A lesser known creator that I like is Leaping Larry. He's an indigenous (Mikmaq) man living in Canada. He smokes weed and reads Juche books from DPRK.
Fascism is a human ideology which seeks to enforce class hierarchies of humans. If the planet is a conscious living being, it exists outside of the human hierarchy, most likely above the human hierarchy.
Fascists are people who want to enforce these oppressive hierarchies to solidify their own position on the human hierarchy. A planetary being exists outside of this concept.
Let's say you are outside and you see a flying bird. Do you ever worry that the bird could be a fascist? No, because the bird exists outside of this concept.
Even if you believe that the Earth is a conscious living being, the Earth itself can't be an ecofascist.
Jokes need to be in some way distinguishable from actual common reactionary sentiment.
Maybe the distinguishing factor is that the quote comes from a 30 minute monologue where he also talks about killing cops and right wing uncles.
Ecofascism is an ideology which advocates for things such as population reduction for the supposed purpose of helping the environment.
The quote that you posted does not advocate for killing people. It doesn't say that he wants people to be killed. The quote says that when people die from natural disasters, it feels as if nature is operating in self defense. The absurdity is that he's ascribing the characteristics of a human to the planet itself. He's ascribing intent to the planet, which in my opinion is not a conscious being, though some people believe that it is.
The idea that the planet (Earth) is a being capable of having intent and performing self defense is absurd, that is the joke.
Ecofascists want to kill people. George Carlin is saying that the planet is killing people.
You posted the same comment when I posted this same thread 4 years ago and I posted the same response 4 years ago. https://hexbear.net/comment/2812608
Also it's a comedy show, not a political rally. I am becoming increasingly baffled at the number of people that think jokes need to be truth. Jokes are supposed to be absurd. Humor is a subversion of expectations. Chuds think that comedy is when you say things that are true but mean. Comedy is the absurd and unexpected.
In my experience, George Carlin is a mostly a "punch up" type of comedian.
The photo comes photo an article by DPRK last summer about a new beach town that they opened. The link below has a photo gallery with 59 images.
With its fortunes uplifted, North Korea has less need for sanctions relief and fewer incentives to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States, analysts have said, despite President Donald Trump’s stated desire for another meeting with Kim.
North Korea’s embassy in Beijing didn’t respond to questions about the domestic-consumption drive. Russia’s foreign ministry and the White House also didn’t comment.
China's foreign ministry said it maintained trade and cooperation with North Korea while implementing U.N. Security Council resolutions, adding that sanctions should not affect the country’s livelihood.
Reuters staff had the fucking audacity to contact DPRK government officials to ask them why they weren't obeying US economic sanctions that had been placed on their country. Chinese officials says that China doesn't agree with the US economic sanctions.
New western propaganda: North Koreans are having fun because the state is forcing them to have fun (and that's bad)
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SEOUL/BEIJING - Coffee bars. Waterparks. Retail therapy. North Korea — a country few would associate with leisure or pleasure — is experiencing an unlikely outbreak of fun.
Leader Kim Jong Un, himself no stranger to indulgence, is orchestrating new ways for his citizens to spend their wealth. Chinese customs data tells the story: North Korea’s imports of massage equipment have surged 40-fold over the past decade. Treadmill shipments jumped over 600%. Pianos and even bumper cars are pouring in, too.
The consumption drive extends to luxury malls, beach resorts and ski destinations that are popping up around North Korea, according to a Reuters review of trade statistics and state media reports, and interviews with five recent visitors and two defectors.
It’s not just about expanding access to life’s little luxuries, analysts say. By channeling personal spending through state-controlled leisure and retail networks, Kim strengthens government control of commerce, squeezes informal markets and unlocks new sources of revenue and growth for the nuclear-armed country. The strategy draws “the production, distribution, and capital flows concentrated in the markets into an official economic space managed by the state," said Kang Seong-hyeon, a research fellow at the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute, a think tank.
Avenues for consumption have proliferated even as North Korea faces heavy U.N. sanctions – including on luxury goods, energy, and mineral trade – designed to impede Kim’s weapons program. North Korea’s economy grew 3.5% in 2025, a third consecutive year above 3%, the South Korean central bank said in July.
