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CleverOleg [he/him]

@ CleverOleg @hexbear.net

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  • The GOP controlled Louisiana House passed legislation to ban chemtrails.

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  • Yeah I think there are various conspiracy theories on the right that geoengineering to mitigate climate change is a democrat / bill gates / Soros plot to do… something. Somewhat different from the chemtrails thing I think.

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    Parenting Chat - 11/09 - 11/14

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  • Yeah it’s mostly happy meal type toys, I try to get rid of them when I can. I try asking them to not put toys in their kids meals but they always do. But a lot of it is related to my very specific situation: my MIL is a hoarder, and part of that is she always bring over a lot of cheap plastic toys (among other things) and leaves them here. My wife will give her back most of it, but as she has a bit of that hoarder gene in her too, she’ll end up keeping a couple things she likes. And over time that adds up.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 10th to November 16th, 2025 - The Trials and Tribulations of Tinubu - COTW: Nigeria

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  • Western capitalism? Maybe, I don’t think we can say for sure either way, capitalism has shown a remarkable ability to adapt and extend its life. We were looking at a similar crisis of profitability in the 1970s, and neoliberalism emerged to save capitalism and extend its life.

    I do believe that neoliberal capitalism is collapsing, absolutely. It was able to deliver profitability for decades but profit rates have been on a broadly declining trend for a while now. And you can see it in political movements across the global north: attacking neoliberalism (though usually from the right) has gained so much steam. AfD, Reform, FN… these were all either jokes or nonexistent merely years ago. They are now set to be leading governments in the near future. Obviously they don’t want to end capitalism, but it’s particular neoliberal variety is spent.

    China can push for maintaining neoliberalism vis-a-vis international trade relations, but I hope they are prepared for the west tearing down that particular form of economic relationship, because that is definitely happening IMO and it does seem inevitable to me.

  • Serious question - what do you think will happen with the Epstein files?

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  • I think a bunch of stuff actually will get released. And it will stand as a monument to Americans’ ability to believe whatever the fuck they want about reality. There could be video evidence of Trump doing the most evil shit and at least one third of this country will truly believe it’s fake.

  • Im awful at giving people gift ideas for myself. Pitch me something I didn't know I wanted.

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  • Someone gave me a Yeti tumbler a couple years ago. I was skeptical because of the hype but ngl it is kind of amazing. I put ice in my drink and it stays there for hours. Cold stuff stays cold forever. And I’m trying to get more plastic out of my life so a big metal cup for anything is nice. Yetis are nice too because it’s the sort of thing the giver can personalize some with colors and whatnot, but in the end it doesn’t really matter what they pick for you (as opposed to directly asking for something that doesn’t allow any choice on their part).

  • Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics

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  • Yes it’s consistently around two-thirds of Americans who approve. It’s ticked down a little bit as Republicans have gotten worse about it, but democrat and independent voters are still for it very consistently.

    Talk of a major shift is overblown.

  • Parenting Chat - 11/02 - 11/08

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  • My oldest (kindergartner) has expressed to me a strong desire to do something about environmental destruction. Which I am absolutely thrilled with and am strongly encouraging. But she’s so eager to do something, she’s starting to thumb her nose at my suggestion that we read more books and learn more about climate change, the destruction of the Amazon, etc. I tell her about Greta and she gets frustrated because she doesn’t want to wait until she’s 11 or 12 to actually do things to help save the environment.

    I had a chuckle to myself the other day thinking about all this. Here I am telling her to “read theory” and all she wants to do is jump into praxis.

  • Parenting Chat - 11/02 - 11/08

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  • Unironically the only people I know irl who like the minions are boomers.

  • Parenting Chat - 11/02 - 11/08

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  • I feel completely overwhelmed with the amount of cheap plastic toys we have in the house. While I’m not crazy about all the candy from a nutritional standpoint, I do like that it eventually disappears.

  • "Yeah, I read philosophy."

