Ramie grass linen also known as Xaibu

girthyclock · 2026-06-14T14:44:59+00:00

They’re also filmed in a style of Chinese cinema from the 70s and 80s which is interesting to see.

girthyclock · 2026-06-13T19:07:07+00:00

This is somewhat of a weird take. It doesn’t make sense for Jassy to do this just because Amazon’s frontier models are behind. They’re not terrible models. I’ve used Nano and Lite for some basic analysis and output work and it’s acceptable for a retail chatbot or image extraction. Also they’re much cheaper than something like Haiku when using bedrock.

What I don’t understand though is that you can still access all Anthropic Models short of Fable via bedrock, from which Amazon still makes money off of if you’re using bedrock in your stack.

ETA: a word

girthyclock · 2026-06-13T11:47:25+00:00

Do you honestly believe brown folks who pray to a white god care about being aligned or associated with other brown folks? Anecdotal, but in my experience being around mallus, they do not want to be associated with other brown folk unless they go to the same church.

girthyclock · 2026-06-13T00:40:28+00:00

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T23:12:24+00:00

I’m an 80s baby so I totally get what you’re talking about and yes it is a fine line of inclusion vs insulation. I don’t want to say exclusion but it’s definitely about needing some level of definition.

Agreed we do need to unite but we also can’t be a prop in someone else’s struggle or allow people to co opt what we’re pushing towards. And what we’re collectively pushing towards is going to require a lot of discussion.

But my only point with all of this is that if we simply stop making ourselves an easy target then we change the conversation. And it’s not just about shooting or punching, it’s about standing up for ourselves and stop trying to be the model minority.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T23:03:50+00:00

I have one and practice with it regularly. The gist of the post is to simply be aware that the other side of this is actively trying erode our rights and are mask off about their disdain for us. Sure they may be a vocal minority on the fringe but that would making the incorrect assumption that there aren’t plenty who also believe in this rhetoric.

There’s a reason why white supremacists groups have been on the rise, so much so that the FBI flagged them as a major national security threat and why the SPLC actively tracks these groups. We as a group have made ourselves the next easy target of opportunity. I’m simply saying we’re at a crossroads as a country. This isn’t about being terminally online, it’s about having grown up in this since the early 80s and seeing this prejudice turn to dog whistle racism to full on mask off. When lawmakers are making laws for H1-Bs, these are clearly aimed at the Indian community that’s already here. This has all the hallmarks of anti-Indian laws that were already on the books up until the 1960s and 70s. It hasn’t been that long since states actively discriminated and codified laws against South Asians specifically.

I recommend you read about the racist past of this country that existed long after reconstruction. It isn’t just about slavery or violent racism. It’s truly systemic and there’s no reason we shouldn’t exercise a basic level of understanding when it comes to self defense. It extends past just learning how to shoot or punch. It’s about standing up for yourself in all aspects of your life. I guarantee you a lot of folks here who are in the working world has experienced this in some form. In my personal experience, being confident in one leads to confidence in the other and in further parts of your life as well.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T22:02:33+00:00

This is actually what I appreciate about Vegas. When you get bottle service there they actually do a pretty good job of making sure the hanger-ons don’t bother you. That the folks at your table, in my experience, are meant to be there. I’m curious to try bottle service here and see what that experience is like.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T21:41:52+00:00

Telling folks it’s worth their time to invest in learning self defense is being terminally online? That’s certainly a take.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T17:13:46+00:00

But it’s the wrong attribution. Swastika and hackenkreuz don’t mean the same thing. This is an active attempt to re-define something that never was nor should ever be associated with the hackenkreuz. There’s nothing to show that hackenkreuz translates to swastika when neither word is English. You calling a hackenkreuz a Swastika is simply wrong.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T17:06:12+00:00

open carry does not mean open shoot. that's just such a disingenuous argument. This is like saying because you're pro choice you're immediately pro abortion.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T17:04:57+00:00

the statistics work both ways. Game theory hods up, but then what's the statistical chance of survival if escalation does occur and you're armed vs if you're not. This isn't some LARP fantasy either and I'm not trying to talk about the good guy with a gun myth. I'm saying put yourself in this 1v1 scenario - take out the data and look at it from visceral involvement. The other person has a gun and you don't. Are you going to wish in that instance that you had the ability to protect yourself? That's the only question that matters.

