Diva (she/her)

Gotta second this, it’s a little hard to find from a separate instance- you need to go to /c/[email protected] and pick it from the pinned threads

when I say ‘fediverse’ people think I’m saying ‘fetiverse’ and sometimes they ask if it’s like open source fetlife. 🫠

I’ve been having a ton of fun, I like the cultural exchange a lot.

Personally I don’t care if China has data on me, it’s not like it’s useful for them and I’d rather them than meta or the US government or whoever.

There’s also way more queer/trans content than I was expecting.

yes

I’ve been having fun on XHS

I had a friend in college who I was briefly interested in, she was nice but I found her to be way too conservative for me to really feel comfortable with so in hindsight I’m glad she ended up dating ( and dumping) one of my other friends instead.

Lemmy is my only social media interaction these days, the content has improved, and the communities feel more distinct than they did a year ago. That could just be me getting up to speed though.

It was a nice surprise finding out that the left wing instances on here are actually pretty chill, way more so than on Reddit these days.

This visualization of global solar installations shows how far behind we already are.

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‘To kill a Nation’ by Parenti

I lost all my sanity points decades ago. I also purged my social circle back during the second intifada, and by opposing the Iraq/Afghanistan wars- categorically improved my mental health as a result- I didn’t even have to cut anyone out of my life after Oct 7!

Maybe the democrats should do less warmongering if they want people to tell them apart. This last election they got endorsed by the fucking Cheneys.

Imagine being president and being like ‘oh well the senate parliamentarian (that my own party appointed) said no’

WTF why not forgive student loans you dessicated husk

Rules for life (abbreviated):

• Never go to a second location

• Always get the interior ministry post

• Never get in a helicopter

• If someone with a gun enters your car, they’re gonna kill you

• If someone tells you they’re not going to kill you, they’re calming you down to kill you later

• Never give up your nukes

I’ve seen you post good takes

that actually made me blush, you’re too kind!

I am super good at missing out the context before I reply to things in my inbox, didn’t mean to be curt with you

until next time 🫡

I’m glad we agree

I’ll make sure to file this away the next time I feel like bringing up the US’s active participation in genocide any time the US is the subject of conversation.

isn’t this whataboutism

What’s this Bread Day about?

I had no idea either, its new after my time at least

The holiday was established in 2006 on the initiative of the International Union of Bakers and Pastry Chefs. And the choice of date is due to the fact that on October 16, 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was created, which dealt with the problems of developing agriculture and its production. Incidentally, another holiday is also timed to coincide with this event - World Food Day.

This article is a little weirdly structured, like yeah the traditional values indoctrination is cringe, they say that they saw this in a bunch of schools October 14-21 and that it was mostly non-military stuff

However, most of the reports reviewed by 7x7 focused on topics unrelated to politics or the war. Lessons were also held in connection with Father’s Day and Bread Day, and several kindergartens discussed what it means to be an adult.

Part of the reason theyre having soldiers in and related activities around 10/22 is that its white crane day, which is a day when WW2 fallen get remembered, and part of the reason for the veteran reading poems is because the holiday itself is named after a poem.

they only mention in the article that it was a poem about the SMO, but on the linked VK post they say that it was poems that he had written about exploits of people in the great patriotic war, and the SMO. the actually noteworthy thing for Western readers I think is the way that they’re being tied together, for a lot of Russians the framing that one is a continuation of the other lands.