Physicist (noneq stat phys), interested in writing, socialism, history, other stuff to distract me from work. he/him. Math isn't real. Planaria dad.

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Joined May 2009
Summary of thread: Any form of capitalism in the global North is incommensurate with non-exploitative relations betn global North and South.
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"It sounds like a qawwali" yeah well classical music, like palaces, temples, garments, everything in the movie and in Indian culture, is a fusion that evolved over time. You are deluded if you think there's a line between "alien" and "authentic". And we used to be okay with that.
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I feel bad for ARR and Sai Pallavi but seriously what were they expecting taking up Hindutva slop
Qawwali in Ramayana. AR Rahman never fails to disappoint.
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@postdocforever.bsky.social / karanji retweeted
fun french song to discover today (linked below): check out the lyrics in french and english!
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Even those on the left are quick to scold "hooligans" but the hooligans in uniform are never chastised for maiming, lynching and beating unarmed protestors
Whoever the hooligans in France are, the effects of their actions will be: less sympathy for the demands of the protesters and more votes for the extreme right.
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No concern trolling about police brutality
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@postdocforever.bsky.social / karanji retweeted
A medic being brutally lynched by the Paris police. We don't know their condition as of now. TW: graphic images
Street medic inconscient au sol : la scène complète de son agression par la police Images : 1212studios (youtube)
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A medic being brutally lynched by the Paris police. We don't know their condition as of now. TW: graphic images
Street medic inconscient au sol : la scène complète de son agression par la police Images : 1212studios (youtube)
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@postdocforever.bsky.social / karanji retweeted
European liberals endorsed the U.S. bombing UNESCO world heritage sites in Iran, and now they are like "the political violence of targeting the Hermés boutique must end! 😭" You are a bunch of racist assholes and hypocrites
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Do not go into right wing discourse about the French protests, it's a cesspool of the vilest racism. In the end the only way to get rid of that is to win
It's just shocking how common the use of the terms "barbarians", "invaders", "Islamists" etc has become when talking about whole groups of people. Well, not shocking but sad how little we learn from history, even when it is a core part of our education. Ideology trumps all.
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@postdocforever.bsky.social / karanji retweeted
“You should protest peacefully” they’re always peaceful… until the police decides to beat the shit out of some teenagers doing nothing but fighting for their rights
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It's just shocking how common the use of the terms "barbarians", "invaders", "Islamists" etc has become when talking about whole groups of people. Well, not shocking but sad how little we learn from history, even when it is a core part of our education. Ideology trumps all.
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@postdocforever.bsky.social / karanji retweeted
The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar! - Karl Marx, The Civil War in France
Jag vill inte längre höra folk säga att det rör sig om ”vanliga” skolprotester. Bilderna och filmerna från Frankrike visar på ren och skär ondska.
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The history of space travel in the USSR puts the lie to the idea that communism, even in a formerly peasant nation, cannot come up with amazing technological leaps
The flying car looks like shit, releases enormous amounts of pollution. But the funniest thing is people claiming communism, which sent the first satellite into space, couldn't have done this.
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The flying car looks like shit, releases enormous amounts of pollution. But the funniest thing is people claiming communism, which sent the first satellite into space, couldn't have done this.
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Like, the USSR went toe to toe with the US in the space race. Communism places enormous emphasis on being scientifically advanced. What the fuck are you talking about
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I don't know how this can be anything but a symptom of a decaying economy
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I can't make a case for orange, chad banana is multipurpose and radioactive. But I love orange juice. Both sides are right
Replying to @MrNarci
But first, the third-place playoff [12] Orange [2] Banana
47%Orange
53%Banana
632 votes • Final results
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Right now the only way out of the worsening consequences for the human race (not AI existential risk but AI dependence, increasing warming, techno-fascism) is that the AI bubble bursts and the market crashes, creating space for socialism and the green transition.
We’ve known that an alghorithm was “going to eventually kill everyone” for around 200+ years now. It’s called the profit motive. An unyielding “line go up” eternal growth algorithm that has slipped out of human control for a very long time now. Skynet isn’t killer drones, it’s quarterly earning spreadsheets.
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Not only is the AI risk hype and call for slowdown a cynical strategy to regulate away competition, but there's no way they can mutually agree to a slowdown. It's as classic a prisoner's dilemma situation as you can get
This whole voluntary AI development slowdown is complete bullshit. They just can't support their planned capital expenditure burn rate w/o going bankrupt, and they can't IPO because their books are horrific. So they want to ban open source models and get a taxpayer bailout.
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