Tankies have redefined a wide variety of words in ways that are completely unrecognizable to other speakers of their languages. Empire and imperialism are prominent examples. So I suspect, if you understood the way he’s using the word, the statement would be accurate. But of course, one also needs to acknowledge that their definitions are carefully crafted for political ends, including the deception of unsuspecting people.

On the other hand, if you aren’t at least vaguely familiar with what they’re talking about, it can also make them appear to be complete lunatics.

Haha no worries.

What does this have to do with lemmygrad?

Is silicone toxic?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YOzxeEf8EogD_QRBiJHeHenhUtBs6KFN/view

Sorry I had to ask around and this week was really busy so I didn’t get to it right away.

Thanks! I was going to do this but this past week was super busy for me.

I’ll have to think of what I can forage up to make a post about. Maybe some blackberries, I think they’re starting now in my area.

Haha this is how I started and it’s not very productive. There are so many mushrooms in the world and many are very difficult to identify.

A mushroom picker early in my journey gave me this advice, which I think was good.

Eat like a peasant. Pick things that are abundant and easy to identify. Don’t worry about trying to become a mycological master right away–if that interests you, you can work on those skills but it takes many years to get there. If you want to get started at picking for the table, learn what the common edibles are in your area and seek places where they grow. Picking random mushrooms will just be a huge time sink and can be discouraging.

Some common and easy to identify edibles in the northern hemisphere include morels, chanterelles, black trumpets, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, and porcini.

If you are in the eastern US, I think chanterelle season should be now or soon, depending on how warm it is. So that would be a great one to learn to get started.

There might be some things the mayor could do, like joining boycotts, etc.

Certainly he can stop or interfere with the crackdown on pro-palestinian dissent in the city which has been extreme under Adams and Trump.

What’s the legal standard in the Netherlands? Anyone know? Seems relevant here.

Won’t someone rid us of this turbulent shitstain?

I truly lost the plot on this meme lol. How did this even start?

It seems like it might finally be materializing. I don’t know every detail of Mamdani’s politics but they do seem genuinely left by American standards. I can’t think of a further left candidate that has won a prominent election in this country.

No, it’s happening everywhere. But I’ve also seen some significant resistance happening in other cities like NYC, Newark, Portland, Chicago, Seattle, SF, etc.

Should be, but NYC has a surprisingly conservative streak. Just look at their past mayors.

Yeah it’s complicated. It might help more radical campaigns to launch but the actual tally should favor consensus candidates who I expect to be moderate. But it will be interesting to see what happens.

I figured that may not have been your intention, just wanted to voice this because I’ve seen an increasing number of politically illiterate or dishonest people arguing that polls are fabricated and should be ignored, or similar nonsense.

I actually think RCV is maybe bad for Mamdani. He has a lot of energy but is the furthest left candidate. RCV tends to favor moderates, and Cuomo is probably perceived as more moderate, rightly or wrongly.

Polls are legitimate data on the sentiments of voters. However, they are prone to various error, and when combined with the tendency of partisans to trumpet polls that favor their narrative and dismiss or ignore those that don’t, this can build a misleading view of what’s happening.

This is just one poll, so while it is interesting and suggests a tightening race, it’s probably an outlier. So I think my prior is still that Cuomo is heavily favored, but we won’t know for sure until the results are counted.

So trust the polls but understand that they are not prophecies, only one clue among many as to what is really going to happen.

It’s fairly obviously for rabid, bloodthirsty nationalists in both nations. These leaders build their power on fear and have a constant need to demonstrate social dominance over one another, lest their image as an invincible strong-man show any cracks. In reality they are scared shitless over the possibility of a real war which would threaten their continued rule. So they put on this puppet show so the useful idiots can think of ”hur dur America/Iran stronk, we beat those filthy heathens” with less risk of escalation.

I also use Reddit. My local sub can’t be replicated here, unfortunately, and it’s a very valuable resource to know what’s going on in the local community.