Disclaimer for some of these: Wild animals shouldn't really be pets. In some cases they end up that way because they can't be reintroduced to the wild, but should only be taken care of by somebody experienced. That goes for most of these animals frankly, none of them are something I would say somebody should buy on a whim.
As an example of that fennec fox are absolutely adorable, but wild animals. They are very social, so either you would need to be home all the time or get two. They're also nocturnal and SUPER active. Not easy to feed too, you would need a steady supply of insects and eggs, among other things.
Bats are very social, and would probably require you to have multiple bats They can do okay in captivity, but aren't something I would just recommend the average person get.
Crows are frankly too smart for it, they aren't going to be happy in captivity. From what I understand, they develop a lot of mental issues in captivity unless they are very specially cared for.
Axolotl are cute. They can be raised domestically and work okay as pets. They are also endangered and probably should not be kept as a pet by an inexperienced owner.
Capybara can be domesticated fairly well and get along with people, but need a lot of space.
Reptiles are fairly easy to take care of if you do some research and know what you are doing, I used to rescue and keep snakes. Still, you would want to make sure you are getting their habitat/temperature control right. I would probably go with any of the lizards/amphibeans.
I have seen efforts to get Harvard to dox all the students who were members of clubs that signed the recent letter they put out (that basically said that Israel is the aggressor in all of this) so that people could recommend no companies ever hire them.
In terms of some kind grand treaty and international recognition? Not anytime soon. Things are rarely so clear-cut.
However, a lot of occupiers left Israel after these attacks. Those are concrete wins because that is exactly what should be happening. Palestine has little left to lose, this is their home and they are already in concentration camps. Many Israelis have other citizenships and can go back home anytime they want. Who do you think is inclined to fight harder.
I think a better question might be can Israel ever actually win this, and the answers to that is no. Not without a genocide even worse than anything we have ever seen to date. There will always be people willing to fight against the invaders.
Could they? Yes, probably. So could the network providers (which would be more likely and easier). Would they? Ehhh, I feel more likely would be the government trying to mandate surveillance of communications rather than blocking them.
I don't think any company would want to be that overt about trying frankly. While the west is largely not primed for a revolution at this moment, in a hypothetical revoluton I don't think companies would make an overt position like that. It's not like companies would be dismantled overnight normally, they would want to keep existing.
Not only do they not care, they probably see it as a potential propaganda win. If some settlers die in the bombings, they can blame it on the Palestinians for taking them in the first place (if not just outright say they were executed). Any settlers that survive will be seen as a victory.
Internet has come a long way in Cuba in recent years. The biggest obstacle has traditionally been (shocker) the US embargo making undersea cable construction difficult.
Satellite remains an [expensive] option and I know they just managed to finish a few undersea cable projects regardless. I think they are around 60% of cubans having readily accessible internet now? I expect that will only continue to improve.
In all honesty, a break from the internet wouldn't hurt mots of us. While I wouldn't move there longterm probably, I didn't really miss it while I was in the DPRK.
Happy to answer, though sadly I can't say that there is any secret widespread ML organizations that you missed.
I think it's not quite true to say that there are no Marxist-Leninists in contemporary Japan (I am one!) but that they are at a much more grassroots level. In local circles and academic circles, I see a lot more of it. Members of the party that are winning seats in government, much less so.
I will say that your perception of the parties as a whole are accurate though. It isn't the same party that it was under Fuwa. The Kyosanto of today does lean pretty socdem in a lot of ways, as they ran away from a lot of their fouding principles after the red purge. The sudden 180 support of the Emperor is a particular sticking point for me recently, because they used to be very staunchly against the imperial family. The desire to distance themselves from the CPC also seems short-sighted, as they could easily be a great ally for us. There are many areas that the party needs work. It feels like constant concessions towards being practical has just served to undermine the party as a whole.
On the other hand, they do still have some good positions such as being opposed to the historical revisionism we see so often from Japanese politicians and being opposed to the US occupation. The latter of which I think is a necessary first step before basically anything else.
I would still encourage comrades here to reach out to their local chapters though, because I often find them much more left-oriented in their ways of thinking than the party as a whole might be. I think it is important to realise that a lot of the Kyosanto's run away from Marxism is very recent, within 20 years or less. There are a lot of members who predate that and still believe in a lot of core marxist tenants. I don't think it is out of the question for the party to course correct, but it will take a lot of effort.
I look forward to the next couple months, when the NYT will be writing an article about the counteroffensive stalling out because nobody could have predicated how cold the winter would be.
