sodium_nitride

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Don't really have many comments, but the book gets more compelling the more I read. I really like the framing of language here. Our actions, dressing, linguistic conventions aren't simply neutral, and communicate various assumptions and notions within. That's why it's important to examine the language we use. Cisnormative language isn't enough to express ourselves, which is why things like neopronouns are needed.

I tried to link all this theory with Marxism in general, because I thought it would be useful, but it doesn't really feel like it fits. Not even into dialectics. Language might be a sort of blind spot for Marxism, despite being really important to how human societies develop.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

According to the other thread, making erotica is legal but profiting off it is not. That's the explanation. It's still harsh though imo.

 

I had no idea that there was a fujoshi in the BBC cast of "journalists", and I have trouble believing that the arrestees would be forced to strip nude. Does anybody have more information on what is going on?

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

58% of Americans -- 197 million people -- need to be liquidated

Imagine if this was taken out of context

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The above is an expression of my pain and suffering from having drunk a full glass of black coffee at 11 PM.

Forgive the lack of proper structure, I was a C student in English class.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Coffee coffee

Black coffee, Brown coffee

Make rumbly in my tummy catgirl-cry

Make my head feel funny catgirl-huh

Coffee coffee

A cup of no good coffee cool-bean

Not sweet like toffee

Not creamy Not dreamy

Coffee coffee

taken at 23*

I feel like puking walter-breakdown

*hour of the day, 11 PM

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

The Chinese statement here doesn't even seem to understand that, thinking instead that their external regulations are PART of the market itself and that the market forces of competition are not (the opposite of reality).

This is largely a matter of semantics and it is kind of pointless to keep arguing semantics on translated text.

No, the market mechanism are working exactly as everyone knows they will by lowering the rate of profit via competition.

The market mechanisms do not directly determine the rate of profit. They only regulate the rate of profit around the value predicted by the labor theory of value (attractor point 1), which in turn is determined by the technological composition of the economy. The other attraction point of profit rates is when they are equal across sectors.

The market mechanisms are supposed to regulate the rate of profit near the 2 attraction points in marxist theory. In bourgeois economics, the attractor point of the labor theory of value is ignored.

So in a literal sense, regardless of the theory being used, it most certainly is possible for market mechanisms to stop functioning correctly, just as it is possible for a drawer to get jammed or for a car to break down.

The falling rate of profit in marxist theory does not come from competition (marx predicts decreasing competition as capitalism goes on, because of the formation of monopolies). It comes from marx's prediction that capitalist economies become more capital intensive over time.

They just don't like the outcome of the market system, so they want the government to step in to subsidize the corporate rate of profit

The rest of the statement literally calls for a re-evaluation of government subsidies and tax breaks, saying that they encourage a race to the bottom. Both quotes below are from the article.

as well as local officials who made misguided efforts to woo investment through unsustainable tax breaks and subsidies.

Neijuan directly affects wage levels, government tax revenues, investment confidence and the whole economy,” it said.

Increased prices of industrial goods can lead to higher government revenues and wages in China because of their status as an exporter. It means more overall revenue from sales to the west. On the other hand, low prices allow for the western economies to leech off Chinese production. In material terms, higher prices in Chinese industries means less goods are sent to the west, and thereby more goods available for consumption domestically.

They basically are so high on pro-market ideology they are unable to correctly describe the failing of the market

This is a rather large leap of logic taken from a statement that literally calls for government intervention into the market.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (22 children)

How is "excess competition" distorting the market mechanisms? It IS the market mechanisms. External controls to curb this would be the actual distortion of market forces.

Government regulations "distort" market mechanisms if you think that "pure" market mechanisms are those that are fully anarchic in nature.

If you approach things from a keynesian ideology (which is fairly popular in China), then market mechanisms exist to balance supply and demand, while providing incentive for innovation by firms.

In this case then, yes, the market mechanisms are not working properly. So you fix them using government intervention.

You should remember, in keynesian theory, the government and markets are supposed to support each other.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Catastrophic news. The Mao Mao cosplay I ordered only came with the wig. I checked the order I made. I accidentally selected the wig only option (actually, that was the default option for some reason). Now I'll have to wait till the end of summer till I can dress like Mao Mao (the shipping won't come before I'm off to my parents).

Unless ... I order the Mao Mao cosplay at my parents house, then cosplay in secret?! I make a secret identity?! Fight ~~crime~~ diseases?!

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck, my turn is coming up. Gotta think of something cool and awesome

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

The stock of gold held by central banks worldwide is approaching the historic highs of the post-war Bretton Woods era. Gold reserves, which peaked at 38,000 tonnes in the mid-1960s, rose again to reach 36,000 tonnes in 2024.

Turkey, India and China have been the top buyers, jointly purchasing over 600 tonnes of gold since end-2021. Despite ranking among the top holders in absolute terms with 2,294.5 tonnes of gold, China’s gold made up just under 7 per cent of its total reserves as of April, according to the World Gold Council. Even so, the composition is expected to change further in favour of gold and at the expense of US dollar holdings.

