I was quite skinny as a teenager, now I have the physique of a dwarf from Lord of the rings. I think the grass is always greener on the other side lol

Was allegedly involved in search and rescue mission for the crew of the plane shot down earlier today

No need to apologize for that one. I think I speak for many when I say I appreciate the amount of detail in your posts.

So I’m guessing you are either in the north east or parts of the Midwest based on what you wrote. There are three things I’d point out with that being said. Firstly, there are some areas where there are genuinely valuable trees on forest service land, as they allow logging at a minorly limited rate. This is especially true out west. Secondly, evonomies of scale. Much of the lumber industry is set up to clearcut even aged plantations at scale, and as a result it can be hard to find sawmills to buy small and diverse loads of logs from clearing smaller private parcels. Thirdly, there is an increasing demand for wood based biofuel, mainly for export to Europe or japan. This industry is only established in the southeast and Pacific Northwest thus far, but the companies involved in that do seem to be attempting to expand (drax, a British company was denied permits to build two large biofuel pellet plants in California).

Tldr, your observations of the timber industry are accurate but I think there are specific intelligent profiteers behind this type of move

Unlimited blue on blue fire onthe Yankee terrorists

Was initially quite confused by the highlights. The highlighted tailfin is from the 493 fighter squadron (it even says 493 FS) whereas the debris appears to be formerly of the 494 fighter squadron. Not sure why that image was included

Is there any chance the wing loong have could be Iranian - a friendly fire incident or is this confirmed Saudi or UAE? Saudi or UAE seems more likely tbh

how do you do fellow kids

It is really obnoxious that they don’t link the source in the article or even say what site it is on.

It seems like the levels of institutional anti-chinese racism are just going up and up in If I was in his position I’d probably take an opportunity for a job outside the us as well.

Slightly cryptic in an entertaining way but I know what he’s saying. 5/10 rating

God I hate the USA

Work of modern art

Congrats.

So true

I obviously don’t know the true military situation in Iran, but based on what I do know, I don’t think they should accept this deal, even if the us and Israel were open to it. There is no guarantees that the us will withdraw all assets from neighboring countries, nor a specific mechanism to ensure the Epstein forces won’t simply ignore the ceasefire and attack again at some point in the future.

I think I’m one if the few people on this site in that age range (I’m 23), and I actively organize with many people in their early 20s. My experience is much less universally negative, though there are elements of it I see. Irony poisoning, apathy and disillusionment seem to be extremely widespread. On the one hand, certain reactionary viewpoints (esp misogyny) will be stated more openly by some, but finding a genuine supporter of any given reactionary politician is quite rare in my experience-- in fact even those who are vocally misogynistic tend to be equally vocally anti any reactionary politician they can name. No one has much hope for the future yet turning that disillusionment into action can be quite difficult.

In my workplace, “Epstein class” rhetoric is pretty much universal. sympathy with Iran and Palestine is commonplace (people post Iran Lego videos in the work group chat regularly, and people reply “death to Israel”), sympathy for the us army and the police is minimal. However this coexists with jokes about sexual assault, ZOG posting, and hustle grind brainworms, and even pro deportation comments. Oh and ableist language is all pervasive. But I’m openly queer and trans on a blue collar job in a rural area, and I have only ever had serious issues with that around coworkers over 40. I don’t know if that would have been the case 10 years ago.

I think the overall trend is disillusionment and even pseudo radicalization becoming extremely normal, without any coherent ideological framework behind it. The tendency usually expresses itself in adventurism or inaction. I have yet to see it manifest in fascism (to most people my age, trump is the usa establishment) in the traditional sense, but neither is it progressive per se. It is discontent that seems to reject action, organization or ideological coherence.

Is the rightmost figure at tre start moloch? Representing child sacrifice? Or what

You can ethically watch this if you simply pirate it. But why on earth should you?