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Documentaries are especially welcome. Short videos (even youtube) too. Think of it more as a... tankie youtube.

I'll start:

• The TeleSur video on the tiny man square mass occur
• Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019) by the Empire Files
• Ukraine on Fire (2016)
• Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang and My Brothers and Sisters in the North

There's this article I found and this other one that does go into some interesting cases etc., but I'm looking for something that actually goes into more details about how it actually works. Like a book or a good explainer? Or maybe one of y'all more knowledgeable comrades can make a good effortpost or something . Thanks.

I'm not saying that things were hunky-dory by any stretch, but looking at the horror stories from most of the world, Japan seems tonhave been considerably less fucked over. Why?

I have a general feeling that they're bad (the org, not the individual children lmao) but am fuzzy on the details of why. It's generally agreed among leftists that it's child labor right? And that they love teaching little kids that capitalism = cool and good. I've got a niece in girl scouts and I'd just like some more concrete examples and reasons not to support them so that my family understands that I'm not just being cheap... although yeah ok I admit it the shrinkflation over the years is one of the reasons I don't give them money, fine.

Or uuuuuh if you think they're good actually then explain for the class pls. Make me feel bad about buying knockoff treats for a third of the price and then not donating the difference. 🍪 🍪

Been seeing a lot of libs say they can't trust the NYT and mainstream news any more but I'm sure there's plenty of reasons to not trust them already. Recent or historical examples

I was reading the super summarized version of capital that Nia Frome wrote on red sails, and this question popped into my head. In the general formulation, capitalists exploit workers who they employ, because they pay them a wage that is not in line with the value that they imbue into their product. When I think about a laundromat, though, there’s not really any employees to be exploited, seemingly. There’s certainly an owner, and they are renting out a service, but they don’t have employees working under them. Is it more akin to like, being a landlord? I was also thinking it has similarities to the Terry Pratchett “boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness” in the sense that if you can’t afford the whole washing machine, or live in a place without one, you end up spending much more on washing clothes in the long run. Anyways, I would love to hear your thoughts comrades :].

Looks like my friend but can't find it nowhere. Esp. shave head.

I just realized I have no idea why this happened. Does anyone have a good dialectical materialist explanation?

Just wondering if anything good is happening somewhere. Maybe some local organizing wins? Would be nice to see something positive happening.

on a daily basis, the quote of Donald Trump saying "Israel has hypnotized the world! May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil doings of Israel and the United States" goes through my head. What quote is stuck in yours?

There was this huge hullabaloo about Google employees forming a union, but I'm assuming that went nowhere considering how ruthless the company was with it's layoffs. Anyone got the full scoop?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12594495

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I was cleaning my ears with hydrogen peroxide and some of it is stuck in my ear and it will not go away and it's so fucking annoying. I tried a remedy online of some rubbing alcohol mixed with vinegar and that didn't work.

Any help?

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Do you buy them? Will you refuse to buy conventional if organic isn't available, broadly or on a per product basis?

I confess I've always blown off organic foods as kinda silly (unless you've got a sensitivity to whatever's in the conventional stuff) in large part due to overlap with GMO panic. Still, as we hear more about microplastics and harmful chemicals showing up in most everything I've been wondering if it'd be good for my long term health to be an organic andrew

Like every other post is one of mine and, things have been rough, but I feel like I’m sucking the air out of the room and just pissing everyone off. I’ve been trying not to post there—which literally means I’m back to barely eating, and back to experiencing the brain fog and shit that I once naively believed was over. It’s like fucking Flowers for Algernon lol.

I wasn't sure what this lady was talking about about here in a video about Aaron Bushnell: youtu.be/6f8MYAF1L9M?t=1032, but after searching found this: youtu.be/krG2dRS1ITE

Chances they are going to actually try this? What will happen if they do? Will Isn'treal attempt to sink them all with Ansaralah defending them and creating a naval starting flare to WW3?

Get hungry. Eat food. Still hungry. Ok ill eat a bit more. Then a little bit after the body is like ooouughwhy did you do that why did you overeat ow owieee like bitch you wete thr onr to tell me to do that what thr fuck stupid ass

On the flipside it will simply not let me feel hungry all day anf then im like hmm why do i have no energy

“Bernie Bro” had that nice alliteration. But maybe you could go with “Uncommies”

Don't think it's the well because the bathroom sink doesn't smell like dirt, just the kitchen. Soaked the faucet head in vinegar for 5 min and it still smells. It's harmless since the water tastes fine and doesn't leave a smell on dishware but it's just weird. Anyone know what might be up? Google says it could be an algae bloom in the well itself.

asking because i see libs claim this

it takes me at least an hour or two to fall asleep, even when I'm tired. what do?

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