I currently use a Boox tablet. They are more on the expensive side since they are full android tablets. I had a black and white one last me about 5-6 years, and could have lasted longer if I glued the screen back to the body of the device. I upgraded to a new model colour one and I really appreciate it for what I use it for. If you are just looking for a reader and you don't want to take notes on it then I would recommend getting something cheaper. I just don't have experience with anything else.

This makes me sad because the book is good fun and I really enjoyed it. But yeah, liberal brain worm assuming that they can have a book devoid of politics. The politics they have just reify the gramcian common sense about the world, and thus they can claim it is not political. This is especially true of his target audience who are mostly western "science nerds" and the like.

I listened to it as an audiobook. I also struggle with actually reading things due to my ADHD. Audiobooks are my saviour for that.

It was a good movie. I liked it better as a book because it scratches a different itch. Some things definitely don't translate from book to movie, and while I think they did a good job, some parts of it feel empty in ways the book wasn't. The things they chose to cut definitely made sense because it would be boring and/or confusing if included in the movie format.

Besides the obvious ridiculousness of the implied situation, I find it hilarious they couldn't even draw the map correctly. They show Gaza out in the middle of the Mediterranean, but in reality it borders Egypt.

The concept of geeks often felt like it was tied up with aspects of oppression. The concept of simulated ethnicity is an interesting perspective on it. This ties in with the liberal mentality that your "class" is tied up in the aspects of culture that you subscribe to and surround yourself with (e.g. the tv shows you consume and the activities you participate in define your position in the class hierarchy). It's a false front on reality. Geeks are outcasts socially, but they still reify capitalist relations in their perceived superiority to non-geeks. Framing this as simulated ethnicity calls it out as being artificial and an attempt to benefit from the racial stereotypes without taking on the same negatives those stereotypes come with. It shows the desire to gain the perceived benefits of oppression without the actual consequences of oppression.

Apparently this memorial was originally supposed to be unveiled in 2023, but after the Canadian government invited a Nazi into their parliament for Zelenski, they delayed it's unveiling.

Also, they have had the memorial up for nearly a year with no names on it, and more than half the 550 names they suggested were directly affiliated with Nazis. Now they are considering art to symbolize things instead of actual names... I wonder if the people doing this ever realize that maybe they are barking up the wrong tree.

I appreciate the line that states most of their business is not affected because Europe and the middle east still buy a lot of stuff. America realizing they don't matter anymore is fun to watch.

This is definitely good news. It's too bad they didn't go as far as Cuba on their most recent rewrite of family law, but I'm glad things are moving in the right direction.

I hope Didi gains custody of her son soon enough, that will also be a win when it happens.

I really dislike ads, so usually I have them blocked, but not all my devices have it done yet. Usually it's just capital trying to get me to buy things so I just scroll past, but just over the weekend it was scary how quickly ads relating to Iran's retaliatiatory action started popping up with the obvious slant you would expect in the west. There seems to be a concerted effort to start beating war drums... This is not including the horrific ads I've seen coming from Zionists over the last half year with blatantly genocidal language. I even reported those ads and nothing came of it of course.

I guess to sum up: ads can and are used as political tools to shape ideology. Yet another reason to get everyone you know on an ad blocker.

So 6 years to project start. Then just a few more years for completion. All in we are looking to a decade out for project completion +/- a few years.

Meanwhile, in Canada they can't even get a timeline or funding for a single line on the most obvious corridor. And the second most obvious corridor has no timelines, and is only a study of feasibility at this time.

The Soviet Union saved one of my Great Uncles from a concentration camp. Not quite the same, but I appreciate them none the less.