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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24394554

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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."

Did you know that four years ago in the original Techno-Mage story-boards Girl had a love interest?!

On the one hand, hooray for supporting the development of infrastructure in Africa and stuff. On the other hand, booooo for being a top trading partner with the Zionist Entity, and selling drones to Indonesia, and all that.

So what the Hell do you make of it all! Like I get that there's this term called "realpolitik" which is somehow relevant, but I'd like a longer explanation than just one word. Like how does the good and the bad fit together at its core?

You could certainly write tomes about this topic — many people have done exactly that — and maybe I'm being a bit incurious to expect someone to serve me a quick answer on a silver platter instead of diving into as many articles and PDF books as I can get my hands on... But I'm also just kind of tired of having such extremely underdeveloped views on the most populous AES state and country in general, after I came to unlearn or mistrust whichever views I'd had on China previously.

Good day comrades and welcome to my first Hexbear post.

Like many others here, I have participated with delight in the Western invasion/migration to 小红书. Hearing from the Chinese people directly has truly restored some of my faith in humanity.

Also like many others I am grateful every day for their revolution and steadfast and peaceful development over the decades, especially lately with climate change looming and no other nations rising to the challenge.

Thirdly, after understanding CIA media operations and anticommunist agitprop I now don't personally object to what we call "censorship" over here. It seems legitimate to me for the dictatorship of the proletariat to manage the "Overton Window", (lest it be managed instead by capital and its convenient alliance with jingoism).

Now for the hard questions.

I spoke with a Chinese citizen and acquaintance about all this. Aside from their reluctance to discuss politics I was also troubled by their assessment of the labor situation in China.

According to them, there are unions but they are state controlled and useless. They say the work culture is brutal and unsustainable and that doing true organizing will result in imprisonment.

I am coming to this question from a place of wanting to learn from the premier Marxist country and government, but I can't make it reconcile in my head. I would perhaps ask this question on 小红书 but I don't think this discourse would be welcome in that community.

Were unions weaponized by foreign powers in China's past? Is my acquaintance biased/unrepresentative? Is the connection between organized labor and Marxism less ironclad than I always assumed? What do you think comrades?

I produced this video for The Gravel Institute a few years back before the organization folded.

It's popped off again recently for some reason. Maybe because everything has gotten worse?

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Its funny when your notice it

In the northwest neighborhoods, exterior courtyards, clay drainpipes, and household refuse were uncovered. Excavated pottery included everyday items such as cups, plates, bowls and storage jars. Some of the pottery was surprisingly well-decorated and carefully made, hinting that private wealth may have been more common than expected.

Animal bones found with the pottery suggest that residents enjoyed a varied diet, including domesticated meat and wild game. This level of dietary diversity is unexpected for non-elite populations in Mesopotamian cities, based on limited current evidence.

These findings may challenge ideas about sharp divisions between elite and non-elite lifestyles in ancient cities. The material culture and dietary practices reflect a community where some people lived relatively well and suggests that further research and analysis is needed to answer lingering questions.

One still image with a random girl crushing on a lady in a 40+ hour game is still pretty good LGBT representation for 1999

And no he does not masturbate to the image. I am pondering of either seeing a psych doc with him or his PCP. Apparently this has been going on for the past 2 years.

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My father got himself a laser cutting machine for Christmas. He found the plans for this kit and cut it out. I've spent the last couple weeks slowly assembling/gluing it together. Today, it is finished.