It’s going strong!
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just give us the minerals already
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I’m going to do my part and drink a canadiano
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This is actually racism.
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you are what you eat…
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Oh ha nice try! No way I’m putting my name on the List lololol
Sorry for the tangent away from “lul I’m shitposting on the internet” going on, but I wanted to raise just how concerning the US siding with Russia against pretty much the whole rest of the world at the UN is.
Unfortunately this does not come as a surprise, but until now there hasn’t been a real solid piece of policy or action as an exemplar of “what everyone knows” as Trump’s stance re: Putin and Russia.
This truly cements the position in, and is going to be highly destabilising across the world. There’s talk from EU leaders regarding it no longer (?? it never really was) being safe to rely on US infrastructure and companies.
I genuinely believe that if Russia were to attack an EU/NATO member state presently, the US would not join in defense and aid.
Where I live, Australia, is toothlessly just trying to ride it out – offering no strong commentary in order to try and not draw attention I guess.
This is, to put it mildly, all very disconcerting.
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honestly insane that we’re the ones on the receiving end of “Freedom Fries” now 
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you got freedom fried
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oh no, we got freedom fried. Dang it, I got beat to it!
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https://itch.io/b/2889/hrt-harm-reduction-toolkit-bundle
An HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit bundle is on itch.io.
Distribute Aid is developing a network of supply chains, medical aid, distribution partners and kit development across 11 states that aims to provide direct care and medical support to thousands of trans people, with the goal of scaling up to cover the rest of the country during 2025.
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This is awesome!
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For international news I think the Financial Times and The Guardian do a decent enough job if you avoid the opinion columns. FT is painfully dry but I do feel like it has more insight and less bias than most places. You can bypass paywalls with a browser extension.
Podcast/video wise I like Novara Media. UK based but often tackling international affairs and with quite good in-depth interviews with people who write books on important topics.
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Wow, this is the same effect as for when England banned a lot of German products during the 1st World War.
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I have no idea how slow mode works. I somehow deleted that post while trying to edit it.
Anyway, I’m very curious if this is the book where trump got his belief that you life is like a battery and exercising decreases that battery. It looks like something he could read.
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News worthy of note for any other Australians on these forums:
We have another federal election due this year, and I’m again somewhat worried about it. The incumbent “left” (really center-left (really center)) party have been doing their best to publicly sabotage themselves, while the opposition conservative right party are getting more and more right-wing every year and have a real chance of winning this one.
The election must be held no later than 17th May, so we’ll know soon enough
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I am pretty worried about this election. If we were dumb enough as a country to elect Morrison, we’re probably dumb enough to elect Dutton. Not that the Labor party has much to brag about. I feel like the LNP is dedicated to the destruction of everything good about this country and they always come through (I say I feel this because actually their incompetence is their saving grace), while Labor in theory are interested in making it better but in practice are a constant disappointment.
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I’m going to remain pretty optimistic that we don’t get Dutton. He leans hard into the culture war non-sense I just don’t think he has any charisma to pull anything off. But I’m optimistic and I once believe Tony Abbott will never be elected PM so who knows I’ve been dissapointed in Aussies before.
I typically vote Greens anyway so I get to sleep easy at night.
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I could check out FT I honestly don’t mind super dry stuff. I used to listen to the Council of Foreign Relations podcast which would be super dry (interviews with Diplomats etc)
Thanks for the recommend I’ll check out Novara Media! Just saved in on my podcast app!