In Japan I would say not great, but outside of a short-lived revolutionary surge that was put-down thanks to the US we have existed pretty much as a US lapdog since WW2. So nothing too surprising.
Yen has absolutely plummeted thanks in part to our joining sanctions against Russia. There was a period a couple years back that the yen was roughly equal to the dollar, 100 JPY was about 1 USD. Now we are hovering around 150 JPY to the dollar and it looks to be trending even weaker.
Electricity costs have close to doubled thanks to said sanctions too, especially since we refuse to restart nuclear power in most areas. Almost the entire country's electricity costs have increased by 50% or more and we had a wave of deaths over the summer of people dying of heat stroke. When I moved into my current flat, the rental company suggested we try taking cold baths to save costs.
Ukraine, people seem to be mostly over. People were very outspoken on it right at the start, Japan never wants to be behind on the latest Cause, but once it started affecting them negatively people's opinions started to shift. I actually saw a program on public TV the other night talking about the 2014 coups that precipiated everything.
Oh and one of our few good politicians (the governor of Okinawa/Ryukyuu) is currently in the process of being overruled by the government because he refused to approve the relocation and construction of the US bases in okinawa because nobody there actually wants them. So the government is pushing it to the supreme court to just bypass him, which of course they will do.
So yeah, things are just dandy. The one good thing I hope to see out of all of this is there is a growing contingent of people who want to be free of US occupation. Some people because they are just tired of being the US lapdogs, some people are tired of the occupiers assaulting the locals, and others worried about making Japan a staging ground for aggression against China.
I work in hospitality IT, probably not a field I would generally recommend to most people normally but the head regional offices for Asia are located in China.
I have spent some time in a couple of them, and a possible future career option is actually a transfer to China. It is part of the reason I took the job I have now. I have been studying chinese specifically in case that pans out.
I am sure there would be considerable adjustments, I have lived most of my life in Japan at this point, but I would definitely welcome the opportunity.
Disclaimer for some of these: Wild animals shouldn't really be pets. In some cases they end up that way because they can't be reintroduced to the wild, but should only be taken care of by somebody experienced. That goes for most of these animals frankly, none of them are something I would say somebody should buy on a whim.
As an example of that fennec fox are absolutely adorable, but wild animals. They are very social, so either you would need to be home all the time or get two. They're also nocturnal and SUPER active. Not easy to feed too, you would need a steady supply of insects and eggs, among other things.
Bats are very social, and would probably require you to have multiple bats They can do okay in captivity, but aren't something I would just recommend the average person get.
Crows are frankly too smart for it, they aren't going to be happy in captivity. From what I understand, they develop a lot of mental issues in captivity unless they are very specially cared for.
Axolotl are cute. They can be raised domestically and work okay as pets. They are also endangered and probably should not be kept as a pet by an inexperienced owner.
Capybara can be domesticated fairly well and get along with people, but need a lot of space.
Reptiles are fairly easy to take care of if you do some research and know what you are doing, I used to rescue and keep snakes. Still, you would want to make sure you are getting their habitat/temperature control right. I would probably go with any of the lizards/amphibeans.
Always great when the white house has to release a clarifying statement that basically amounts to "Actually the president just straight up lied".
I have seen efforts to get Harvard to dox all the students who were members of clubs that signed the recent letter they put out (that basically said that Israel is the aggressor in all of this) so that people could recommend no companies ever hire them.
I don't suppose going to HR about people bringing shit like that into the office is an option?
In terms of some kind grand treaty and international recognition? Not anytime soon. Things are rarely so clear-cut.
However, a lot of occupiers left Israel after these attacks. Those are concrete wins because that is exactly what should be happening. Palestine has little left to lose, this is their home and they are already in concentration camps. Many Israelis have other citizenships and can go back home anytime they want. Who do you think is inclined to fight harder.
I think a better question might be can Israel ever actually win this, and the answers to that is no. Not without a genocide even worse than anything we have ever seen to date. There will always be people willing to fight against the invaders.
Considering they have Americans driving vehicles into Chinese consulates, I would say that their plans are proceeding exactly as they wanted them to.
Sorry for the delay, Al Qaws is the group.
As far as I’m aware they still follow the British criminal code where it was illegal.
There is an advocacy group, so it’s not totally an ignored subject but probably a fairly low priority.
A “senior China correspondent” that cites Radio Free Asia for anything can probably be safely ignored, especially given her history of articles.
Could they? Yes, probably. So could the network providers (which would be more likely and easier). Would they? Ehhh, I feel more likely would be the government trying to mandate surveillance of communications rather than blocking them.
