Mx. Riley
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Bunny! Probably a desert cottontail #Rabbits #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoC
When the USSR collapsed and stopped funding Marxist parties outside the Soviet bloc, it quickly became clear how little popular support they really had. Most had collapsed by the end of the decade. Surviving only via bored retirees, posting on blogs, and recruiting students into groups like Social Equality.
Like the rest of them, Trotsky's splinter group and its successors didn't achieve anything of significance.
Why would any sensible political group fight over its inheritance?
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Some campus Marxist groups are more pragmatic. They're led by people who broke with the USSR-funded parties, inspired by currents like autonomism. Rather than parroting whatever their offshore parent group is saying, they base their analysis on what's observable in the country, and around the world.
But groups like Socialist Equality Group just can't be taken seriously. They're not so much political groups as Protestant cults who've swapped out Jesus for Trotsky, or Mao, or whoever.
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Good morning from Enem in the Adygea republic, Russia, where the 40,000 m² Ozon logistics center is wondering if war with Ukraine was a good idea.
During the night, Ukraine also attacked Ozon Warehouses in both Dagestan, in Krasnodar, and in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai.
It is coming home.
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Krasnodar says good morning.
Cory Doctorow
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@devlord @pluralistic Oh yeah.
My undergrad degree was in technical writing and history of science. Got a MS at CMU in time to get out to Silicon Valley for the Dot-Com years.
I wasn't the only co-worker with a cubicle full of eclectic shit to remind us of where we came from.
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Mx. Riley
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Review of "The Nerd Reich" (4 stars): Sobering and well-documented, but light on solutions
A well-researched set of essays about how the tech industry — and particularly figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk — have used their power and influence to push a far-right agenda over a period of decades. I live and work in the intersectional space between tech and…
benwerd@bookwyrm.social
Ink & Open Source: David Revoy’s Fantasy Webcomics in the Fediverse - E73
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)
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hypebot
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Are you kidding! So done with these centrist schmucks.
vruz
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47 years ago today
The Ramones' movie Rock & Roll High School opens in theaters
Ramones - Rock N' Roll High School - HD Remastered
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #ramones #rocknrollhighschool #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Review of "The Nerd Reich" (4 stars): Sobering and well-documented, but light on solutions
A well-researched set of essays about how the tech industry — and particularly figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk — have used their power and influence to push a far-right agenda over a period of decades. I live and work in the intersectional space between tech and…
benwerd@bookwyrm.social
@benwerd Just got a copy myself, but haven't cracked it open yet. Really appreciate your review!
Good morning from Enem in the Adygea republic, Russia, where the 40,000 m² Ozon logistics center is wondering if war with Ukraine was a good idea.
During the night, Ukraine also attacked Ozon Warehouses in both Dagestan, in Krasnodar, and in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai.
It is coming home.
🚀💥
@jameswoodcock Excellent, thank you! I've replied and sent you the song and some more details.
@misty thanks I'll have a look over the next few days. Appreciate the feedback.
Carlos Solís
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@fesshole "sounds nice; which AI did you use?"
hypebot
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It’s nice to feel good for like 5 minutes and briefly forget how everything is fucked
The American Middle East is finished. The regional order that has prevailed since 1991 has been one of the many casualties of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The American and Israeli failure to overthrow the government in Iran has proved the bankruptcy of decades of sanctions and violence.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch
@yogthos Glad we are finally out, just wish it wasn’t in such a 5 year old tantrum way.
@misty thanks I've emailed you so I can have a look for you.
@jameswoodcock Excellent, thank you! I've replied and sent you the song and some more details.
Carlos Solís
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@fesshole Daniel Thrasher is that you?
