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I have to keep track of every payment like a beast and once they threaten to send me to collections, I email the receipts, every bill in image with the date paid and every canceled check.
I'm no longer nice about it.
The only words in my email: Stop double billing me.
So it is finally time for the tale of Mowis "Patty" Burwic. Sometimes in a Rimworld run I get invested into a particular character that becomes the main character. Patty took on that role for this game.
Early on, the colony was doing horribly. It was about surviving until the gravship could be obtained and there were many complications. One colonist died due to injuries that couldn't be patched up in time. Patty joined during this time, saving the colony with her fast learner trait. Despite being a xenophobe, she quickly became best friends with Jessie.
Jessie was the only person she'd ever fully befriend during her time on the Rim, as some time after Patty joined, Jessie was kidnapped by the Rakkle-led Valentina's Rakkle Incubating Plant pirate faction. Only later would Patty learn through interrogating another raiding group that her friend had been unceremoniously killed. No chance to save her.
And so Patty broke. She delved into advancing her shooting skills, and took a mechlink when the gravship was built. She built more and more mechs along with turrets. She had her entire body filled with cybernetics and bionics. She explored the world to find the mechhive. Once the mechhive was taken, she claimed its power for herself, becoming a queen of sorts to the mechs (thanks to a mod that adds allying the faction to the ending). She used it to destroy the entire faction for revenge. It took a lot of work and time but she finally got revenge for her only true friend she lost that long time ago.
For reference on time, the time since the game started seems to be ~10.5 years, and the real playtime is 55 hours. Odyssey DLC is really fun.
Even though I just finished this run the other day I'm already feeling like I want to start another Rimworld run with some gimmicky idea. Odyssey is a curse, it has single-handedly given me a new fascination with the game. No wonder Vinny "Melpert" Vinesauce immediately started his Odyssey run the same day his Anomaly run was finished, it's just that addicting. Some part of me wants to do a space station run after claiming a station with life support units for myself, some part of me wants to do a high difficulty commitment run, some part of me wants to do a run where I say screw it and have fun with dev tools to make something cool, it can go on.
Though I still haven't picked up Anomaly for the Ratkin Research Foundation™ that will absolutely not end terribly for all Ratkin involved. That's locked in for what I'll do whenever I pick up Anomaly.
Fuck now I can't get the thought out of my head that Ratkin anomaly is just going to be a sickly rat trying to survive a nuclear warhead. Poor rats have no idea what lies in store for them.
Die Protestwelle gegen die deutsche Beihilfe für das Töten in Gaza wächst an. Proisraelische Hardliner in der Union befürchten ein »Einknicken« des Kanzlers und fordern weitere Waffenlieferungen an Israel.
Israels Blockade humanitärer Güter und Nahrungsmittel ist integraler Bestandteil einer Strategie der Vernichtung des Gazastreifens. Dazu gehört auch das Töten verzweifelter Menschen an den sogenannten Verteilstellen.
@foufoutos @giormatsis @baskin ένα σεντόνι κι εδώ χρειάζεται το βράδυ 🥹 Εν τω μεταξύ οι τουρίστες - μάλλον για να αποδείξουν πόσο ηλίθιοι είναι - κλειδαμπαρωνονται και βάζουν κλιματιστικό Στο 2ο όροφο Με 18-20 βαθμούς
> Στα τέλη Μαΐου η οικογένεια Θεοφανίδου στο Κάτω Ελληνικό βρήκε πετρέλαιο στο νερό του πηγαδιού της. Συλλέξαμε και στείλαμε δείγματα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου. Οι συγκεντρώσεις είναι άκρως τοξικές, εκατοντάδες ή χιλιάδες φορές πάνω από τα όρια [..] παρά τις ψευδείς διαβεβαιώσεις της εταιρείας Lamda Development [..] ότι η απορρύπανση θα ολοκληρωνόταν το 2023.