The glow-up has attracted the attention of outsiders. After visiting Pyongyang in May, Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan called the capital’s progress “remarkable,” saying it resembled “any modern city” in East Asia.
Residents drink cappuccinos and browse home appliances at the Rangnang Aeguk Kumgang Service Complex, a luxury mall in Pyongyang that opened last year, according to social media videos verified by Reuters. A hard-earned thirst can be quenched at the Hwasong Taedonggang Beer Restaurant, a two-year-old drinking den celebrated in state media. In April, Kim toured a new pet shop with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, who was drawn to the kittens and puppies.
Pyongyang’s leisure blitz is bankrolled by revenue streams including cryptocurrency heists, the deployment of North Korean troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine, and exports of coal and other minerals, according to South Korean researchers.
The U.S. and other foreign officials and cybersecurity experts have repeatedly tied crypto theft to North Korean state-sponsored hackers. The Seoul-based Institute for National Security Strategy, a South Korean government-funded think tank, estimates North Korea earned up to $14.4 billion from its involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war between August 2023 and December 2025.
The influx of cash trickles through North Korea’s economy, where many have also made money from informal trade. But accumulated wealth creates a problem: “A middle class of roughly eight million people with savings and nowhere to spend them,” said Ruediger Frank, a professor of East Asian economy and society at the University of Vienna.
Consumption is Kim’s answer, Frank said: It reduces frustration, channels money away from bidding up prices of essentials like rice, and generates growth through domestic demand.
With its fortunes uplifted, North Korea has less need for sanctions relief and fewer incentives to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States, analysts have said, despite President Donald Trump’s stated desire for another meeting with Kim.
North Korea’s embassy in Beijing didn’t respond to questions about the domestic-consumption drive. Russia’s foreign ministry and the White House also didn’t comment.
China's foreign ministry said it maintained trade and cooperation with North Korea while implementing U.N. Security Council resolutions, adding that sanctions should not affect the country’s livelihood.
PARKS AND RECREATION
Mentions of tourism, leisure and cultural life in North Korean state media have increased since 2022 as attractions have been opened or refurbished, a Reuters review of over 1,200 articles found.
These developments include the Wonsan Kalma beach resort, which launched in the summer of 2025; five luxury hotels that opened in December in Samjiyon, on the Chinese border; a ski resort under construction nearby; and a waterpark and yet-to-be-finished equestrian club in the northeast. State TV’s coverage of a heatwave in August showed the Wonsan beach resort packed with domestic visitors.
"One local contact even told me that when taking his family there, several members had to share a twin room because everything else had already been booked," said Rowan Beard, co-founder of tourism agency Young Pioneer Tours.
Wonsan Kalma received more than 300,000 domestic visitors in the latter half of 2025, according to China's embassy in Pyongyang, which mentioned the figure in a February post about its ambassador's visit. Saunas, pools, video-game arcades and sports centers have also sprung up in northeastern Rason city, said a Chinese businessman who gave his surname as Cui.
As part of a regional development plan, Kim is also building leisure complexes containing libraries, restaurants and movie theaters across the country, with at least two dozen completed or under construction, according to state media.
But the most lavish additions are in Pyongyang. State media has described a new housing district containing a gaming arcade, car dealership and a barbecue restaurant that serves salmon belly and foie gras burgers.
KIM’S CONVENIENCE
The range of goods available in North Korea also has expanded, three recent visitors told Reuters.
At Ryugyong Golden Plaza, which opened in 2023, shops display the logos of watchmakers including Rolex, Omega and Herbelin, and an electronics store features Huawei branding, according to social media footage verified by Reuters.
Rolex and Huawei declined to comment. Omega and Herbelin told Reuters they have no official retailers or distributors in North Korea.
North Koreans shop online using mobile apps that resemble China's Alipay, according to images published by Beard and NKTechLab, an analysis project of the U.S.-based Stimson Center think tank. Beard, who visited Pyongyang in May, said mobile app payments were used “everywhere” and for “anything available for sale.”
