I just saw a staunch anti-communist liberal say "why the hell should I vote for any of these progressives if the party is just gonna scuttle everything even after a historic victory and significant polling in their favor?!" And I thought "this is exactly what we expected would happen but I never thought I'd see it and certainly not from this person"

1w ago

F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 1w ago

What are we? A bunch of Asians?

1w ago

Remember to never feel lesser than anybody else ❤️

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 1w ago

Every single person has something to teach.

Everyone.

Sometimes, that thing is patience. Sometimes it's compassion. Sometimes it's how to communicate better. Sometimes it's when to walk away.

But if you believe every single person has something to teach you, that is a huge hack.

1w ago

Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts as states warn of ‘catastrophic impact’

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 1w ago

I really can't imagine that there's just no money, considering money is just lines on a spreadsheet at this point.

I worry that the goal is to force the poor to take desperate actions to justify further expansion of violence.

2w ago

Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press”

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

https://www.guernicamag.com/hyatt-bass-lessons-from-cubas-incarceration-model/

2w ago

“Living to 150 is definitely realistic,” said Lyu Qinghua, the chief technology officer of the company, which has developed anti-aging pills based on a compound found in grapeseed extract.

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

Not the seed oils!!!!

2w ago

Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press”

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

You need to read about Cuban democracy. People spend way more of their daily lives in democratic formations, driving the direction of their neighborhoods, villages, cities, and workplaces than an American could even dream of?

2w ago

DPRK warns that it will retaliate against US military drills in the region; US/ROK says DPRK fired a ballistic missile towards the east last night

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

At some point, the Axis is going to see the paper tiger is stretched to thin and they'll act accordingly

2w ago

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

Isn't this because the US reserves most of its production for domestic subsidies and strategic reserves?

2w ago

Thanks for Not Insisting on Dying in Office, Nancy Pelosi

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

There's still time

2w ago

New York City elects Zohran Mamdani as mayor

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

I think the point is that voting is an act of speech. Mayor's have executive power.

2w ago

Russia says it will help China overtake the United States on nuclear power

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

All nations of the world are dependent on all nations of the world. All humans in the world are dependent on all humans in the world. All ecosystems in the world are dependent on all ecosystems in the world.

This is dialectics.

Resisting dependency just because it's dependency is ideological folly.

Acknowledging interdependency and engaging thoughtfully and experimentally in that interdependency is the way.

2w ago

Why was it so easy to dismantle the Soviet Union?

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freagle @lemmygrad.ml 2w ago

Yeah, so what you're missing is the liberalization period. The SU under Kruschev and his faction decided to steer the country towards liberal reforms which allowed for private accumulation of capital. It also adopted a strategy of trying to become friendly with the West in a failed attempt to co-dominate the world with them.