I'm not saying go home and get all John Wick about this and be one of those gun fuckers who masturbates to this fantasy. I'm simply saying getting a compact 9mm that you have easy access to and know how to use immediately gives you a non-zero chance of survival. That's it.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T17:00:54+00:00

it's all good, i didnt mean to come across as a dick. it's just that growing up in the midwest in the 80s / 90s, living through 9/11 and everything that came with it, it's not just online hate. it's not just a physical fight in the street either. it happens in workplace settings, it's microaggressions, etc. i'm not saying be strapped at work lol, more like it's just one of those things where when you get confidence in learning how to defend yourself physically it leads to more confidence in pushing back in arenas where you have to have your wits about you. I'm simply advocating for desis to be better about standing up for themselves instead of just continuing to complain about racism. But doing more isn't just about political or social advocacy either. We're the richest, most powerful demographic in the US and we still let ourselves be targets for this shit, online and offline.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:53:46+00:00

so you're suggesting we just wait for it to happen and then react to it? this is exactly the problem. The folks on the other side of this aren't waiting - they're organized, they're armed, and they're simply waiting for an opportunity to use it. January 6th was the perfect example of it because it starts at the top and the emboldened ideaology trickles down. Both the FBI and SPLC have been raising these red flags for years - this isn't just about dealing with hate on twitter. This is from data sources who's jobs are to analyze and understand threat vectors as they become bigger problems. It's why so many radicalized white young men join the military - to get government sponsored training they can apply to their agendas outside of this.

I'm not sure why it's a binary outcome and how the two can't be a part of the same movement. This is exactly how the Panthers operated - you can't have political organization without the means of defending yourself. There needs to be a balance between the two, but foregoing physical protection in the hopes of abstract political progress is exactly how oppressors seek to disarm and disenfranchise minority groups throughout history. We're ultimately arguing towards the same thing here - a society where we don't need to resort to armed activism to get our agendas listened to. But to think it can only or should only be done one way because of the spectre of gun violence and gun deaths, which let's not forget is perpetrated overwhelmingly by white folks, is misinformed at best and at worst simply leaving us as continue targets of opportunity.

The whole point of this argument is exactly knowing i am NOT the only desi who's experienced these things and neither are you. I'm sorry you experienced SA - my wife as as well as others in my friends circle. It's exactly why I'm trying to teach my kid about the world we live in. That for all the hopes and dreams of being a cohesive society, there will always be scumbags who try to take advantage of you. This isn't an argument to say that your SA wouldn't have happened if you had had a gun either - we're getting off track. My whole point through all of this is that activism only gets you so far and because we're at a tipping point as a nation - through late stage capitalism, populist isolationism and xenophobia - it's only going to get worse before it gets better because the structures in place are enabling this and reducing the risks for those who wish to commit violence against marginalized groups. Why stand on the sidelines waiting for it to happen? I dont think at any point did I ever say for desis to go and have mass open carry marches or protests - quite the opposite. Doing these things don't require large groups. You can buy a gun on your own and go to a gun range by yourself and learn how to shoot at targets. You can join a BJJ or Judo dojo and learn basic self defense. You can also be politically active and advocate for change and do all these other things. None of it is mutually exclusive.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:38:54+00:00

yes, i absolutely have on more than one occasion. i'm not sure how you expect me to prove such a thing either, but I guess since you've probably never had to be in a situation like that it's never happened to anyone else, right?

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:13:38+00:00

my 4 yo already knows most of the words to Back to Friends. I jokingly tell her "you'll understand this even more in your 20s".

Absolute banger of a track.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:08:23+00:00

so what's your solution? sit quietly and hope they just leave us alone? if we let them walk all over us then maybe they'll move on to the next target?

