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Book Shortest History of the Soviet Union (lemmygrad.ml)
 

Opinion on the book "The Shortest History of the Soviet Union" by Sheila Fitzpatrick ? It has lots of good reviews online, but I am not confident in the opinions of those giving the reviews.

Democrats deploy Bernie Sanders to con workers and youth into supporting Harris-Walz campaign in c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ideally, a person should work what their principles are before they run for politics

Car ploughs through Chinese restaurant window for third time in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Bollards with deep foundations that do not bend

Projects To Watch Out For: Ladybird Browser in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I feel like this is a dumb question but why do web engines need constant development? I thought we had an established standard for HTML. Once a web engine matches that standard isn't that sufficient?

Fediverse as activist tool? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
The Official Teaser Trailer for Star Trek: Section 31 Is Here in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Yes it basically "they might be assholes, but at least they are OUR assholes", which is normalisation of being an asshole

Protestation in c/communism@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Normally a rower faces the stern of the boat. Which is happening here

China to see biggest millionaire exodus in 2024 as many head to U.S. in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Does China have capital flight laws? Can they allow the millionaires to leave whilst retaining the actual material wealth?

The death of the petrodollar: What really happened between the US and Saudis? in c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Will transitioning to solar hasten the death of the petrodollar? Or perhaps provide resilience against the financial shock?

US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and also build trains instead of EVs

If you care about the planet, please make sure you sit down before you start reading this post about ExxonMobil. in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Externalisimg costs is classic strategy

Why did the other adventurers respect my boundaries?? in c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Various Powered by the Apocalypse games do include player initiated exposition

Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc 1st Episode Screening Earns US$11.5 Million, Ranks #2 in U.S. Box Office in Opening Weekend in c/anime@lemmy.ml
[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I thought they clarified up front that it was not a movie?

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Fiction books in a communist setting? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

Asking for recommendations of fiction books with a communist setting. Ideally with a “show don’t tell” narrative structure. That is, communism exists and works fine but the author does not say “this is communism”. Just existing in the background like any other normal thing.

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Style guide for txt file documents? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

Is there a style guide or convention for documents that exist as pure .txt files? I’m looking for the accepted convention to specify titles & headings, lists & dot points, and so on, but without the bold & italics formatting available in conventional word processors.

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ml domain returning to Mali? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

I am hearing chatter that the ml domain has returned to Mali, which has an obvious impact on lemmygrad. Since lemmygrad is still working, is it not as big a deal as some are making it out to be?

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