Trade statistics show how the leisure drive encompasses both personal goods and state-led infrastructure. Chinese customs data reveal surging shipments of pianos, watches and amusement equipment – including merry-go-rounds, rollercoasters and waterslides. North Korea imported more than 3 metric tons of bumper cars from China, worth more than $20,000, between January 2025 and July this year.
Trade with China has rebounded broadly since the covid-19 pandemic. A flourishing car culture has even emerged in Pyongyang, fueled by Chinese imports.
BUYING TIME
After the 1990s famine, semi-legal markets flourished as the state couldn't supply residents. Attempts to close them early this century failed because the state lacked the distribution infrastructure to replace them, according to Jung Chang-Hyun, director of the Peace Economy Research Institute in Seoul.
Now, he said, Kim's consumption gambit serves that purpose: building state commercial infrastructure that can compete with and eventually undermine private markets.
Payment and delivery apps also enable official scrutiny of private spending, analysts say. In 2023, Pyongyang passed a law requiring every bank and store to accept electronic payments.
Not everyone benefits from the consumption boom. Yang Il-cheol, who worked as a driver in Pyongyang before defecting to South Korea last year, said people like him had little access to the new restaurants and leisure facilities. While cellphones have become ubiquitous in the capital, many North Koreans distrust the government and prefer cash payments, Yang said.
Frank, the professor, said Kim’s campaign to boost domestic spending appeared to be paying off – for now.
"Consumption buys time," he said. "It does not buy loyalty forever."
Channel 5 (Andrew Callaghan) gave Hunter Biden a list of subscribers email addresses to do a crypto rugpull
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https://xcancel.com/Channel5iveNews/status/2097834839797838324#m
https://archive.is/5rCdw (404media)
https://archive.is/mPm1X (wapo)
A cryptocurrency token launched by Hunter Biden, the son of the former president, abruptly lost almost all of its value within minutes of its debut Wednesday morning.
Earlier this week, the younger Biden had touted the launch of the $LAPTOP meme coin, saying it was a way to reclaim a symbol that had defined news coverage about him when his father was president. He also suggested that the meme coin would be about building community, benefiting charity and helping those who had “lost money on the $TRUMP grift,” referring to President Donald Trump’s own meme coin launch.
Instead, the value of Biden’s meme coin plummeted from a high of about $190 per token to less than $2 per token. About 80 percent of traders who bought Biden’s cryptocurrency token Wednesday lost money, according to the blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps, which described it as “bloodbath.”
Bubblemaps CEO Nicolas Vaiman said more than 15,000 crypto wallets, or accounts, had lost money on $LAPTOP, and that the supply of tokens was “extremely concentrated” before launch, making it vulnerable to a “dump,” or rapid sell-off.
Biden, who in recent months has been a prolific social media poster and appeared on numerous podcasts, has not publicly commented on the $LAPTOP coin since its launch. Representatives for Biden did not immediately respond to interview requests Wednesday.
Andrew Callaghan is also a sex pest.
Hasan seems to be very happy about it. He posted a reaction on his youtube channel. The photo is from his instagram. It's a thirst photo.
Floral Tribute Paid to Statues of Great Leaders
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Officials, working people, service persons, youth and students in the DPRK paid floral tribute to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Placed at the statues of the President and the Chairman on Mansu Hill were flower baskets in the name of the Party, power and armed forces organs, social organizations, ministries, national agencies, units of the Korean People's Army and the Public Security Forces and institutions and industrial establishments at all levels and universities in Pyongyang.
The visitors made a bow before the statues of the great leaders.
Flower baskets in the name of institutions, enterprises, KPA and PSF units and bouquets and flowers were laid at the statues of the great leaders in various parts of the capital city.
Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students across the country visited the statues of the great leaders in their residential areas to pay high tribute. -0-
http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/cbd948f2881c66c5bb89fdc117e9cb01 (5 photos)
This is not gum. Also not nicotine or caffeine. These are pouches filled with herbs that are considered to be "nootropics".
Nootropics are drugs that claim to improve your cognitive ability. Like the movie with Bradley Cooper, who takes the pills that make him a genius.
This is a bag of dried leaves that you put in your mouth, with the claim that it makes you smarter. I think it's not confirmed whether nootropics actually work.
