Music: Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Dropkick Murphys, The Mountain Goats

Comics: Sam Wallman’s Our Members Be Unlimited

Movies/Theatre: Billy Elliot

TV: Firefly (feels kind of politically confused but that feels pretty accurate anyway.),

I unironically love the description of one of the most successful and influential works of art ever created as a musical you once saw because your friend was in it. That’s as working class as it gets.

Russia has considerable interest in Syria and likely isn’t watching Israel’s invasion into Southern Syria with glee.

A local type of yam that tastes like a cross between a carrot and a potato.

Everything becomes more expensive once a market for it is created. Meanwhile local foods like murnong and kangaroo apples are free in Australia.

I use an RSS app called Feeder, and Lemmy. I find I go back to The Conversation a lot as I find it covers topics in a calm tone of voice and with a level of academic rigor that I appreciate.

We were just getting into it when we had someone collapse on the footpath outside our house, he was unable to walk and was calling for help. We had to go perform first aid and call an ambulance. Didn’t feel like fucking after that.

Tape is rad for long term storage

I remember hearing a good quote along the lines of 'Peripherals do not sell consoles. By their very nature their sales market is pre-existing console owners."

Plus Yosuke Okunari also said “Sega had devoted much of its game development capabilities to the 32X (and much of its hardware stock, since the 32X used the same chip as the Saturn) during the 1994 year-end sales season.” Which ruined Sega’s capacity to support manufacturing and game development of the Saturn.

Interesting seeing this after the flurry of positive articles he’s been receiving over the last month.

Paying more for good quality tools to fix things properly can seem like a luxury initially, but they’re worth it when you’re 10 years down the line and still able to use the same set as if they were brand new.

That’s so cool. I’d never heard of it before. Please someone in the homebrew community has to work on this

Well done. That’s a decent effort. I can’t imagine being so motivated when I was that age.

Bo Burnham’s Kanye Rant

https://youtu.be/rYy0o-J0x20

I cannot for the life of me imagine the fear and heartbreak of watching your child die in such a horrific way. What a nightmare.

This was years ago. But I’ve never been much into the bars and clubs scene. I remember at the time just feeling isolated and alone. I didn’t like spending 8-12 hours every day without any connection to anyone. Along with an extremely high pressure work environment, I was breaking down into tears on my way home most days.

I did it to myself so I was able to open up and find ways to connect to the people around me once I changed my attitude.

I also found some solidarity. It started as just a few complaints about how things were run but eventually I joined the union who helped me recoup a bunch of stolen wages.

Really insightful comment. I did not understand OPs perspective at all but it feels like you’ve hit the nail on the head.

When I first joined the work force I had this idea that ‘I was there to do a job not make friends.’ but that attitude made me miserable

Perhaps if you are able, consider volunteering? It feels a lot better than anything you can consume and helps build a routine with clear purpose that can help some people with anxiety.

You should check out the work being done by the anti capitalist Solidarity Collective.

If there is one thing that is clear, it’s that the Ukraine war is a late stage capitalist war. Units are sponsored. Ukraine has not resorted to widespread nationalisations or labour conscription. Unlike the total war of the 20th century, Ukraine’s war effort heavily relies on market mechanisms and civilian donations.

Ukrainians are left in darkness and many without heating. Yet, shopping arcades are lit in garish lights, with lavish displays of luxury fashion brands.

And yet this has created an opportunity for grassroots movements like solidarity collectives who supply anarchists, human rights defenders, trade unionists, eco-anarchists, anarcho-feminists, punk-rockers, and political refugees from Belarus and russia as military units with everything they need laying the foundations and build the knowledge needed to topple the authoritarian ruling class, independent of the state.

What a fucking whinge