For some texts I’ll live with a PDF but there is a satisfaction in physical books. My university library has been filling the void but I want have access to it much longer 😔

Honestly same outside of books. My local book stores just don’t have what I need.

Thank you comrade. Hadn’t seen this before ❤️

The Deprogram - three communists from three parts of the world yapping about a variety of topics tangentially or directly related to communism but with enough humor that it isn’t so depressing. Sometimes have really interesting guests on the show.

Fall of Civilizations - narrative histories following the rise and fall of various cultures. Degree of depth varies.

Blowback - in depth examinations of US imperial policy through the medium of a extremely well produced narrative history. Each season focuses on the US relationship to a specific country during a specific timeframe. Can’t recommend enough.

The Ancient World - A semi-chonological retelling of ancient history. It’s arguable that West Asia is the focus but it delves into a lot of other regions as well.

The Magnus Archives - Eldritch horror/mystery audio drama following a skeptical archivist of public paranormal accounts slowly piecing together connections between the accounts and discovering his own relation to them. 10/10 listened to all 200 episodes of this about 3 times through.

Deep cut

Didn’t even mention the transphobia but places like this and bearsite are such an oasis. Even when I do see transphobia it is at least subtler. I’m not seeing slurs thrown around

It’s a nice place. I’ve never had any issues with it. I like that I have a space to be with like-minded people after spending most of my time around people who very much aren’t. I like that I don’t often encounter racism and while I do encounter misogyny it is less common here than other online spaces

Rhinos might actually have far better eyesight than we used to think. I wish I had a source for you but I was told this by a friend in zoology

It’s funny you use these terms because neither are used by the youths anymore. They’ve moved on to new things already.

yes, I guess I wasn’t fully clear on my position and I apologize for that. I do not believed there was a single state on this earth that had the political will to take the effective measures required to prevent spread in time. I personally believe this is due to how our economies are structured.

I never meant to imply that nothing should have been done or greater measures shouldn’t have been taken sooner but we can only view this retrospectively. I struggle to believe an airborne disease as contagious as covid would not have found a route out of China other than passenger planes before stricter measures were taken. This is not a matter of whether it is possible to contain such a disease but a matter of whether such procedures had a chance of being implemented quickly enough before the disease was understood.

Trust me when I say a disease like covid was going to find a way out eventually.

Nature has no respect for national bounderies smh my head

They are arriving all the time we just call them refugees.

It already is a dictatorship and has been sense its inception from the perspective of class politics but if you mean a 1 man dictatorship I’d give it max a decade.

Move to China

I mean you could just not get high while in those countries. This is the route most taken.

Ohhhhhh, i thought that was a wookie lmao. Didn’t look very closely

Watched all of rebels as a kid and genuinely have no idea what this is about

He isn’t and never was a blackmailed agent of Israel. It is in America’s interest to support israel. Effectively all of our major politicians and economic ruling class support Israel. This is not because all of them are blackmailed by Israel it is becauae they understand America’s position as global hegemon, and therefore their position of power, is dependent on Israel’s existence.