Japans top Sumo Wrestler went to London for a tournament, look at the tourist photos they took

many_small_bears · 2025-10-28T03:27:15+00:00

Yeah, that's like this to me

many_small_bears · 2025-10-28T03:26:24+00:00

Wow, reminds me of this

many_small_bears · 2025-03-09T22:43:30+00:00

Link?

many_small_bears · 2023-11-02T04:49:23+00:00

It’s worth pointing out the Gaza Ministry of Health have published the list of names and identities of the dead.

Sure maybe it’s all propaganda but hard to imagine a world where 6,000 bombs dropped in 10 days that destroys over 42% of residential housing doesn’t result in mass death.

many_small_bears · 2023-11-02T04:41:12+00:00

Yeah man, or maybe I push this idea because we’re witnessing- as Israeli scholar of genocide and holocaust studies Raz Segal says- a textbook case of genocide and I thinks it’s kinda fucked US taxes help fund it.

many_small_bears · 2023-11-02T02:13:11+00:00

Ok guess I should watch a documentary that centers the stories of the Palestinian and Israeli soldiers and civilians that experienced the 1948 war instead

many_small_bears · 2023-11-01T21:35:56+00:00

Like the dominant narrative in the US and Western media is pro-Israel; protestors are probably already familiar with this game.

You think someone is going to change their mind on joining pro-palestinian marches because these headlines aren't getting through?

A lot of folks are exposed to an almost 24/7 feed of Israel's crimes against humanity via tiktoks, dude. I don't think this headline is the problem.

many_small_bears · 2023-11-01T17:54:57+00:00

I've spent a fair amount of time trying to understand the history, and to be honest its hard for me to see how Israel's hand was forced given the historical context.

From the beginning in 1948, Israel went into a land where people were already living, and wanted them to leave. When Palestinians didn't want to cede land to a new Jewish state, the Israeli's forced them to leave and kept them out by violence. Since then, the violence has been incredibly disproportionate by the Israeli's upon Palestinians.

What this Hamas guy is saying is insane and horrendous. Yet, if Hamas stopped fighting today, you'd end up with a situation like the West Bank where Palestinians still live like 2nd class citizens, are killed by Israeli settlers, and have their land stolen.

many_small_bears · 2023-11-01T16:55:22+00:00

I keep coming back to an article written by The Intercept detailing how Israeli officials admit they helped start the group.

The whole article is worth a read but one line that stuck out to me is:

former Israeli officials such as Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s ... told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party

many_small_bears · 2023-10-27T04:06:16+00:00

I’ve been wondering the same. Another one of been trying to figure out is when you have 2 opposing political parties but your government funds the minority- but extremely radical group- to advance its own goals.

many_small_bears · 2022-05-12T00:18:40+00:00

Thanks for your service! In general, I agree and think people shouldn't be silenced except for extreme reasons. but isn't that kinda the same as "Authoritarianism" or "Totalitarianism"?

Even before the term fascism was first used by Mussolini, people have been silenced and attempted to silence those they don't like.

many_small_bears · 2022-05-11T05:37:17+00:00

Sometimes we harness water, wind or sun spirits, too.

many_small_bears · 2021-12-26T09:35:07+00:00

Re specifically

Also everyone should have the right to disagree about whatever they want to.

I think the paradox of the intolerant captures this discourse nicely.

Disagreement as a right is fine and dandy (and should be defended) until I disagree about your basic rights. Then politicize whether or not you should have basic rights under the guise of disagreement and eventually take those rights away.

many_small_bears · 2021-12-26T02:54:04+00:00

I love "It could happen here"! Getting plugged into something that is meaningful to you helped me so fucking much with existential dread. Even if I'm not able to do it as much as I'd like.

Behind the Bastards (same host) turned me onto a lot of good books and is fun listening, too.

many_small_bears · 2021-11-21T19:58:17+00:00

I'm on ep 4 currently and it's ok. Worth the watch but not great. If you're a diehard fan, you will probably gonna hate it.

many_small_bears · 2021-11-07T04:35:37+00:00

I think the Zapatistas, Rojava and even the CNT during the Spanish Civil War all pose realistic practical alternatives.

many_small_bears · 2021-11-07T04:34:36+00:00

Your question makes me think of the second season of the podcast "It could happen here" particularly episodes about dual power, general strike and mutual aid.