I don't think any company would want to be that overt about trying frankly. While the west is largely not primed for a revolution at this moment, in a hypothetical revoluton I don't think companies would make an overt position like that. It's not like companies would be dismantled overnight normally, they would want to keep existing.
Not only do they not care, they probably see it as a potential propaganda win. If some settlers die in the bombings, they can blame it on the Palestinians for taking them in the first place (if not just outright say they were executed). Any settlers that survive will be seen as a victory.
Is the truth a conspiracy theory now? What are they going to do, carpet-bomb people with an education?
You have obviously only talked to Russian agents. It's working already!
Internet has come a long way in Cuba in recent years. The biggest obstacle has traditionally been (shocker) the US embargo making undersea cable construction difficult.
Satellite remains an [expensive] option and I know they just managed to finish a few undersea cable projects regardless. I think they are around 60% of cubans having readily accessible internet now? I expect that will only continue to improve.
In all honesty, a break from the internet wouldn't hurt mots of us. While I wouldn't move there longterm probably, I didn't really miss it while I was in the DPRK.
Of course, feel free
Happy to answer, though sadly I can't say that there is any secret widespread ML organizations that you missed.
I think it's not quite true to say that there are no Marxist-Leninists in contemporary Japan (I am one!) but that they are at a much more grassroots level. In local circles and academic circles, I see a lot more of it. Members of the party that are winning seats in government, much less so.
I will say that your perception of the parties as a whole are accurate though. It isn't the same party that it was under Fuwa. The Kyosanto of today does lean pretty socdem in a lot of ways, as they ran away from a lot of their fouding principles after the red purge. The sudden 180 support of the Emperor is a particular sticking point for me recently, because they used to be very staunchly against the imperial family. The desire to distance themselves from the CPC also seems short-sighted, as they could easily be a great ally for us. There are many areas that the party needs work. It feels like constant concessions towards being practical has just served to undermine the party as a whole.
On the other hand, they do still have some good positions such as being opposed to the historical revisionism we see so often from Japanese politicians and being opposed to the US occupation. The latter of which I think is a necessary first step before basically anything else.
I would still encourage comrades here to reach out to their local chapters though, because I often find them much more left-oriented in their ways of thinking than the party as a whole might be. I think it is important to realise that a lot of the Kyosanto's run away from Marxism is very recent, within 20 years or less. There are a lot of members who predate that and still believe in a lot of core marxist tenants. I don't think it is out of the question for the party to course correct, but it will take a lot of effort.
I look forward to the next couple months, when the NYT will be writing an article about the counteroffensive stalling out because nobody could have predicated how cold the winter would be.
In Japan I would say not great, but outside of a short-lived revolutionary surge that was put-down thanks to the US we have existed pretty much as a US lapdog since WW2. So nothing too surprising.
Yen has absolutely plummeted thanks in part to our joining sanctions against Russia. There was a period a couple years back that the yen was roughly equal to the dollar, 100 JPY was about 1 USD. Now we are hovering around 150 JPY to the dollar and it looks to be trending even weaker.
Electricity costs have close to doubled thanks to said sanctions too, especially since we refuse to restart nuclear power in most areas. Almost the entire country's electricity costs have increased by 50% or more and we had a wave of deaths over the summer of people dying of heat stroke. When I moved into my current flat, the rental company suggested we try taking cold baths to save costs.
Ukraine, people seem to be mostly over. People were very outspoken on it right at the start, Japan never wants to be behind on the latest Cause, but once it started affecting them negatively people's opinions started to shift. I actually saw a program on public TV the other night talking about the 2014 coups that precipiated everything.
Oh and one of our few good politicians (the governor of Okinawa/Ryukyuu) is currently in the process of being overruled by the government because he refused to approve the relocation and construction of the US bases in okinawa because nobody there actually wants them. So the government is pushing it to the supreme court to just bypass him, which of course they will do.
So yeah, things are just dandy. The one good thing I hope to see out of all of this is there is a growing contingent of people who want to be free of US occupation. Some people because they are just tired of being the US lapdogs, some people are tired of the occupiers assaulting the locals, and others worried about making Japan a staging ground for aggression against China.
I work in hospitality IT, probably not a field I would generally recommend to most people normally but the head regional offices for Asia are located in China.
I have spent some time in a couple of them, and a possible future career option is actually a transfer to China. It is part of the reason I took the job I have now. I have been studying chinese specifically in case that pans out.
I am sure there would be considerable adjustments, I have lived most of my life in Japan at this point, but I would definitely welcome the opportunity.