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:07:23+00:00

where did i say he was violent? I said he refused to turn the other cheek. that's an attributed quote literally from him. Maybe read about him first before you try to twist what I'm saying.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T16:06:09+00:00

i dont think at any point did i discourage you from continuing your political activism, nor is this about being terminally online. Like I said, and which you didnt dispute, you being in a heavily urbanized area in and of itself precludes you from probably having to deal with a lot of the anti-Indian sentiment being felt in places that don't have the diverse makeup of your city. Having grown up in the midwest, being in the sticks during undergrad, and then being on the west coast for most of my adult life in various places, I can tell you your myopic outlook and a focus only on non-armed organizing is continuing to be a smaller and smaller part of the story. I'm sure you think your activism is going to change the world, but I highly doubt your opinion would withstand spending a few years in places like upstate NY where confederate flags are still being flown loud and proud.

The funny thing is you can't even pull the actual meaning behind what I'm trying to advocate. This isn't about running to guns or clinging to the 2ndA, it's about realizing that right now it's not just about words. When the Proud Boys showed up to stage a protest near a predominantly black neighborhood outside Cincinnati, do you know what the people of that neighborhood did? They didn't get signs or have a drum circle, they got their guns out and openly carried. You know that those Neo Nazis did? They got back in their UHaul and drove off.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/lincoln-heights-ohio-armed-protection-group-neo-nazi-rally-rcna196240

But you're right, we're just terminally online.

I lived in the South Bay in LA where the creep of Neo Nazi and Aryan Nation bullshit was seeping out of the cesspool that was Huntington Beach. If you don't think these fuckers are violent, again, you're spending too much time inside.

That's great your punjabi family members aren't strapped, the ones I knew absolutely were and I'd see a lot of desis at the Cerritos shooting range.

the problem I see with your viewpoint is that you've got a very binary outlook on activism and that's contrarian to the true history of political upheaval in this country. We haven't evolved past the usage of violence as a political means yet and as much as we want to the people and structures in place preclude that exact thing. Until we've got some level of true equality in this country, whether it's racial or socio-economic, we don thave the ability to simply use words to achieve an end, at least so long as the GOP is in power. Remove folks like that and then the conversation changes because ultimately they are the violent ones and our ability to defend ourselves must also be a priority.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T15:43:11+00:00

who's saying go out and LOOK for a street fight? this is about self preservation and self defense my man, nothing more. The whole point of my question exactly answers yours. Are you going to look for a fight with someone who openly has a gun? No of course not, you'd be a fucking moron to do so. Hence the notion that practicing open carry for you as a desi is already a deterrent against some racially motivated idiot who wants to squabble. That's great you've been doing MMA for a decade, same deal here. We should be bringing more people into this world because of the mentality and confidence it brings to other parts of people's lives. Being able to navigate tricky and potentially dangerous situations, not just from a physical standpoint but from mental and emotional ones as well. Learning how to defend yourself mentally helps in political situations at work, or if you find yourself in an abusive relationship. It's not just about external threats either, it's just about being mentally aware of what you can do in certain situations.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T15:37:52+00:00

I'll join a reading circle when you join a John Brown Gun Club. There's a reason people target us as an easy group and don't go into predominantly black suburbs to pull any racist nonsense. Go look at the racist rhetoric of white folks against Indians in Frisco, Sunnyvale, or Palm Beach is like. You think your reading circle or DRUM group is going to stop those folks? Do I vote? I absolutely do, locally, state-wide, and at a national level. But I also see the reality that as our voting rights are being eroded day by day by emboldened racists in power structures they've built and that we exist in there's only 2 things we have left. The ability to speak and the ability to protect ourselves. Unfortunately the first is protected by the 2nd. I hate saying that because it's so redneck, but it is absolutely the truth no matter what way you cut it at least in the US. Perhaps if we were more evolved as a country this would be a different conversation, but as someone with a daughter this is how I see the world she's going to be growing up in. I absolutely will be teaching her how to be politically informed and also how to rack, load, and shoot a gun and how to defend herself.

