morninghymn

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[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think a large part, as others have said, is to collect physical media, but another large reason could be because people want to support the artists they listen to by actually buying their music. Streaming services are the most popular way to listen to music now and they are so fucking awful when it comes to compensating artists that most of them cannot even come close to relying on them for a stable income, even when you take in to consideration streaming on multiple platforms. So doing things like buying a record or a CD or even just buying an album digitally on a site like bandcamp does a lot more for the artists that you enjoy because they receive a much larger fraction of that money. Also, doing things like buying merch and going to shows are other good ways of supporting the artists you love!

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maoist grandma (www.tiktok.com)
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these are the type of videos that the US is so desperately trying to stop us from seeing by banning tiktok, smh /s

this video is actually very adorable though and I kinda wish she was my grandma

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One of the most common talking points that I hear from people who are advocates of leather, especially those who work within fashion, is that leather is simply a byproduct of the meat industry. The claim that it is simply a by-product of the animal agriculture industry is used as their justification to buy leather products because they think that they're just the waste of the meat industry and that they are up-cycling material that would otherwise be thrown away. What these proponents of leather never address though is that these so called "by-products" are just another way in which the meat industry profits and that leather would not exist in the first place if it weren't for the raising and butchering of animals! Like I am genuinely baffled that people believe that the meat industry doesn't proliferate its existence through the selling of things like animal skin and the other remains that aren't flesh. Of course this doesn't even touch on the environmental impact required to produce leather, which includes that of the meat industry that raises the animals (which has a horrific impact already) plus the additional awful production practices like chrome tanning that are extremely common in the leather making process.

Also, a thing that especially irritates me in the TikTok video that I linked is the creator equating faux leather with plastic leather or pleather, when faux leather encompasses more than just pleather and contains leather alternatives that aren't made from plastic! That seems like something you should know as someone whose job requires a large knowledge of textiles/materials but I guess he for whatever reason doesn't know that or at least doesn't mention it

 
[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the kirkhammer from Bloodborne is one of my favorites! pretty much all of the weapons in Bloodborne are all-around fantastic but the kirkhammer specifically is the one I had the most fun with and I love it's design

[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

A group of white frat bros at Ole Miss in Mississippi mocking and making racist gestures at a black woman who was protesting in support of Palestine. (CW:racism) https://nitter.privacydev.net/ashtonpittman/status/1786223536446525567?t=eY9C7gPLvfGm0praLpxDYQ

The video below also shows just how incredibly outnumbered the protestors were, genuinely terrifying to see.

https://nitter.privacydev.net/JiraViolet/status/1786089424146555067?t=ylQDgeWm5dl7CVz1fwFTDg

 

acab

[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not mentioned within the photo posted by OP is the fact that the protesters were disrupting a National Vietnam War Veterans Day commemoration, an event for honoring the "bravery" and "sacrifice" of the US soldiers who are responsible for causing an overwhelming amount of pain, suffering and death in Vietnam. It's honestly just so fucking crazy that right before the departure of a US naval ship to go support a genocide, they're celebrating the so called heroes of one of the most disgusting wars perpetrated by the United States in the 20th century.

[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

https://sfbayview.com/2024/03/palestinian-organizers-protest-navy-vessel-said-to-be-headed-to-israel/ , this is the most recent news I can find about the protest, though it's not said whether or not the ship was able to leave

[–] morninghymn@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I have had a good experience buying second hand online from https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ and https://www.thriftbooks.com/, they're both good when it comes to looking for used leftist theory books. Other than that I typically just check out my local bookstores or libraries to see if they have any used copies of something that I'm looking for, it can be really hit or miss though.