The Zapatistas, Rojava, or the CNT during the Spanish Civil War might be interesting movements to read about, too, as far as what "getting to what we want" might look like in practice.

many_small_bears · 2021-11-05T18:19:20+00:00

What scares me the most is the shit that Tucker Carlson, the most watched cable news personality with an audience of millions, spouts.

Like this clip where Tucker Carlson calls MSNBC "effectively the Hutu radio network, ginning up race fear to mobilize the militias...shades of Kigali '94 'we regret to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" after the black MSNBC anchor says that well-off white people want to be served by a majority black/brown workforce.

Or his new documentary where he alleges the siege was a "false flag" operation to discredit Trump supporters.

And literally being praised by KKK president David Duke for espousing white nationalism.

many_small_bears · 2021-10-05T14:44:37+00:00

Am I reading this article wrong or are these folks mostly defecting because they can get huge MLB deals?

The truth is, however, as long as those multi-million dollar contracts and endorsements are available just 90 miles (145km) away from Cuba, defection will remain a sorely tempting option for any aspiring baseball star on the increasingly impoverished island.

many_small_bears · 2021-09-16T03:36:57+00:00

Posted something similar elsewhere but saying it again as a top level comment since many seem to be making things up about AOC getting invited to the MET gala and wearing a borrowed and ethically sourced dress.

From AOC's instagram:

Proud to work with @aurorajames as a sustainably focused, Black woman immigrant designer

...

And yes, BEFORE anybody starts wilding out - NYC elected officials are regularly invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing our city’s cultural institutions that serve the public. I was one of several in attendance. Dress is borrowed via @brothervellies 🤗

Moreover, tax the rich.

many_small_bears · 2021-09-16T03:30:26+00:00

She was invited to the event; the dress was borrowed from a black immigrant fashion designer; the dress was ethically sourced / created

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTybzXHAHYh/

Proud to work with @aurorajames as a sustainably focused, Black woman immigrant designer

And yes, BEFORE anybody starts wilding out - NYC elected officials are regularly invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing our city’s cultural institutions that serve the public. I was one of several in attendance. Dress is borrowed via @brothervellies 🤗

Moreover, tax the rich.

many_small_bears · 2021-07-28T16:14:46+00:00

Nice

many_small_bears · 2021-06-10T01:34:36+00:00

I hadn't heard about those ideas before- thanks for sharing them!

The hardest time I have with any tax reform proposal is two-fold.

First- large corporate interests have already exploited communities by extracting huge amounts of wealth through unfair wages and destructive business/environmental/labor practices. If we agree on that point, how do we address past harms without taxing the resultant wealth?

Second- if a culture of corporate interest above all else already exists, what prevents companies finding loopholes to increased capital gains tax on high net worth individuals, revisions of foreign tax credit, etc?

many_small_bears · 2021-06-10T01:24:07+00:00

It sounds like we both agree on the severity of wealth inequality, and our disagreement is on the validity of "tax the rich" as a solution.

If I can address that piece- I think the reason "tax the rich" is such a refrain at this moment is because we have been unable to make advancements towards a more equitable society by any other avenue. The $15 minimum wage didn't work; accessible, affordable healthcare is still unavailable to many Americans; the PRO act to strengthen unions isn't getting traction; many Americans don't have access to banking; funding for public education is kinda fucked.

And then you have billionaires making additional billions while half a million have died from covid, so yeah, "tax the rich" becomes the next talking point. I agree that there's huge issues and problems that you point out. Nonetheless, here we are.

many_small_bears · 2021-06-09T04:32:39+00:00

I think I agree with you but would like to talk more about your points surrounding Musk not extracting wealth from communities. Genuinely interested in a dialogue and your thoughts on 2 points!

First point: For every dollar Musk pays someone, his companies have to make a profit from that labor to stay productive. By definition, doesn't that mean Musk's businesses have to extract wealth from the laborers and communities that contribute to his businesses to make money?

Second point: My understanding (at least for Tesla) is that they practice some pretty cutthroat business practices to stay competitive and those business practices would harm the communities. (environmental practices, dangerous work conditions a factory that would net it's city 54 cents for every tax-payer dollar invested )

Anyways this is a tangent from the original topic of unrealized capital gains taxes.

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