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https://www.youtube.com/@NatureLostVault/videos

This channel uses clickbait headlines and a probably-AI voice, and its scripts may be AI generated as well. It postulates that numerous plants have been used to feed whole civilizations in the past, but because they are not suited to capitalist for-profit production (even if the AI narrator never uses the word "capitalist"), these plants are classified as weeds. Is this true? Can we actually feed millions of people on cattails and chufa and groundnuts/potato beans and all the other stuff on this channel?

Is there a working mirror that's actually useful?

Example Bluesky link - https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mec6avlfxc2w

The mirrors I know about with the example.

• skyview.social. As far as I can see - it's worse than useless. The layout is 100% shit.

• subium.com. ~~It stopped working for me very roughly about a week ago. The pages are always blank and never stop loading.~~ It was a Ublock issue.

my niblings are 5 and 6 respectively. they like to read and be read to and I would like to get some books to help foster their enjoyment of reading as they grow up - so ideally stuff that's not too challenging but still good for fostering young imaginations. obviously sneaky subversive themes are welcome - the sneakier the better, I kinda suspect their dad leans chud.

This is not a distant story or breaking news. This is me and my family living in Gaza, where danger is now in the water we drink and the air we breathe. We are surviving in overcrowded tents as respiratory illnesses and hepatitis spread silently around us. Children who escaped the bombs are now suffering from fever and dehydration. They survived the war, but they may not survive the disease.

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I looked a little bit at why far-right politicians are so popular in Latin America and every time I read that there was an increase in violent crime the past years and now everyone wants to copycat Nayib Bukele. Why did crime increase in the first place?

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts at work, i really enjoy QAA and there’s some interesting sounding episodes in their back catalogue that are patreon locked :( and im poor

Hey all, I desperately need a job, preferably in a helpdesk position, eventually going into sysadmin or devops. Any tips on landing a job (at this point any job)?

I do not have Linkedin, I hate that platform but I dont know if I should make an account on it. I dont have GitHub cause fuck microsoft. I have my own website, but dont really have projects to show off other than years of selfhosting services, as I'm not a programmer, though I know scripting e.g. bash and such. At most what I have to show is a month of internship in a company's IT department. I have a nicely formatted LaTeX CV with my custom domain email and website linked. The website is handcrafted html, not tailwindcss or whatever else bloated garbage.

I have no clue how to apply or where. I also need to lie cause all of them want years of experience, which I kinda do have, but not officially, so if anyone has tips for lying would be great. Thought of pretending to be a small bussines owner as others recommended this here by making a fake company digital footprint but I'm unsure how effective it is. It sucks to be qualified largely and yet ignored because of the college requirement.

I'm failing college right now and will drop out because of the shit circumstances i'm in (financially and itherwise) so I found that even if I'm hypothetically a fit for the job quite well because I dont have a degree they just dont answer, how can I unfuck myself out of this situation? Feels hopeless to just keep bleeding out money with no end and only getting worse. So any advice on getting a job (of any kind at this point) including how to lie my way into one or what tactics to use idk anything would be of great use.

Thank you!!

anyone have book recommendations etc tryina get into learning socialist law

You'd think his ass might have seen some leaked majestic 12 type stuff.

It's also transliterated as Arkangel.

Arkhangelsk is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. [...] The [coat of arms] of the city display the Archangel Michael in the act of defeating the Devil. Legend states that this victory took place near where the city stands, hence its name, and that Michael still stands watch over the city to prevent the Devil's return.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhangelsk

Was the development of absolutism a response to the rising capitalist class and/or republicanism? My knowledge of late medieval history is really not as strong as it could be so I’m interested to hear what people think

Is it an hexadecimal bear? A hexagonal bear? I am curious but I will also choose the funniest answer as the real one

My mother has been experiencing back pain for a few months now, and insists her chiropractor is making it "tolerable."

Whenever I plead with her to see a doctor or a physical therapist, or suggest that maybe the chiropractor is the problem she gets very upset with me. There is no convincing her of any alternative, she won't even get a second opinion and I'm not quite sure how to help at this point.

My sister got her got her an appointment to see a massage therapist, which she went to and said nothing but good things about, but she will not budge on the chiropractor.

I dunno maybe I'll just shut up about it, but it all just seems like quackery to me.

