On a wide shot of the crowd response there were two black people initially running away panicked, after a second one looked around and said something to the other guy and they chilled out, I like to imagine they were like "oh wait, the shooter is on our side, it's cool."

I make sure to at least drink some coffee and chill for a bit before seeing if we are all in imminent danger or if I need to join the nearby uprising but also

Business Insider: "Yeah it looks like they are doing fine but don't worry, they are being crushed by our sanctions and dying of starvation thankfully."

The photos of Kim beaming next to stacks of food are no doubt meant to send a signal to the world that the country is doing better than ever — whether true or not. In reality, the country's economy is still under the grip of international sanctions imposed after its nuclear and missile tests. A United Nations report last year concluded 70% of North Koreans were struggling to get enough to eat.

I will never deny that capitalism is endlessly innovative

I've thought about this a lot, I've always felt like one of the "others", love being an Amerikkka hater, and generally just feel unmotivated to get into things like movies if everyone is watching it. I had the thought that maybe there is some evolutionary benefit to having members of a group driven to do different things just because they are different, like the weirdos/avant garde help push progress and prevent decay by shaking things up.

Like the random genetic mutations that help biological evolution, it's helpful to have people do weird stuff in case they do something that is more useful than what others would think of.

I've been seeing young people pogo dancing, dying their hair bleached leopard print, rocking JNCO jeans and chain wallets, surely soon enough they'll be on the 2000s

There is no such thing as weaklings and cowards, we are all a result of our material conditioning, language like that is identical to social darwinist anti-materialist views and removes the humanity from people. We are 'good' because we were fortunate enough to have a worldview instilled in us in which we respect collectivism and helping others.

I think it's important to view people this way because no one is forever lost, rehabilitation is possible, people can see the errors of their ways and change, thinking of people 'as' a trait like cowardice or laziness makes it as if that is all they are and unchangeable. These people selling the land, exploiting others, have been tricked into thinking this is beneficial for them, or they are addicted to the gratification of it. We can fight them and the conditions that bring these views about without hurting ourselves by holding onto resentment for these people.

Hezbollah continues to resist ground incursions in Southern Lebananon, this article highlighting an ongoing battle today in the town of Bint Jbeil. Also discussed is the strategic significance and history of the town.

El Mayadeen: An epic battle of Bint Jbeil: Hezbollah fighters stand their ground

Surgery robot cuts time, headline writers just live for jokes like this

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China officially issued its 400th serious warning to the United States over military intrusions into its territorial waters and airspace, as published in Chinese state-run People's Daily on 6 April 1966.

I really think they do use AI to make some decisions, it seems like the most reasonable explanation for some of the choices. Just for curiousity I used chatGPT to ask for plans to improve the situation in the Iran conflict. The top plan it gave was to use state-backed terrorism on ships and ports to create pressure while ensuring deniability. It referred to it as "hiring privateers to disrupt trade through seizing vessels or limited strikes", it's wild that AI/LLMs have gone from plagiarism machines to war crime generators.

With more young people unable to find work you'll get drivers that have little experience driving of any type that are being thrown into big rigs also. At my job we got a delivery from a driver who was brand new, in college probably around 20, driving a full size trailer truck, he had just broken off one of the trailer doors backing up with it open. He was totally unconcerned and hopped out asking us "where's a good book store around here? My girlfriend wants me to grab her something while I'm in town." It was wild.

This amazing artwork was posted there:

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I just love that everything my mom taught me is being proven right all the time. In 2008 in regards to voting for Obama she said "I don't vote, even if they're a good candidate they'll just do whatever the rich want them to do anyway." Just by experiencing poverty and illness in the US and having critical thought she came to viewpoints that would be celebrated here. I think it probably helped that me and my siblings played a lot of hardcore conscious rap in the house too.

I cant wait to hear the excuses why Mexico can achieve this but it would bankrupt the US if we tried it. They don't really make excuses anymore though, but it just really rubs in how morally corrupt the political class of the US is compared to every other nation on Earth.

Compared to the other figures they do seem to have a more realistic body and pose, it would make sense if they were modeling for him if you meant the artist's wife

When discussing things based on a certain school of thought like Marxist dialectical materialism there is terminology we can use to more accurately convey our meaning, rather than the meaning coming from just our interpretation. I think there is plenty of good discussion here where people do listen to each other's points rather than responding instinctively based on their bias. If you're talking about something like magic or psychedelic experiences though, or religion, etc, things that are more subjective and less able to be rigorously studied, people will have a stronger bias, especially here where there is an emphasis on pure materialism.