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Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini | The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    2d ago 45%

    American politicians have used dehumanizing language from the jump. This country was built on slavery ffs. Even if we limit it to the 21st century presidents this isn't new. George Bush pulled this shit post 9/11. Hell, Biden has been and continues to dehumanize Palestinians

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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    3d ago 100%

    You can buy 200mg pure anhydrous caffeine pills at Walmart for like $5. It's abundant and as safe as coffee if you don't go nuts. The max daily recommended dose is 400mg, anything past that could cause harm

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  • Do people here relate?
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    1w ago 100%

    Not sim racing related but same vibe. I collect records and one of the local shops has a sign over the register that says they'll make a receipt that says you spent whatever amount you want for $5

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  • asking lemmy to 'Draw a duck and share your art'
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    1w ago 100%

    lemm.ee limits image uploads to 100kb. Try converting the images to webp and playing with the compression to get the file size down. There's lots of online tools to do this pretty easily

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  • Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns 150 tornadoes across Florida. At least 4 dead
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    1w ago 100%

    Multiple people living in a house or apartment may not be related or in a relationship that would generally be considered a family. Shops, municipal buildings, fire stations, offices, and police stations certainly aren't families. It's not reductive, it's generalizing a large and diverse population to their qualities that are common and relevant to the subject being discussed

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  • Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns 150 tornadoes across Florida. At least 4 dead
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    1w ago 100%

    I think customers, clients, or accounts is a fair term in this instance. Houses, apartments, condos, businesses, etc. likely contain more than one person. 3 million structures of some form or function are without electricity which could easily have effects on twice that amount of people

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  • Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    2w ago 61%

    Because they are? Let's not pretend several billionaires don't have Democrats on their payroll too. Are we just ignoring the existence of pelosi and her corporate democrat ilk to make this point? Dems and Republicans are in the pockets of corporate america and billionaires. It's not a secret that this country is a thinly veiled oligarchy

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  • Life saving hurricane info locked behind a paywall
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    BarrelAgedBoredom
    2w ago 100%

    Ryan Hall is doing a Livestream on YouTube providing all day coverage of the hurricane. Several cameras up in areas that will receive the worst of it. Several meteorologists on staff, radar info and explanation, storm chasers on the ground. Pretty much all of the information you could need. Link

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  • I was handing out zines and water at my city's pride parade today. I had a lot of fun and had some good conversations but I was struggling to describe anarchism in a way that invited further conversation. I've never done tabling before and I also have terrible social anxiety so my mind wasn't on its best behavior. Most of the conversations I had died off pretty quickly as a result. I figured having a "script" of sorts might help me get through the start of these conversations more easily. The description I was going with alternated between "order without authority" and "opposition to domination and hierarchy". I'm sure there's a better way to put it so that people are more curious or at least walk away with a better understanding, if appreciate getting some help to find the words haha

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    Hey all, my city is doing a pride parade soon and I'm planning on handing out some material in the hope of starting a reading group. I'm looking for any recommendations y'all might have. I want to cover as much of the spectrum as I can with ~5-6 different pieces. I'm thinking one or two for a general "what is anarchism?", something on queer theory, black anarchism, ableism, and a 5th thing that I haven't determined yet. Any and all recommendations are welcome, whether or not they fit within the categories I outlined. Thanks! Some of the pieces I'm considering at the moment: [Queer Social Anarchism - Elisha Moon Williams](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elisha-moon-williams-queer-social-anarchism) [Queers With Guns - Elisha Moon Williams](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elisha-moon-williams-queers-with-guns) [What is Black Anarchism - Andrewism](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/saint-andrew-what-is-black-anarchism) [Life Without Law - Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/strangers-in-a-tangled-wilderness-life-without-law)

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    I couldn't find a "grammar help" community so I thought this might be a good place to pose this question. Sorry for asking something that boils down to "please help me with my homework" but I'm at a loss. I'm supposed to be using MLA format. Here's the text I'm quoting: "While recognizing the critical potential of the dystopic imagination, this volume examines it as a form of urban representation; the modern city, after all, appears to be an instantiation of a dystopic form of society." Here's my sentence: Prakash notes the utility of dystopian media, stating "this volume examines it as a form of urban representation; the modern city, after all, appears to be an instantiation of a dystopic form of society." (3) Is this right? Should I have the period at the end of the parentheses? I tried looking through my textbook and a few online articles but I couldn't find an example with a parenthetical citation and a quote that includes a period. Thanks for the help!