Στα τέλη Μαΐου η οικογένεια Θεοφανίδου στο Κάτω Ελληνικό βρήκε πετρέλαιο στο νερό του πηγαδιού της. Συλλέξαμε και στείλαμε δείγματα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου. Οι συγκεντρώσεις είναι άκρως τοξικές, εκατοντάδες ή χιλιάδες φορές πάνω από τα όρια.
Instead of eliminating the income tax like he promised, now orange turd wants to get rid of capital gains tax for real estate investors instead. fuck me
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Grab your free copy of 'The Kybalion' here: https://www.lawofinsights.com/kybalion-offerThey told you Nikola Tesla was a scientist. An inventor. A man of mac...
Researchers have formulated a "second law of entanglement manipulation," an analog to the second law of thermodynamics. They proved that, with the help of an "entanglement battery," entanglement can be manipulated reversibly. This finding offers a new framework for efficiently manipulating quantum resources for future technologies like quantum computing.
Thierry Meyssan- Plongez dans les coulisses de la géopolitique avec des révélations inédites qui éclairent l’interaction complexe entre Paris, Tel Aviv, Téhéran, Washington et Riyad.
No one will admit to the existence of the gamer to social pariah pipeline.
At a young age they don't develop regular hygiene and nutrition sense and they put on a bit of weight, start to stink and feel zitty and shitty and apparently their only option as they see it is to say, "Fuck it" and go all in.
I have never gamed and I think it's part of who I turned out to be.
Grown men gaming looks silly to me.
I think in many cases gaming is life's lobby they'll never leave.
Meh, I've seen people say this sort of thing, then turn around and obsess over sportsball games and sitcoms. It's no different from any other pastime: moderation is key. @zephyrotv
@zephyrotv Breh there are people who are allergic to missing NFL games on TV. They yell at the TV in bars and restaurants as if they were in their own living room. I'd rather have fifty weirdos secluded in their homes playing Oblivion than have to share a bar with this sort of narcicist. @PNS
Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline recently stood before a gathering of conservative activists just outside Fort Worth, recapping legislative wins and previewing what’s next at the Capitol.
During Donald Trump's first presidency, former GOP strategist Rick Wilson attacked him relentlessly. But six months into Trump's second presidency, Wilson's attacks on Trump and even more scathing.
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🚨 THREAD | "Ce n’est pas normal d’avoir des os décalcifiés à 20 ans" : la cycliste Cédrine Kerbaol tire la sonnette d’alarme sur un dopage par la maigreur dans le cyclisme féminin. Un cri du cœur nécessaire. ⬇️
i saw that crimethinc's demonstrator's guides were gaining traction (again) on here, so i decided to format them into one collection and printed off 30 of them to share.
i'm an amateur, so these are not publishing house quality -- but hey, they work fine, and the info and pictures are all there.
includes very detailed info on: helmets, goggles, masks, armor, various police tactics and tools, blockades, lockdowns, and banners.
if you would like one, send me a direct message or email with a mailing address and i'll send one -- it's only ~$4 to ship, so i'm willing to cover the cost myself. if you're in the portland, oregon area, please arrange for a drop off or pick up.
CrimethInc. is a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.
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i've made 70 copies to share of 'blessed is the flame', a piercing text on holocaust resistance and fighting back even in profoundly hopeless situations.
DNI Tulsi Gabbard escalated her claims against the Obama-era Intelligence leadership, alleging they orchestrated a conspiracy to delegitimize Donald Trump’s ...
Some people work their whole lives just to afford four walls and a roof. Some people stare at rent checks and wonder where it all went wrong. And then there ...
Capitalism isn't freedom. It isn't trade. It isn't competition. It isn't the rule of law. It isn't markets. It isn't the absence of a centrally-planned economy. It sure as fuck isn't democracy.
Capitalism is capital being in charge. It is the organization of society around the interests of capital, which are further consolidation and the generation of profits.
Anything positive you associate with capitalism is an accident of history.
