AstroStelar

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[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago

I also find 6.1" to be ideal and anything larger to be cumbersome. Dad got me a Galaxy S24 last Christmas, which is the same size as an S10 and the same size as the Huawei P8 I have fond memories of.

Note: I actually wanted a Xiaomi 13, but dad buys everyone Samsungs and found that "too Chinese", his words which he couldn't elaborate on.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 16 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm in the same boat and so I find such charged characterisations pretty jarring. I at least appreciate people imagining a futurist aesthetic that isn't Silicon Valley minimalism, the "Society if" meme or grimy cyberpunk. I ignore any political programs that people tie into it.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

I-I guess that makes... sense?

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What on Earth is the context for this lmao

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can only imagine how great that must have felt. As a kid I didn't like the beach at all, I found the sand annoying (anakin-padme-1) and it felt like a body show, which felt awkward and made me feel worse over how pale and skinny I am. And that's without any gender anxiety.

But in recent years I have nurtured a wish that my life and self-esteem improves to the point that I can have an experience like this too. It's become a kind of final proof of how much I would have grown as a person.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 94 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I have no idea what any of this is about, as per usual jesse-wtf blob-no-thoughts

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I sometimes think about getting the game to do things like this. I just want to explore, the game itself doesn't interest me that much.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why should we bother to reply to Kautsky? He would reply to us, and we would have to reply to his reply. There’s no end to that. It will be quite enough for us to announce that Kautsky is a traitor to the working class, and everyone will understand everything.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To my knowledge the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was like that too, as in the prosecutors messing up big time.

 

And his name carried over into cabinet he headed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeois_Government

He looks like a stock photo of a eurolib politician.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5264629

I want to integrate yoga in my fitness routine, because I am pretty weak in balance and stress management. But when I try searching for stuff on it online, I run into two problems:

  1. I get overwhelmed by the amount of content. A Youtube channel like "Yoga with Adriene" has hundreds of videos and dozens of playlists, each covering a different perspective and set of exercises. I don't know from myself what I want, so it leads to me unable to choose.
  2. I either get impatient or roll my eyes at the way yoga is commonly talked about. Even if there's no mention of more spiritual elements, I feel prejudiced against the usually slow pace and mindfulness talk, even though that's precisely what I want to practice.

I have a membership at a small gym, but they don't have any yoga classes, and I don't want another membership for yoga coaching on top of that. Are there ways around this?

 

I want to integrate yoga in my fitness routine, because I am pretty weak in balance and stress management. But when I try searching for stuff on it online, I run into two problems:

  1. I get overwhelmed by the amount of content. A Youtube channel like "Yoga with Adriene" has hundreds of videos and dozens of playlists, each covering a different perspective and set of exercises. I don't know from myself what I want, so it leads to me unable to choose.
  2. I either get impatient or roll my eyes at the way yoga is commonly talked about. Even if there's no mention of more spiritual elements, I feel prejudiced against the usually slow pace and mindfulness talk, even though that's precisely what I want to practice.

I have a membership at a small gym, but they don't have any yoga classes, and I don't want another membership for yoga coaching on top of that. Are there ways around this?

 
 

I recently became obsessed with trying to work out whether China really does have coin-operated park benches that stab you in the butt when your sitting time is up. This 'fact' was all over the internet, and had made its way into the NY Times, The Guardian, NPR, an academic journal, and a professor's book.

This fixation cost me $55, several days, and a significant chunk of my sanity.

To try to move past it, I have made this video taking you on my journey of internet factchecking.

spoilerthe story comes from a content mill that lost a libel suit against an expose by Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/central-european-news

 
 

The TTP investigation found that more than 200 X users including individuals who appear to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and Syrian and Iraqi militia groups — all deemed foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) by the US government — are paying for subscriptions to Elon Musk's X.

Another Futurism.com banger I found alongside the other one I found.

 

Elon Musk's well-documented drug use made him an easy target for Russian secret service agents, former FBI agent Johnathan Buma told German television broadcaster ZDF during a recently aired documentary.

Buma said there was evidence that both he and fellow billionaire Peter Thiel were targeted by Russian operatives.

"Musk's susceptibility to promiscuous women and drug use, in particular ketamine, and his gravitation towards club life... would have been seen by Russian intelligence service as an entry point for an operative to be sent in after studying their psychological profile and find a way to bump into them, and quickly brought in to their inner circle," Buma told ZDF.

"I'm not allowed to discuss the details of exactly how we obtained this information," he added. "But there's a vast amount of evidence to support this fact."

it-is-known

Buma was arrested shortly after his interview with ZDF in March. His passport was confiscated and was temporarily released on bail.

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