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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

it feels like a prelude to the violence

This is the violence. It can escalate, but dehumanizing immigrants and trans people (on top of and extending anti-blackness) is already violence as embodied by ICE raids and deportations, bans on participation and forced detransitioning.

I understand that you would not intend to undermine or disagree with what I just said. I just want to emphasize that violence has already started and has been here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

ONE.

THOUSAND.

PERCENT.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

How much do you want to bet that 100% was chosen because it sounds like "maximum possibke tariff" even though that isn't what it means?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Do a gun safety training with the most competent and least right wing group you can. A good course should require several hours (6-8) of training including theory, practice with fake guns, practice with unloaded real guns, and instruction and practice with real guns and rounds. This is approximately the minimum standard for the NRA so think about what this implies about the places trying to run two hour one-and-done places.

Gun safety training is a good baseline because you do not actually need to own a gun to do it but you will be prepared if you later encounter a firearm or find yourself wanting to buy one soon.

If you do buy a gun, train with it regularly at a range.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It seemingly transferred to cows by feeding them chicken droppings. Eggs come from the same orifice (cloaca). Supermarket eggs in the US are washed/sterilized in an attempt to prevent salmonella and similar kinds of faeces-based infections from eggs but if infection becomes widespread I personally wouldn't chance it (though I'm vegan so I don't have to make that choice).

If H5N1 becomes commonly transferrable between humans you'll want to treat it like covid, yeah. Almost entirely respiratory, so continue masking up and avoid spending too much time in crowded indoor spaces.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Hi friend! What counts as easy for you? 1 hour cooking, 30 minutes, 10? Is 2 hours okay if 90 minutes of it is waiting? I'm asking just so that I can make recommendations that work for you!

Anyways here are some decent staples either way:

  • Frijoles negros with rice, tortilla, and a salad.

  • Tostadas. Hard shell, refried beans from a can (wake them up by frying first), tomato, onion, lettuce, and other toppings of your choosing. I like tajin and salsa.

  • Taco bowl with the same basic ingredients.

  • Basically any bean and pasta cold salad.

  • PB & J is accidentally vegan.

  • Bagels and vegan cream cheese.

  • Most South Asian staples if you sub out dairy.

  • If you find tofu, then curry powder tofu breakfast burritos.

  • Basically any sandwich, just sub a vegan alternative meat / cheese.

  • Frozen dumplings. Many are vegan. East Asian or Western.

  • Thai curry.

  • Pad Thai. Sub soy sauce instead of fish sauce and use tofu instead of egg.

  • Many Chinese dishes, including common street food noodles and tofu.

  • Many Japanese dishes, just sub vegan dashi and tofu.

  • Many Vietnamese dishes. Make a tofu banh mi with vegan mayo.

  • Veggie burger.

  • Most levantine foods. Hummus, fatoush, falafel, etc.

  • Various vegan junk foods / processed substitutes. Fake chick'n, vegan sausage, fake meat crumbles, etc.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

DeepSeek can be run without an internet connection with around $2k in hardware. ChatGPT requires an internet connection and a terms of use that lets them keep everything about your interactions.

OpenAI is just playing on sinophobia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I don't have time to watch at the moment but I do recommend pulling the power on telecom devices installed to your car. They are allegedly usually on separate fuses from everything else.

Bluetooth will still snitch on you, though.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

The resistance is brunch

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remember when Biden just plain didn't nominate someone to the board?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Marxism subreddit is run by toxic and shockingly ignorant ultras.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

It's not as accurate as mass spec but generally speaking you can test for geavy metals using certain acid and color changing indicators (in known concentrations) over a range of sample dilutions. Even better if you have a reference sample of a known concentration of the target, like manganese. Sometimes the chemical is not itself an acid but nevertheless reacts with the target.

For example, high concentrations of manganese will react with peeiodate to make a red/broan color. You can buy a set of 100 pouches of periodate for manganese testing on Amazon for $50.

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