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This is a sad result of the Israel lobby:
Also, the woman and her daughter who made the complaint are the most karen of karens. Fuck you karen.
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8 minutes ago, usagi said:
it's ok. we all know white people can't be refugees.
ex-pats is the preferred nomenclature.
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28 minutes ago, usagi said:
^ you missed the irony in the point I was making, m9. I guess I should've used more emojis.
I totally did. Facepalm for chen.
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5 minutes ago, usagi said:
isn't it nice when refugees can find a home instead of being demonised.
Let's not get it twisted though - this applies to Ukranians because there is a significant Ukranian population here already and also, they're white. There is unfortunately a percentage of the population that think the Australian approach to refugees is the one we (Canada) should be taking - though thankfully that is mostly on Xhitter and r/Canada (what a fucking shithole that subreddit is) so probably foreign agents and bots mostly making those claims along with North Texas (Alberta).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-asylum-seeker-increase-1.6916053
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OPN is playing in Tokyo next month with Jim O’Rourke opening and I might not be able to go
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3 minutes ago, decibal cooper said:
it seems like the Biden admin is hell bent on prolonging the conflict for as long as possible. Also, Putin, now that Russia has the upper hand in the conflict, is most likely happy at this point for the chance to annex as much territory where there are majority Russian-speaking people there as possible
The US will not commit forces, but I don't think Biden wants to prolong the conflict for as long as possible, it is costing a lot of political capital in the US and other "Western" nations.
Russia has the upper hand briefly, but they're using missiles purchased from North Korea who will not be willing to deplete their arsenal by any significant amount. I don't think (in my completely non-expert as a military analyst opinion) that Russia's superiority will last long.
27 minutes ago, decibal cooper said:the Minsk agreement for peace in the Donbas region of 2014 was a diplomatic trick meant to help Ukraine bolster its military capabilities for a future confrontation with Russia
The Minsk agreement in 2014 failed, the 2015 Minsk II accord lasted a little longer, and Russia certainly used the same period to increase arms in Russian controlled areas. Also, the analysis by that organization that "NATO wanted war" overlooks the slightly inconvenient fact that Russia was the one who invaded. Yes NATO expanded into Eastern Europe, because the countries requested the protection - I wonder why? You can make the argument that Russia saw that as a provocation, but defensive posturing is not undertaken to invite conflict.
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On 1/6/2024 at 1:47 AM, decibal cooper said:
This article of analysis from American poli sci professor/researcher J. Mearsheimer: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/genocide-in-gaza
Selling Mearsheimer a little short by calling him a poli sci professor/researcher, but good article by him. the book that he co-authored on the Jewish lobby in America is an interesting read and there is some pertinence to the utter madness that Bill Ackman is trying to perpetrate. the working paper the book is based on discusses some of the influence of the Jewish lobby on US academia. Attaching it here as it's a good summary of the many issues the US-Israel alliance has created.
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On 1/5/2024 at 10:54 PM, petsim said:
Did you manage to pick up the first one? He released Vol.1 and 2 for the day as well.
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48 minutes ago, ignatius said:
weapons contractors on each shoulder whispering "do it.. just do it" in US/UK administration's ears.
I mean sure but at the end of the day Ukraine is a sovereign state and I believe that the discovery of the crimes in Bucha did have an impact on the negotiations. There is also the question of whether or not it would have been a ploy by Putin to buy time to regroup and resupply the Russian military, since I trust Putin to abide by the terms of a peace treaty about as much as I trust a 2-month old not to shit itself.
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On 11/29/2023 at 8:06 PM, decibal cooper said:
if I trusted David Arakhamia, who was one of Zelensky's top advisors and has stated that negotiations were on the table at the beginning of the war which Ukraine and Russia were open to. Dude was literally one of Zelensky's top advisors saying that UK and US put pressure on Ukraine to choose war instead of a peace deal.
Two different articles on the peace talks in Istanbul in March 2022:
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Fascinating approach to Japan's transition out of the Meiji restoration, through the Second World War, and into the present.
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On 12/26/2023 at 9:52 PM, milkface said:
Lovely bit of boxing day football today
Indeed!
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10 hours ago, psn said:
Good Yule!
Well lush!!! A Jenkinson jam.
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Merry chrimbo all heads.
got an advent beer calendar and some pretty decent scotch. Plus my first new controller in years so I’m happier than a pig in shit.-
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7 hours ago, species8472 said:
Some good techno.
Speaking of good techno that came out this year a couple of records I liked (getting old and crotchety so techno doesn't hit that same itch):
Alexander Johansson and Mattias Fridell keep being amazing
Fadi Mohem - Mohem 02
And I forgot these two beautiful ambient records from Demetrio Cecchitelli
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6 hours ago, species8472 said:
Martinou is my favourite thing going. Wonderful full length and EP this year.
This is great. Reminds of The Field in all the right ways.
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20 hours ago, perunamuusi said:
This is probably my song of the year
I'm glad the guy walking around with the phone taking video is dressed all in white to reduce the early reflections.
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So much music I've never heard of in this thread - love this about WATMM.
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7 hours ago, NewSchoolScience said:
William pls
blasphemy.
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I know he put out that thing with Kode 9 in the summer, but it's Christmas. It's time Mr. Bevan.
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11 of my favs from the year in no particular order:
Killer Mike - Michael
Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
Omni Gardens - Golden Pear
Luke Vibert - Machine Funk
Celer - Gems, 16
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Gray Eucalyptus Tranquility
Demetrio Cecchitelli - Infinite Gesture
Midori Tanaka - MSCTY XV&A Dundee
The Black Dog - My Brutal Life/Music for Airport Lounges
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID II
Special mentions:
Aleksi's output was fucking immense and I listened to so much of it I have to put COLUNDI in a separate category that doesn't adhere to the usual bounds of time and space.
AtomTM's Wavetable releases were challenging and interesting and brought some lovely moments.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen put out a beautiful single early in the year (All Our Friends Are Vampires) that I hoped meant a new album was forthcoming but alas, not to be this year.
Edit: I was pretty switched off from hip-hop but others have mentioned the JPEGmafia/Danny Brown ish which was great, also really liked "Faith is a Rock" from MIKE, Wiki, & The Alchemist
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9 hours ago, beerwolf said:
I watched a few seasons of Lucifer, it is absolute trash but good to watch but trust me you will tire pretty soon. Doubt you will get past season three before binning it.
Struggling to make it to the end of season 1 so you’re likely right
7 hours ago, exitonly said:slow horses is one of my favorite shows. the end of the last episode jumped the shark a bit though
A bit but so did S2 a bit. Reasonable suspension of disbelief for me, plus I’m a sucker for British spy shows and films.
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Watching season 3 of Slow Horses - Gary Oldman great as always.
Started watching Lucifer - absolute trash but somehow I can't stop watching it.
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To show the importance of local elections - here is one example:
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Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 [WAP480C] (July 28, 2023)
in New & Upcoming Releases
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Wow, thanks for sharing - that is awesome!