skells @skells@qoto.org
Joined Feb 2021
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> “Every program attempts to expand until it can read mailsend emoji reacts. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.”
> Jamie ZawinskiA Great Artist Who Stole
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It's insane to me how anyone regardless of party affiliation can not realize that the real struggle is ruling elites vs everyone else
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@Paulyfrog64 is a nigger and a faggot and I heard he fucks roadkill and uploads it on youtube
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Element of Surprise
and so, after a long and tortured journey, we have discovered that everyone is an idiot
@NBS not going into specifics but i needed to hunt this sucker down to boost this instant
@7 don't disagree, my point is why would you blow the pipe unless you were worried the Germans were going to cave
Cortez burning the boats
@7 I don't disagree with you, my point is why would you blow the pipe unless you were worried the Germans would cave
@7 are you telling me Russians reproduce by selling Germans natural gas
if Russia was losing so bad
why blow the pipe
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the consequences of the psychopathic bombing of Nordstream pipelines. It has completely changed my calculus on the war in Ukraine and while I get the nice dopamine hit of knowing my prior assumptions were correct, the consequences of this are enormous.
You've seen me say all along that I don't care about the war on the ground and that this is all about the economic/geopolitical battle which Russia was winning. I believed wholeheartedly we'd get to winter and the EU bloc, led by Germany, would break from ZOG to preserve their economies. They'd withdraw support from Kiev, get Russia to the negotiating table, and give away whatever they had to in order to spin up the pipelines again. ZOG clearly saw this scenario playing out as well and in all its late-stage Imperial glory decided to shoot the hostage (pic related) rather than give one millimeter of ground to Russia.
By blowing up the Nordstream pipelines, ZOG has locked us into the worst timeline. Now there is no choice but for Russia to win the ground war. Now there is no status quo future for Western Europe. The whole calculus has changed towards never ending escalation and it's daunting just trying to think of everything that is to come as a consequence of this psychotic empire's death wish.
You've seen me say all along that I don't care about the war on the ground and that this is all about the economic/geopolitical battle which Russia was winning. I believed wholeheartedly we'd get to winter and the EU bloc, led by Germany, would break from ZOG to preserve their economies. They'd withdraw support from Kiev, get Russia to the negotiating table, and give away whatever they had to in order to spin up the pipelines again. ZOG clearly saw this scenario playing out as well and in all its late-stage Imperial glory decided to shoot the hostage (pic related) rather than give one millimeter of ground to Russia.
By blowing up the Nordstream pipelines, ZOG has locked us into the worst timeline. Now there is no choice but for Russia to win the ground war. Now there is no status quo future for Western Europe. The whole calculus has changed towards never ending escalation and it's daunting just trying to think of everything that is to come as a consequence of this psychotic empire's death wish.
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Free Fedi Book Club.
1st Group Read starting Tomorrow 30th of September 2022
What we are reading is Thucydides - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians.
Parts 1 and 2 of Thucydides - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians have been selected after very extensive and impartial polling (participants are encouraged to continue beyond the first two parts p. 160 of the book should they so will it).
About the Author:
Thucydides had served as a general in the Athenian army but after being blamed for a defeat he was exiled from the city. His status as an exile from Athens allowed him to travel freely among the Peloponnesians giving him a view of the war from the perspective of both sides.
His military experience coupled with deep social and political insights allowed him to create this classic in geopolitics about the two world powers of the time slowly being dragged in war. Many parallels can be drawn between these events and the current state of the world today. We have a defensive alliance slowly being turned into an empire led by the strongest member, a democratic faction with the leading power meddling in the member states' internal politics versus an oligarchic one ensuring that their allies are ruled by oligarchies, a clash between a naval and land power, very slow increase in hostilities through proxy wars all over Greece and many more.
Historical accounts had been written before, yet Thucydides was the first to write a consciously "scientific" history - one which sought not just to tell an engaging story, but to understand the causes, motivations and consequences of the events. One thing is certain Thucydides Histories is as much relevant today as it was when it was first written.
Short Introduction to the book:
After fighting off successive Persian invasions, Hellas stood triumphant and sovereign. Front and center stood the twin city states of Athens - decimated in the war with Persia but now ascendent in their dominance of the sea and trade - and Sparta - a hardened military elite ruling their Helots with savage zeal.
Yet unease was not far away, as Athens began to convert the Anti-Persian Delian League into a de facto Athenian Empire, much to the chagrin and fear of Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War was the culmination of that tension and the war between Athens and Sparta has become the prototype of the Thucydides trap - the implicit threat of another superpower and the temptation to seize the initiative in a war for dominance.
