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Andy

@ andrewrgross @slrpnk.net

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  • What cultural programming have you overcome?

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  • I find that when these thoughts creep in, what saves me from doomerism is focusing on the alternatives.

    It can feel weird and irrational, because the alternative is organizing in my local community to help people, and connect more people with the work of doing the same. How is helping parents at my kid's school get childcare during a teachers strike supposed to end our imperialist violence? How is cleaning up illegal dumping supposed to defeat techbro fascism?

    By snowballing. By being the antitdote to the distraction and helplessness we're programmed to feel.

    We all need to go find people we like, then go out and fix things, without permission. Get caught doing good. Set an example, and link up. If we're all building these tidepools, eventually we'll make a flood.

  • Relax nerds

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  • See this is what a good clapback looks like

  • What cultural programming have you overcome?

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  • Zionism.

    My family was never big into it, but when you grew up Jewish it wasjust an assumed default. I wasn't even aware there were people opposed to it until around college.

    Thankfully, the youth of today don't have that problem.

  • I didn't join the revolution to read

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  • I think this joke is only 40% true, but also still very funny.

  • I like jokes

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  • I'm glad this meme belongs to the commons because I'm going to make extensive collective use of it.

  • I didn't join the revolution to read

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  • I posted the meme as a lighthearted joke, but if I can be serious for a moment, the joke isn't that reading isn't useful. It's ridiculing the practice of approaching Marxist texts in a way similar to religious or academic study. It's also (lovingly) ridiculing mutual aid radicals with an overly simplistic worldview.

    Reading is good. Although I recommend people read the things that they're interested in and that they think would help them in their goals, and not fall into the practice of assigning other people reading or falling into a mentality of chasing after a complete understanding of subjects no one can ever understand to completion.

  • I didn't join the revolution to read

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  • I don't get this. Can you explain this?

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    Relax nerds

  • I didn't join the revolution to read

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  • Surprise twist: I am aware anarchists like reading; I like reading; and I'm not actually an anarchist!

    It's just a fun meme making fun of upright overly intellectual Marxist-Leninists (that part is sincere).

  • I didn't join the revolution to read

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  • I think you're taking the meme way too literally.

    I'm not advocating for an illiterate revolution. Anarchists are famous for reading and writing a lot of manifestos too.

    I do believe that there are a lot of overly intellectual Marxist-Leninists who need to go touch grass and actually practice more mutual aid among working class neighbors, though.

    But I'm definitely not anti intellectual. (I'm also not actually an an-com. I just shared the meme because I agree with the broad sentiment).

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    I didn't join the revolution to read

  • Israelis unite across political divides in support of ‘justified’ war against Iran

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  • I could be wrong here, but I suspect the headline is another unfortunate example of Israeli Palestinian erasure.

    When they say that this is widely supported across Israelis, they likely mean Israeli Jews.

    It's sad to see from the middle east eye. Obviously Israeli and American media promulgates the myth that to be Israeli means being Jewish. But I would hope that at least Arab media would constantly remind audiences that one in five Israeli citizens are Arabs living without meaningful political agency under a ruthless Apartheid regime.

    I suspect they're less enthusiastic about another ethnonationalist religious imperialist war of aggression. But it's hard to know what they think, as I rarely see their preferences interrogated or reported on, except perhaps by +972 Magazine.

  • "Taiwan Independence" is a lie

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  • Can I use this in Lemmy?

  • "Taiwan Independence" is a lie

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  • I don't have the time, but someone should make a version of this where China and OP consent but Taiwan is the objector.

  • What do you think about the doc Zeitgeist (2007)

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  • Ok thanks. That's interesting. This is the first I'm hearing of this.

  • What do you think about the doc Zeitgeist (2007)

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  • Can someone link to context? I have no idea what op is talking about and I'm too busy to duck duck go it.

  • Gas-Guzzler Revival Risks Dead-End Future for US Automakers | Big trucks and engines are back among US automakers, even as electrics gain ground around the globe.

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  • This is sad, and bad, but if you can overlook that, it's kind of hilarious how reckless this is.

    Skepticism of EVs 20 years ago made some logical sense. But once the rest of the world is driving in cars that are fast, quiet, and far cheaper to buy, fuel, and maintain and produce no tailpipe emissions -- which are terrible for kids -- it's obvious that our technology is obsolete. It's just crazy that they're acting as though they can maintain this current status quo, which depends entirely on Americans never discovering how much better Chinese cars are. You can't really keep that a secret forever.

    I think they're basically counting on a bail out in a few years when the American auto industry crashes.

  • Star Trek: TNG But It Was Released in 2026

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  • Yeah. I feel bad being to harsh when some tried to make something, but I thought this was going to be describing what the show would be like if it was written and produced now. Reacting to a 30 year old show as though it we're made now is not only far less funny, it makes no sense. Yeah: TV production was very different 30 years ago. If it were made now, it wouldn't be made that way.

  • How the "Kill Line" Redefined the American Dream in China

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  • This article points out something I think a lot of Americans -- particularly younger, educated ones -- don't know about: America has for a long time actually been a place people around the world dream about. That includes dreaming of coming here, either to study and return; to move here permanently; or just to emulate in their own countries.

    I think most American millennials were told this, but as they learned that most of what they were told about our country -- its fairness, commitment to justice, opportunities -- were lies, they assumed the concept of the American dream abroad was another myth.

    I think more people -- particularly American leftists -- should understand that despite so many other failings, the American mythology has some value. Rather than deride it as anither imperialist lie, we should recognize that it has had some truth to it in the past. And we should aspire to actually make it real in a way it has never quite been.

  • How the "Kill Line" Redefined the American Dream in China

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  • Respectfully, this is kind of incoherent. I can see that you disagree with the characterization of America's poverty trap, but I didn't really understand what part of the fundamental thesis of the article you dispute.

  • How the "Kill Line" Redefined the American Dream in China

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  • It's unclear who this is directed at.

  • De googling in a complex family

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  • I'm curious too. I think an ideal solution would be one in which you start using a calendar that is compatible with gcal, but I haven't gotten around to looking to replace gcal yet myself.

  • solarpunk memes @slrpnk.net
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    buncha nerd shit

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    It's totally normal for tools to say they're depressed, just tune it out

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    I don't like it, but I don't make the rules

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    I don't like it, but I don't make the rules

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Apparently he's a gaming YouTuber now

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Israel prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists and their families - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

    www.jta.org /2025/05/28/israel/israel-prepares-to-call-up-450000-soldiers-amid-mounting-toll-on-reservists-and-their-families
  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    I had a thought about the popularization of solarpunk today

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    Let's not take things to far okay

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    They can't hold out forever

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    They're gonna be so embarrassed when they find out

  • solarpunk memes @slrpnk.net
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    They're gonna be so embarrassed when they find out

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    A simple mnemonic

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Poll: What's the cross-over between fans of Trek and solarpunk?

    mstdn.games /@FullyAutomatedRPG/113924421710964188
  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    Plz stop :(

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    It's a hard time of year for some of us

  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
    Andy @slrpnk.net

    Just came across this pretty cool solarpunk comic book: [Re]Ignite by Howtoons

    readallcomics.com /howtoons-reignition-1/
  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    Tips for disposing of fallen leaves

  • zerowaste @slrpnk.net
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    Tips for disposing of fallen leaves