To me this is a sign of innocence from the Western narrative
Back between 2005-2010 everyone had a music blog. This was when Google's Blogger was actually a thing (Gorilla vs. Bear anyone?). Indie rock, hipster shit. When experiencing music was communal. Yea, a community could've been tiny, but it was still a social experience. And the funny thing is not that there isn't good music out there anymore. There is. Like before, you still have to go through lots and lots of bad stuff to find it. There's probably even more good music out there right now, if you sift through the enormous shitpile. But it doesn't feel like a social experience anymore. You just find it on your own, and you will most likely just enjoy it on your own. Doesn't feel as good. Bands with names like "Margot's and the Nuclear So and So's" don't exist anymore. Anyway, music sucks, I love it.
This is Tofu. Every which way he moves, it's always the golden ratio somehow
Damn I'm so glad I had left the US 4 year ago, at the very last moment sort of. It's not even a Trump thing, it's just generally the mass psychosis thing
Does the DPRK in any way fight against the western anti-DPRK insane propaganda? Aside from the officials' statements, which I don't think have much effect. My impression is not much. I look at China where the anti-propaganda effort is ramping up. Including the new visa-free regime for so many countries (Belarus did it first). I know that the DPRK is working on some resorts, but that seems to be targeted at friendly counties like Russia. But the tendency seems to be that the westerners live so poorly now, that it could be beneficial to just open up a little. So why not?
Crazy how 10 years ago AMD was a penny stock, around $4 vs Intel's $27, and now they're $135 and $20 respectively. I think abt this more than I should because I've always been team red and almost bought it. But now it's too gambly to buy any
It's a bit murkier than this. The EU will first and foremost give this money to itself:
Under the proposal, 90% of the funds would be initially allocated to the European Peace Facility (EPF), the bloc’s mechanism to reimburse weapons delivered to Kyiv, and then to the newly created Ukraine Assistance Fund (UAF). [ x ]
From this language, it's not even clear whether this money will go to procure new weapons or to reimburse themselves for the already delivered ones. It can go either way or be some mixture of both.
Rabid Baltic states + Poland keep closing borders with Belarus and introduce various restrictions. As a response, Belarus introduces a visa-free regime to 35 more (mostly European) countries (Lituanians, Latvians, and Poles could already come visa-free for over two years). It's funny how the Iron Wall turntables have trurnabled.
car go far, but at what cost!
President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region, US officials say.
US concedes Kharkiv region now belongs to Russia
He said:
Representatives of NATO countries, especially in Europe, especially in small countries - they should be aware of what they are playing with. They have to remember that these are usually states with a small territory and very dense population. And this is a factor that they should keep in mind before they talk about striking deep into Russian territory. [ x ]
This is my cat Tofu. About 2 yrs old now, he was thrown outside by the previous owners at some point, lost a few teeth on the streets. He's the gentlest creature I've ever met. Throws himself on the floor so you rub his belly. Lets you stroke his paws. Spends hours looking outside the window, recognizes his reflection in the mirror, and just learns learns learns as he goes. I took him in expecting nothing, but this cat has the best personality I could've ever imagined.
Have I ever mentioned that I'd met Evan Neumann, one of the Jan 6 rioters, here in Belarus where he got an asylum? It happened about a year go, but I haven't posted in a while so.
There was an interview with him on the local news, that's how I recognized him. I was just drinking with a friend at a place that only sells shots, and he was there with some dude. So I went to say hi bc I was sufficiently drunk :) He said he sold (or was selling?) his house in San Francisco, so on that money alone he can just happily grow old in Belarus.
Real cold war shit really. Our govt topplers flee west, western flee east. Get weaponized in the war of narratives, ofc.
Sure it's been said before, but once again, in light of Trump's new thruthsocials. 1) Medvedev is not the official voice of the Kremlin, that's what MID (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) is for, while he can say whatever he wants. 2) Nuclear submarines have already been in place and aimed at Moscow/Washington, DC respectively. 3) Medvedev is there to show that if the US doesn't like the liberal Putin, they won't get an American stooge for a replacement, they will get a hardliner like Medvedev in his tweets and he will enjoy the popular support too.