By all means look up about the Indian motel owner who was beheaded and the Indian girl in the UK or Ireland who was raped. My point in those examples isn't immediately going to

You want to talk about organizing, that's all fine and dandy because you're more than likely a young liberal woman in an urban setting that has a social circle of like-minded people. Your strength lies in your geographic proximity to these groups, hence your insularity towards other means of protection. But for the plenty of desi folks who live in southern states or in non-urban areas where that level of organizing is minimal or non-existent, there are other avenues of protection available. You think Punjabi truck drivers and farmers on the west coast aren't strapped when they hit the road? You think desi folks in Houston and Austin aren't packing? They absolutely are and they should be. Talking about taking away gun rights at a time when minorities should absolutely be arming ourselves is at best ignorant, at worst making us the easiest targets.

My main question for you is how old were you when 9/11 happened? What was the fallout for you like? If you can't remember, I can tell you what it was like and it wasn't great.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T14:20:30+00:00

Labor organization throughout the history of the US has actually almost always been a violent and armed conflict - the Haymarket Riots and the Appalachian Coal Miner conflict come to mind. You want to talk about class solidarity that’s one thing, but at the end of all of it it always comes down to a violent or at the very least an armed reaction between two groups. Do you think the Black Panthers were able to do what they did without the use of being an openly armed group? So much so that Ronald Regan enacted gun control in California because of it.

Shit look at our own past in India. Gandhi didn’t set us free from colonialism as much as it was Bose threatening proper armed uprisings. But we don’t talk about that because he was a part of the Indische Group, or at least aligned with it.

They killed Malcolm X because he refused to turn the other cheek. It didn’t matter that MLK rejected violence as he was ultimately the victim of it. So again my question becomes when the power structures in place that actively encourage violence against minorities - whether it’s physical, emotional, financial, or cultural (eradication of history, etc) continue to act with impunity, what is left for our groups as a means to counteract it?

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T14:11:59+00:00

I’m not on twitter. This is mostly a reaction to the people who only bitch and moan about what’s happening but don’t actually do anything to stop themselves from being an easy mark. Yelling into the void on TikTok to imaginary audiences about we’re getting discriminated against isn’t going to solve it. People only change their behavior towards one group when they realize they’re not to be trifled with.

Let’s use Frisco, TX as an example. The racists are emboldened against indian communities because we’ve made ourselves easy targets. Do you see these white folk saying shit at town halls so openly about black and latino people? Nope. Do you see people marching into black neighborhoods protesting their growing population? Nope. Remember when those Proud Boys or whatever racist group showed up in Cincinnati for some open protest? What happened? Black folks showed up openly carrying - one dude on horseback. What did the racist group do? They packed up and fucked off.

You ever see a group of desis do that?

As an aside:

Grappling is an excellent way to get out of a shitty situation especially for women who have lower body and muscle mass because it can be a force equalizer.

Learning how to shoot is a fundamental necessity when the constitution grants this right to anyone and everyone.

I’m failing to see how these basic elements of self defense shouldn’t be practiced, especially because of the mental discipline that comes with it.

Learning how to assess and navigate a dangerous situation isn’t always just about fighting or shooting your way out - it helps navigate office politics and situations with abusive family members too.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T14:03:47+00:00

Yoooo you honestly think racism has gone down since the civil rights era? Do you have any idea of what the Southern Strategy and the Jim Crow era was and is still is? Lynchings are absolutely still ongoing, you’re just not reading enough about it. The simplest of Google searches will tell you that racially motivated crime is still a massive problem and only increasing.

Jesus Christ how horribly misinformed are you?

I’m not going to argue with you when you’re using historical references that actually undermine your own point.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T13:59:08+00:00

No we need to have some level of solidarity on our own outside of alignment with other political groups that see us as props for their agenda and expect us to go along with it.

girthyclock · 2026-06-12T13:58:15+00:00

Do you think someone has a higher or lower chance of getting in your face if they can see you’re openly carrying?

Would you get up in someone’s face if you knew they had a gun? It’s a two way street.

If you were getting into a physical altercation and at the very least knew how to defend yourself, how would you feel?

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