First I’m hearing about this book, really interesting. It doesn’t really fit my style but I’ve got a friend in mind to gift it to, excited to eventually hear their opinion about it

All the ‘A brief history of’ books are stupid, starting with their concept

do you have any idea what happened to redsails? I don’t really use twitter so I’m probably missing out on information but I did notice they stopped publishing texts on the website around this time last year

also I’m right there with you, one of my favorite dense philosophy essays is this one: https://redsails.org/maoist-and-daoist-dialectics/, it’s not necessarily hard to follow but it introduced whole new notions foreign to me and I’m so grateful for it

thanks a lot for the further reading reccomendations, I believe I’ve read the Nia Froome text but I’ll be sure to revisit it

also thought about gifting Blackshirts and Reds before, probably will do it eventually but just as a more personal gift anytime but xmas

I’ve read that and Black Skin, White Masks and really loved Fanon’s quite incendiary thought, a real radical but with so much human compassion. Hopefully you’ll like him as well, ComradeSharkfucker…

from the scene where we got the “and in this house X is a hero, end of story”, very funny, particularly because Tony says Columbus was a brave Italian men and there’s some likelihood he wasn’t even Italian

that marxists.org feel

Honestly I don’t know if I liked it or not, I liked the experience of reading it, it’s fun particularly out loud as it is very melodic, but I wouldn’t read it again, it’s densely written. It does present the more Eastern notion of cycles and circles of life and history which I found interesting, but I also found some underlining bigotry in certain passages which was weird.

I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to have a totally new experience reading a book, although I myself didn’t approach it like that as I stumbled upon the book by chance and wasn’t all that familiar with what awaited me.

I just finished Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake this week, hardest book I’ve ever read but the most singular experience I’ve ever had reading a book

the atlantic article you mentioned is a piece from the authors of this study, it’s linked on the paragraph that starts with ‘Our research shows’

I’d say it’s more natural to fixate on a point and do the movement, I actually do deadlifts that way, it prevents head tilt. But famously pyrros dimas had an insane head tilt so what do you know

Chega is more concerned with appealing to cops rather than military, they’re not so much about “defense” as they are about “security”. As you said historically the country is not equipped for war but the fascists loved their state police and they wouldn’t mind having it again

media is busy with the upcoming elections here (Portugal) but tbh I don’t think I’ve heard the “defense” narrative being pushed ever, maybe some talk once in a blue moon about bringing back obligatory conscription but other than that I think it’s too much of a small country and quite peripheral for that talk to gain traction

also there aren’t many pockets interested in - or capable of getting it, really - “defense” money, but the defense budget increased in 2023 I’m sure, some RRF money thrown in there as well

on the other hand I’ve never heard talk about dismantling the very strategic American base in Azores, we’re still part of NATO (founding member!) and whoever holds the belief that we shouldn’t be is ridiculed, even though we joined during our fascist era

I believe the common conception about “defense” here is: no more, no less

Am I remembering correctly that the soviets proposed to the UK and France (possibly the US too?) a counter-alliance as reaction to this? which to no surprise they declined?

don’t particularly like them but I’ve got a peculiar taste when it comes to metal

they’re a curious band to bring out in a leftist forum, seeing as the OG lineup had some sort of falling out and the two remaining parties formed they’re own Batushka (so I’m not even sure which one is the one that you mention)

they also walk a fine contradiction of being, as you say, “satanic”-associated but using liturgical music/chants and imagery in their albums (it’s part of the gimmick anyway and probably the reason they got somewhat popular)

The thought alone of having cold showers in a cold house in winter makes me shiver, I’d scream if I really had to do it. That being said I do something which I’d recommend: start the shower with hot water and gradually “lower the heat” to cold water during it.

I know a few people who do cold showers as well and everyone keeps telling me the winter is the best, when it’s cold outside. They like the cold water best then. I think they are all lying.

I guess it makes sense when you think of it as the water and the surrounding temperature being similar, but it probably is more a question of body temperature.

Anyway, I’m getting started with the snatch, pretty exciting. Have done some light training of some of the movements (high pulls, muscle snatches, overhead squats, etc.) and I’ve been surprisingly apt at them. I do need to switch my program around though, as I wasn’t aware of how taxing these exercises are on the shoulders but particularly on the traps.

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and here is the companion piece I mentioned, glad my mind wasn’t playing tricks on me

https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/products/the-land-for-the-people-second-edition-eimear-walshe

and here is the companion piece I mentioned, glad my mind wasn’t playing tricks on me

FOUND IT!! https://www.eva.ie/thelandquestion/

FOUND IT!! https://www.eva.ie/thelandquestion/