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  • I cannot fathom why color e-readers are as popular as they are. Manufacturers are starting to drop b&w readers and going heavy into color e-readers, which to me defeats the purpose, as color ones do not have as bright of a white background and contrast on text isn’t as sharp (so less book-like). I guess the answer is that there’s just that many manga/comics readers.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 3rd to November 9th, 2025 - The 47th ASEAN Summit + Trump and Xi's Deal

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  • I am a Wang Yi stan.

  • Shutdown ‘Far Worse’ Than Expected, White House Adviser Says

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  • Impressed they haven’t caved but they’ve been shit at capitalizing on this. Every single dem politician should be out there saying “we are doing this so the GOP doesn’t gut Medicaid. As soon as they take that out the budget we are ready to sign”. That is a 100% winning message Americans would get behind and they haven’t really done it.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 3rd to November 9th, 2025 - The 47th ASEAN Summit + Trump and Xi's Deal

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  • No, and it’s not true. Someone expressed misgivings about the optics around a burning star of david flag and instead of simply saying “I think you’re wrong about this”, some people with apparently zero chill decided to slander this person as a Zionist.

    You can say an admin is wrong or has poor judgment but frankly I consider calling anyone a Zionist is an incredibly serious charge and it really rubbed me the wrong way the way it got thrown around over a fucking emoji

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 3rd to November 9th, 2025 - The 47th ASEAN Summit + Trump and Xi's Deal

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  • What kind of life can you live if you don't have partners or children?

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  • As someone who’s now lived both sides of the coin, I know precisely this feeling. I remember visiting Scotland solo (I’m an American, I was there for work). I got to see and do some amazing thing, by objective standards a wonderful trip… but doing it solo felt hollow. And doing whatever you want all time, while it certainly has upsides, to me it kinda felt like exploring the open world of a game you already beat.

    For what it’s worth, I have found that while those feelings are no longer present now that I have a spouse and children, I found entirely new anxieties, concerns, and problems to work through. In some ways it involves even more stress - but some of that is due to unique aspects of the path I’m on.

  • What kind of life can you live if you don't have partners or children?

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  • When I was in college, I was thinking about going the pre-med route and becoming a doctor. I talked to a family friend who was a doctor - someone who knew me since I was a baby. With kindness and compassion, he told me he thought it would be a big mistake, I’d probably fail at it, and then I’d be worse off in the end.

    It wasn’t because he I thought I didn’t have the intelligence to handle it. He explained that for him and nearly every doctor he knew, it was something they desperately wanted to do since they were young; that they literally could not see themselves as being anything other than a doctor. Because in order to get through medical school, then residency, and even in your career, you need that to be able to get you through the real tough times. Because it’s REALLY hard to be a doctor, and the people who do it do get fulfillment from it, but that’s because it’s the thing they always wanted.

    I think about that a lot in relation to kids. I might be biased because I have more than one and they are little… but it’s fucking HARD. It’s rewarding of course but I wanted to be a dad even when I was a kid myself. When I saw my future, I only ever saw it with kids. It’s that intangible quality that keeps me going in the tough times. I would go as far as to say if kids aren’t something you ever wanted, then I don’t believe you will likely find fulfillment in it. If you happen to find yourself in that situation, I’m sure you can make the most of it. But I strongly reject the idea that kids automatically fill some sort of hole in every adult‘s life.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 3rd to November 9th, 2025 - The 47th ASEAN Summit + Trump and Xi's Deal

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  • 2008 was largely a foregone conclusion. The reason Sarah Palin was chosen was because McCain was so far behind, he felt he needed to take a gamble (Palin may not seem that far out by 2025 standards but it was a huge reach at the time).

    W had become so unpopular the GOP never had a shot in 2008, that’s why the Dem primary was so vicious.

    Difference to now is, I think right wingers have really been buying into their own triumphalist narratives over the last year. They really did think their platform is very popular, that young people are all conservative now, etc. I think that narrative crashed against reality for a lot of people last night.

  • Amerikkka Election Night Special 2025 [a thread]

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  • I voted for it. Maybe it lets the dems throw some sand in the gears, probably not but sure, why not

  • Amerikkka Election Night Special 2025 [a thread]

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  • I enjoyed watching Rania Khalek shoot her shot with Hasan live on his stream at Zohran’s party. Girl went hard in the paint, love to see the effort.