fun fact: the argument Butler is making here is more or less exactly the same one that Lenin makes in *Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism*.
"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."
- US General Smedley Butler, 1935
VMs can hide operating systems not normally found on the computer - like Hannah Montana Linux
"oh, FUCK OFF" repeated every half-minute or so
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The seventh annual international Gender Census 2020 is now open until 12th March!
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2020
It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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I'm cooking food late after ariving home from an afterwork thing. Mmm… I like cider! 🍷
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