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I work at a Union and I STILL feel hesitant to call in sick lol what an amazing system we live in
Which, of course, is not a problem at all. But after years of working in a sigma grindset environment you have to rewire your brain a bit.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
Why is our resident Capybara in Australia?
You must be lying down. If you stand up, Our Capy is unfortunately trapped inside a mirror. This can happen by accident. You can't knowingly walk into and through a mirror because the other you on the other side will see you coming and stop you. But if you absent mindedly shuffle about near the corner of a mirror, maybe looking for some grain that might have fallen nearby and be reflected, that's it, you slip through and swap with the other you. You can get back out but it's tough because, again, it's got to be by accident.
I can confirm that I've returned from the evil mirror dimension
The same phone brand both @Aru@lemmygrad.ml and I am currently using lol
, I think grain eater is making a joke about @Oppo@lemmygrad.ml I have a pink case on it
Yeah definitely that Oppo
I am just using the free clear case it came with lol.
Indeed
I got a cold I think, which sucks.
Also, I'm getting increasingly done with the football (soccer) world in The Netherlands. One of the players of the women national team said she'd love to be a manager in men football and some talking heads are saying that it would be ridiculous to have a female coach at a male team. Like, Sarina Wiegman won two European Championships and two second places are the World Cup. Surely she can be a better manager than many male trainers. The football world is sick.
I didn't realize that lemmy.world had actually reached the point of being worse than reddit ever was.
at least there are a few Marxist subreddits left, there doesn't seem to be anything like that on lemmy.world and similar instances
How? Just how is that even possible
It's gone full Blueanoning, Russiagating, Biden Worshiping mad
I can't believe i didn't know this before.
If you are cooking scrambled eggs, you must add either butter/cream/yoghurt when you are beating them or it will end up dry af. With greek yoghurt it tastes great, creamy texture and its even higher on protein.
For example 3 eggs and a spoon of yoghurt.
I got a dope as hell tattoo of a very cool and sweet Chilean riot dog a couple days ago! It's my first tattoo and it is very itchy. I am very paranoid about taking care of it right now, I can't wait for this phase to pass. :)
Negro Matapacos?
Yes! The tattoo is loosely based off this art.
Don't worry it will pass and eventually you will lose the nervous 'but what if I touch it/hit it/scratch it' phase as well
I have no time for my research project.
I want to define exactly to what extent the state is present in America. If the state is defined as the only legal perpetrators of violence, and gun ownership is prevalent to such an extent in the US, then what does that say about gun owners?
Similarly, why is a larger percentage of white men more likely to own guns compared to non-white men?
Like, we know the answer from theory, but what are the laws and regulations that led to this result? Who had put these laws into practice? How does this criminalization used to segregate the populace and enforce privilege?
The civilian gun owners aren't part of the state; civilians can exert violence in many ways, not just guns, but it's not legal outside of special circumstances (even if the law isn't applied equally in practice). As for why more white men own guns, using black men as an example, one reason is that they've been unable to access guns until relatively recently and even when they could legally acquire them, it was either very difficult in practice or caused them to be targeted by the state (especially in revolutionary groups like the Black Panthers)
Interesting topic.
If the state is defined as the only legal perpetrators of violence…
Is that the right definition? It could be a good place to start. You might want to look up John Austin. This article may be useful: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/legal-positivism/ If Austin is useful, you might want to check exactly how he reflected Bentham and then see if Marx said anything about that part of Bentham. Marx wasn't generally kind to him lol.
If you find this legal view of the state and keep reading you may come across Kelsen. If so, or if you're otherwise interested, have a look at Max Adler, The Marxist Conception of the State: A Contribution to the Differentiation of the Sociological and the Juristic Method. It's an old text but may be useful.
Otherwise, is the state the 'only legal [perpetrator] of violence' or does it have a monopoly on violence? Is there a difference?
I've yet to read it but Ralph Miliband's The State in Capitalist Society could be useful, too.
If you are going down a legal path, Pashukanis and Renner may be essential reading. Even anti-communists treat them seriously. I'm unsure if he's an anti-communist, but Fuller's Morality of Law relies on Pashukanis. Fuller was involved in one of a few great debates in jurisprudence in the twentieth century. His was the Hart-Fuller debate. Hart being the arch-positivist. You'll see him mentioned in the Austin article cited above, along with Kelsen (Pashukanis gets a line about some Marxists rejecting positivism).
(For those who are just passing by, legal positivism is basically the idea that there is a difference between what law is and what law ought to be. I.e. law doesn't necessarily tell you what is moral and law doesn't necessarily have to be moral.)
this guy is head of research at openai. also the head is making tweets criticising american left for not supporting israel
ah yes, a 10 story mansion
IDF-supporting nazis must not know what buildings look like, there's no way you can look at that and think that those buildings used to be "palaces"
🤣
I tried playing "Last Train Home". I couldn't, it was too stupid for me. It got me interested in the [Russian] civil war though, anybody got anything good to read?
Apparently Fujimori got released today lol
This is why we should execute fascists when we have the chance.
Just typed a post complaining about personal life, but then I clicked the wrong button and now the post is gone. No energy to type again. I don't feel well and I really need more sleep. Much work tomorrow. I wish students were allowed to take days off. Impatiently counting time towards the winter holidays cuz I really need a break.
At least I am enjoying this song by the Moranbong Band. Very beautiful singing and lyrics. (The video that I linked has subtitles in several languages.)
There's been a video posted by Shariy (Ukrainian liberal journalist, currently in opposition to Zelensky) with a deputy in Zakarpatye tossing live grenades into a government session. Anyone has more info on this?
About one hour ago I finished reading an article titled ‘Is it ‘anti-Semitic’ to acknowledge that Arabs are Semites too?’. It mostly quibbles over how misleading terms like ‘antisemitism’ are, but it gave me some food for thought on something that the author had the opportunity to address but managed to miss.
Anti‐Arab and anti‐Jewish sentiments overlap in numerous ways. There are not only some similar stereotypes—that they’re unfair merchants interested in world domination—but fervent Judeophobes also tend to hate Arabs, often seeing them (and other races) as ‘pawns’ in Jewish plans. Admittedly, it is unlikely that anybody would mistake Ashkenazim for Arabs, but it is very tempting to think of anti‐Arab racism as not only an Arab but also a Jewish concern, because often such attackers are just as willing to target Jews as well; Judeophobia is not far off.
I am planning to read The Arab and Jewish questions: geographies of engagement in Palestine and beyond, because I have a feeling that I may be onto something here, but presently it sounds like I’m grasping at straws. I have a lot to think about; maybe these two prejudices are more closely related than they look.
I potential found a(nother) book to work on, "Russian Justice" (Mary Callcott).
Ever since last year, the buses around here have all had their LED signs (the ones showing the number and route) cycle between the actual info and "STAND WITH UKRAINE" every few seconds constantly, they're still doing that
Yep, this is Klanada alright lol [insert Hexbear's "canada flag burning emoji" here]
I want to gouge my eyes out every time i have to interact with a whitexican girl 😩
I tried making a new... I'm not sure what to call it, but its the first page that shows up on my EPUB. Thoughts? Ways it can become better?
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