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Agreed. Super awesome and fun that he’s exactly the guy he comes across as in all of his public persona. I ran into him in public a few winters ago and we just complained to each other about the rain
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I was in your position for a long time and feel like I can relate. ADHD to people who don’t have it is a funny little condition that some of the quirky and eccentric people they know have that makes them fun and silly.
The reality is that for some, like myself and perhaps you, it can be a completely debilitating disease that makes you feel incompatible anywhere you try to fit in with society. To us, it is a BASE LEVEL ISSUE. If you are an adult living independently, it is absolutely, beyond all doubt, the priority issue you need to address before the rest of the world slides away from you too.
It’s frustrating, it can be tiring, it can be expensive, but you need to do everything in your power to treat it before you can even attempt to fix the other things going on around you. I lost a few years of my life in what I’ve dubbed “The Slop™” where problem after problem could just be traced back to issues brought about by my adhd. First minor ones, then major ones, then the life altering ones.
ADHD treatment is stimulants. Do not abuse drugs, but treating it with reasonable amounts of caffeine will at least help you be somewhat more attentive and able to pursue real treatment. You may need to schedule multiple appointments back to back to back in a single day to find a doctor who will take you seriously. Some might think you’re faking, some might make you feel embarrassed, but only one needs to say yes and understand your situation to change your life.
Everything turned around for me when a doctor prescribed a small dose for 30 days to see how it impacted me. I was finally able to function the way I needed to in order to secure lasting treatment and eventually make a life for myself that I don’t feel trapped in. Do not spend your energy and focus on doing socialist organizing before you’ve secured proper baseline treatment for yourself. It is so worth continuing to try because you have no idea just how good life can be when you finally get properly treated. I sobbed my first day because I realized I got all of my house cleaning and self care done and I hadn’t heard my neighbor’s low battery smoke detector beep a single time even though it kept me up at night for weeks.
It’s life changing, and the least you owe yourself is a shot at seeing what it can become after sustained treatment for a serious disease.
Did you know it was me who started that struggle session? 👀
Literally countless. So many that they are decorating the homes and outdoor spaces of my family and friends
I'm going to be so brutally honest with you as somebody who is the same:
If you have ADHD and autism (like myself) and you aren't medicated, it is even more crucial that you do whatever you can to get medicated for your ADHD. You need to take care of yourself and manage the part of your situation that is treatable medically. It sucks but it is actually a very real condition that impacts every single thing other thing in your life. Everybody is different, but for me it includes being significantly more comfortable socially.
It allows me to enter the organizing space while I'm feeling alright, not overwhelmed, and comfortable, and take on those roles that I know I will be able to handle if I'm having a day where I don't think I can socially interact too heavily. In my role in my org, I was able to do a lot of the behind the scenes spreadsheet work and meeting scheduling. That takes a huge burden off of somebody else and frees up their other capacities as an organizer.
From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs. Any org worth organizing for will accommodate you with open arms,
Obama if he actually took the lib pill:
UhhhhhhLGBT Queer
Lovely that the actual explanation for this is that the record cold air is over the united states and canada because all of the warm air that is supposed to be there is actually over the north pole.
It is currently 32 degrees fahrenheit (0 celsius) in the farthest northern point in Alaska. It's above freezing in Nuuk, Greenland too.
Worth noting that anybody can join DSA so there are probably going to be more people doing this specifically as infiltrators, especially in places like NYC-DSA where they wield somewhat substantial political power, in order to undermine the org and comfort participating in it.
While the minutes of the DSA meetings do not indicate any wrongdoing, they do raise new questions over the extent of Chinese influence within the group and more broadly in the United States. They are also an indicator of how China’s Communist Party seeks to build ties with influential political groupings in the United States.
Awwww that's sweet of them to call NYC-DSA an influential political group in the US
Also worth noting that anybody can join DSA and then sit in on committee meetings. As the org grows it will eventually need to have vetting in some capacity or we will probably see more "hit pieces" like this one in the future where the mole is actually just the person who is trying to get information as a reporter.
Bolsonaro reportedly complained several times that he was feeling very lonely, and that the noise from the air conditioning irritated him and caused him to fall to the floor.
STOP IT YOURE KILLING HIM
he already did in his time as mayor
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Highlights of his coin launch include lauding Blockchange [sic] technology (mentioned twice) and that the coin will help fight antisemtism
UPDATE: If you’re reading this you’re already too late. Rug pull already happened and he made $3 million
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There is no opposition party in the United States, only proud fascists and those who pretend they aren’t fascists
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Article text here:
From menacing to 'cool': How views on China have shifted in Vietnam
HANOI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Dozens of young Vietnamese women lined up for hours last month to catch a glimpse of "cool" troops marching through Hanoi in a huge military parade. But it was not their own soldiers they were looking out for. It was the Chinese contingent.
