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here's yet another reason to not read orwell (as if you needed one. i imagine most folks here don't, but regardless.) again, CW for mention/discussion of sexual violence below and in the linked tweet: sooooo apparently the character of Julia is based on a girl Orwell literally tried to r*pe when he ...

this appears to finally be official, or a formality at this point https://twitter.com/bnnbreaking/status/ ... uBIIDA8ZSw

https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1535716256585859073?s=21&t=W_ReVOuWPoad7CYLNS8REw https://twitter.com/tompainetoday/status/1535717724164345856?s=21&t=W_ReVOuWPoad7CYLNS8REw came across this story a couple hours ago and would like to know what you all think of it. is this inconsequential i...

I don't want to make myself sound old but part of it feels generational. Whenever I tell people younger than me DO NOT BRING YOUR PHONE TO A PROTEST they look at me like I have two heads or actively argue that it's more dangerous to be phoneless than to bring it. I think part of this stems from a f...

https://twitter.com/drposhlost/status/1527769034522906624 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-looked-using-monkeypox-biological-27025603 God, it's the exact same playbook as Covid. If this goes the way I think it goes, man, I don't even know where to begin. What are you even supposed to...

those simulation numbers are wild. and the timeline... holy hell.

wow. that's wild

i wanna sarcastically say i'm heavily judging you, but i also respect the variety and dedication involved lol

very fair point as well. just as an addendum/footnote-- this conversation seems largely to revolve around lockdowns as a tool of oppression under capitalism. in socialist countries, lockdowns function as a safety mechanism first and foremost

while those elements are certainly at play with COVID (particularly with vaccines, as ryan has articulated so well), i do believe in lockdowns as a measure to save lives as necessary. with the exception of the initial stages of shanghai's outbreak, china does this very well. that being said, china d...