I'm just here for that bangin' pizza party. I don't need to actually feed my kids.

I plan on getting a job after a year or so of unemployment, like it for a few months, then hate it, get burnt out, and get fired after 1.5 years. So, you know, the usual.

Ok if the US didn't win the war, explain Saving Private Ryan.

So I never got this message lol.

But the update is up and ready to roll out and just got around to publishing it today. It's ready for whenever you want to update it.

It sucks. I ended up emailing him after I saw your comment and they did say that a few people had to reschedule so no decision yet.

Innovation is 27 canned soup brands all owned by the same company and the "healthy" or vegan options cost 50-100% more.

Innovation is 15 different brands of phones that all run some half baked glitchy version of Android that loses half its battery charge life after 2 years so you have to buy a new one. But the Google Pixel is now on sale for $899.

Innovation is Voltwagon paying to fudge their emissions test because fuck the planet they got shareholders to please. They could be spending money on clean energy technology instead but yeah...

Innovation is DRM-based streaming services that all have the same slop but Netflix has cool shows they cancel after 2 seasons because altho they are really cool for the niche audience, they didn't bring in a gorbillion viewers.

I'll add more if I think of any.

We have Bone and All scheduled for tonight and gonna play catch up with Scream 6 and Final Destination 5 later this week since our marathon got screwed up after we bought Borderlands 3 lol.

If you haven't watched it, Bones and All is a pretty original take on cannibalism, as a metaphor for addiction.

I have not. I just sent a follow up email but I've been at this for a while so can pretty much assume I didn't get it.

Prairie makes a colab with Evil Twin(I think) called Bible Belt that is one of the best stouts I've ever had. It's boozy AF and pricy but if you haven't tried it, seek it out.

I'm a craft beer nerd. I'm huge into IPAs but can agree that the market has become oversaturated. But I genuinely like most other styles as well.

I've recently gotten back into a red wine kick after finding out that Ménage à Trois is vegan so yay for cheap but good wine that isn't filtered with animal parts.

Happy birthday homie.

Had one of the best interviews in my time as a wage slave last week and really felt like I hit it out of the park. They said I'd know on Friday. Well here it is Monday and still donno. Should I keep holding out or just blow my brains out now get it over with?

On a more cheerful note, I'm finally starting my dive into non-ML leftist theory and started Anarchy Works by peter Gelderloos and it's been a pretty enjoyable read. The format is basically Idea, historical example, and synthesis of ideas with praxis for each chapter. But it's clear and easy to digest. I'm 1/4 in and started Saturday and that with barely any time to read and I'm not a fast reader normally.

I'm pretty sure I'm definitely not an anarchist but I like that I am developing a fuller understanding of the concepts. I do like the idea of little pocket anarchist communities popping up all the time tho because even if they never last, it does show that humans can still be communal for at least a moment.

Might take a sidestreet after this book and read up on syndicalism since that's also piqued my interest recently.

I do have a few buttons on my hat that are sort of "if you know, you know". I have the Anarchist black flag, an AnCom flag, and a Anarcha-feminism flag button.

But I also have a button that says "All Cats Are Beautiful" and no one has picked up on it being an allusion to ACAB.

I forgot to look up the Disco Elysium symbol until just now and yeah, I can see that definitely working lol.

I def still need to play Disco Elysium.

I only have one tattoo and it's Hunter Thompson's initials on my wrist. I'm a fan of his work and it's sort of a reminder to me to stay weird.

It hurt and I was like "never getting one again" but now I'm considering getting an ASD infinity symbol somewhere noticable but out of the way. I don't know if I'd ever get anything that showed my political affiliations but I guess to be fair. To my edgy ass brother, at the time anarchy meant something not related to actual theory. I doubt he even knows that there is anarchist theory.

My brother legit has an A tattoo on his arm and now he's a chud libertarian/fascist.

This is praxis

Good girl.

My mom let me get my ear pierced when I was 13 and it's been downhill ever since.

But upvotes give me my much needed dopamine fix...

The "pretending to be pro-LGBTQ+ just to get more commies" narrative about y'all will never not be fucking hilarious to me.

I'll check it out. I've tried freeze and thaw and it came close but not quite. I think I'm asking Santa for a tofu press for Xmas tho because right now I'm using a few plates and cans of veggies or my bullet mixer for a weight and it's not quite working lol.

