#9921
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swampman posted:


#9922
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i've (mostly) stopped drinking and (mostly) started reading fiction. my deadlift is pathetic
#9923
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working at a place where the state AG visited our offices for several hours to do some media. made small talk with him about how steep our stairs are. his bodyguard had to come back to our office the next day because he forgot the case for his glasses here. yesterday had a nice phone convo with an ex-ambassador to ethiopia. we discussed the resonances between ethiopian politics of the mid aughts and the sad state of our own democracy. she was very pleasant and made a joke about dying soon.
#9924
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I donated a kidney yesterday. Non-directed, so I don't know who the recipient is. I overheard someone in the OR say it was headed to Washington DC, so I'm crossing my fingers that it wasn't some Senator on their 7th kidney.
#9925
Dont Mess With Sucess
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I hired a tailor to make a pattern so that I can embroider on uncut fabric and send that to the tailor to be cut and assembled into the actual item I want. So now I'm trying to hire a master embroiderer to consult with me as I bring in a carpenter to set up my workspace to handle this fabric. I spent about an hour this evening diagramming out the whole process. If the first item comes out well, this might be what I'm doing the rest of my life..

filler posted:

I donated a kidney yesterday. Non-directed, so I don't know who the recipient is. I overheard someone in the OR say it was headed to Washington DC, so I'm crossing my fingers that it wasn't some Senator on their 7th kidney.


Rhizzone blessings to you

#9926
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A couple weeks ago I was at a wedding and started talking to someone about Red Guards Austin for some reason and one of my friends came over and yelled at me for talking about them on what was supposed to be a joyous occasion
#9927
mt.real
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I went to see mom for Christmas and New Year's, and then I came home and a few weeks later I received a message about rhizzone.net being down, which is a very small, very old website with a handful of users that I used to read. It turned out that the bills are still being paid by one of our benefactors (I think either gssh or shriekking) but for a moment in December they weren't, and the server was shut off. I dug up a login and was able to turn it back on. The walls have a layer of dust on them, but I think with some light cleaning it can still be preserved ...
#9928
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i put enough into the site it will remain up for the next couple years. idk how to responsibly modify or improve the codebase of this site, and i never heard anything about the rejuvenation or whatever plans there were from anyone else. i'm just assuming that everyone formerly involved now has other priorities.
#9929
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drwhat posted:

I went to see mom for Christmas and New Year's, and then I came home and a few weeks later I received a message about rhizzone.net being down, which is a very small, very old website with a handful of users that I used to read. It turned out that the bills are still being paid by one of our benefactors (I think either gssh or shriekking) but for a moment in December they weren't, and the server was shut off. I dug up a login and was able to turn it back on. The walls have a layer of dust on them, but I think with some light cleaning it can still be preserved ...


thank you for bringing back the stalinist irony forum, one of my favourite places online

#9930
Deus Ex Machinist
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bottom-drawer start of the year, and losing the silent presence of rhizzone only added to it. hope everyone is busy in their personal lives in a good way, where they don't feel the need to vent online
#9931
chickeon
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pray everyone is involved in activities too revolutionary and time consuming to post about them
#9932
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I still use the site to find info from old posts I wouldn't find anywhere else, and appreciate those who keep it going.
#9933
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Oh hey, you're back.
#9934
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i like to post, on this website
#9935
bb bourgeoisie
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i don't need to, like, fuck the venus de milo to be glad it exists
#9936
Poronto
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I miss the person I used to be back when this was the only place I posted
#9937
Poronto
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I miss the person I used to be back when this was the only place I posted
#9938
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stegosaurus posted:

i put enough into the site it will remain up for the next couple years. idk how to responsibly modify or improve the codebase of this site, and i never heard anything about the rejuvenation or whatever plans there were from anyone else. i'm just assuming that everyone formerly involved now has other priorities.



thank you steg. i remember the talks you did years ago that you uploaded. you have been really pivotal on my online discovery of leftist material.

i am so happy this place is still around

#9939
Poronto
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dog in avatar died over a year ago perhaps i shd replace with new dog
#9940
Poronto
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dog in avatar died over a year ago perhaps i shd replace with new dog
#9941
chickeon
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rest in peace noble hound
#9942
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Constantignoble posted:

swampman posted:

Post your bodyweight too so that I can feel slightly better about lifting way less

sure: currently 225, down from 240 in spring. long-term target is roughly "anywhere below 190," but hell, i haven't looked at a scale and seen a 1 in the first digit in almost a decade, so i'll be happy even with that



i am now down ~55 lbs from my starting point, below 190 for the first time in my adult life. definitely more visibly muscular than i've ever been -- even a mild pump gives me that biceps vein bulge.

that said, my new goal is somewhere in the 10-15% bodyfat range. not quite there yet, but i swear i will see an ab soon.

also, haven't made any real progress on that deadlift, but i haven't backslid, either. i figure that's fine; i'm getting older, i'm not looking to do this competitively, and i've proven over the last year that it's a non-injurious load, so this is probably a good level of challenge to keep my spine strong

#9943
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i got shot in the ear :/
#9944
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kinch posted:

i got shot in the ear :/


how does it smell?

#9945
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hi
#9946
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after a llong sojourn inthe rotten depths of education and philosophy i slink back, more chucklefuckmaxxed than ever
#9947
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tears posted:

after a llong sojourn inthe rotten depths of education and philosophy i slink back, more chucklefuckmaxxed than ever


welcome back tears

#9948
Dont Mess With Sucess
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This Real life... it's like... more than a game. Guh
#9949
Dont Mess With Sucess
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tears posted:

after a llong sojourn inthe rotten depths of education and philosophy i slink back, more chucklefuckmaxxed than ever


That's good

#9950
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teaching update: ive climbed halfway up the greasy pole of school management, and am now classified as a "middle leader". i spend 60 hours a week bossing literal children around and for my sins they pay me in peanuts. clown school is in eternal session.

fuming mad daily that im not yet in charge of behaviour, still shacked by the 4 olds which haunt me
#9951
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any greater tkaranto zzoners wanna ring in the new year tomorrow? if no i'll go see square one or the fireworks near the marina

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#9952
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Well what a 7 years it's been. Maybe I will update later.
#9953
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deadlifted 425 for a few reps; a 2.36x bodyweight lift. i can now see multiple abs, though there's a certain pocket of fat and excess crinkly skin down at the bottom I might just have to live with. the danger of being obese for 30 years, i guess!
#9954
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i realised i have adhd
#9955
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cue a few days of obsessively reading every bit of literature I can steal about the genetic basis. what a fascinating thing. genetic basis with around 5% morbidity implies maintenance level evolutionary pressures preserving alleles at this rate of prevalence - despite seeming long-time selection pressures against these alleles. essentially a cost-benefit issue. funny ha ha.
#9956
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the ol' double post. nice.
#9957
mt.real
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tears posted:

i realised i have adhd


i probably do too but i don't want to know or treat it or even really pathologize it in a basic way. just let me flail around in my mess. i'm used to it

#9958
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drwhat posted:

tears posted:

i realised i have adhd

i probably do too but i don't want to know or treat it or even really pathologize it in a basic way. just let me flail around in my mess. i'm used to it


its pretty lame. and theres a thousand year waiting list for an assessment in the uk

#9959
hi!!! : )
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The best way to treat ADHD is to run around all day having lots of fun. If you haven't tried that yet, welllll, then i reckon it'll fix what ails ya, pardner. : )
#9960
Poronto
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the cancer didn't come back, the other cancer didn't come back, and the lady gave me amphetamines for my ADHD. first day of a new dawn