dastanktal

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[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Look at the United Kingdom giving the United States a run for their money.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Right but they would still have time to respond on top of that it's not like the US is very close to China. And even if we did send her aircraft carriers in to go mess with China that would be a really hard fight for the United states. I don't think it would go well.

On top of the fact that China really wants the US position in the world to be weak. It would be very beneficial for China to be the strongest and take over that title because it sure as shit isn't going to Russia right now

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can you show me in the Constitution where that is explicitly outlawed? Because I've read the entire Constitution and it says nothing about legislation hiring private security.

I didn't say the Democrats should force their way in, I just said that they should bring armed private security and then make a scene.

I said nothing of open Revolt. You are adding implications to thing my comment.

Regardless it would be nice if the Democrats put a little more energy into things and stop with this performative bullshit like going to an ice facility they know they won't be allowed in. Is it bullshit yeah but they should probably make a bigger fuss about it at the place like when Senator Padilla got arrested. Makes better headlines.

As far as being a state actor I would be a piss poor State actor.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

~~Did anyone else notice that you couldn't use this on an Android device because it it may put the people who use it at risk?~~

~~For shame Android~~

Developer may not actually understand how phones work

https://lemmy.ml/comment/19647328

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Given that China has the world's seconds largest economy and they are trying to break into all of the foreign markets the US is currently in I don't think they care.

I'm sure some of them care about their portfolio but that's going to look great under Trump.

I think for them if the US goes full fascist it's a win-win.

As long as we're focused on our own internal politics and not messing with China or trying to disable their economy I really really don't think they care.

Edit: Do you guys at least have a source on this claim that China wants a stable us?

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

Oh yes wasting everybody's time by demanding to be let in to do an inspection when they know they're not going to be let in.

We've done this song and dance before. They'll go to court and they'll be let in for a token inspection.

As far as armed contingent not that the Democrats are going to do shit but private security is definitely a thing. So is armed private security.

At least I'm not spreading around dead ideas that don't work that waste people's time and and activism.

Edit: FYI depending on the frontend you use, you can add a user tag so that you can tag me as "fake Leninist" and save us both sometime

For instance I got you as "boot" probably for some defense of the United States that we argued about.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Ooh I quite like this Theory

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 31 points 6 hours ago

I wouldn't go that far bub there's definitely some amount of privilege that white people do have due to a system literally set up to benefit white supremacy.

It's just that both of these things exist in tandem.

Diddy definitely suffers from systemic racism but he didn't suffer quite as much as most people do his class privilege.

Remember comrade we should not marginalize the oppression our black and brown skinned comrades have suffered for hundreds of year.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

How is this doing their job and what did they accomplish?

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Uh I don't think so. I think China wants to see the us position significantly weakened.

Why on earth do they want a stable Us?

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 30 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

Ice has shown extreme cowardice when power is equal between parties and showing up with an armed force could be effective.

Better than this performative bullshit.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml -5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (6 children)

Russia will not cut off China especially with the western sanctions. That would be russia cutting off their nose to spite their face.

It seems China is hoping to weaken us imperialism and it would make sense they would wanna see a Russian Victory. That directly weaken US force projection and put a us proxy on its backfoot.

Edit:

Lots of conjecture yet no sources China really wants the US stable. I really don't think so.

 

I am currently working through my first pass of Stalin's The Principles of Leninism

I have really enjoyed the book but have found it to be a kind of a harder read. I did just buy the cheapest version I could on the Kindle Store and I wondering if the translation is a little rough or if other people had this issue?

 

Some people would call this an infestation.

I call this a good start.

#SnailLoversUnite

 

This is one of the fish tanks at one of the local fish stores that I like to go to

Here's some additional shots of the various fish in the tank:

 

This is a living dinosaur known as an African butterfly fish. Wikipedia Entry These guys have been around for some time and are the only surviving species of their genre. The closest living relative is an Arowana and these guys have a similar looking mouth and body structure.

As for Behavior they don't actually do much. They spend a lot of time pretending to be a leaf and hiding and waiting to Ambush pray as their Ambush predators. They're wild caught when you buy them from the store as they are extremely difficult to breed in captivity. It can be done but it is rare.

Since the Wild Caught you'll probably need to start them off on a diet of Live Food if you intend to keep them. I started mine on crickets and I was able to switch him to a form of cichlid sticks that are used to feed arowanas that float. They are picky about their dry food though so good luck on that.

Overall I've had them for a year and have found him to be really forgiving despite my newish aquarium mistakes. He has survived both massive general hardness increases and massive pH drops. They are unbelievably tough.

I don't know if you can see this but those fins are made for flying. You need a tight fitting lid or they will jump from the tank. They're also both a weird contradiction to kind of own. They need a lot of cover near the top of the water line but they like to have spots of Open Water. So you cannot just put in floating plants and call it a day. You need to remove enough of them but there's open spots of water for him to poke his head out to eat food. He also has a very hard time eating when there are floating plants around him.

Here in this picture he's waiting for food because it's feeding time. They are very intelligent. He does not run for me anymore when I stick my hands in the water to try and feed him as long as I don't spook him.

He's one of my favorite fish I've ever owned. Currently he lives in a bog Style fish tank with a ton of floating plants up top but lots of open spots of water for him to poke his head out. The pH in this tank is around 5.5 with a KH level of 0 and a GH of 5°.

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This has got to be one of the dumbest betta fish I've Ever Raised. Can't figure out where the food is but I know he can see things and he's just kind of bad at eating in general he likes to jump out of the water. To be fair this is the first I ever got from like a reputable breeder normally when I keep Petco bettas

Full tank shot:

 

Wanted to a include a better picture of the white sale thing in this tank who looks absolutely Majestic.

Bonus pics:

This tank has no filter and no heater. It reads zero on all levels. GH/KH 5 deg. Working on pushing higher

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One of the tanks I am working on and intend to post pictures of when I can get some good ones is my "cold water" no filter walstd tank. I designed it specifically for a community of dwarf crayfish to live alongside Rosy Red Minnows and zebra danios. Thought you guys would appreciate a better picture of one of these crayfish who is in good health.

Here are some additional behaviors of these guys interacting

Picture of mating:

Pictures in the tank

 

He was dying. He had been on his back for 24 hours. I picked him up out of the fish tank and he could barely move. I dropped him in this fish tank in the pipes so that he could find some protection from the mollies.

And he bounced right back. He's still a little slow but he's making his way around the tank on all of his legs now. And he's able to give off enough of the threat display that the Molly's leave him alone.

I really need to go through and figure out all of the parameters of this tank.

 

Got these guys about a month ago and have tried to move them to a couple of my various tanks in my house and they always struggle so for now they live in the magic quarantine box that keeps everything alive.

I also got a dwarf crayfish I threw in my cold water tank where there are other dwarf crayfish living. And it started having serious struggles so I put it in this tank and it popped right back up and seems to be doing okay.

The secret is apparently a tablespoon of sea salt for every 3 gallons of water....

Stupid magic mystery box that seems to keep everything alive.

 

Never seen a nerite snail eat pre-made fish food. These come from NorthFin which I heard quite a few people in the aquarium Community claim is some of the best food and in my mind this is confirmation because I've never seen nerite snail eat anything other than tank algae.

Thought you guys would just appreciate!

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