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Cake day: July 2nd, 2020

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  • “The Political Bureau believes that shortage of seed grain in Ukraine is many times worse than what was described in comrade Kosior’s telegram; therefore, the Political Bureau recommends the Central Committee of the Communist party of Ukraine to take all measures within its reach to prevent the threat of failing to sow [field crops] in Ukraine.”

    Joseph Stalin - From the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation. Fond 3, Record Series 40, File 80, Page 58.






  • Wouldn’t it be possible to get a helper to post up the edited images on imgur/wherever and then you could download it at full res and upload it to your album?

    It’s a little bit of legwork but as a workaround it’s probably not too bad…

    Edit: Also I find doing editing work like this more gratifying than by rights it should be and it’s been quite a while since I’ve made meme templates. I’d be willing to help out with this if you ever need a set of hands.


















  • There… is a kernel of truth to this; India is predicted to run out of water for half a billion people by as early as 2030, according to a recent NITI Aayog water security report. The recent water shortages in India are just a tiny taste of things to come.

    The tensions between India and Pakistan have been increasing along with an uptick in militarization in Kashmir as well as Punjab. Water rights will be an issue, particularly with the Indus River systems water supply being (nominally) 84% Pakistan’s by treaty rights.

    I honestly believe that we’re going to see the world’s first true water war erupt with India at the center. Given that China controls the tributaries and the treaty conditions with Pakistan, it is a coin toss as to who it will be with, but India is in the middle of this - mark my words.

    And that’s without the preliminary data indicating very worring concerns about the rapid rate of melt in the Tibetan Ice Sheet which forms a large part of the water flow that eventually reaches the Indus.

    It’s really, really scary stuff imo. If you have anyone you know who lives in India then tell them to make plans to leave because this shit is gonna hit the fan as a matter of when and not if.


  • Just a tip from a fellow non-vegan: it’s easier to transition if you pick off bits at a time, like learning to replace your milk with soy milk and so on.

    If you know that you love eggs for breakfast in the morning then try out some scrambled tofu as a replacement. If that’s 90% of your egg consumption then that’s going to make a bigger difference than hesitating and resisting bigger changes.

    Also “black salt” from an Indian grocer will give your vegan eggs a slightly sulphurous oomph that is hard to beat.

    If you want to open your eyes to the possibilities of where vegan food can be taken to, check out Sauce Stache on youtube - there’s lots of good stuff there.