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10000 YEAR OLD ROCK ART OF GIRAFFES FOUND IN LIBYA LET'S GO

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Uzbek Women Attend School; Uzbek Socialist Soviet Republic, USSR - David King

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“We simply copied capitalism [from the West]. We did not consider the national conditions in Mongolia: the historical development of our country, the nomadic sector in our economy, how many inhabitants we have, and so on. We simply replicated [the West]. […] Enterprises were privatized. That was in my view the first major mistake. Many Mongolians lost their jobs. Highly skilled and trained individuals landed on the streets. The industries were destroyed. Some people managed to buy businesses and take them abroad and thereby became very rich. Others lost everything. There was suddenly a huge inequality in Mongolia. […] Agriculture was also ruined. Prior to 1990, we were exporting wheat. By 2000, we had to import 85 percent of our wheat from Japan and the USA. Within the space of 10 years, we ruined everything. This is what happened after we listened to the World Bank advisors that came to Mongolia. They had never been to our country. They knew nothing about the structure of socialist society and the nomadic economy. It was the same in Africa and Latin America. They told us that everything we built had to be ruined, and in the end, they ruined it very well.”

- Дэндэвийн Тэрбишдагва (Dendev Terbishdagva), former deputy prime minister of Mongolia (2012-2014) in interview with Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR, July 2024, Улаанбаатар.

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I think it's really funny that to most people "suit fucker" means someone who thinks that like, business suits are hot but around toku circles a "suit fucker" is someone who wants to (among other things) dry hump this thing's leg like an unfixed dog

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it really is insane how little you hear about "america has the world's highest prison population by such a significant margin that it would be seen as excessively over-the-top if it was used in fiction"

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me

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A good rule of thumb whenever a non-fiction author has "Dr." or "Phd" next to their name on the cover is to check if:

Their doctorate is real and from an accredited institution

Their doctorate is relevant to the subject matter of the book

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people are clowning on this guy on reddit but uhhh let's pause for a minute and ask...so what happens if someone has a skin condition? what if part of their face has been burned? what if they're missing their eyes? and so what if they just have a fuckton of tattoos? recognition algorithms are aligned with the most ""average"" / ""normal"" features which means any deviation gets denied access to shit we didnt need age verification for 1 year ago. i dont care if it's a choice versus not, dont care if it's accessing porn or wikipedia, this needs to stop

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you really do have to kill that judgmental waspy conformity obsessed voice in your head & truly embrace the idea that provided you’re not bothering anyone, you can do whatever you want

today i took my 50 pack of crayola markers, a coloring book, and my laptop to a coffee shop. i bought a drink, i settled in at a small table, i hooked up my headphones, and i colored while watching anime for about an hour & a half

grown ass adult sitting alone at the coffee shop quietly coloring & watching anime — unconventional? perhaps a bit. bothersome to anyone else? not in the slightest

there is no invisible audience scrutinizing your every move!!! literally no one gives a shit!! there are no rules!!!! do whatever you want forever!!!!

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Something I need to be reminded of often. Yes, I'm very lazy and also have executive problems up the wazoo (the difference? laziness is fun), but the cultural expectation of being productive every waking moment isn't healthy either. And the business of feeding ourselves is especially fraught these days.

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A Jewish-Iranian woman from Esfahan, 17th century. x

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“no crew, no help, just pure hustle” cut to this poor woman bawling her eyes out. what the fuck is wrong with people? why is this being framed as a good or impressive feat? this person makes below poverty wages already. Burger King meanwhile takes in $27 billion in global revenue every single year. everyone involved in making this woman endure this should be tortured and force fed chicken fries until their heart gives out. fuck this country.