With lemm.ee closing doors, i have done some house keeping and will be closing this community.

I ordered a Rodina automatic and I can't wait 😍😍😍 hoping it will arrive tomorrow.

I have a working Sekonda and a fualty but both I have been practising watchmaking on and this Rodina has been serviced so I won't need to mess with it and hopefully won't have that incessant itch to take it apart.

Soviet watch appreciation thread.

Bought an early production 2209 movement, the movement itself has a 20nm gold plate and was at the time known as an ultra slim movement measuring just under 3ml and competed directly with Swiss watch makers.

As a side note, I have not seen this dial variant and have to say, its aged beautifully with a deep purple patina pushing through the midnight blue and the added sunbeam effect gives it a stunning oil slick visual.

The Great British National Strike, taking place this weekend, is set to see more than 500,000 people across the country walking out in protest of the state of the UK.”

That’s how right-wing TV channel GB News previewed Saturday’s outbreak of al fresco grumbles, few of them more than a couple of dozen strong.

It makes you wonder if GBeebies has any more idea what ‘walking out’ means than the damp squib’s organisers have of what constitutes a ‘strike’.

Hi comrades, Over the last year, I have been having casual chats with a neighbour, Ross and I greet each other when we cross path.

He's a good guy making what he can of a system thats hostile towards neurodivergence, austerity in Britain has harmed so many, Ross even said himself how unfit exeter mental health support is. So Ross opts for his own therapy, riding through exeter on his bike while sharing his music. That has stopped since his bike was stolen last week.

So I'm sharing here his gofundme, if you can donate big or small it would be a lot to Ross and myself.

If you have suggestions on the blurb on the GoFundMe then please share.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bring-the-techno-bike-back-to-exeter?lang=en_US&ts=1747856255&attribution_id=sl%3Af6e96d4a-0701-4369-8711-d45b25742f54&v=amp14_t1

Solidarity,

Squid

Reading is still relatively new to me, especially books. My grandmother left me he ereader and been using it for 4 years, recently I converted several books to open-dyslexia as a test and honesly. Its been great.

I’ve recently started cutting out ultra-processed foods after reading Ultra-Processed People, and today I really felt the difference while shopping.

At Waitrose (a UK supermarket, and not exactly a cheap one), I went looking for hummus. I checked the back of four different brands—every single one had rapeseed oil, stabilizers, or other additives. One even branded itself Extra Virgin Olive Oil Hummus… yet still listed rapeseed oil in the ingredients.

So I figured I’d make my own. I went to grab chickpeas, and even Waitrose’s own canned chickpeas had stabilizers. I finally found another brand—twice the price—that only had chickpeas and water.

Out of curiosity, I checked other products. I’ve been a bit obsessed with ice cream lately, since the book talks about it in detail. Not one of the five or so brands I looked at had just natural ingredients. Even the “cleanest” options had a long list of things I wouldn’t use at home.

After reading Ultra-Processed People, I felt compelled to create a space where we can collectively scream into the void—and maybe also do something more constructive.

This community is for anyone concerned about the rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and their impact on our health. From cancer and diabetes to obesity and even mental health, the science is becoming hard to ignore.

I hope this space helps build awareness, solidarity, and support as we navigate the modern diet and try to reclaim real food.

Join us:

Ultra Processed Food

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These so-called "strikes" lack the backing of organised workers, socialist parties, and real trade unions. They’ve hijacked our language while pushing an agenda that doesn’t represent the working class.

We won’t let them march unchallenged into our cities, masquerading as the voice of labour. It’s time to show them what real workers' power looks like.

• Raise this in your union meetings, trades councils, and leftist orgs.
• Organise against these right-wing LARPers.

WE DEMAND:

• Fair pay for all workers
• Decent housing for the many, not profit for the few
• Fully funded public services
• Fight the bosses—not migrants!

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Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Gaza, with some officials suggesting it plans to capture and occupy the whole of the strip.

The Israeli military has called up tens of thousands of reservists in preparation, claiming it is “increasing the pressure” on Hamas to hasten the return of Israeli hostages. But the father of one of the hostages has even called on soldiers “not to report for reserve duty for moral and ethical reasons”, while a hostage campaign group has accused the government of “sacrificing” them.

The immediate effect will also extremely worsen the already dire situation for Palestinians in Gaza as the plans are set to forcibly displace people by centralising aid. Even before this new offensive, the World Food Programme says it has already run out of food and the Red Cross has said the humanitarian response in Gaza was on the verge of “total collapse”. Israel even likely attacked a peace flotilla near Malta with drones which was attempting to deliver aid.