is to make investors happy and to make a profit. This leads to user-hostile decisions like firing the employee responsible for AMAs, blocking third-party apps and more. As Reddit is a single website under a single authority, it means all users need to follow the same rules, including ridiculous ones like censoring the name "Luigi".

Lemmy represents a new type of social media which is the complete opposite of Reddit. It is split across many different websites, each with its own rules, and managed by normal people who actually care about the users. There is no company and no profit motive. Much of the work is carried out by volunteer admins, mods and posters, who contribute out of enthusiasm and not for money. For users this is great as there is no advertising nor tracking, and no chance of takeover by a billionaire. Additionally there are no builtin political or ideological restrictions. You can use the software for any purpose you like, add your own restrictions or scrutinize its inner workings. Lemmy truly belongs to everyone.

Dessalines and I work fulltime on Lemmy to keep up with all the feature requests, bug reports and development work. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. Previously I sometimes had to rely on my personal savings to keep developing Lemmy for you, but that can't go on forever. We partly rely on NLnet for funding, but they only pay for development of new features, and not for mandatory maintenance work. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached Dessalines and I can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. Please use the link below to see current donation stats and make your contribution! We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7718980

From Yasha Levine's Surveillance Valley (great book btw).

Side point, but one of the main ppl on this project was another state department trot: Ithia sole de Pool.

 

From Yasha Levine's Surveillance Valley (great book btw).

Side point, but one of the main ppl on this project was another state department trot: Ithia sole de Pool.

 
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