mah [none/use name] to

Introductions • 10 months ago

new here

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new here

mah [none/use name] to

Introductions • 10 months ago

i am here because i like strange internet communities, but i'm more of a lurker than an active member. i have been (tenuously but constantly) involved in leftist politics for 20 years.

i hope to waste some precious time on this platform.

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the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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10 months ago
Hey there, welcome! I mostly lurk too, but I'm trying to comment more. What's your favorite kind of stuff to waste time scrolling through?

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- mah [none/use name]
  hexagon
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  10 months ago
  sociology, politics, heterodox economics, photography, technology, etc.
  
  i love "old web", personal homepages, academia, etc etc.
  
  link

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