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Link pls? I'd like to check this out.

Bots and shills, sure. But Russian bots? How come?

It's not so much that conservatives are stupid, more that stupid people are conservative. This is why they keep winning.

special mention to Richard Herring, who I think has the longest-running daily updated blog on the Internet - he's written every day for like... 15+ years now. The blog has moved to substack recently though

I like Ecosophia.net - an occultist writes about all kinds of stuff

craigmurray.org.uk - an ex ambassador explains domestic and international politics with an insiders view.

and the blog at disappointment.com - sadly he only posts once every couple of years nowadays, but it's just... very silly, often very gay humour.

Ok that is really useful context, thank you

What's Ukraine got to do with the UK though?

Obvs I'm against war in principle, but why are we even involved in something several thousand miles away that doesn't border us or even the Commonwealth?

Links, please

Couldn't we, the UK, just like... stop interfering with Russia? Call a truce of some sort? FWIW I admit I'm completely ignorant as to what's going on, other than we're supplying arms to Ukraine. Is it all about that?

It used to be better. But yeah, it feels very rare they oppose the state line. The book Newspeak cites a ton of very egregious lies and half-truths given in it

I'd recommend the video I posted. He gives some branches of feminism the drubbing they deserve, but also identifies some examples of intersectional feminism that do include men as victims of patriarchy, deserving of help from feminists.

Bell Hooks gets quoted in the video FWIW

This YouTuber has created 4 astoundingly insightful videos about men. Patriarchal society fucks us up, either turning us into monsters or demanding a facade that runs so deep most of us forget it's a facade. Even just articulating our feelings and mental health is a massive struggle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm5gX_wgic

Worth a watch by men and anyone who cares about men. And if you don't care about men... well, that's pretty typical of society at large, so don't feel too guilty, but maybe you should start caring.

Well duh. You can't have an army without patriarchy. If you don't hack off empathy, guilt and a ton of regular human emotions from men, or condition them to see people as objects, then they won't be willing to kill.

Irrelevant, yeah, but I've never been wrong about anything. Purple monkey dishwasher.

"Short" in universal terms, I guess

This is it. If all my needs were met by the state, I'd happily pay 90% tax with 10% on luxuries, which is about what I spend anyhow

Ordered a pizza, it came with a garlic dip in a transparent tub. My sister tried to dip the crust in the dip about 4 times to no avail, each time my buddy saying "the lids on, Jess. The lids still on, Jess. The lids still on, Jess. The lid, Jess, is still on" until the words finally got to her brain. She and I collapsed in giggles for a solid minute. It was the perfect representation of "this is your brain on weed".

The ability to turn lead into gold just by touching it and saying a short incantation.

I'd say the same about reddit, comparing 8 years ago when I joined to 2/3 years later. Again, political divisiveness partially to blame, but also, early adopters of tech tend to be more intelligent. The more it filters into the mainstream, the dumber the general discourse gets. Eventually, that has the effect of putting off the smart folk who were there first, even further lowering the tone.