@pluralistic Hmm... but isn't feudalism the natural consequence of capitalism? It's ownership of the means of value creation ( = production) & arguably the most important one is people, which is why capitalism drives towards slavery. Rent or profit seem to me to be just as much issues of commercialism, which can exist just fine without capitalism if properly regulated...
@pluralistic @jwcph Absolutely. More accumulated wealth turns to rent assets eventually. Feudalism is the inevitable result of over concentration of wealth no matter who/where it starts from.
@pluralistic @jwcph It's a compelling idea considering entrepreneurs these days seem to be like, "We're disrupting X by charging subscription fees for stuff you used to be able to own and turning employees who have labor rights into contractors who don't."
I recognize that my post about capitalism isn't for everybody. And honestly? That's fine.
Look, some people just really get off on having a boot on their neck, as long as that boot belongs to a rich person. I'm not here to kink-shame anyone.
explain difference between Capitalism and Democracy to people over 40 in Czechia. They think capitalism and oligarchy is democracy. @vitex (sorry za ping, nemam kamarady haha) o7
we must look to countries which combine controlled and regulated capitalism with a strong social conscience and comprehensive welfare. These are the Scandinavian countries. Uncontrolled capitalism and uncontrolled communism are equally bad. The solution lies in democratic control by the community for the community.
In other words an educated population, transparent government and reliable democracy. Neither capitalism nor communism must be allowed to take total control.
“Anything positive you associate with capitalism is an accident of history.” Thank you. I immediately recoil when I hear “Capitalism sucks, but you can't deny it has brought us many great things...” No, those things were gained in spite of Capitalism, not because of it.
Well, if we're doing definitions... capitalism is having private pots of money (=capital) to finance projects.
Nasty downstream consequences come from insufficient regulation by government, not the pot of money by itself. It's the slavish devotion to pots of money and willingness to do anything to get (more of) it that's the problem.
So, tangentially, one of the most important regulations would be to prevent the accumulation of giant pots that seem to drive people insane. Have a cap on wealth as well as a floor on poverty. No billionaires.
Less of an accident and more a serious, violent, and bloody fight to level the table -- tilted away from capitalists and more in the direction of workers and citizens.
The decline in union membership over the last 50 years is a big part of why the current situation has been relatively easy for the billionaire class. People have accepted getting screwed, year after year, decade after decade, by corporations -- and corporations used the accumulated wealth to buy politicians, who passed laws that were pro-corporations, and anti-worker.
The 'golden age' of a single person being able to work a job (literally ANY job) and being able to pay their bills was because unions and non-corrupt politicians fought for worker rights and minimum wage and social programs.
"The Redditor is an archetype that transcends the internet. He’s a self-loathing ex-gifted kid who indulges in childish consumption rather than face the duties and uncertainties of adulthood. He thumbs his nose at traditional authority, and makes that bratty rebelliousness his whole personality. Redditism is not just an aesthetic or a collection of fandoms, it’s an ideology, one that has been taken up and instrumentalized by the global elite against everything good. It animates a death cult that wants you dead first. It’s the end of the line." newrightpoast.substack.com/p/t…
'Israel' loots Gaza’s ruins to bury its war crimes
As Palestinians struggle to rebuild from ruins, 'Israel' turns their destruction into profit, militarizing debris and erasing all trace of its war crimes.
I took the NYT "Do you know your Silicon Valley Lingo" quiz, and got 4 out of 5. The kicker was this scoring paragraph:
"Nice work! You’ve graduated from Big Tech engineer to A.I. start-up chief executive. You probably live in an A.I. hacker house, and left a cushy salary at Meta or Google for the promise of millions in equity if your company eventually gets acquired…by Meta or Google."
Texas Tribune - Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state today in a bid to block passage of a new congressional map designed to give the GOP five additional seats in the US House next year. texastribune.org/2025/08/03/te…
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map Democrats have condemned as a political power grab.
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