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  • mayo_cider [he/him]@hexbear.nettoFediverse memes@feddit.ukYay! More centralisation!
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    12 days ago

    Spesifying that you shouldn’t support Russia even critically shows that you don’t understand the meaning of “critically”

    Who benefits from the extension of the conflict? Who manufactures the soon-to-be expired warheads and ammunition sold to Ukraine?

    US wouldn’t cease the the siege of Iraq and Afganistan before they gained the control of the whole governing body of the country and then extending the occupation for a decade (before abandoning the puppet government to fend for itself)

    If Russia ceased all operations today keeping all the area they gained throughout this war, they would have still done less harm to Ukraine than US has done in any of its conflicts

    “Critical support” means support for the option that causes the least humanitarian damage







  • mayo_cider [he/him]@hexbear.nettoScience Memes@mander.xyzElsevier
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    10 months ago

    One lecturer actually had notes on their slides for the differences between the latest version of the course book and the one before it, since the latest one wasn’t available for free anywhere but they wanted to use couple chapters from the new book (they scanned and distributed the relevant parts themself)


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    10 months ago

    I feel like most of the academia in the research side would be happy to see it collapse, but the current system is too deeply tied in the money for any quick change

    I worked in academia for almost a decade and never met a researcher who wouldn’t openly support sci-hub (well, some warned their students that it was illegal to type these spesific search terms and click on the wrong link downloading the pdf for free)


  • I love Indian culture and food, back in university I lived, studied and worked with quite a few Indian people and they all were kind, smart and very hospitable

    I feel like quite large part of animosity towards Indian people (besides the usual racism) stems from the outsourcing of jobs there, especially with customer service, and even then going for the lowest offer

    I’ve personally had both good and bad experiences with Indian customer service, but even with the bad experiences it’s obvious that the problem is a lack of resources and not the worker

    Unfortunately people are quick to blame the service worker instead of the organization, and this gives an acceptable excuse for their internalized racism

    You said to not base the response on the people we know, but anything that I see from the news or read online doesn’t reflect the people, it reflects the system

    The only way to form an honest opinion of a group of people is to meet them, and even if all of those people somehow are the exception to the norm, they still represent and reflect their culture and where they come from