rayne [she/her]

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Cake day: June 30th, 2024
  • rayne [she/her]topolitics•China to give LDCs [least developed countries] including 33 African countries zero-tariff treatment
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    3 months ago

    It looks like the Western propaganda machine is accusing China of creating a debt trap. This thread was about the south African president saying it's not a trap but a good deal. Here's some comments.

    https://lemm.ee/post/41546351/14590872

    So this is a comment seeing this as good news. 10 upvotes, 13 down.

    After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels, props up violent dictators and which leaves behind a big hole in the ground where the countries resources have been stripped, I would suggest that investment that builds railways, ports and other infrastructure, creates jobs and new markets, is like a breath of fresh air .

    Response with 17 upvotes and 2 down.

    Because there are no slums or brothels in China, big holes in the ground, and they have never propped up violent dictators.

    13 up, 3 down

    Remind me: How old is China? No poor people in Tibet or Yunnan? Burma is doing wonderfully too, I hear.

    And a top comment from the thread 38 up 10 down

    Person benefiting financially from deal says bad deal is good deal.

  • rayne [she/her]totraaaaaaannnnnnnnnns•Trans Megathread: September 2nd-9th: Toyosatomimi no Miko
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    3 months ago
    mental health

    Dysphoria and depression have been bad. Not finding much comfort in my relationship and feeling like shit physically.

    Tried to boy mode my way through quitting smoking. Visit with my kid on my birthday was the only thing I was really looking forward to the rest of the year and it was cancelled. And I may have had a cold or mild covid. Almost a week of inflammation and sore throat. So not much motivation to do anything aside from laying around miserable.

  • rayne [she/her]toAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•what is your best story from jail, prison, rehab, or psych ward?
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    3 months ago
    the guys I met in intake

    When I was in the intake prison I was around a lot of people going down for multiple decades. People who were going to max.

    Ate lunch across from a guy who had murdered his gf while paranoid on meth. He burned their house down trying to cover up the crime.

    One of my cellies was in for stealing atms and shooting at the cops during his arrest.

    My other cellie for sex trafficking. Would pick women up at the bar and take them for a motorcycle ride. Then sell the women to a biker gang. He said he knew it was wrong and that he deserved the decades he had, but would do it all again.

    There's really no best stories though. It was all pretty shitty and depressing.

    Once I got to medium it was pretty smooth. Read a lot. Wrote a lot. Meditated a lot. Tried to avoid mindless self indulgence so I wouldn't be fucked when I got out.

    And it was still very difficult to reinitgrate with all my family living out of state.

  • rayne [she/her]tochat•Mushrooms are awesome. We need more mushroom appreciation on hexbear
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    3 months ago

    I like to boil them in hot water for ten minutes and then strain out the mushrooms.

    Make tea or hot chocolate with the hot water and then lay on my floor for a few hours staring at the ceiling and talking to myself.

    Outside of that, pan fried works well with most mushrooms and in most dishes. Just don't overcrowd the pan and learn to dry fry some species (lions mane for instance).

    It's a bit complicated, but Lion's Mane po boys are yummy. Lion's Mane risotto is also excellent.

    Most other mushrooms you can substitute for beef (shiitake and buttons) or chicken (chick of the woods).

    They all are excellent with eggs too!