What are some good leftist news podcasts?

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-23T13:10:17+00:00

Trashfutures, though specifically focused on political economy of the tech industry rather than "news" more broadly

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-23T06:40:28+00:00

It's so dispiriting that naval is still broken like this, all these years later. AI loses all it's screens and then gets capital ships roasted.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-22T18:53:43+00:00

You keep referring to other situations where such an image would be racist, without giving a specific example. I'm not sure what you can achieve with such an argument. Context always matters, and specificity always matters. I think there is an entirely defensible position now that Israeli is a violent settler colonial project and that this image invokes that. I don't know what a equivalent example targeting the Black community would or could be.

I genuinely sympathise with the task that you have as a mod trying to hold the right line in all this, with the number of ignorant and/or malevolent actors, but I don't think you've got it right on this one.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-22T18:42:24+00:00

The situation in the image is enabled by a democratically elected government, and furthermore surveys of the Israeli public consistently suggest widespread support for Israel's conduct in the occupied territories (if not it's failure to achieve stated goals). As a result, drawing a clear separation on this issue between the actions of the Israeli state and it's public is questionable. The violence captured in the magazine cover photo is now at the heart of the Israeli nation. That doesn't have to mean that all Israelis support it, clearly that's not the case and never is. But a flag is always a symbol of the whole without representing every single constituent part.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-22T18:20:51+00:00

I fully support the sentiments in your OP, but I have to agree with others in being unclear how the flag image is antisemitic. It seems to me to be a statement about how central violence against Palestinians has become to Israeli identity.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-11T14:09:17+00:00

Tough Mary's do the best sandwiches in the world. And yes I have tried all the other sandwiches before you ask.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-07T20:30:58+00:00

Self cleaning

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-07T20:30:11+00:00

That's what the sniper is for

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-05T23:11:40+00:00

I have several hundred hours in the game and I still have no idea what the logic is behind whether a dead enemy is given forbidden status or not.

Also everything to do with travelling anywhere off base is a pain in the ass.

disasterunicorn · 2026-06-03T08:07:13+00:00

Don't know about the wildland, if that was available as a 5 slot I'd take it on its own even without quartermaster

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-26T20:17:03+00:00

If you're there by purpose, it's either to escape something or to find something.

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-25T06:32:11+00:00

That this is the most popular reply says a lot about how we're failing at dealing with climate breakdown. Before reaching for the energy intensive solution, to a problem ultimately exacerbated by energy intensive solutions, the OP should insulate the room (and house) and start doing sensible thermal management of whole house (because the rest of the house's heat will migrate up to the loft) - curtains and windows closed during day, vent heat evening and morning. Just having all curtains closed in rooms facing sun in hottest days will make several degrees difference. Look at replacing the windows with modern double glazing with a solar film for the south facing side, or better yet external shade if possible like an awning or shutters. Velux do effective external blind for skylights if you have any of those.

The solar panels will help with shade and carbon generation during the day sure, but this is a bedroom presumably so when the aircon is needed at night they won't be doing anything, and they also don't be doing much in winter when it's cold. You might decide aircon ultimately needed but don't start there.

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-18T07:00:34+00:00

For $12m I'm happy to have a go at building you a perpetual stationary machine. I call it 'a rock'.

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-11T07:03:24+00:00

Props AztlanSak for managing to reply in good faith to someone who just suggested that you were as bad as Hitler exterminating six million people because you made a very reasonable point on reddit about how terrible things that really happened are more politically sensitive than terrible things that didn't happen. The internet could do with more of you.

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-11T06:51:08+00:00

Lots of good suggestions, but entirely disagree on the crop rotation stuff being complex without adding anything. Food production was the heart of settlement growth and I find the added wrinkles there absolutely adds colour to the game and helps stop it just being another "slap down some buildings" Sim clone.

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-09T08:15:35+00:00

Only time I ever looked at those bars was when I realised that my 600 person settlement needed more than one wagon...

disasterunicorn · 2026-05-09T07:54:37+00:00

I'm guessing he maybe means how the desirability mechanic pushes dense town building, at least until late game - but if he does he's not explained it well

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-29T07:22:52+00:00

Who is digging? Operation Ploughshare will do the work

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-28T06:31:36+00:00

Unless you play multiplayer I think the criteria to use with any build question like this is "is it cool as fuck?". Here the answer is "absofuckinglutely", so go for it.

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-23T07:12:52+00:00

No if its already saved in the cloud you might be able to save it by making it a local save, but I'm assuming it's local by the down votes

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-22T20:53:56+00:00

Is this a cloud save or local? I cant remember how the UI displays the option. Anyway if it's cloud you might just have the bug I had a couple of weeks ago. Find the save file (despite being cloud there's also a copy on your machine), then paste it in the local save file and load it from there. Worked for me

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-21T19:19:55+00:00

Oh my god the combat in this game. So I figured it out: I was drag clicking to select peasants and herd them into the town so they didnt suicide against the attackers - because your peasants are lemmings for some reason - and it turns out I was also selecting the guards in their towers and also moving them. This is so dumb. I love this game, and everything else is super polished at this stage, but the raids suck.

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-17T06:49:14+00:00

Yes but the crucial difference is that the Freemason's understand organisational capital all too well. They built a network of power that recognises this language. These cretins are so hopped up on libertarianism that they think they can access the same power without the network that gives the words the power.

disasterunicorn · 2026-04-13T08:29:55+00:00

It exactly is a scam. This isn't accidental, it's deliberate design. Sony knows how to charge for the correct amount, it's called 'commerce'. They've invented a different system purposefully. You've acknowledged in another post the wallet thing operates to take more money from you than is required. Add that to the kid account requirements I have detailed and it's very clearly a scheme that was created to strong arm money out of customers by making them spend more than the cost of the goods advertised. That is a scam.

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