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I’m a Trollaholic
I sometimes get onto these threads with a few comments, and end up writing a screed. This was with this person, Ras Lyon, who I suppose is a rasta-capitalist. @Mr. Ras Lyon Here’s what you said: “Investors and owners don’t live off of the employees, they live off of the return on the investment they…
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How is that Asian students both international and Asian Americans are so good in college?
I wrote this for Quora: There’s two separate groups here. You can even say three groups. International students aren’t all good at college, but the ones from poorer countries are likely to be excellent. The reason is simple: nobody who sucks at school would go overseas to a far more expensive place to attend school.…
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California Cogged Stones: International Trade and Exchange
I was reading Quora and it showed me an awesome article about the history of money, or more correctly, the development of debt, and the ideology of private property, and how “barter” is an ideological myth promoted by capitalists. How did the concept of money actually emerge from the “barter system”? TL;DR: the original “money”…
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Racist Housing Policy Made Your Neighborhood
A mega-thread on City Data about the issue. Some people are arguing that these policies weren’t racist. Let’s just say there’s some denial going on. http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2123740-racist-housing-policy-made-your-neighborhood.html
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Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism
Art Spiegelman in The Guardian: Created in New York by Jewish immigrants, the first comic book superheroes were mythic saviours who could combat the Nazi threat. They speak to the dark politics of our times Source: Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism
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Changing Emails is Hard
I’ve had my old address, johnk@riceball.com, for more than 20 years. I think. I don’t remember when I first established email for my own domain. I remember picking the domain out around 1998, when the first domain land rush happened. I probably set up the email on the Cyberjava servers. I don’t remember anymore. Later,…
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The New Normal – Fresh Food Costs More
This is shocking to me: Why Ditching Processed Foods Won’t Be Easy — Barriers To Cooking From Scratch The worst part is at the end. During the survey, one of the participants became homeless. Back when I was a child, the processed foods cost more, and the fresh foods cost less. That’s because we had a…
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Reupholstering an Old Chair’s Seat with Scrap Fabric
A work in progress – how to reupholster a chair seat for cheap or free, with scrap fabric and recycled stuffing. These pictures show some of the progress. This chair’s seat had torn, and the foam was coming out. I wanted to reupholster it, but for as little money as possible. I watched a few…
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Erasing Racism with Revisionist History about Ichimatsu Dolls
I stumbled across and ad for an old Japanese doll, and wanted to get an idea of what’s out there, so I went to eBay and found out. On there, I saw listings for “Ichimatsu” dolls, which I’d never heard of before. A little research turned up some info, but the most interesting story was…
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Trump’s ICE War on Los Angeles
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The Anti Nazi Parade – history of anti-fascism in Los Angeles (and some fascism)
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Get in Touch
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Fascism Videos (Explaining It)
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Watching COVID-19: The OC
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That “A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers” Article the Anti-Mask People are Passing Around, and Getting it Wrong
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Israel Arms Embargo Popularity; Israel Collapse; Trans Dehumanization; Local Lists
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
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Crossword Puzzle Tool
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
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Meta-Assited WordPress Plugin: Corrections 4
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Tech Bazillionaires Paid for Anti-Unhoused Anti-Camping Law in San Francisco in 2016
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Some Yelp Reviews
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Getting Meta’s AI, Imagine, to Produce NSFW Images
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January 2018 Links
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UK Race Riots and Organizing; Tipping; Masking in Our Community Spaces; Video Channel Links
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How is that Asian students both international and Asian Americans are so good in college?
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MS Access: VBA CRC32 Function
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How to take a “tour” of how much damage COVID-19 has done, using the LA County surveillance dashboard.
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Taking Over “Public School”
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Gemini-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Corrections 2
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(a)political violence; Luigi Mangione’s Manifesto; Propaganda of the Deed
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Turn out for #JusticeForRoques May 1
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
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Historic Palestinian Documents at the Lady Izdihar Archive
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Protected: RIP Mark
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Docker Container to Develop a WordPress Plugin
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Computer Shopping
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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill
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Letter to Garcetti about Shipping Container Homes
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L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective
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Capitalism, Socialism, Cars, Fascism; Asiaphobia in the Black Community; Tipping; Masking; Kamala
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On the Precipice of Another Great Depression
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California Migration Trends and Dianne Feinstein
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Imperial Japan and Islam; Uncommitted; Hillside Villa
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Protected: What a Year (Written August 27, 2019)