The scene reflects a shift in attitudes towards China - amid trade tensions with the United States - which has allowed Vietnamese leaders to push forward with sensitive projects, such as high-speed rail links and special economic zones close to China, that may significantly boost bilateral ties.
Only a few years ago, with many Vietnamese wary of a powerful neighbour with which they have fought multiple wars, such projects were seen as too controversial and caused violent protests. But views are softening, posts on social media, online searches and language learning data show.
Nearly 75% of Vietnamese respondents prefer the United States to China as a partner, but the share favouring China is rising faster than anywhere else in Southeast Asia, bucking the regional trend, according to a poll conducted at the start of the year by the Singapore-based ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Asked to choose between China and the United States as a strategic partner, Vietnamese respondents from a low base showed the largest increase in support for China among Southeast Asian nationals polled earlier this year.
TIKTOK ROLE
Social media appear to be playing a crucial role in the changing mood in Vietnam - and in particular TikTok, which is popular among the young and last year had 67 million users in Vietnam, the highest number after Facebook (META.O), according to the government. When users of the platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance search for the Vietnamese word for China, they get overwhelmingly positive results, some of them dating back to 2023.
Among popular videos suggested by TikTok are clips of Chinese soldiers performing synchronised dances and video showcasing Chinese cities, with many viewers expressing admiration for China's rapid development.
TikTok users searching for the Vietnamese name of the South China Sea, a frequent flashpoint between the two Communist countries that have competing claims over the waters, often get clips on tropical storms or tensions between China and the Philippines, which also has claims on parts of the sea, according to tests conducted without user profiles to avoid algorithmic bias.
TikTok's algorithm is confidential. China has orchestrated online campaigns using fake accounts on platforms including TikTok and Facebook to promote its geopolitical interests in the Philippines. China's foreign ministry did not respond to a question about possible online campaigns but said bilateral relations have deepened. Vietnam's foreign ministry did not reply to a request for comment.
CHINA'S 'FLAWLESS' SOLDIERS
In September, crowds gathered in Hanoi to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's declaration of independence from colonial rule. Tens of thousands lined the streets, many of them to watch Chinese troops march alongside Vietnamese soldiers - an unprecedented sight in the capital of a country that was last invaded by China in the late 1970s and where major streets carry names of anti-Chinese heroes.
"It was worth the wait. So cool. I admire their discipline," said Le Huyen My, a 22-year-old graduate who travelled from Ho Chi Minh City in the south and camped overnight to secure a spot to watch the Chinese contingent.
One video about the parade reached 3.3 million views on TikTok and drew around 1,400 comments, many praising the Chinese soldiers' "flawless" marching.
Similar videos on other platforms also drew positive reactions, although Facebook users were more sceptical of both China and the U.S.
"Young Vietnamese online sound less strident about China than before, but that owes more to the state's increasingly tightening control of nationalism than to fading resentment," said Nguyen Khac Giang from ISEAS.
Online campaigns against China are still frequent in Vietnam and usually target companies for using Beijing-aligned maps of the South China Sea, but they tend to be short-lived.
That marks a change from 2018 when widespread anti-China protests forced the Vietnamese government to shelve a plan for special economic zones seen as favouring Chinese companies. Now, Vietnamese state media report frequently on new plans for economic zones at the border with China, stirring no protest.
"Economic interests are prevailing over nationalism," said Nguyen Hung, a scholar at RMIT University Vietnam, noting the Vietnamese government has promoted a pragmatic approach towards China, especially as trade tensions with Washington escalate.
Chinese companies are now among Vietnam's top investors, Vietnamese data show, leaders meet frequently and interest in Chinese culture is growing.
China's President Xi Jinping travelled to Vietnam twice in the past two years and Vietnam's leader To Lam visited Beijing in his first overseas trip shortly after his appointment as Communist Party chief in 2024. Online searches in Vietnam for China have surged, focusing on Chinese movies and language, according to Google Trends. In the first quarter of 2025, Vietnam led global registrations for the HSK Chinese Proficiency Test, China's official examination for non-native speakers, according to Chinese state media.
But as China has often experienced in centuries of ambivalent relations, Vietnamese pride runs deep.
"The Chinese troops look fascinating, but our soldiers are still the best," said Nguyen Hue Van, a 21-year-old student who attended the September parade in Hanoi.
Reporting by Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio; Writing by Francesco Guarascio; additional reporting by Ryan Woo in Beijing; Editing by Kate Mayberry
Tl;dr China is huge on Vietnamese social media right now and soft power is majorly warming relations between the two countries. Chinese troops marched in the Vietnamese 80th Independence Anniversary in September and sang patriotic songs in Vietnamese, which the crowd obviously loved and blew up on social media. This has opened the door to deeper and more popular economic cooperation between Vietnam and China.
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Right? Anybody?
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