This comm has 1 main rule, all posts must contain a link to a website hosted in DPRK. Every website that uses the .kp TLD is hosted in DPRK.
This comm was created so that people would try to learn about DPRK through websites hosted in DPRK rather than unsourced information on twitter or reddit.
I would like for this comm to remain as a place that has highly reliable information (in terms of DPRK), through referencing official DPRK sources.
Luckly I was able to find the source of the image that you shared. It was posted in Rodong Sinmun newspaper on October 24 2025. In the future, please include a link to a .kp website in the post body of your post.
Egg Rock of Mt Kumgang, Living Monument
The Egg Rock of Mt Kumgang, in Onjong-ri, Kosong County of Kangwon Province, is situated on Mt Takalbawi which is on the left of the entrance to Kuryong Falls from the Onjong Bridge of Outer Kumgang.
Granite of different hardness was weathered for a long time to form this rock.
The Egg Rock, which is of oval shape, is ７ meters high.
Its long circumference is ２０ to ２１ meters and the small one is １５ meters.
The bulky rock sets one of its edges on a flat and wide rock so that it seems as if it is going to roll down.
However, the rock remains still as it has a stable center.
It looks like an egg from any angle, hence its name the Egg Rock.
It has been described in lots of poems and songs from of old.
The Egg Rock of Mt Kumgang, which looks so peculiar and mysterious, is not only exceptional in terms of scenery and but also significant in view of scientific research.
You can see the name of the store in this photo. It says the store is called "Super Ming". I believe this photo is taken in China, not DPRK, as Super Ming is a store located in China.
This comm has 1 main rule, all posts must contain a link to a website hosted in DPRK. Every website that uses the .kp TLD is hosted in DPRK.
This comm was created so that people would try to learn about DPRK through websites hosted in DPRK rather than unsourced information on twitter or reddit.
I have to ask that you only make posts in this comm that focus on websites hosted in DPRK. If you could please revise this post to focus on link to a website hosted in DPRK.
I would like for this comm to remain as a place that has highly reliable information (in terms of DPRK), through referencing official DPRK sources.
DPRK inaugurates Yakov Novichenko Bridge which connects to Russia across the Tuman River
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Tuman River Motor Bridge Named after Yakov Nobichenko Inaugurated
Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- At a time when multi-faceted cooperation and exchange between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation are further developing with each passing day on the basis of the comprehensive strategic partnership and the relations of invincible alliance, the Tuman River Motor Bridge linking Rason Municipality with Khasan, border cities of the two countries, has been successfully completed.
True to the noble intention of Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, the governments and builders of the two countries successfully built the bridge, in keeping with designing and construction needs, in a short span of 495 days with a single mind to demonstrate the durable and future-oriented friendship and contribute to promoting the wellbeing of the two peoples.
The completion of the motor bridge, which can ensure the safe passage of various kinds of vehicles and personnel traffic, provides a guarantee for building up and reinforcing an important infrastructure for economic cooperation between the two countries and revitalizing multi-faceted cooperation including human exchange, tourism and commodity circulation.
The monumental edifice to be brilliantly recorded in the history of the DPRK-Russia friendly relations was named after Yakov Nobichenko, an officer of the Red Army and an internationalist soldier. This is a manifestation of the steadfast will of the leaderships and peoples of both countries to invariably develop the good-neighborly relations between the two peoples into genuine comradely relations of trust.
The inauguration ceremony of the Tuman River Motor Bridge named after Yakov Nobichenko took place simultaneously in Rason Municipality, a border city of the DPRK, and Khasan, a border city of the Russian Federation, on Monday.
Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, and Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, attended the inauguration ceremony in Pyongyang and Moscow on TV.
Present there were Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations and chairman of the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Yang Yong Jin, minister of Land and Environment Protection, Sin Chang Il, chairman of the Rason Municipal People's Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned, builders and working people in Rason Municipality.
Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here, and Oleg Kosheev, Russian consul general in Chongjin, were on hand.
The national anthems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were played.
Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, made a congratulatory speech.
