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  • Germany is currently my top choice. I've been struggling with beginning the process of learning the language but found the VHS course/apps today and had an Anki card deck I finally looked at this week. Job hunting is tough. Engineer with 1.5 years of experience is a touch too entry-level it seems. Studying for a Master's is on the table too, but there's a lot of moving parts regardless of what route I take. Wish me luck.

  • Yes, you are the alchemist

  • I heard it starved to death, actually.

  • I know what I'm watching this weekend

  • Animals as Leaders is my brain go brrrr music. Metal and instrumental are the best.

  • You can’t start a strike if you don’t have a union and your co-workers don’t agree

    This is a major point that those outside of the US seem to miss, I think. The sheer depth of contempt for unions and unionization I've experienced is a massive barrier to organizing any significant resistance. I'm very certain a majority of US citizens are unaware of what a general strike even looks like. Corporate propaganda has very successfully vilified and diminished unions for a long time.

  • Self-care is essential if you want to be productive.

    Self-care is also essential if you don't want to be productive.

    Taking care of yourself restores your ability to care for yourself and others. Productivity feels good especially when it benefits you and those close to you, but don't fall into the "must be productive" mindset.

  • "pan handler"

    Without knowing someone's situation, if they're in that position I prefer to say "down on their luck."

    I think it conveys less stigma and more compassion, personally.

  • Take mushrooms and watch the LotR extended editions in a movie theater!

  • "A few years"

    The movie is a decade old and the novel is nearly a legal adult. I'm already feeling attacked and I haven't even broken my fast.

  • Time for some pretty easy math; if 93,000,000 scans cause 103,000 cancer diagnoses, what percentage of scans cause cancer?

    Its 0.11%. Each scan has a 0.11% chance of causing cancer. Thats slighty more than a 1 in 1000 chance for each scan.

    Now, 93000000 and 103000 look like large scary numbers but when you're comparing populations every number is likely to be large and scary. The absolute magnitude is meaningless; the important information lies in their proportion.

  • A couple months after paying off my 7 Pro the screen assembly fell off, likely due to a dodgy repair the year before. Device protection saved my ass and I received a new (refurbished) replacement. Installed GOS so fast. This will hopefully last several years after which I will look elsewhere for a new phone.

  • Who do you think ruined Boeing?

  • More people need to learn about Appalachian coal miners and/or listen to Panopticon's album Kentucky.

  • Who wants to go in on a sheet of acid with me?

  • I'll admit, I'm not terribly familiar with Haken. I tend to lean towards harsh vocals, but this song is super fun!

  • I have listened to this album so many fucking times. When you mentioned them the other day I knew I had to post them soon.

    I've got another Québécois band or two on deck as well!

  • Meanwhile US creates the GWI