Remember this article? Aparantly, the Chinese government might in actuality own more gold than even the Americans (about 14000 to 15000 tonnes), which would place central bank gold reserves well above the 1960s numbers (38,000 tonnes) vs (50,000 to 51,000 tonnes today). Of course, this depends entirely on how much gold reserves the Chinese government secretly owns, and aparantly, the Chinese army owns gold that it doesn't have to declare.

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do we think is going to happen first? The current leadership surrendering to Russia, leading to a far-right coup (and possibly a mass revolt in retaliation), or a mass revolt as people become increasingly tired of war whole the current leadership doubles down?

I somehow doubt that in either case, the CIA and other NATO forces present in Ukraine won't interfere to keep the war going. How long until western assets are literally firing on Ukrainian masses to force them to March to their deaths?

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Too late to get undecylate at this point.

 

I ain't doing all this spy bs. The more I think about it, the more avenues there for things to go wrong. Plus, I'm also going to have to visit Taiwan for important business, and I am not risking taking my hormones there because they have the death penalty and what not for "drug trafficking".

The whole logistics of hiding around my hormones then using them in secret just makes me think it's better for me to not even try. Plus, unlike what I thought at firsr, I am definitely getting mood swings from my schedule. If I want to avoid them, I need to speed up my schedule, increasing the risks of being caught.

So yeah, I will be off HRT for a while. Maybe I shouldn't be making this decision while drunk and on the tail end of my last hormone shot (been 10 days), but I don't feel like being sober right now. My dysphoria is at a high point so I really just prefer to drink instead of thinking.

Anyway............. the latest chapter of kagurabachi was a banger as usual.

 

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5404762

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5404751

Hey loves,

First, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has shared, donated, and sent love so far. Your support means more than words right now.

But things have gotten worse. We were attacked by people from the host community because of who we are. They burned our shelters, and two of my sisters were badly hurt as we ran for our lives. We got them to the only private hospital that would treat us, and thanks to you, we’ve been able to pay half the hospital bill.

We’re still struggling to cover the rest and find a safe place to recover. Here’s what we need urgently:

1.Hospital bills: $900 total / $675 raised / $225 still needed 2. Relocation somewhere safer: $350 3. Food, medicine, and basics to heal: $250 Total goal: $1,500 — still need $825 to reach safety.

Every share, kind word, or donation helps keep us alive. If you can, please share or donate .. it really makes a difference.

The mutual aid link is in my profile just tap my name.

Your love and support are holding us up. Thank you so much for being with us through this. I love you all. 💜🙏🏿

 

Uh, so as the title says, I want to use cotton fabric rolls as a way to compress down my breasts as a way to hide their growths from my parents (whom i have to visit soon). I tried buying binders made for transmascs, however, I didn't find an option that fit my ribcage (which I am finding out is actually really large). Then, with the wrap, I can wear 2 layers of shirt (I'll claim it's a fashion thing) on top of that. I'm not quite sure how well it will work.

Alternatively, I also now have 4 sports bras with removal pads. The problem with the sports bras is that while I can easily explain bringing along rolls of Bandages, bringing along bras would wierd them out a lot and raise questions. Idk how to hide any bras I bring along, since my mom always goes through my stuff.

I'm also really not sure how I am supposed to hide my hormone supplies. What I've come up with so far is to pre-prepare supplies, put them in a padded metal box. Then once I get to my parents, I bury them in the ground somewhere in whatever woods they have nearby. I can then go there whenever I want, do the hormones in secret. The only problem I can think of is how to handle transporting the injections. Should I bring along the vial, or should I pre-prepare shots?

The more I type shit out, the more I'm thinking to myself what kind of spy bullshit am I even trying to do. Instead of coming out the closet, I'm doing this nonsense.

 

I saw this graph be posted around on reddit (the graphics definately look like they are from the zionist rag). I don't know which attack piece it was pulled out of though.

I'll be honest, I'm not sure what exactly is happening here, cause I didn't follow the election at all. However, I doubt that primaries are all too representative of the broader state of public opinion in NYC.

According to a quick Google search on Wikipedia, the primary had about 1 million votes, while the population of the 5 boroughs of NYC is almost 9 million.

In theory, a sample size of 1 million is more than enough to make a good statistical comparison, however, personally who votes in democrat primary is a self-selecting category.

Despite this, I am seeing the rather typical accusations levied against mamdani about champagne socialism or whatever (by the same people who don't mind killing the poor and third worlders, but I digress).

One commenter went as far as to proclaim that "there is no more proletariat in America. American labor has achieved the end of history. The cops no longer break their strikes. They all have good union jobs and desire cultural security instead of freebies. Ideology is the luxury of the wealthy".

Of course, the important possible explanations are left out

  1. Mamdani is a new guy with no name recognition. His campaign might simply have not reached low income voters who don't keep up with politics.
  2. A lag of 13 points still means that he has a significant base amongst the lowest income voters.
  3. Most households making between 50,000 and 100,000 in New York are, as far as I know, still working class and not bourgeois. "Working class" has an objective meaning. In fact, even a sole trader petite bourgeois is working class (since proletariat =/= working class, someone who does not own private property).
 