Old school, broadcaster style parapolitical research guy from the 90s and earlier. Still active today. I got turned on to him some time back, and have been giving another listen to Emory/Nip Tuck on the Iran-Contra scandal. It's voluminous. Emory is pretty voluminous generally.

Lots of stuff about the Bush family, Iran-Contra, the CIA and drugs. He still produces content but I haven't listened to much of the new stuff. His old stuff is all pulled from published sources, books, newspapers, etc.

I'm not doing him justice with my description, but I surely can't be the only one here to have heard of him, at least amongst the older Chapos here.

Been running a film night for a few months, mainly documentaries but the odd historical fiction like Battle of Algiers. I’m looking to get a bit more reach for it, maybe do some boosted ads on instagram and stuff.

Does anyone have any good ideas for a name? The best broad appeal I can think of is like “[City] Lefty Film Club” or something lol. Trying to go for something that progressively politically minded people might be interested in attending if they see an ad, make the left wing slant clear, but have a broad appeal.

Like does "Steve" sound like the word for "Big Boobs" in Basque or something.

usually don’t think about alternate timelines much, but this in particular sticks with me. would the world really be better off, as I see several people (not here) say it would have

Doesn't necessarily have to be about leftism

users must vote or be banned as we all take electoralism very seriously here

A few days ago, I called my GF "mod" by mistake when I was asking her to do something for me; I didn't even notice that I uttered that word in the moment, she had to point it out to me later on. The only other incident of this occurring was yesterday, where I accidentally called her "jannie" during sex instead of saying her name. It's only happened twice and in my opinion it's no big deal whatsoever. I'm only bothered as she keep bringing it up once in awhile, but I don't see any reason in discussing it. I just want to tell her drop it without upsetting her.

Like, really I’m not tryna be a dick here. I’m genuinely curious what yall think it will take for the majority of ameriKKKans to recognize this?

I used to do odd jobs around my neighborhood as a teen and I actually kind of liked it, I got walking around money and the work was actually kind of fun and was maybe even a bit educational and enriching. I mean I guess this is also sort of the role Scouting/Pioneer organizations filled in society, since a lot of it is getting kids to do some free charity labor but it's for like nice stuff like cleaning up the park and not working in a factory.

IDK about having kids bag groceries and or be cashiers and shit. I think that's basically just a way for retail businesses to cheap out on labor.

Apologies in advance for this being part rant.

I have a group of people who, in theory, are pumped up to go out and fight ICE. My local org is full of people who claim they want to do things, but what they actually do is endlessly bicker about theory minutae, criticism of other orgs or politicians, but rarely showing up.

I mean the org has turned out for some things but the most activity was one anti-ICE protest and then tagging along to a bunch of PSL events.

So we had a minor win with our immigration campaign the other day and were trying to pick a next action. I suggested several low-lift activities like canvassing local Hispanic businesses, handing out whistles and getting to know our community, or showing up to yell at Lib candidates to do better on fighting ICE. Doing more advocacy at local city council meetings. Going door-to-door in a local Hispanic neighborhood and getting to know people... and instead I get people saying we need a "mission statement" and wanting to plan out something perfect.

I feel like my local org doesn't know how to do anything! They mean well but I'm tired of sitting around waiting for buy in to do things I thought we should have been doing for six months now. Every little event is a huge ordeal and feels like pulling teeth!

IDK what to do. Am I personally being a poor organizer? Is there something I can do to convince people to start doing things and stop just talking about them? I could go out alone but I'd rather build a group that will go out together vs. my awkward ass walking into some Panderias.

Is there a manual for how to do this that actually works? I believe we had a reading group for No Shortcuts a year ago, but I guess that either didn't apply or people didn't learn anything from it.

Podcasts sure, but I'm mostly thinking of good tv shows and webseries here, movie franchises and documentaries too. I want to set it going in VLC and turn the screen off, which is basically how I watch YouTube slop.

I'm thinking Engels. Responsible, reliable, motivated, has money, knows how to manage it and is incredibly generous (he died with more than he gained from the factory sale despite supporting the whole German/communist underground in London).

Also who'd be worst? Would Marx ever catch up with his chores? Would Che disappear suddenly for months at a time?

(Not a very serious question obviously)