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    I have to write a paper about a place/time that I have an emotional attachment to or a place that has shaped my sense of self. I haven't really felt much of an attachment to anything for most of my life. Even if I did, I wouldn't even know how to begin describing the nature or cause of that attachment. I chose to write about the woods by my childhood home because I spent a lot of time there as a kid but I couldn't tell you how I felt about it in the moment or even how I feel about it now. I literally don't have the words

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    Hey y'all, for mayday I'm wanting to spread some leaflets, zines, etc around the hospitals in my area. Does anyone have any recommendations for pieces geared towards the medical field?

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    anarchy101 BarrelAgedBoredom 6mo ago 66%
    Video: Anark | The principles of anarchism and how they lead to human liberation
    https://youtu.be/K8_S8iD9evY

    Pretty interesting video that does a good job summarizing and explaining the rationale behind anarchism. Thought it'd be a good piece for those interested in learning more. Couldn't find any community guidelines for this page so if videos aren't allowed, please let me know!

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    Am I overthinking? Mint Cinnamon/Edge/MATE/xfce/ for a T480?

    The propaganda worked. I bought a Thinkpad, the thigh highs are on the way, penguin stickers are already here. Now it's time to actually put Linux on my machine. I'm a bit lost on which version of mint to put on the T480. It's an i7 8650u, 16gb RAM, 256gb SSD (will eventually be upgrading the RAM, SSD, and display). My question is, is the t480 "old" by Linux standards? From what I've gathered cinnamon is the standard version. Edge is for new (?) hardware that may not be fully compatible with cinnamon. MATE is for old/lower power hardware that can't handle the demand of cinnamon and xfce is for even older/slower hardware. I've been running in circles all morning trying to find experiences of people with a T480 who are running mint and which version they're using. Old is apparently 3+ years according to various articles trying to convince me to upgrade and I haven't found much on what is considered old hardware for Linux. As someone who hasn't bought a computer in nearly a decade, a quad core processor with 16 gigs of ram is ridiculously powerful. My last computer was a $90 shitbox that I got on clearance from Walmart in 2016 to do online lessons in EMT school. So my perspective/experience is utterly useless. Can a T480 run Mint Cinnamon 21.3, or am I better off using MATE/xfce? It's going to live a pretty easy life. I'll mostly be using it to browse, stream music, do (online) homework, write papers, and put books on my e-reader.

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    Connect A Song BarrelAgedBoredom 7mo ago 100%
    Misfits - Skulls
    https://youtu.be/6Rgnz_fqpM4

    Connection from hustle bones: skulls is bones

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    books
    Books BarrelAgedBoredom 8mo ago 100%
    Fiction!

    I've finally fallen in love with reading again over the last year. Problem is I've only been reading non-fiction. it makes my brain hurt. I'd like to have some stuff I can turn to when attempting to read gender trouble gives me another headache. I don't have any particular preference for genre. I used to read fantasy, historical fiction, dystopian stuff but I'm more than happy to explore other genres as well! A short list of things I've read for reference: * The saxon stories, Bernard Cornwell * LOTR, the hobbit * 1984 * The road, Cormac McCarthy * The plague dogs, Richard Adams

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    Had this epiphany last night when we went to an asian fusion place. The similarities are uncanny

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    Hey all, I started my dive into anarchism a little over a year ago and I've read a lot of the anarchy/socialism 101 type books but I'm starting to find a lot of it repetitive. I'm looking for suggestions to deepen my understanding of anarchism and libertarian socialism. Especially praxis and tactics, a lot of theory that I've come across doesn't really get into the weeds about applying it, and as someone in an area with no leftist orgs to speak of (outside of a small DSA chapter), I don't have anyone local to go to in order to learn from. I want to start putting all of this knowledge to use in my area but I'm not 100% sure where to start or how to avoid some of the pitfalls of organizing. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

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    I've got a bottle of dolin rouge that's been open for about a week so I'll be playing around with that. I think I'll start the night off with a vieux carre

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