Post link for anyone who cares

Looking at these liberals just confidently parrot whatever 10th grade "political science" education they got in school in response to any global event makes me appreciate the actual bourgeois intellectuals who have to hard carry these idiots.

 

This is like, the weirdest thing ever imo. I feel more girlish when warm and more boyish when cold. The only similar thing I can think of is how some marine animals' eggs change their gender when exposed to different temperatures.

Initially when taking hormones, I called myself non-binary precisely because of this, although I changed my pronouns to she/her afterwards because I thought I "wasn't committing" (no shade to enbies or gender fluid folk, this was purely about my own anxieties). But even after my anxiety has calmed down greatly, I still feel the same phenomena. I think it might be linked to stress (I'm very stressed right now), but the pattern I have noticed over like, 12 weeks now, really stands out to me.

I hope I'm severely misinterpreting something, because I don't want to be dissected by scientists trying to figure out whatever new X-men mutant powers I am developing.

Does anybody have even slightly similar experiences? Am I actually just NB or gender fluid (I think I might be)?

 

I can't for the life of me figure out where I got this old ass image from, but I find it intensely funny as a philosophical amoralist. Hell, it's funny from a vegan perspective, or even from a "this reads like satire" perspective.

"It's a trespasser so I killed it", "the rodent was a thief so I gave it the death penalty", "You are a psychopath for questing the arbitrariness of conventional moral standards".

Best part is, according to the metadata of this screenshot, I took this screenshot on some post titled the biggest flaw of my hero academia, which raises more questions than it answers.

 

https://www.ni.com/nl-nl/shop/product/multisim.html

^^^^^

The above worthless trash known as "multisim", used for simulating circuits costs 905 EUR and

  1. Doesn't have a linux version
  2. Is missing 90% of new commercially available parts
  3. Doesn't have a method of easily adding those parts (except manually, 1 by 1) (as far as I know)
  4. Has garbage UI (you can only undo 4 times) (adding or removing a single component can easily use up more than 4 moves)
  5. Inconsistent simulations (making the sims work feels like trying to appease a capricious God to not curse you with famine)

The free open source software (qucs-studio) seems to have none of these problems, though I have barely used it.

 

I made a math error and I realised I am overdosing. Or at least, burning through my supplies faster than needed.

This will go down as one of the most shameful mistakes of my entire life. I have brought dishonor upon the whole of Asia.

I was supposed to take 0.13 ml per 10 days (lower end of recomended supply). I wanted to do weekly injections. So I decided to multiply by 10/7 to adjust and get a weekly dose, yielding about 0.18 ml per week.

Except to get a weekly dose I should have multiplied by 7/10. In hindsight, I can't believe I made a mistake this dumb and potentially risky.

So, uh, I guess I'll just take 0.18 ml per 10 days (upper end of recomended supply). This will save me supplies, and also I hate giving myself injections. I definitely want to make sure all my testosterone is suppressed cause otherwise I will feel like shit. So I'll still remain at the upper level.

But then again, I am not sure if slightly lowering my dose like this will cause mood swings. I'm not actually even that sure that I really am overdosing because I weigh more than average. I'll just try a 10 day schedule for a while and see what happens.

For anyone who followed my previous post about hair, this isn't related to that (it's just a coincidence). I am not lowering my dose to appease my mom or anything.

 

We had a lunch lecture where this environmental scientist gave a talk about critical materials and how big of a problem our reliance on these are. He links the whole thing up with politics pretty well, explaining how various political actors are involved and benefit from this or that.

At some point, he even mentions how in the netherlands, policy doesn't get passed without a buy-in from industry. It means quite a lot, cause this guy is government hired in recommending policies.

Then he contradicts himself in the next paragraph by saying that this is the curse of democracy that people make stupid decisions.

I ask this guy about the contradiction. How you simultaneously harp about profits over needs, the evils of consultancy firms, and the inability of the Dutch government to do anything but pursue corporate interests, while also talking about the problems of "democracy"?

He just tells me "we are a democracy that's why the Dutch government listens to industry". Well not exactly that, but at least that's the message I get when he talks about all the corporate controlled parties winning the elections and how that's what the people chose.

Dude is this close to realising that the definition of liberal democracy is "legitimised rule by corporations" .

Of course, the lecture ends with a book recommendation for a book about the collapse of human civilisation. And a recommendation to go vote and participate in political parties.

Unlimited death upon elections.

 

It's over bros/siss/xes

I boiled the pasta, and instead of draining the water, I accidentally added the tomato sauce into the water with the pasta. My pasta is now soup.

The only saving grace is that I usually undercook my pasta and eat it crunchy. So I can still reduce the "soup" a bit before it becomes overcooked.

I just tasted the pasta. I added salt to it which was a mistake because the sauce I bought also has salt in it. I now am beginning to understand how that "if I cook even the simplest of food I will somehow fuck it up and poison everybody" gag in anime works.

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