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  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭
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    thanks to respected comrade Elara we have a new Matrix server at genzedong.xyz 🫡🫡🫡

    you’ll have to create new accounts and you’ll need to be invited to the space again, but It Works™

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    Reddit is once again having a meltdown after another one of their hero’s, the Dalai Lama, was caught being an absolute nonce

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        The weird thing with this is that they seem more upset that they can’t be smug about the Dalai Lama anymore instead of declaring him to be a piece of shit. ‘Noooo, my hero 😭 this has to be fake?’

        It’s there, on video. Your God emperor in full display.

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    I wonder how much cope would be if the Western government admits Tiananmen square 1989, hong kong protest, Uyghur non-existent genocide, Winnie the pooh banned in china, and all of those shitty anti-china narative Are all Just Massive lies.

    And also how much copium if taiwan joins the PRC

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      I can only see one of them happening, everything in your first paragraph is just so omnipresent and pushed hard enough that I dont think they will ever be able to backtrack

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        Yeah they’ll stop pressing “genocide” allegations in a decade, if they still exist

        And tankies will be proven right, once again, once again

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          If they do that, the people that believe in it will take it as further proof of a government cover-up. These are not reasonable people

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    That image is my dream job

    Always wanted to destroy that ugly tower

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    So I’ve just learned of the existence of “lunchbaglujan”, which is apparently some pentagon psy op e-thot. My life just got a little worse for this fact.

    Also, where is the op image from? And why does “communist” wear such an odd uniform?

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      Whats odd about the uniform, is it that it looks like a nazi.

      If so i think its typical brainworms of Commie=Nazi

      Otherwise i got nothing

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        Whats odd about the uniform, is it that it looks like a nazi.

        Ah, so it wasn’t just me seeing it. Thanks!

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    Merry cosmonautics day, comrades! Lest we forget and allow capitalist fucks to steal it from us

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    The union has looked at my application and invited me over for a job interview. I’m stoked.

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    I wonder how the IRA turned fertilizer into explosives back in those days

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      Given that many nitrogen fertilizers contain significant amount of ammonium nitrate, it’s probably as simple as simple mixing it with charcoal and sulfur in the correct proportions to get something approximating gunpowder.

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      The hard part would be getting any. I work in an agricultural store and the only way you can get any hot fertilize is by having a guard to keep it secure. Which is good idea because there a lot of right wing nuts in America who I am sure would love to bomb some abortion clinic or some shit

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    I’ve realized that I need to get out of my homogenous suburb and get to a big city. There is no organizing opportunity here and everyone is liberal at best

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      Cities are where it’s at. There was a Lemmygrad discussion about this some time ago. I have to say, I was tempted by the arguments made for rural living. But I still prefer a city.

      Edit: would this be a big decision for you? Or were you already planning a move?

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        Yes, it would be. I plan on moving out soon to a city

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    To whom it may concern:

    Sber (formerly Sberbank, aka Russian state Bank) has announced it’s own image drawing AI, based off of Dall-E algorithms. It’s available as a telegram bot or online here: http://rudalle.ru

    It appears to be free to use, although I am not sure how well they are with privacy. In the past sber had severe issues with user data leaks. Also it doesn’t appear to be censored for now.