This is the war that Thucydides sought to describe.
In 10 days from now, Thursday the 10th of October, we shall have a cozy discussion (hell)thread upon the ideas presented by Thucydides.
Both members of Free Fedi Book Club and outsiders will be welcome to participate and discuss.
To ensure there will be a good and healthy discussion I made a rule, feel free to give me a feedback in this thread. We can change it if people think it prevents people from having good discussion.
1. Try to stay on subject.
2. Respect each other.
3. Don't post unrelated pics such as memes or lewd.
4. Don't let emotions control yourself.
The theme for the discussion will be the parallel between the conflict between Russia and the United States on our time. To make the discussion more fun I will make some questions regarding this which you guys can discuss in the future.
Thank you for your attention.
cc @laurel @7 @sim @leyonhjelm @skells @hrast @Intramuros_ @fluffly@social.handholding.io
Thucydides, Jeremy Mynott - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians-Cambridge University Press (2013).pdf
What we are reading is Thucydides - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians.
Parts 1 and 2 of Thucydides - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians have been selected after very extensive and impartial polling (participants are encouraged to continue beyond the first two parts p. 160 of the book should they so will it).
About the Author:
Thucydides had served as a general in the Athenian army but after being blamed for a defeat he was exiled from the city. His status as an exile from Athens allowed him to travel freely among the Peloponnesians giving him a view of the war from the perspective of both sides.
His military experience coupled with deep social and political insights allowed him to create this classic in geopolitics about the two world powers of the time slowly being dragged in war. Many parallels can be drawn between these events and the current state of the world today. We have a defensive alliance slowly being turned into an empire led by the strongest member, a democratic faction with the leading power meddling in the member states' internal politics versus an oligarchic one ensuring that their allies are ruled by oligarchies, a clash between a naval and land power, very slow increase in hostilities through proxy wars all over Greece and many more.
Historical accounts had been written before, yet Thucydides was the first to write a consciously "scientific" history - one which sought not just to tell an engaging story, but to understand the causes, motivations and consequences of the events. One thing is certain Thucydides Histories is as much relevant today as it was when it was first written.
Short Introduction to the book:
After fighting off successive Persian invasions, Hellas stood triumphant and sovereign. Front and center stood the twin city states of Athens - decimated in the war with Persia but now ascendent in their dominance of the sea and trade - and Sparta - a hardened military elite ruling their Helots with savage zeal.
Yet unease was not far away, as Athens began to convert the Anti-Persian Delian League into a de facto Athenian Empire, much to the chagrin and fear of Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War was the culmination of that tension and the war between Athens and Sparta has become the prototype of the Thucydides trap - the implicit threat of another superpower and the temptation to seize the initiative in a war for dominance.
This is the war that Thucydides sought to describe.
In 10 days from now, Thursday the 10th of October, we shall have a cozy discussion (hell)thread upon the ideas presented by Thucydides.
Both members of Free Fedi Book Club and outsiders will be welcome to participate and discuss.
To ensure there will be a good and healthy discussion I made a rule, feel free to give me a feedback in this thread. We can change it if people think it prevents people from having good discussion.
1. Try to stay on subject.
2. Respect each other.
3. Don't post unrelated pics such as memes or lewd.
4. Don't let emotions control yourself.
The theme for the discussion will be the parallel between the conflict between Russia and the United States on our time. To make the discussion more fun I will make some questions regarding this which you guys can discuss in the future.
Thank you for your attention.
cc @laurel @7 @sim @leyonhjelm @skells @hrast @Intramuros_ @fluffly@social.handholding.io
Thucydides, Jeremy Mynott - The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians-Cambridge University Press (2013).pdf
@jk then do the thing
@jk if that's what it takes
find something you're interested in/give a damn about (you'll tap out if there's no intrinsic motivation) that requires you to do more than 4 things in a day/requires you to multitask or switch focus/be adaptable
if you can't find anything then it doesn't matter as long as nothing disrupts your current way of doing things
@jk exposure, you'll adapt
@dave to be clear, the referendum is clearly bullshit, as anyone with familiarity with Russian elections will know
that context is important however
@dave ooh now do the pro-Russian Vs pro-EU party votes before the coup
@hrast @fluffy @sim @MK2boogaloo @laurel @7 @Leyonhjelm frenly fedi book club
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