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    So apparently while this Prigozhin soap opera was going on, the Ukrainians: lost 800 men, had another ammunition depot destroyed by Russian airstrikes, and brought the total number of tanks lost during the counteroffensive up to a whopping 246 (Russian MOD statistics, supposedly taken from intercepted Ukrainian transmissions).

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    Nothing like accidentally destroying a highly valuable and potentially irreplaceable piece of work equipment and getting shat on for your professional performance in the span of an hour

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    I’ll be spending three weeks in Basque Country soon. Mainly for holiday but being the leftist I am, I’ll also want to see if I can visit and talk to some of the people there about working in co-ops. I know co-ops aren’t the only way to go but I’m always impressed by the Basque Country story. I hope I can learn something.

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      I’m sure I heard that they do a qualification/degree/training course in co-ops… could be worth looking into either ahead of time or when you’re there.

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    Currently I am replaying Deus Ex, a cyberpunk first‐person shooter highly influenced by classic conspiracy theories. I can really appreciate the story as a grown‐up, and there is one particular scene that I had always glossed over until replaying it now…

    Mid‐story spoilers for Deus Ex

    There is one particular character, Walton Simons, who is remarkably two‐faced. When you read the lore (newspapers, e‐mails and such), Simons, being the supposed director of FEMA, comes across as a caring, concerned, and responsible individual who (falsely) reassures the public that scientists are hard at work developing a cure for the latest pandemic, and that while he doesn’t know what is going on he is doing everything that he can to help stop the virus that is taking countless lives.

    The reality is something else…

    In case you are having trouble reading the text:

    Walton Simons: ‘Captain Zhao. The helicopters will be there shortly. They are to be loaded for spraying of the virus. No delays. I want the helicopters operating before sunrise.

    This scene was where I could actually feel my stomach churn, not necessarily due to the character himself, but because I feel like I know individuals who are exactly like this: the unidentified perpetrators of the very atrocities that they publicly declare to be at work reducing.

    It’s possible that this is simply a coincidence (even though the writers of Deus Ex clearly did their homework), but we do have nonfictional examples of U.S. authorities spraying a virus on cities, to which I’ll link outside of this spoiler.


    On a more serious note, how many of us are aware that U.S. authorities tested biological weapons on thousands of unwitting citizens?

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    I’ve been getting blocked on Twit like crazy lately. Most of the time it’s after one (1) reply that’s not even harsh. I’m not one to say that people have thin skin, but holy shit getting the “last word” just because you decided to cut the other person out of the conversation doesn’t mean you won.

    Some people really don’t like getting push back.

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    For some reason I keep thinking of a scene in the last episode of Ted Lasso. The “diamond dogs” have gathered and Roy asks if people can change. They just stand there in silence for seemingly a long time. I cringe the whole time I watch it. I’m just thinking “obviously people can change. Change is one of the most certain thing in the universe. You are not the same person you were a millisecond ago. Why is everyone so doubtful about the concept of change?” Edit: here’s the scene

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      Is this show worth watching ? I’m a religiously devout football supporter/watcher and have had it recommended to me often but it’s always looked… kinda stupid ? I guess scenes like that is the sorta writing I’m concerned about lol

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        It’s funny at times, but your time is probably spent better elsewhere. The show seems to go to great lengths to humanize rich people. No one faces non-interpersonal problems because they’re all too rich. In other words it’s bourgeois propaganda. The only person who is unequivocally bad is some African billionaire who acts like a spoiled child, but luckily the billionaire protagonist gives a rousing speech reminding a bunch of rich old white guys that they like football and not him. They sort of try to touch politics, but the extent to that goes is “don’t mess with fascists online or they’ll send their goons on your petty booj ass.” The problem with the person someone is newly dating throwing money at them is not that children are starving and that money should go to something that actually matters (you can’t become a billionaire ethically), it’s because it will make your relationship artificial. The show is needlessly long with too many plot points. I could go on in my rant, but I think I’ve made my point.

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          in other words it’s bourgeois propaganda

          Oh so that’s why my family likes it and keeps recommending it