I have a newfound level of hatred for this man after season 1 of Blowback.

I'm gonna watch this when I get a chance. Probably won't have time today. But thanks. I really wanna get my tofu game down. It's always mush when I'm done with it lol.

I'll have to look into a used oil and a dredge Tupperware solution. I never really thought I'd be a tofu person in the first place but it's just so cheap.

I can try this! With the bread crumbs I bet it would work great with sauces and such. Dang now I wanna do sweet and sour tofu lol.

Will do. When I've done corn starch in the past, the recipes all said to toss it ina bag with the tofu and spices and let it set. I can try marinade and toss right before for sure.

I've tried air frying and it gets a bit of the texture on the outside but it's still softer than my liking in the inside. I don't have access to a deep fryer so I can't try to that way.

Gonna def try this. Thanks!

I'm slowly navigating life after becoming vegan and this hasn't been true all the time for me but when it is, it fucking hits hard.

My chili recipe was converted to vegan early on after I came over and you can't fucking tell it's vegan. I've said before on reddit but I will put it up against anyone's "prize winning chili recipe".

I made sloppy joe's last week with TVP and day one was ok but when it came time for the leftovers, you woundn't have know it was vegan. To me, it was exactly like the slop I grew up with.

I'm still trying to master tofu. I can't get it at all like my favorite Thai place does it.

I've been working a bit with the soy curls and "beef slices" you can find from Asian stores and it's been hit and miss with trying to get it right but a few weeks ago I made a mushroom, spinach linguine using the slices and it fucking slapped. I hydrated the slices with veggie broth and some spices and then sauteed them in a pan with my shrooms and spinach and tossed the pasta in at the end and sort of winged it but it was really fucking good.

Another thing that I think needs to be mentioned is that most meat subs are like half the cost of the animal counterpart. Beyond and manufactured seitan obviously isn't but any of the soy products I've tried are. You also get the same or more protein with the substitutes.

Last time I had a convo where compromise was brought up it was over minimum wage. Dude said that "both sides just need to compromise on it." And I was like you know that that compromise is somewhere between an actual living wage and literally $0, right?

“I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion of the hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.”

- Joe "I totally saw a picture of small babies without heads, trust me bro" Biden

I really need a new pfp lol

Also can you confirm that these translations are ok?

Real quick, since I'm a don't know anything about the language, Bangla is the same as Bengali, right?

I'm gonna add a reminder so I can get to this next week but adding a new language shouldn't take too long. I sort of went with the main ones I could think of for the States and Europe. I'm upgrading my computer right now but I can get to it probably next week once I get everything back together and ping you after. This will also give me a chance to figure out how to put out a new release too.

This is my first foray into anarchist theory so I really only know a bit about mutual aid and sef-association so far, outside of the concepts that overlap more with ML, the state, police, church, etc.

I have tried listening to Anarchy and other Essays by Goldman but realized I really wasn't paying attention so I will start that over at some point. I also have some more Errico Malatesta and some Daniel Guerrin on my list. I think Guerrin might be more modern though. I did toss God and State by Bakunin on there as well. There is a few counter argument pieces I wanna get to but that will be for later.

Lol yeah. Epub*

Anarchy Works was recommended on a few reddit posts while I was looking for books to add. It seems like a modern take on the theory. Conquest of Bread has been on my list since I started reading theory because it's so highly regarded. The question is, do I wanna keep reading really old stuff and get the foundation or read something more modern for a change of pace?

I do plan on reading both this next year though.

If you are gonna do Mao, I'd say grab Five Essays. It's got On Contradiction and On Practice both, which are always recommended for good reason, but it also has a few other really good works by him.

I'm trying to find it as an epud to add to my collection but I listened to the audiobook version which is on Spotify.

I finished The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State last week and then decided to finish this chunk of my deep dive in theory with Critique of the Gotha Programme.

My next big focus is gonna be in anarchist theory so I picked 2 small pieces to read through to get a basic understanding: An Anarchist Programmer by Errico Malatesta and Are You An Anarchist by David Graeber.

Before I actually jump in to that I wanna get a few more chapters knocked out of Inventing Reality and Killing Hope though. I'm having a hard time deciding on Conquest of Bread or Anarchy Works for my next book though.