God, I hate Paul. He seems to be the source of most of the shitty things in Christianity.

Won’t you miss that extra body fat when it’s cold and there’s nothing to eat?

I think initially people felt broken by the election. The fact that so many of our people voted for him seemed crazy and crushing.

For me and people I know that fog is starting to lift and neighbors are getting organized, but it’s still in small pockets. There is no consensus leadership but there are actually lots of protests going on, like at the Tesla dealership. Interestingly, I learned that was happening from my dental hygienist while she was cleaning my teeth, not from any media.

Could I suggest the sci Fi of Cordwainer Smith? Different era and genre, but a similar kind of human beauty.

Because of the collapse of the USSR. It was the only thing scaring capitalists into giving something to the people.

I read it many years ago. It was good. Not as straightforward a story as Anna Karnenina, but it kept pulling me along and felt very worthwhile.

Isn’t Proton a little… fascist?

I saw Midnight Cowboy when I was a little kid at the drive in theater with my parents. Didn’t really understand it and I was unsettling, but I lived the song and Dustin Hoffman’s “I’m walking here!”

Could be an AV shunt for a dialysis patient

I’ve been in a lot of political discussions on Xiaohongshu. It seems people learn a little Marxism even in high school and are happy to share about it.

Not everything has been super fabulous about China, but nothing critical of Mao, and a big consensus that living in China is kinder to people who aren’t wealthy than the US

Who is Mike Pineapple?

Have to be honest, the shock is working on me.

There’s Frendica

Just watched Nothing Lasts Forever, from a FullMoviesOnYouTube link of Lemmy.

Incredible 1984 picture but in a 30s style. Never released. Includes Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray but they don’t take up all the oxygen of the picture. Lots of great old timers in there too.

Explain more please?