John

@silentjohn

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I remember when a "trainer" over on /fitness not only didn't know who Pendlay was or his row variation, but said that is was a bad exercise. I'm still shocked at this. Anyways, haven't done this lift in years, quick set of 4 at 200lbs.

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"it looks very Communist" we are cooked, aren't we?

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Are you a communist? 😁 (Seen at my local train station)

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Put cops on trains. Put cops in schools. Put cops in libraries! Put cops everywhere and we'll all be safer! /s Police. 👏 Do. 👏 Not. 👏 Make. 👏 People. 👏 Safer. 👏 https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/union-for-cta-workers-raises-safety-concerns-after-recent-incidents/

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Villa Park / Lombard Muslim food scene is absolutely amazing: Seoul Bites: Halal Korean street food Holy Buckets: fried chicken (Gaza strips instead of chicken strips lol) MOTW: coffee, tea, pastries Jerusalem Cafe: awesome food Chai Tea: tea obviously, and small bites Hello Shawarma: coming soon Cocomelt: deserts So many more I haven't even tried. I think people are sleeping on this scene right now

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"communism" is safe! Phew! https://dorseteye.com/trump-administration-bans-the-following-twenty-seven-words-worried-yet/

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https://warpcast.com/quest/0xd31b2319

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someone should make a Leftist farcaster client, where it just shows Leftist channels and nothing else: /solidarity, /cryptoleft, /degencommunism, /coordinations, /regen, /lgbt, /cooperatives, etc. name it Marxcaster or something lol, integrate it with breadchain, etc instead of whatever the meme coin/project of the week is. 🤔

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Took me 3 days, but finally beat Dragonsweeper! Great game, a bit too much rng though imo. https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

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...and people (libs) will still fight for the Democrats. I don't get it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwRB39F_4w https://bsky.app/profile/kenklippenstein.bsky.social/post/3lhrouctdxk2g

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Finished the book 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism'. It was ok. I learned a few things about the economic hardship unique to women under capitalism, but overall it was kind of a strange book. It focuses almost entirely on Cold War era Eastern Block countries vs "Socialist" Nordic / Northern Europe countries. The author seems to prefer DemSoc system of Northern Europe to actual Socialism, in which she claims "the experiment has failed in the 20th century". It doesn't seem like a good faith argument, even if the specific points about Feminism are good. In some parts she praises socialism and its progress for women in the workplace and independence movements, but then in other parts she just completely shits on Socialism ... very mixed messaging. I'm not sure if this book would convince anybody on the fence about Socialism, if that was even the goal of the book.

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I didn't realize Peter Thiel went to a literal Nazi school https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid

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Tried to help a dude out, oh well. Seems people very much still hate crypto and NFTs 🤷‍♀️

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I could watch Serena crip walking for hours...

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Started reading 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism'. I'm a couple chapters in, but I'm confused if the author prefers *non-socialist* Scandanavian models to actual Socialism. Most of her criticisms so far about Socialism seem to come from Cold War era USSR. It will be interesting to see how this book progresses. So far kind of a weird in-between sort-of-argument for "Socialism".

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🤬 https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/02/06/hb267-utahs-anti-public-union-bill/

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A sort of win. https://www.latintimes.com/elon-musks-doge-blocked-accessing-labor-department-data-stunning-win-unions-574896

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I'm sure this will boggle some Liberal minds: "During his presidency, Joe Biden also used Guantanamo to imprison migrants, granting a private prison company a $163 million contract to run the facility, even though as vice president he and Barack Obama promised to close the detention and torture facility." https://jacobin.com/2025/02/democrats-trump-immigration-deportation-guantanamo/

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Ten thousand Kroger-owned grocery store workers strike in Colorado https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/05/kroger-grocery-stores-strike-colorado?CMP=share_btn_url

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Costco Strike Averted After Last-Minute Agreement Reached With Teamsters Union https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2025/02/01/costco-strike-averted-after-last-minute-agreement-reached-with-teamsters-union/

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