He said that the cooperation on the construction of transport objects between the two governments was an item of the agreement reached at the meeting between Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in Pyongyang two years ago, adding that they are witnessing a historic event of inauguration of the motor bridge.
The relations between Russia and the DPRK have been put on an unprecedentedly high level of comprehensive strategic partnership, he said, adding that the two countries are actively cooperating with each other in all fields and directing their efforts to ensuring the regional peace and stability.
He said that the long-standing friendship, good-neighborliness and mutual assistance between the two countries are irrespective of the international situation, adding that Russia would as ever do its utmost for the multifaceted development of the bilateral relations.
Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made a congratulatory speech.
He expressed sincere thanks to the designers, builders and those of relevant institutions of the two countries who devoted their inexhaustible enthusiasm and efforts to bringing earlier the inauguration of the Tuman River Motor Bridge.
The completion of the bridge is a significant event adding a new dynamic movement to the overall bilateral cooperation, he said, stressing that the eye-opening reality, in which the monumental wealth of the DPRK-Russia friendship and cooperation is growing, gives pleasure and joy to the peoples of the two countries while injecting vitality to the development of the bilateral relations.
He noted that the governments of the two countries would as ever continue to achieve substantial fruitions in cooperation for the common development and prosperity, based on the valuable successes and experience accumulated through the construction of the bridge.
As instructed by the heads of governments of the two countries, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy to the DPRK, cut the inauguration tape at the venue of the inaugural ceremony in Rason Municipality and Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia who is chairman of the Russian side to the Russia-DPRK Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin, Minister of Development of the Far East and Arctic Aleksei Chekunkov and DPRK Ambassador to Russia Sin Hong Chol at the venue of the inaugural ceremony in Khasan.
Trucks of both sides passed through the bridge amid the let-off of fireworks to congratulate the completion of the bridge and the loud applause of the participants.
The heads of governments in their concluding speeches said that the Tuman River Motor Bridge is a new symbol and proud creation of friendship between the two countries, expressing the steadfast stand of the two governments to actively implement the agreement made at the historic meeting between the top leaders of the DPRK and Russia.
Then the participants went round the bridge.
The inauguration of the bridge serves as a significant occasion in designing and actively implementing the equally-beneficial bilateral exchanges and long-term cooperative plans in all fields under the outstanding foresightedness and strategic guidance of the top leaders of the DPRK and Russia. -0-
http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/ce5542263e543ef44a3689abc9bafdb8
'Korea April 26 Animation Studio' (aka SEK Studio) is a leading animation producer of DPRK
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Korea April 26 Animation Studio
Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) -- The Korea April 26 Animation Studio in the central part of Pyongyang is well known throughout the country as a popular animation creators group.
It has produced many cartoons loved by not only children but also adults.
Typical ones are "The Boy General", "The Clever Raccoon Dog" and "Ko Ju Mong".
The theme of "The Boy General" (100 parts) is the anti-aggression struggle of the people in Koguryo (B.C. 277-A.D. 668) and their patriotism. "Ko Ju Mong" (50 parts) deals with the figures recorded in history. They gave pleasure to the people throughout the country with interesting life story, relations between lifelike characters and great dramatic attraction.
"The Clever Raccoon Dog" contributes to the development of intelligence and study of children and students for its themes dealing with valuable fundamentals.
The studio is now producing a historical cartoon "Prince Hodong and Princess Rangnang" on the basis of actual historical facts. The 3-D cartoon, based on advanced technology, also gains popularity for its lifelike characters, dramatic composition and lively music.
The studio has widened the range of subject and introduced new depictive technologies to produce cartoons earlier with a combination of 3-D work and speech record.
The Korea April 26 Animation Studio, a leading animation producer of the country, was founded on September 7, 1957. -0-
http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/9d4a675ee8623fbfaba0f9c6ae31901d (5 images)
Following their Emmy win for Outstanding Animated Program, South Park is making a big change. Creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce:
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount -- a Skydance Capitulation.”
The 29th Season of the award-winning series will premiere Wednesday, September 16th, at 10pm ET/PT on Comedy Central.
New episodes will be available to stream on Paramount+ around the world, with next-day availability in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
https://x.com/SouthPark/status/2097364141237539116#m
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