In his defense, many US normies have been very easily China-pilled in a matter of days. (And we love to see it!!!)

I want Xi Jinping running this country WHEN WILL HE LIBERATE US FROM OUR OPPRESSORS?!?!

I don’t, unfortunately! This is the only animal-related podcast I listen to but now that you mention it, a podcast just talking about wild animals being cool would be great.

They’re gonna do what’s best for the Chinese people. Running afoul of the US govt does not benefit Chinese people. Why would they do it? There is a fair amount of risk involved and very little reward.

Luckily pandas are pretty chill, at least

Highly recommend the “Tooth and Claw” podcast. It’s hosted by a bear biologist, Wes Larsen, his brother Jeff Larsen, and their friend Mike Smith.

It’s about animal attacks but they take care not to demonize the animals. So they’re very compelling stories and they also give you practical information about how to avoid being attacked and what to do if you are attacked, plus biology and conservation info and lots of jokes. Pretty sure Wes is a low-key leftist too.

Grizzlies are probably Wes’ favorite animal and he’s worked with them a ton so they are featured prominently on the podcast.

TL;DR: Do not hug this adorable cuddly motherfucker under any circumstances.

This is very similar to an episode of Silicon Valley.

Thank you for being open to feedback.

I’m glad you have been successful with stopping compulsive behavior. I’ve never struggled with porn but definitely have struggled with compulsive spending/shopping so I know it can be hard to make a change. I hope your mental health continues to improve

You’re not wrong, but also none of those countries are communist.

People can definitely become compulsive with porn and need to make a change, so if it was a negative influence for you, I’m glad you’ve stopped watching it. I’ve just seen a huge increase in this “exploitation” rhetoric that coincides with a huge increase in the deplatforming, shadowbanning, and debanking of sex workers.

I mean this in a comradely way, but the view that porn=exploitation is anti-sex work and it can be harmful for us. 😕 I know people don’t mean to cause harm but y’all are falling for very effective anti-sex propaganda.

Hi there! If you feel like porn is having a negative impact on your life and relationships, it’s great that you’ve been able to stop watching it.

But there are many, many people creating porn who aren’t exploited (or at least, aren’t more exploited than other workers under capitalism.) Most of the mainstream porn studios are exploitative, but if you subscribe to an independent creator’s OnlyFans, you’re actually supporting a worker directly. I am a sex worker and about 10% of my monthly income comes from OnlyFans.

If not watching porn is the right choice for you, I support you. But I absolutely hate this narrative that consuming adult content is inherently wrong or bad. That’s Puritanical anti-sex nonsense, and the people pushing that narrative all have a religious agenda. Please don’t perpetuate that shit.

Sex workers are workers and our customers aren’t bad people.

After 4 days on XHS, I am pretty much convinced that our own government might even be incentivizing the Chinese government to maintain the Great Firewall. Because they definitely do not want us talking to Chinese people. They’re all already telling us we need land reform. Like our gov must have known what could happen if we started talking to them directly.

Yeah most of them assumed that because we’re a rich country we have a high standard of living, worker protections, a good social safety net, etc. They are shocked to learn how bad it is. Some of them said they cried when they learned that poor people sell their plasma here to buy food. This one guy just keeps making videos about healthcare costs here like “$30,000 for normal hospital birth?!?! How do any Americans afford to have a baby?!?!”

I would hate having to see Trump’s name all over every time I get on the anti-woke Trump Train that gets me from Denver to Las Vegas in 3 hours. I would cry liberal tears the entire trip 😭

I’m a big fan of the current push to convince him that it would really piss the left off if he built high speed rail and called it “Trump Train.”

Like nothing would own the libs and commies harder than high speed Trump Train we would all be soooooooo mad!!!

Right if given the choice between the Chinese or the US govt having my data, I will take China, thanks. The US gov will probably use it to imprison me for thought crimes. The Chinese gov will just use it to market more treats to me on AliExpress.

And I like Chinese treats, what can I say?

Hot take but this is one of many reasons why I’d never give birth in a hospital unless it was 100% medically necessary (and also one of a million reasons why I will never give birth at all.)

Nurses and doctors are cops. Social workers are cops. Everyone fancies themself a fucking cop.

My sister gave birth to her first child at a hospital and the experience was so bad, she needed years of therapy and vowed she’d never give birth in a hospital again. Her second and third kids were delivered at home with a certified nurse midwife.

And my sister is not anti-medicine or anti-vaxx. She takes pharmaceuticals. She and her kids are fully vaccinated.

The way birthing people are treated in this country is oppressive and carceral.

California voters just had the opportunity to outlaw this practice and they voted no. 😐

Abolition now!!!

I can’t nap immediately after taking my Adderall XR but I do find that my sleep has been much better overall since I started taking it. I used to struggle with insomnia but getting on stimulants actually helped.

Yeah the FOIA backlog is absurd. Ken Klippenstein was just complaining about it recently.